Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, August 19, 1995 TAG: 9508210054
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A10 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson unexpectedly announced Friday that he will resign in March, more than two years before his four-year term expires.
In a nationally broadcast news conference, Carlsson said he has fulfilled most of his goals since returning to office last year and wanted to spend more time with his family.
- Associated Press
Bermuda will seek new leader
HAMILTON, Bermuda - The search for Bermuda's new leader began Friday after Premier John Swan kept his promise to resign if voters rejected independence from Britain.
A caucus of Swan's United Bermuda Party met to honor him and open the race for his successor to party legislators. Voters in this mid-Atlantic island colony rejected independence resoundingly on Wednesday.
Nominations signed by five parliament members in the governing party are due Tuesday, and the caucus votes Friday.
- Associated Press
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