resignation

McChrystal says he resigned for good of mission (AP)

June 23rd, 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) leads (L-2nd R) General David Petraeus, U.S. VIce President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates after a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, June 23, 2010, where he announced that General Stanley McChrystal has been relieved of duty as top war commander in Afghanistan and replaced with Petraeus.   REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)AP - Gen. Stanley McChrystal says he tendered his resignation out of his desire to see the mission in Afghanistan succeed.


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Pope accepts resignation of German bishop (AP)

May 8th, 2010

FILE - In this March 2, 2009 file picture Walter Mixa, Catholic Bishop of Augsburg,  waits for the beginning  of the Spring Assembly of the German Bishop's Conference in Hamburg, northern Germany. The  leading bishop from Pope Benedict's XVI's German homeland who is being investigated by prosecutors for alleged sex abuse of his post Saturday May 8, 2010, the latest casualty of the pontiff's housecleaning of prelates stained by accusations of molesting minors. Benedict formally accepted the resignation offer made April 21 by Bishop Walter Mixa, an outspoken conservative voice in the German church and a military chaplain for Germany, as well as head of the Augsburg diocese.  Mixa is also under probe for alleged financial misconduct at a children's home under his direction. He had admitted slapping children decades ago when he was a priest, but his lawyer has denied press reports prosecutors are investigating him on a sexual abuse complaint.  (AP Photo/Focke Strangmann,File)AP - A leading German bishop who has acknowledged slapping children and is being investigated for sexual abuse of minors and financial misconduct lost his job Saturday as Pope Benedict…

King accepts resignation of Belgian government (AP)

April 26th, 2010

Belgium's King Albert II (L) and his chief of Office Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou (R) leave the Laeken Royal Palace in Brussels April 23, 2010. Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has gone to King Albert to tender his government's resignation, a minister said after an emergency cabinet meeting on Thursday, after no agreement was reached on the electoral boundaries Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde (BHV) -- a complex and highly divisive issue that French and Dutch speakers have argued about for decades.   REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet   (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS)AP - Belgium King Albert II accepted the government’s resignation Monday after negotiations failed to resolve a long-simmering dispute between Dutch- and French-speaking politicians over a bilingual voting district in…

Kyrgyzstan’s ousted president vows not to return (AP)

April 23rd, 2010

Kyrgyzstan's deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, speaks to media during a news conference in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, April 23, 2010. The ousted leader of Kyrgyzstan said Friday from exile in Belarus that he does not intend to return to his homeland as president, but insisted a resignation he signed under pressure has not come into force. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - Kyrgyzstan’s ousted president said Friday from exile in Belarus that he does not intend to return to his homeland as its leader, but said his resignation was invalid…