He stepped aside on 22 October while an inquiry into Newsnight's handling of the story was carried out.

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He stepped aside as Rhodri Morgan's deputy - and as economic development minister - last July, when South Wales Police began investigating allegations involving Mr German's previous role as head of the European Unit of the Welsh exam board, the WJEC.

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He has stepped aside for some weeks while financial inquiries are carried out.

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He had been absent from parliament since April when he voluntarily stepped aside while the case against him was investigated.

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"I would have appreciated it if he had stepped aside, and we would not have been made the laughing stock of the country, " said Rep. Mary Flowers, another Democrat.

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He has since technically stepped aside in favor of interim President Dioncounda Traore.

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"Robbie stepped aside because he signed up as president to organise events and run a student society, " said Michael Paynter, secretary for the National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies.

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He broke down under the attack and stepped aside as the head of UMNO's youth wing and as Malacca chief minister.

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But we easily forget that until Gates stepped aside from his business to, yes, save the world, he was widely despised as someone who gave us products that vexed us and made our lives harder in as many ways as they helped us, who often seemed to be in it for corporate enrichment and domination above all.

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Within days, the head of Britain's press watchdog, Conservative ex-minister Lord Wakeham, stepped aside to answer questions about his links with the company, for which he was a non-executive director.

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