Willing to abdicate briefly to testify as a private citizen if given the chance.
"In protest at this imbecilic 'King's Song', I hereby abdicate as a Dutch subject, " the petition reads.
But I cannot have -- I do not have the right to ask a president to abdicate.
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He had been warned his return to Belgium would trigger a cabinet crisis unless he decided to abdicate.
Earlier on Tuesday, a government official said Sheikh Saad had unconditionally agreed to abdicate in the interests of Kuwait.
In recent decades it has become the tradition for the monarch to abdicate.
There should be "clear consequences" for youngsters who commit crimes, and their parents should not be allowed to "abdicate" responsibility.
The country will never abdicate its sovereignty to profligate nations and assume the average borrowing costs of southern Europe on their debt.
Australian actress Abbie Cornish will play a modern-day New Yorker, who becomes obsessed with King Edward's decision to abdicate for his lover.
In 1567, Mary Queen of Scots was forced to abdicate and James VI became King of Scotland at the age of one.
In 1399, King Richard II became the first English monarch to abdicate.
This oppressive, pro-Soviet totalitarian entity was formally declared in December 1947, at which time the king was obliged to abdicate and was exiled.
Auditors send professionalism packing and abdicate their public duty to shareholders when legislation threatens the lucrative business of being a public accounting firm.
But neither do we think you can abdicate responsibility for it.
If she heeds her friend Senator Chuck Schumer's warning not to try to live two lives at once, she will be the first First Lady to abdicate.
It recommended further that the administration force Mubarak to abdicate and his regime to fall by suspending all economic and military assistance to Egypt for the duration.
This is no time for Congress to abdicate its responsibilities.
Should the Bush Administration become party to this enterprise even on a unilateral, ostensibly trade-related basis it would abdicate its leadership role and betray the public trust.
Should the Bush Administration become party to this enterprise -- even on a unilateral, ostensibly trade-related basis -- it would abdicate its leadership role and betray the public trust.
Pope Benedict, 85, became the first Pope in 600 years to abdicate last month when he said old age and health meant he could no longer continue in the job.
Two decades into the unipolar world that came about with the fall of the Soviet Union, America is in the position of deciding whether to abdicate or retain its dominance.
But lately and for the first time, discontent with the monarchy has spread beyond right-wing parties, and politicians have openly called for him to abdicate in favor of his son, Prince Felipe.
Above all, however, it was General MacArthur's decision not to have the emperor indicted for war crimes, nor even allowed to abdicate, that did more than anything to heal the Japanese psyche.
As well as calling for a renewal of faith, he used his last general audience to discuss his experience as pontiff and his almost unprecedented decision to abdicate the role starting Thursday.
The Queen Mother was a person who symbolised service... she sustained this country and the royal family when King Edward VIII was forced to abdicate over his relationship with twice-married Wallis Simpson.
To the extent that his country's governing elites, like those in many Western countries, often abdicate responsibility for recognizing and dealing with the multi-front threat of Islamism, Wilders warnings can be imperative.
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The Center for Security Policy has long documented Germany's self-serving and dangerous policies toward the former Soviet Union and repeatedly urged the U.S. government not to abdicate leadership on East-West relations to Bonn.
"There was a lot of pain in reducing head count 50%, but we were quick to see the shift coming and couldn't abdicate our leadership, " says Duncan Niederauer, a Goldman managing director in equities.
In Spain, the declining health of the 75-year-old monarch and recent financial scandals that have tainted the monarchy have intensified calls for him to abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Felipe, his 45-year-old son.
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