Word: resignment
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...that last month wrecked the presses of the Daily News, an independent Harare newspaper known for its bold opposition views. After the Supreme Court upheld appeals by white farmers for an end to the illegal seizure of their lands by militant squatters, Chief Justice Anthony Gubbay was forced to resign while four other High Court judges are under physical threat from the militants to quit the bench. Last week the government astonishingly called for a judicial inquiry into the judiciary. The orders against the squatters have been largely ignored, with official support...
Nearly everyone else in Japan, including members of Mori's party, disagrees. An Asahi Shimbun poll shows his approval rating has plunged to a rock-bottom 9%. Comments Makoto Tanaka, a 49-year-old construction worker, "Mori needs to resign. Quit. Get out of there...
...going on. Sure, the party wants Mori out because he is such an embarrassment. But there is an election for the Upper House of the Diet scheduled for July 29. If the LDP bombs out as expected, an LDP Prime Minister, who also heads the party, would have to resign to take responsibility. This means whoever succeeds Mori will probably serve as Prime Minister for a very short time, basically a cameo role. Who wants to come on stage just as the wooden clappers are about to sound, ending this play and sending the audience home...
...began for the U.S. The civilians on the sub were largely businessmen who had donated money to maintain the retired battleship U.S.S. Missouri, where the Japanese signed the surrender documents ending that war. The businessmen's visit was arranged by retired Admiral Richard Macke, who was forced to resign in 1996 after suggesting that three U.S. servicemen who raped a 12-year-old Japanese girl should have hired a prostitute instead. And this wasn't the first time a U.S. Navy submarine sank a ship named Ehime Maru: another U.S. sub had sunk a freighter by the same name during...
...began for the U.S. The civilians on the sub were largely businessmen who had donated money to maintain the retired battleship U.S.S. Missouri, where the Japanese signed the surrender documents ending that war. The businessmen's visit was arranged by retired Admiral Richard Macke, who was forced to resign in 1996 after suggesting that three U.S. servicemen who raped a 12-year-old Japanese girl should have hired a prostitute instead. And this wasn't the first time a U.S. Navy submarine sank a ship named Ehime Maru: another U.S. sub had sunk a freighter by the same name during...