Canadian prime minister to step down

Thursday, August 22, 2002

TORONTO -- Prime Minister Jean Chretien, the longest-serving leader of a Western democracy, announced Wednesday amid an internal party challenge that he will leave office in 2004 instead of seeking a fourth consecutive term.

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