Stewart will depart on 6 August after 16 years as Comedy Central's late-night political satirist, with Noah – who caused a stir after a series of offensive tweets about Jews, fat women and Asian Americans emerged when he was announced as Stewart's replacement in March – given the task of replacing him.
As a result, the country lost a further 21 positions in the policy evaluation compared to last year, thus replacing Canada as the worst-performing industrial country".
Kevin Rudd has been sworn in as prime minister for a second time, three years after being deposed, and now faces the daunting task of reworking policy and replacing more than one-third of the cabinet just months before an election.
Ancelotti added weight to his frontline by replacing the midfielder Thiago Motta with Gameiro and the newcomer's tricky dribble caused enough confusion in the Valencia defence to allow Lavezzi to finish.
He first expressed an interest in replacing her with one Tory donor, Theodore Agnew, and more recently with another, Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross – who had had a past brush with financial scandal.
President Assad has appointed a new Syrian ambassador to Iraq, replacing Nawaf al-Fares, who defected in July.
Now, three months since Dulwich picture gallery challenged the public to "spot the fake" after replacing one of their collection masterpieces with a Chinese replica, the gallery has finally revealed the counterfeit.
On the kitchen worktop – or possibly even in the front room, replacing your telly.
On Friday peshmerga (Kurdish fighters) seized two nearby oilfields, Kirkuk and Bai Hassan, turfing out Arab workers and replacing them with their own staff.
News that Jonathan Nott - who has transformed the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in the 15 years he's been its principal conductor - is to start a new job with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva in 2017 (his contract ends in Bamberg next year), brings with it the coincidence of a planned new hall for the Swiss orchestra, replacing the Suisse Romande's current home, the Victoria Hall.
It was originally envisaged that YouView would be used as the future brand and technology for public service broadcasting, eventually replacing less advanced Freeview which is in more than 13 million homes.
