Junichiro Koizumi, Japan's new prime minister, had pledged before his appointment in April to go to Yasukuni, a controversial shrine for the war dead, on August 15th, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the second world war.
The prime minister, John Howard, who makes the appointment in consultation with Queen Elizabeth, is under pressure to consult more widely before choosing Mr Hollingworth's successor.See article: The queen's man bows outSeparatist rebels in the southern Philippines called a ten-day ceasefire.
He disclosed his decision after talks with Prime Minister John Howard, who had recommended his appointment in 2001.
Abiy Ahmed, the 42-year-old prime minister of Ethiopia, has dazzled Africa with a volley of political reforms since his appointment in April.
The appointment in effect positions the Gujarat leader as the party's candidate for prime minister.
Analysts said that the appointment in effect positioned the Gujarat leader as the party's candidate for prime minister.
Chidambaram received his first ministerial appointment in 1985, when he was named a deputy commerce minister in the government of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
His appointment as prime minister in April was seen as the key to new American "engagement" in the conflict, based on diluting the powers of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinians' elected president, reforming the Palestinian Authority (PA), and implementing the road map.
He advocated negotiations with the nationalists in Algeria, so his appointment as prime minister in May 1958 brought on a violent reaction by French settlers there.
The result is "The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm 1940-1965," a 1,000-plus-page 1,000-plus-page 1,000-plus-pagehistudyofntment as prime minister in 1940 until his death in 1965.
