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Hat in the ring?

Duffen: “We’re interested in Michael Owen on the right terms.”

- Hull consider Owen but on their terms, newcastleunited-mad.co.uk, June 21, 2009.

2. Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan said on Friday he had resigned, effective immediately, to focus on his campaign to win the presidential nomination for the ruling Democratic Party.

The U.S.-educated former investment banker is one of 10 candidates vying for presidential nomination by the party, whose fortunes have been slumping in opinion polls.

“I already met the president two days ago and he accepted it,” he told reporters.

State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan, a media magnate, is expected to throw his hat in the ring, forcing a small cabinet reshuffle as early as this weekend. But as the government has only a few months left in office, it is unlikely that the new ministers will be able to implement major policy changes.

- Indonesia’s trade minister resigns to focus on presidential campaign, Reuters, January 31, 2017.

3. While Vice President Joe Biden is not saying for sure whether he will run for the presidency in 2016, he is making it perfectly clear that he wants to throw his hat in the ring.

In an interview on CNN’s “New Day” yesterday, he said, “There may be reasons I don’t run, but there’s no obvious reason for me why I think I should not run.”