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		<title>APNewsBreak: Hutchison won&#8217;t resign Senate seat before Texas primary election for governor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Root</dc:creator>
		
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Hutchison won&#8217;t resign seat before Texas primary

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is challenging Texas Gov. Rick Perry for his job, is planning to keep her U.S. Senate seat until after the state&#8217;s March gubernatorial primary.
Hutchison, a Republican, plans to tell Republican women in a speech in Galveston on Saturday that she is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard says home prayer meeting his &#8216;resurrection&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Ex-pastor Ted Haggard holds home prayer meeting

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard says a well-attended prayer meeting at his home wasn&#8217;t the start of a new church, but a sign of his resurrection three years after he was forced to resign amid a sex scandal.
&#8220;For the people who come tonight, that means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power struggle at South African utility sparks charges of racism, political meddling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Bryson</dc:creator>
		
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SAfrica business dispute sets off racism charges

JOHANNESBURG — A struggle over how to manage South Africa&#8217;s state-owned power company has opened debates on racism in the boardroom and political meddling in a country where politics and race remain a volatile mix.
Chairman Bobby Godsell and CEO Jacob Maroga were brought in recently to turn around Eskom, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tens of thousands of communist protesters block Nepal government headquarters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Binaj Gurubacharya</dc:creator>
		
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Maoists block Nepal government headquarters

KATMANDU, Nepal — Tens of thousands of communist demonstrators blocked the government&#8217;s headquarters in Nepal&#8217;s capital for a second straight day Friday, crippling the central administration.
Supporters of the Communist Party of Nepal, commonly known as Maoists, jammed the streets leading to the main bureaucratic offices in Katmandu, effectively halting day-to-day government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Blackwater OK&#8217;d $1M plan to pay off Iraqi officials after killings of 17 civilians</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Report: Blackwater OK&#8217;d $1M plan to pay off Iraqis

Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burger King marketing exec Russ Klein to resign; Peter Robinson to fill role temporarily</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Burger King marketing executive Klein to resign

MIAMI — Burger King, the nation&#8217;s No. 2 hamburger chain, said Tuesday that Russ Klein will resign from his position as president of global marketing strategy and innovation, effective Dec. 15.
The company said Klein is stepping down for personal reasons.
Peter Robinson, former president of Burger King&#8217;s Europe, Middle East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP NY lawmaker who pulled out of US House special election resigns from leadership role</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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GOP ex-candidate leaves NY Assembly leadership job

ALBANY, N.Y. — A Republican upstate New York lawmaker has resigned from her state legislative leadership position more than a week after pulling out of a special congressional election and endorsing a Democrat in the race.
Republican Assembly minority leader Brian Kolb says Dierdre Scozzafava (skoh-zuh-FAH&#8217;-vuh) offered her resignation from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ralcorp Holdings announces resignation of Post Foods President Stephen Van Tassel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Ralcorp Holdings says Post Foods president resigns

ST. LOUIS — The president of Post Foods has resigned and will be succeeded on an interim basis by the co-chief executive of corporate parent Ralcorp Holdings Inc.
Stephen Van Tassel announced his resignation Monday as Post president to pursue other career interests. David P. Skarie, co-CEO and president of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editor, founder of China&#8217;s most influential news magazine resigns amid friction with publisher</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexa Olesen</dc:creator>
		
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Top editor leaves China&#8217;s boldest news magazine

BEIJING — The editor-in-chief of a hard-driving Chinese magazine that tackled tough subjects such as corruption, pollution and worker&#8217;s rights resigned Monday, casting doubt over prospects for greater media independence.
Many say founder Hu Shuli&#8217;s departure could spell the downfall of Caijing, an 11-year-old financial news magazine that under her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NM cabinet official resigns over DWI arrest days after Obama administration appointment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
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NM cabinet official resigns after DWI arrest
SANTA FE, N.M. — A top official in Gov. Bill Richardson&#8217;s cabinet has resigned over a drunken driving arrest just days after she was appointed to a spot in President Barack Obama&#8217;s administration.
Secretary of Aging and Long-Term Services Cindy Padilla submitted her resignation on Oct. 26. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spokesman for Calif. Attorney General Jerry Brown quits after secretly taping reporters&#8217; calls</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliet Williams</dc:creator>
		
