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Thu 12 Dec 2007Latvian PM and cabinet quit as corruption scandal
widens
LATVIA:Latvian prime minister Aigars Kalvitis and his cabinet resigned yesterday, following criticism from the public and president of his attempt to sack an anti-corruption prosecutor who was investigating possible financial irregularities by the ruling party.
Four ministers left government and Latvia saw its biggest street protests since regaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, before Mr Kalvitis reinstated the well-respected Aleksejs Loskutovs.
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