Mohammed Waheed Hassan said he would support an independent investigation into the political turmoil that led to the resignation of his predecessor.

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New President of Maldives Meets With U.S. Envoy

Reaction to the resignation of England manager Fabio Capello.

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Chris Huhne’s resignation as Energy Secretary will be a loss to the cabinet and the Lib Dems, his former parliamentary private secretary tells BBC News.

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Lib Dem minister Ed Davey is named the new energy and climate change secretary following Chris Huhne’s resignation, while Norman Lamb takes over his role as business minister.

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Ed Davey is new energy secretary

The House bade a tearful farewell to Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona on Wednesday as she submitted her resignation and was praised by members of both parties as an inspiring symbol of courage in the aftermath of an assassination attempt against her last year.

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Joe Torre has resigned his post with Major League Baseball in order to join a group trying to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers. Since February, Torre had been responsible for major league operations, on-the-field operations, on-the-field discipline and umpiring. MLB announced his resignation this morning. Read full article > >

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Joe Torre resigns from MLB to pursue purchase of Dodgers

Demonstrators crowded the Hungarian capital of Budapest Monday night to protest a new constitution they declared “anti-democratic.” Many demanded Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s resignation. Protesters gathered outside the State Opera, where the prime minister was attending a gala celebrating the new constitution, the Associated Press reported . The protesters, upset by a number of new changes in the constitution, chanted “Viktator,” merging the prime minister’s first name with “dictator,” the AP said. Read full article > >

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Hungary loses ‘Republic’ in name, and protests fill capital

Brazil’s Labour Minister Carlos Lupi hands in his resignation to President Dilma Rousseff, the sixth minister to go since she took office in January.

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Earl Devaney, responsible for tracking federal economic stimulus dollars, is submitting his resignation to the White House Thursday and plans to retire at the end of December after 41 years of service at four federal agencies. Devaney told The Federal Eye in an interview Wednesday that he plans to retire to Florida with his wife — about four years behind schedule — and plans to seek part-time employment as a consultant or on corporate boards. Read full article > >

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Stimulus watchdog Earl Devaney stepping down

Husain Haqqani, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, has offered his resignation to defuse a growing controversy at home that threatens to aggravate already precarious relations between that country’s powerful military and its civilian government. In a letter sent Wednesday to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Haqqani said in an interview, he wrote that “I do not want to be a distraction from the major challenges facing our country and our government.” Read full article > >

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Mario Monti is starting work to form a new government to lead Italy out of the acute debt crisis which prompted the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi.

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Technocrat Mario Monti is asked to form a new Italian government to tackle an acute debt crisis which prompted the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi.

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Italy’s lower house on Saturday was set to pass austerity measures demanded by the E.U., paving the way for the planned resignation of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

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Silvio Berlusconi Set to Resign After Italy Passes Austerity Measures

As pundits call for campaign manager’s resignation.

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Cain Buys Scandal-Related Google Ads

This town needs a good imbroglio. The Obama presidency has been very good to the political opposition, giving Republicans control of the House and now putting them in a position to take the Senate and White House as well. In one area, though, President Obama has so far thwarted Republicans: He has not given them a juicy scandal. There was Solyndra , the solar company that went bust after getting hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. There have been some resignations by administration officials because of dubious things in their past, and there has been the odd flap over unpaid taxes. Read full article > >

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Fast and Furious: The scandal Republicans have been waiting for?