1.   But in New York City, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said the resignation request from his fellow Republicans was wrong.

2.   In a last-ditch effort to prevent that from happening, Cazenavette on Wednesday submitted a new request to Ms. Widnall asking to halt the processing of the resignation request.

3.   Borrelli declined to comment on the reported resignation request.

4.   Buck later said he was not sure whether he would now submit an unconditional resignation request to the Air Force.

5.   His commanding officer at the time of his first resignation request was even more blunt.

6.   Semyonov told the news agency that the resignation request from Defense Minister Igor Rodionov came after a newspaper report accused him of improperly building country houses.

7.   The Algerian Football Association approved his resignation request Tuesday, one week Madjer submitted it, an AFA source said on customary anonymity.