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Jerry Brown&#8217;s spokesman resigns after taping calls

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The communications director for California Attorney General Jerry Brown resigned Monday after it was revealed he had secretly recorded telephone conversations with reporters.
Scott Gerber, 33, wrote in his resignation letter that he let down the attorney general&#8217;s office and himself when he recorded phone interviews with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit voters hope Tues. election brings political stability to City Council, mayor&#8217;s office</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Detroit seeks political stability with election

DETROIT — The look of the Detroit City Council could change drastically when voters go to the polls in the city&#8217;s fourth election in just over eight months.
Mayor Dave Bing is expected to easily win re-election in Tuesday&#8217;s nonpartisan race, but five incumbents are being challenged by 13 newcomers for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even in corruption-as-usual New Jersey, recent stings color local elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Corruption stings color elections in New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J. — Did you hear the one about the best way to identify public officials in New Jersey? Check for the handcuff marks on their wrists.
A massive federal corruption sting over the summer again made New Jersey a punch line for late-night comedians, but it has also turned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas medical board still won&#8217;t say why executive director resigned; governor in dark, too</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hanna</dc:creator>
		
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Kan. medical board won&#8217;t say why top staffer left

TOPEKA, Kan. — The board that regulates doctors in Kansas still wasn&#8217;t saying Wednesday why its top staff member has resigned, and even Gov. Mark Parkinson said he doesn&#8217;t know.
The State Board of Healing Arts formally accepted Jack Confer&#8217;s resignation as executive director after meeting in private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Memphis Mayor, candidate for congress Willie Herenton target of federal criminal probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Former Memphis mayor is target of federal probe

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton may be the target of a federal criminal probe, but his campaign manager says it&#8217;s not distracting him from making a run for congress.
The Commercial Appeal on Tuesday received a copy of a letter Herenton sent to U.S. Attorney General [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial disclosure says Palin received $1.25M from for book by the time she left office</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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Palin paid $1.25M for book by time she left office

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported Tuesday that she has received at least $1.25 million for her hugely anticipated upcoming memoir &#8220;Going Rogue.&#8221;
A disclosure statement released Tuesday discusses Palin&#8217;s finances from Jan. 1 to July 26, when she resigned as Alaska [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin financial disclosure says she has received at least $1.25M in book deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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Palin makes at least $1.25 million in book deal

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported Tuesday that she has received at least $1.25 million for her hugely anticipated upcoming book &#8220;Going Rogue.&#8221;
A disclosure statement released Tuesday discusses Palin&#8217;s finances from Jan. 1 to July 27, when she resigned as Alaska governor. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High-powered Italian opposition politician resigns after scandal with prostitute</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Italian politician quits after sex scandal

ROME — A prominent opposition politician embroiled in a scandal over his encounter with a transsexual prostitute resigned his high-profile job Tuesday as head of the region that includes Rome.
Piero Marrazzo has said he made mistakes and that he had been living a &#8220;nightmare&#8221; since the encounter in July in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy&#8217;s opposition politician embroiled in scandal has resigned</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Italy politician quits after sex scandal
ROME — A prominent opposition politician embroiled in a scandal over his alleged encounter with a transsexual prostitute resigned his high-profile job Tuesday as head of the region that includes Rome.

