Word: resignation
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...videophone almost every evening for the past two weeks, calling for a "revolution" in Thailand. He has spurned talks with Abhisit's government aimed at easing political tensions, and asked for half a million supporters to flood the streets on Wednesday to force the newly appointed prime minister to resign and pave the way for Thaksin's return to power through an amnesty. (Read a TIME Q&A with Thaksin Shinawatra...
...more than 550 army checkpoints in the West Bank, which are paralyzing the movement of Palestinians. These sources told TIME that Abbas - who not only confronts a new, hawkish Israeli government but also the loss of the Gaza Strip to Islamic militants Hamas - confided to aides that he may resign over his frustrations with Israel. "The only hope which keeps Abbas breathing politically is that Obama may seriously pressure Israel to start negotiating for a two-state solution," a senior aide said...
...some reason, it has not occurred to the Treasury Secretary that at his next public appearance, he should take responsibility for everything that has gone wrong in the financial world since he was sworn in. He can then refuse to resign and say that he has the full support of the President. The most important thing he can do is say that the AIG and Merrill Lynch compensation issues are no longer a matter of interest. If the Justice Department wants to pursue them, it can have the files...
...Grassley, Republican of Iowa, tended to the mob: He'd feel a little better, he said, if AIG's executives would "follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say I'm sorry, and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide." Grassley's spokesman later clarified that he was just "speaking rhetorically" as far as the suicide part went...
...power you are not keeping your promises," he says of the government. "I think it the duty of journalists to remind politicians of their promises." Hours later, the government faced another setback when Sherry Rehman, a senior member of Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP), resigned as Information Minister. Rehman had been a prominent campaigner for press freedom and had earlier vowed to resign if there was any move to muzzle journalists...