Mubarak resigns, Egypt celebrates

Weeks of protest in Egypt forced president Hosni Mubarak (photo, bbcimg.co.uk) to step down. He has handed his power over to the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces.

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German president resigns

After criticism of remarks he made about German military deployments abroad, German President Horst Koehler (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) says he is resigning immediately.

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Dion to step down

Stephane Dion (photo), the head of Canada’s main opposition Liberal party has said he will step down once a replacement is chosen.

He said he would resign after a coalition of opposition parties failed last week to unseat Stephen Harper, the country’s Conservative prime minister, and his government.

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South Africa’s president resigns

South African president, Thabo Mbeki (photo), as formaly resigned in a televised address, a day after accepting a call by the governing African National Congress to quit.He said he had handed a resignation letter to the speaker of the National Assembly and added that as soon as a new president was chosen, he would leave his post.

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Israeli prime minister to step down in two months

Ehud Olmert (photo, from rue89.com), Israeli prime minister will stand down two months from now, he announced, saying that his family is being hurt by a corruption case involving him.

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