Less than a week later, he was asked by City Council to step down as mayor.
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But Mr Sanford defied numerous calls to step down before his term ended in January 2011.
It is unclear why Breyer has chosen to step down from so many high-profile boards.
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To his credit, Mr Aznar stuck to his promise to step down after two terms.
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The Durham star is favourite to become one-day captain following Michael Vaughan's decision to step down.
Congressional leaders have also dropped their support for the pastor and asked him to step down.
While Church law does allow for him to step down, a Pope usually reigns for life.
Shahbaz was chief minister of Pakistan's largest province, Punjab, and had to step down.
Google's first privacy director, Alma Whitten, is to step down after three years in the role.
He hedged afterward when asked about his announced plans to step down from his position.
Mr Thiam and his chairman, Harvey McGrath, are both under pressure to step down.
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Mr Tanaka is the second minister to step down in the year since he took office.
He said it was unrealistic to expect Russia to persuade Mr Assad to step down.
Chances are there would have been tirades and immediate calls for her to step down.
The story continues to evolve as executives are starting to step down in the aftermath.
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He leaves the papacy on Thursday, becoming the first pope to step down since 1415.
Mr Vasella is due to step down after the company's annual shareholders' meeting on 22 February.
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The auditor general for Scotland, Robert Black, has announced that he intends to step down.
Wajdi Zeinaddin of the Al-Wafd nationalist daily urged the Muslim Brotherhood to step down.
Richardson has called for Musharraf to step down and has called for free and fair elections.
Bosnian President Biljana Plavsic ordered Mladic to step down as military commander in November 1996.
Paraguay's Senate has voted to impeach left-wing President Fernando Lugo, forcing him to step down.
In March, Chris is asked to step down as co-chair of Tory Burch LLC.
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Mr Zeroual, a retired general, preferred to step down after policy clashes with the army.
The French government also called upon Mr Aristide to step down for that reason.
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Mr Lopez denies all the charges, and has refused to step down from his Assembly seat.
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Mr Spitzer has all but called for the chief executive of Marsh to step down.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down.
The head of RBS's investment banking arm since 2008, John Hourican, is also expected to step down.
Three top NASA science advisors resigned this week, two were asked to step down by NASA's administrator.
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