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Somalia's prime minister resigned Tuesday after a month of disagreements with the country's president.

South Korean prime minister-designate Kim Tae-ho and two other nominees announced their resignations Sunday, amid corruption allegations that surfaced during their confirmation hearings, the state-run Yonhap news agency reported.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Sunday that he will not resign, even as early results showed his Democratic Party heading for a major political setback in a midterm election.

The outgoing Czech cabinet will resign on Friday if the opening session of the new lower house of parliament ends on Thursday as planned, Prime Minister Jan Fischer said on Monday.

Both the upper and lower houses of Japan's parliament elected Finance Minister Naoto Kan to be the nation's new prime minister Friday, following the resignation of Yukio Hatoyama from the post earlier this week.

Japanese television is reporting that Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is meeting with parliamentary officials and is expected to resign.

Salam Fayyad’s parting could help usher in power sharing between the president and Hamas.