The media tycoon and owner of soccer club AC Milan -- who previously served three terms as prime minister -- was forced to step down amid an escalating eurozone debt crisis and personal legal battles.

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Mr Wahid's friends, however, also include the demonstrators who confronted the army when ex-President Suharto was forced to step down in 1998, and during the subsequent transition to democracy.

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The hurler, who is usually protected by a designated hitter, may be forced to step up to bat because of inter-league rules--giving Mets pitchers their own opportunity to launch a leather ball and, perhaps, a piece of wood at him.

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He's entering his last month of his 12-year tenure on the City Council, forced to step down because of term limits.

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But Mubarak was finally forced to step down February 11 after a nearly three-week uprising during which protesters demanded reform and a new government.

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In Japan a just-promoted politician was forced (by public opinion) to step down from the cabinet because of his conviction for bribery in the 1970s.

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Midlothian-based Angel Biotechnology said it had been forced to take the step after talks with an overseas consortium over a strategic partnership broke down.

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That provoked a diplomatic protest from Cuba, and the first government-organised anti-American rallies across the island since illness forced Fidel Castro to step down as president in 2006.

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Banks have been fined by regulatory authorities, but the scandals have also resulted in high-profile casualties such as Bob Diamond at Barclays, who have either resigned, or been forced to step down.

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