11.   In the past two years, four Socialist ministers have quit amid charges the Italian aircraft maker Agusta paid bribes in return for a government defense contract.

12.   Indian opposition lawmakers said the defense minister must quit on moral grounds because of the reported financial impropriety.

13.   It would be the third time an Argentine economy minister has quit this year alone.

14.   Last year three ministers quit after accusing the government of awarding school and air-conditioning contracts at inflated prices to party supporters.

15.   The energy minister also quit after he was implicated in a scandal that allegedly involved rigged contract offers and bribery.

16.   The treasury minister quit Tuesday amid allegations that his son failed to declare the true value of six truckloads of electronic goods to avoid paying import taxes.

17.   When it became apparent he was shelving his most ambitious reforms, his four Communist Cabinet ministers quit.

18.   Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao Wednesday suffered a blow when two ministers quit his government to protest his alliance with a Tamil party to fight upcoming general elections.

19.   An opinion poll Wednesday said most people in Bihar also believe their chief minister should quit over corruption allegations.

20.   Another Shas minister quit in solidarity.