Certain is that North Korea will withdraw into its shell until the succession is resolved.
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To general surprise, the Socialists accepted his resignation and produced two candidates for the succession.
Ellison, for his part, will just keep on sailing--solo, when it comes to the succession question.
Many also wonder how the results -- and Razaleigh's return -- might affect the succession.
The United States and Britain have urged Malawi to observe the succession process in the constitution.
Polls suggest that most Japanese want to change the law barring females from the succession.
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Speculation about the succession has been a favourite game in Indonesia for at least ten years.
And in a recent BusinessWeek column the star manager criticizes complacent boards for ignoring the succession issue.
Yet the attempt on Mr Mubarak's life the fourth on record again raised the vexed question of the succession.
There is an echo of Greek tragedy about the succession of blows striking a single American family.
"There's a lot of pressure at the top, " says Deborah Rivera of The Succession Group in New York.
It is often stated that the incident has a lot to do with the succession issue in Pyongyang.
His aura of invincibility is forever damaged, and the battle for the succession seems bound to begin soon.
Of course, its newspapers have been saying, the president will try to fix the succession for his son.
But given the succession of truly horrid Republican Party nominees, Romney supporters bear a heavy burden of proof.
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It is very important to the Supervisory Board to define the succession and transition early on, thereby ensuring continuity.
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In part, the strife also reflects jockeying for power ahead of the succession.
Plus, Rupert Murdoch appears to have settled the succession question, which has vexed the market, and anointed son James.
No mention was made of Kim Jong Un or the succession issue in official Chinese and North Korean reports.
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The only political risks in the region are the succession issue in Indonesia and the political problems in Thailand.
Our correspondent says says the behind-the-scenes battle for the succession has already begun.
So the succession struggle is also a fight for influence, interests and freedom.
Not even Mr Fini's friends deny that his lurch to the left is partly aimed at winning him the succession.
Mr. HODGE: Putin's objections are coming at a time when they're already looking at the succession of the Russian presidency.
The succession of daily appearances on an assortment of issues -- particularly health care -- has made them anxious.
True, Mr Chirac's successful attempts to bulldoze his counterparts into accepting the succession deal were widely resented at the time.
But the Dear Leader is not immortal, and when he dies the succession is likely to be fraught with danger.
It also means that the succession question, which troubles both shareholders and subordinates, gets in the way of normal business.
But there is one issue everyone wants the king to sort out before his health gets any worse: the succession.
The succession plan that Kim Jong Il designed for his son, Kim Jong Eun, is little more than a year old.
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