Piero Marrazzo has said he made mistakes and that he had been living a &#8220;nightmare&#8221; since the encounter in July [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mongolian prime minister tenders resignation, party says</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Mongolian prime minister tenders resignation

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia — Mongolian Prime Minister Bayar Sanjaa said Monday he wanted to resign for health reasons, bringing new political uncertainty to his impoverished but resource-rich nation.
Bayar Sanjaa&#8217;s request to step down must be approved by the Asian nation&#8217;s parliament speaker, said Khurelsukh Ukhaa of the Mongolian People&#8217;s Revolutionary Party. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kyrgyz Cabinet resigns as part of president&#8217;s reform push, opposition alleges power grab</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kyrgyz-cabinet-resigns-as-part-of-presidents-reform-push-opposition-alleges-power-grab-200835/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leila Saralayeva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s Cabinet resigned Tuesday as part of a sweeping government reform campaign the president said will save money and make the Central Asian nation&#8217;s leadership more effective.

Opposition leaders in the poor and politically turbulent former Soviet republic dismissed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev&#8217;s reform push as a bid to increase his own power.
Kyrgyzstan is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Sen. Roland Burris says he won&#8217;t vote for a health care bill without a public option</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — For Democrats determined to get a health care bill, Sen. Roland Burris is like the house guest who couldn&#8217;t be refused, won&#8217;t soon be leaving and poses a plausible threat of ruining holiday dinner.

Suddenly, he can no longer be ignored.
The Illinois Democrat, appointed by disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, says he&#8217;ll only vote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burris: No complaints, but not going to vote for a health care bill without a public option</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — For Democrats determined to get a health care bill, Sen. Roland Burris is like the house guest who couldn&#8217;t be refused, won&#8217;t soon be leaving and poses a plausible threat of ruining holiday dinner.

Suddenly, he can no longer be ignored.
The Illinois Democrat, appointed by disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, says he&#8217;ll only vote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oaxaca governor won&#8217;t resign despite Mexican court ruling blaming him for abuses in protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — The governor of a southern Mexican state says he will not resign despite a Supreme Court ruling blaming him for rights abuses during deadly 2006 protests.

Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz says he respects the Supreme Court ruling but disagrees with it. He says he has no intention of resigning.
Ruiz spoke to reporters Friday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN chief to establish international commission to investigate Guinea killings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is establishing an international commission to investigate the attack on unarmed protesters in Guinea last month that left dozens dead and many injured, the U.N. said.

A mission was leaving Friday to look into arrangements for setting up a commission to determine who was responsible, U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said.
&#8220;The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Omaha-based Alegent Health system brings back former leader in wake of CEO&#8217;s resignation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/omaha-based-alegent-health-system-brings-back-former-leader-in-wake-of-ceos-resignation-198415/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OMAHA, Neb. — Alegent Health has announced the resignation of its president and CEO, effective immediately.

Nebraska&#8217;s largest health care company offered no explanation for Wayne Sensor&#8217;s departure. Alegent spokeswoman Kelly Grinnell said Friday she could not provide details because it was a matter between Sensor and the board of the directors.
Grinnell would not comment on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Guinea ministers resign over bloody rally in which soldiers shot at demonstrators</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CONAKRY, Guinea — Two Cabinet ministers in Guinea resigned and France urged its citizens to leave the former French colony as armed attacks are increasing in the aftermath of a bloody rally last month where soldiers fired on pro-democracy demonstrators.

Information Minister Justin Morel Jr., and Labor Minister Alpha Diallo said they cannot serve a government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican Supreme Court blames Oaxaca governor for rights abuses during deadly protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OAXACA, Mexico — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the governor of a southern Mexican state is responsible for rights abuses during 2006 protests that paralyzed a colonial city and left least a dozen people dead.

The ruling has no binding consequences for Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz but carries moral weight. A similar ruling in 1996 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Dakota State University&#8217;s president resigns amid controversies, says &#8216;It just isn&#8217;t fun&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Kolpack</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State University President Joseph Chapman, stung by criticism of the ballooning cost of his new home and a $22,000 trip to President Barack Obama&#8217;s inauguration for himself and his family, announced Wednesday that he is resigning.

