41.   Chretien said the change was unrelated to the allegations and that Gagliano had planned to leave politics anyway.

42.   Clinton found that he could not leave domestic politics behind.

43.   Demiri will leave local politics Wednesday when he begins a two-year prison sentence.

44.   During the testimony, Kato said he would leave politics and hours later submitted his resignation to a parliamentary committee.

45.   Four other candidates have been named and rejected in turn, leaving Mongolian politics paralyzed and stalling economic reform efforts.

46.   Goverment spokesman Peter Hausmann told reporters that Ruehe himself had rejected such speculation as absurd and has said he has no desire to leave German politics.

47.   He then left active politics and returned to his law firm.

48.   He said he would not leave politics.

49.   Her lone public stand is unprecedented in this predominantly Roman Catholic country, where nuns generally leave politics to the bishops.

50.   Hours after exit polls showed the results against him, Barak sad he would resign from the parliament and party leadership and would leave politics for a time.