91.   Still, the government took no chances, having a minister resign temporarily so he would be eligible to vote in his capacity as deputy.

92.   The Albanian interior minister resigned Saturday after disagreements with Prime Minister Pandeli Majko and his Socialist party over appointments of top police officials.

93.   The economic minister resigned and a judge forbade him from leaving the country.

94.   The defense minister resigned and the chief of the French secret service was fired.

95.   The defense minister resigned Monday after President Eduard Shevardnadze blamed him for a series of security failures, including sabotage of military airplanes and tanks.

96.   The health minister resigned, and other lawmakers also quit their posts.

97.   The intelligence minister later resigned in a case that highlighted the struggle between political moderates and hard-liners in Iran.

98.   The finance minister resigned Wednesday, and two top ministry officials reportedly offered to resign.

99.   The health and farm ministers resigned Tuesday, escalating a food pollution scandal into a crisis of the center-left government a dozen days ahead of national elections.

100.   The intelligence minister resigned Tuesday after the ministry, controlled by hard-liners, admitted that its agents were involved in the killing of dissidents.