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Sri Lankan Finance Minister Who Quit After A Day Returns To Position
Sri Lanka's newly-appointed Finance Minister Ali Sabry, who resigned from the post within 24 hours of his appointment, returned to the position on Friday.
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Sri Lanka's New Finance Minister Quits After One Day
Sri Lanka's Finance Minister, Ali Sabry, resigned on Tuesday a day after being sworn in, amid growing public unrest over a worsening economic crisis.
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BJP Meets To Pick New Uttarakhand Chief Minister Day After TS Rawat Exits
A meeting of Uttarakhand BJP's legislature party will begin in a few hours from now at the state party headquarters here to decide the successor of Trivendra Singh Rawat who resigned as chief minister on Tuesday.
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Three Junior Ministers Quit UK Government Over Brexit: Official
Three junior British ministers quit Monday over Brexit, defying Prime Minister Theresa May to support a plan to give MPs a bigger say over leaving the EU.
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"Would Like To See BJP Reaction": Chandrababu Naidu On Pulling Ministers
Announcing that the two TDP ministers would resign from the union cabinet on Thursday morning, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday, said he would like to see how the BJP now reacts.
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Lebanon Prime Minister Quits Citing Suspicions Of Covert Plot To Kill Him
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation Saturday, citing Iran's "grip" on the country and threats to his life.
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Gopal Rai Resigns As Delhi Transport Minister, Satyendra Jain Takes Over
Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Rai was relieved of the charge of the Transport Department as sought by by him on health grounds and the portfolio has now been given to his cabinet colleague Satyendra Jain.
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Swedish Minister Quits After Comparing Israel To Nazi Germany
A Swedish cabinet minister of Turkish origin who compared Israel to Nazi Germany and was photographed with Turkish ultranationalists resigned on Monday, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven announced.
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In Blow to Shinzo Abe, Japan Minister to Quit as Soon as Sunday Over Funds Scandal: Reports
In a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's new trade and industry minister will resign as soon as Sunday over allegations that groups backing her misused political funds, Japanese media said.
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Taiwan's Education Minister Quits Over Link to Academic Scandal
Taiwan's Education Minister Chiang Wei-ling resigned on Monday after he was implicated in an academic scandal that sparked public outrage and a police investigation.
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Two Andhra ministers, charged with corruption, finally quit
Two senior ministers in the Andhra Pradesh government, charged with corruption, have quit the cabinet. Home Minister P Sabita Indra Reddy and Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao had been named in chargesheets issued by the CBI in the Jaganmohan Reddy disproportionate assets case.
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BJP's crisis, courtesy Yeddyurappa: Eight ministers quit government
BS Yeddyurappa has put his party, the BJP, into yet another embarrassing spot, as he is wont to do periodically. This time, eight ministers loyal to the Karnataka strongman have handed their resignations to Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda, who Mr Yeddyurappa wants out.
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Japan foreign minister quits over illegal donation
Japan's foreign minister suddenly quit on Sunday for having accepted a political donation from a foreigner -- a violation of Japanese law -- dealing another blow to the embattled administration of Prime Minister Naoto Kan.Seiji Maehara, 48, was foreign minister for just six months, and was viewed as a leading candidate to succeed Kan.Maehara acknow...
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Did Gaddafi order Lockerbie bombing?
"I have proof that Gaddafi gave the order about Lockerbie," Mustafa Abdel-Jalil was quoted as saying in an interview with Expressen, a Stockholm-based tabloid.Abdel-Jalil, who stepped down as justice minister to protest the clampdown on anti-government demonstrations, didn't describe the proof.Gaddafi has accepted Libya's responsibility for the bom...
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Fired for remarks on President cleaning Indira's dishes
It's not clear what Amin Khan was trying to make when he addressed a meeting of Congress workers in Pali district of Rajasthan that President Pratibha Patil was made President of the country because of her service to the Congress party, which included cooking and cleaning dishes in the kitchen of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.The remarks - pr...
