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...surviving powerful member of the revolution's founding fathers. Rafsanjani was a very loud critic of Ahmadinejad, and thus indirectly of the President's patron, the Supreme Leader. Since 2007, Rafsanjani has been the chairman of the Assembly of Experts, which has the power to call for Khamenei's ouster. He is also the chairman of an important advisory body that has dealings with the Guardian Council. Throwing the investigation into the hands of the council may be an attempt by Khamenei to buy more time to build consensus about what to do next - and to restore the uneasy equilibrium...
When former University President Lawrence H. Summers formally announced his resignation in 2006, several of his most loyal alumni supporters voiced their displeasure at his ouster with the largely symbolic threat of withholding all future donations.James B. Davis ’75 called it a “disgrace.”“So be it,” Richard A. Holt ’64 penned in an unpublished letter to The Crimson in 2006. “Henceforth, when the alumni fund solicitors call, I shall not donate so much as a penny to this shallow...
...milked the lax expenses system have angered voters and mobilized party activists. Amid calls for radical reform of Britain's fustian political system, the next Parliament is already guaranteed to have a fresh face, with droves of MPs vowing not to run at the next election and others facing ouster by their parties. One veteran still refuses to budge, even as the calls for his head grow louder. Yet after the resignation of two Cabinet ministers in the past 24 hours, Brown's tenure at 10 Downing Street looks precarious at best. (See the top 10 most outrageous British expense...
...Martin could have pushed harder and faster for reform, and his own extravagances have drawn criticism (his wife claimed more than ?4,000 for cabs to buy food). But his ouster - Martin's resignation was forced by angry attacks from fellow MPs, which culminated in the introduction of a no-confidence motion against him - is unlikely to ease the tumult in Westminster or the anger across Britain. A number of MPs face being dropped or disciplined by their own parties; others will no doubt be voted out at the next general election (one is due within a year). Sir Paul...
...Whatever the state of his relations with NATO allies and with Moscow, however, Saakashvili's problems at home are unlikely to end with the suppression of the mutiny - opposition leaders made clear on Tuesday that their supporters plan to return to the streets to demand the President's ouster...