Chapman, who has been president of the Fargo university for more than a decade, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ND State University president resigns amid spending controversies, says &#8216;It just isn&#8217;t fun&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Kolpack</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — The president of North Dakota State University — stung by criticism over the ballooning cost of his new home and a $22,000 trip to President Barack Obama&#8217;s inauguration for himself and his family — says he is stepping down.

Joseph Chapman said Wednesday he was not pressured to step down but &#8220;it just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. lobbyists targeted in ethics complaint filed after former lawmakers&#8217; sex-tape scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A good-government group filed a complaint Wednesday with California&#8217;s campaign watchdog agency asking it to investigate two lobbyists caught up in an apparent sex scandal involving a former state assemblyman.

Common Cause&#8217;s complaint with the state Fair Political Practices Commission alleges the two women broke state lobbying laws by engaging in an inappropriate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan president rejects resignation of fraud investigator in disputed vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — The Afghan president says he has rejected the resignation of a top fraud investigator in the country&#8217;s disputed August election.

The official said Monday that he was leaving because foreigners were making all the decisions on the U.N.-backed panel. Maulavi Mustafa Barakzai is one of two Afghans on the five-member Electoral Complaints Commission.
In a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hutchison says people are suggesting she remain in US Senate; Perry camp says she&#8217;s waffling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelley Shannon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Tuesday some people are suggesting that she remain in the Senate as she challenges fellow Republican Rick Perry for governor, instead of resigning this fall as she said would.

Hutchison said on Dallas-Fort Worth radio station WBAP that she&#8217;s not sure whether she will resign from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abdullah campaign: Afghan president trying to undermine election fraud investigations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#8217;s top challenger in disputed elections alleged Tuesday the embattled head of state engineered the resignation of a chief fraud investigator to cast doubt over a process that may force a runoff vote.

Results from the Aug. 20 elections have been delayed by more than a month because of massive fraud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French culture minister denies paying boys for sex amid calls for his resignation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Charlton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — France&#8217;s culture minister denied Thursday paying boys for sex, in an impassioned response to critics on the right and left demanding that he resign over a candid book recounting encounters with male prostitutes in Thailand.

&#8220;I condemn sexual tourism, which is a disgrace. I condemn pedophilia, which I have never in any way participated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French culture minister fighting calls for resignation over book detailing sex with &#8216;boys&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Charlton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — France&#8217;s culture minister is struggling to keep his job amid an uproar about a 2005 book in which he details Bangkok&#8217;s brothels and the pleasure and freedom of paying &#8220;boys&#8221; for sex.

Frederic Mitterrand&#8217;s candid tale came back to haunt him after he jumped to the defense of filmmaker Roman Polanski, currently in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy&#8217;s faces tough judicial, political battles after top court overturns immunity law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ariel David</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME — Premier Silvio Berlusconi faces judicial and political battles after a top Italian court overturned a law granting him immunity from prosecution and cleared the way for his corruption and tax fraud trials to resume in Milan.

The ever-combative Berlusconi vowed to stay on after the Constitutional Court on Wednesday dealt him one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top court overturns Italian premier&#8217;s immunity, Berlusconi spokesman says he won&#8217;t resign</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME — Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi vowed to stay on and &#8220;go forward&#8221; Wednesday after an Italian court struck down a law granting him immunity from prosecution and allowed trials for corruption and tax fraud to resume in Milan. There were immediate calls for his resignation.

The decision by the Constitutional Court dealt Berlusconi one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poland&#8217;s sports minister resigns over allegations of illegal lobbying for new gambling law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WARSAW, Poland — Poland&#8217;s sports minister resigned Monday over allegations he illegally tried to influence a new gambling law.