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Sri Lankan Finance Minister Who Quit After A Day Returns To Position
Sri Lanka's newly-appointed Finance Minister Ali Sabry, who resigned from the post within 24 hours of his appointment, returned to the position on Friday.
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Sri Lanka's New Finance Minister Quits After One Day
Sri Lanka's Finance Minister, Ali Sabry, resigned on Tuesday a day after being sworn in, amid growing public unrest over a worsening economic crisis.
-
BJP Meets To Pick New Uttarakhand Chief Minister Day After TS Rawat Exits
A meeting of Uttarakhand BJP's legislature party will begin in a few hours from now at the state party headquarters here to decide the successor of Trivendra Singh Rawat who resigned as chief minister on Tuesday.
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Three Junior Ministers Quit UK Government Over Brexit: Official
Three junior British ministers quit Monday over Brexit, defying Prime Minister Theresa May to support a plan to give MPs a bigger say over leaving the EU.
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"Would Like To See BJP Reaction": Chandrababu Naidu On Pulling Ministers
Announcing that the two TDP ministers would resign from the union cabinet on Thursday morning, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday, said he would like to see how the BJP now reacts.
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Lebanon Prime Minister Quits Citing Suspicions Of Covert Plot To Kill Him
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation Saturday, citing Iran's "grip" on the country and threats to his life.
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Gopal Rai Resigns As Delhi Transport Minister, Satyendra Jain Takes Over
Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Rai was relieved of the charge of the Transport Department as sought by by him on health grounds and the portfolio has now been given to his cabinet colleague Satyendra Jain.
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Swedish Minister Quits After Comparing Israel To Nazi Germany
A Swedish cabinet minister of Turkish origin who compared Israel to Nazi Germany and was photographed with Turkish ultranationalists resigned on Monday, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven announced.
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In Blow to Shinzo Abe, Japan Minister to Quit as Soon as Sunday Over Funds Scandal: Reports
In a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's new trade and industry minister will resign as soon as Sunday over allegations that groups backing her misused political funds, Japanese media said.
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Taiwan's Education Minister Quits Over Link to Academic Scandal
Taiwan's Education Minister Chiang Wei-ling resigned on Monday after he was implicated in an academic scandal that sparked public outrage and a police investigation.
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Two Andhra ministers, charged with corruption, finally quit
Two senior ministers in the Andhra Pradesh government, charged with corruption, have quit the cabinet. Home Minister P Sabita Indra Reddy and Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao had been named in chargesheets issued by the CBI in the Jaganmohan Reddy disproportionate assets case.
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BJP's crisis, courtesy Yeddyurappa: Eight ministers quit government
BS Yeddyurappa has put his party, the BJP, into yet another embarrassing spot, as he is wont to do periodically. This time, eight ministers loyal to the Karnataka strongman have handed their resignations to Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda, who Mr Yeddyurappa wants out.
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Japan foreign minister quits over illegal donation
Japan's foreign minister suddenly quit on Sunday for having accepted a political donation from a foreigner -- a violation of Japanese law -- dealing another blow to the embattled administration of Prime Minister Naoto Kan.Seiji Maehara, 48, was foreign minister for just six months, and was viewed as a leading candidate to succeed Kan.Maehara acknow...
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Did Gaddafi order Lockerbie bombing?
"I have proof that Gaddafi gave the order about Lockerbie," Mustafa Abdel-Jalil was quoted as saying in an interview with Expressen, a Stockholm-based tabloid.Abdel-Jalil, who stepped down as justice minister to protest the clampdown on anti-government demonstrations, didn't describe the proof.Gaddafi has accepted Libya's responsibility for the bom...
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Fired for remarks on President cleaning Indira's dishes
It's not clear what Amin Khan was trying to make when he addressed a meeting of Congress workers in Pali district of Rajasthan that President Pratibha Patil was made President of the country because of her service to the Congress party, which included cooking and cleaning dishes in the kitchen of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.The remarks - pr...
