Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell, the head of the civil service, is to step down from his post at the end of the year.

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UK’s top civil servant steps down

Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington is to step down from his position after Tuesday night’s Euro 2012 qualifier against Italy.

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White House staff discussed in e-mails that either President Obama or his former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel were eager to help spotlight a solar company in early 2009, despite numerous internal warnings that the company could be financially unstable, according to newly obtained e-mails. The administration was working to arrange a way for Obama to headline a news conference in early September to announce that Solyndra of Fremont, Calif., had won a $535 million government loan to spur clean energy firms — the first his administration had provided. Read full article > >

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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh says he will not step down as promised if his opponents are allowed to stand in elections to succeed him.

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SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Sunday made no pledge to step down immediately in his first public address since returning to Yemen , but he called for early elections and declared that he was still committed to an internationally-backed plan to transfer power. “Let’s all go towards dialogue, understanding and peaceful exchange of power through elections and early presidential elections,” he said in the 20-minute-long broadcast speech. Read full article > >

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Sixth premiere to step down in five years.

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BEIRUT — Syria’s president said Sunday he was “not worried” about security in his country and warned against any foreign military intervention in a speech designed to portray confidence as the regime comes under blistering international condemnation for its crackdown on dissent. The remarks by Bashar Assad, who spoke during an interview with state-run television, came just days after the United States and its European allies called for him to step down, and hours after a diplomat said Assad’s regime was “scrubbing blood off the streets” ahead of a U.N. visit. Read full article > >

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Syria’s Assad repeats reform vows, claims of foreign-fueled unrest; says he’s ‘not worried’

Greek Prime Minister Papandreou said he will shuffle his cabinet and seek a vote of confidence from Parliament after talks to form a national unity government failed. Papandreou had proposed to step down earlier Wednesday if the opposition party would…

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NEW YORK — Among the bookcases and posters in Jill Abramson’s office at the New York Times is a blown-up black-and-white photo of the newsroom, circa 1895, in which a group of men huddle around a desk occupied by a woman named Mary Taft. “She looks like the boss,” said Abramson. Not quite — Taft was the paper’s second female reporter. On Thursday, the 57-year-old Abramson was named the first woman to head the Times’ newsroom in its 160-year history. Abramson’s appointment was part of a sweeping and symbolic series of changes at the newspaper, which is both a journalistic leader and one that reflects its industry’s deepening financial crisis. Read full article > >

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Yemen is seeing its most violent clashes yet, a day after President Ali Abdullah Saleh refused to sign a brokered deal to step down from his position of power with immunity. Though previous clashes have resulted in more deaths, government officials and…

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges Col Muammar Gaddafi to step down, in what is said to be a marked change in Turkish policy towards Libya.

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SANAA — Yemen’s opposition rejected on Monday a Gulf Arab initiative for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, because it appeared to offer him immunity from prosecution, while Saleh welcomed the plan.

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Yemen’s opposition rejects Gulf Arab plan for Saleh’s departure

SANAA — Yemen’s opposition rejected on Monday a Gulf Arab initiative for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, because it appeared to offer him immunity from prosecution, while Saleh welcomed the plan.

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Yemen’s opposition rejects Gulf Arab plan for Saleh’s departure

Rallies are being held across Yemen to protest against a Gulf Arab initiative for President Saleh to step down in return for protection.

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The French military said its helicopters had been in action against supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step down as president.

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