Miroslaw Drzewiecki announced his decision to step down at a news conference after Rzeczpospolita newspaper last week published transcripts of tapped telephone conversations in which a gambling parlor owner is allegedly heard lobbying a governing party lawmaker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Japanese finance minister found dead, cause under investigation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — A former Japanese finance minister who stepped down after appearing to be drunk at an overseas news conference was found dead in his home Sunday, police said, ruling out foul play.

Shoichi Nakagawa was lying face down in bed when his wife found him in their Tokyo home, a spokesman for the Tokyo Metropolitan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U of Ill. trustees OK president&#8217;s resignation after scandal, appoint temporary replacement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[URBANA, Ill. — Trustees at the University of Illinois have accepted the resignation of the school&#8217;s president in the wake of an admissions scandal.

Joseph White will officially leave his job at the end of this year.
The trustees also named former university president Stanley Ikenberry as the temporary replacement for White. Ikenberry was president at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Todd Palin, husband of former Alaska governor resigns from oil field job on the North Slope</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The husband of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has quit his oil field job on the North Slope. Todd Palin&#8217;s resignation as a production operator for oil giant BP PLC comes almost two months after his wife stepped down as Alaska governor and shortly before the release of her highly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin book could be the biggest of conservative boom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hillel Italie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — These are boom times for conservative authors.

Michelle Malkin&#8217;s &#8220;Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies&#8221; spent weeks at No. 1 on The New York Times nonfiction list. Sales have been strong for Dick Morris&#8217; anti-Obama &#8220;Catastrophe&#8221; and the reissue of &#8220;The Five Thousand Year Leap,&#8221; by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Husband of former Alaska governor resigns from oil field job</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The husband of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has quit his oil field job on the North Slope.

Todd Palin&#8217;s resignation as a production operator for oil giant BP PLC comes almost two months after his wife stepped down as Alaska governor and shortly before the release of her highly anticipated [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matti Huuhtanen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Finland&#8217;s government faced a motion of no-confidence in Parliament on Thursday over election and party funding, and Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen&#8217;s Cabinet was expected to survive the vote with the support of his four-party governing coalition.

However, Vanhanen also was facing a separate allegation in a television program on Monday that accused him of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Mole who leaked British lawmakers&#8217; expenses sympathized with poorly equipped soldiers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Barr</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — The man who leaked details of lavish expense claims by British lawmakers says he was motivated by anger over the poor pay and equipment of U.K. soldiers, a newspaper reported Friday.

The Daily Telegraph said that the man, who was not identified, had been part of a team of government workers who were preparing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Controversial NEA communications chief, a target of conservatives, resigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The controversial communications chief for the National Endowment of the Arts resigned Thursday after drawing fire from Republican senators for recruiting artists to create works that promoted President Barack Obama&#8217;s policies, The Washington Post reported.

Yosi Sergant, who specialized in public relations in Los Angeles before coming to Washington, gained fame for his work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President of Fiorentina soccer club, Andrea Della Valle, submits resignation at board meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLORENCE, Italy — The president of Fiorentina has submitted his resignation at a board meeting for the Italian soccer club.

The club said it would issue a statement later Thursday explaining the reasons behind Andrea Della Valle&#8217;s decision.
Mario Cognini will temporarily move up from vice president to take over the club.
Della Valle&#8217;s brother Diego bought Fiorentina [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Illinois president at center of admissions scandal submits letter of resignation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois President B. Joseph White resigned Wednesday following reports that the school admitted politically connected applicants over more qualified ones at its Urbana-Champaign campus.

White said he sent a resignation letter to Christopher Kennedy, the chairman of the university&#8217;s board of trustees.
&#8220;I take this action to enable you as a newly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin urges smaller government, talks US-China relations in speech to investors in Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah Marquez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HONG KONG — Months after abruptly resigning as Alaska&#8217;s governor, Sarah Palin resurfaced in Hong Kong more moderate in tone and better versed in international affairs, possibly laying the first brick for a 2012 White House bid.

In her first overseas speech Wednesday, the former vice presidential candidate touched on a wide range of issues — [...]]]></description>
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