11.   His victory marked the first real transfer of government power in South Korea and raised hope for improved relations between the two Koreas.

12.   His ascension to the post marked the first real transfer of government power in South Korea and raised hope for improved relations between the two Koreas.

13.   It marked the first transfer of power from a ruling party to an opposition party in South Korean history.

14.   Seven years after a bloody revolution, Romania completed its first democratic transfer of power when geology professor Emil Constantinescu was sworn in as president.

15.   That election brought the first transfer of power from one party to another in our new democracy.

16.   The ceremony marked the first transfer of power in South Africa between two democratically elected governments and recalled the inhumanity of apartheid.

17.   The election marked the first real transfer of government power in South Korean history.

18.   With a history marred by war, factional feuding and harsh theocratic rule, Afghans are looking forward to the first peaceful transfer of power in decades.

19.   Twenty prisoners were flown out of the base late Thursday in the first transfer to a new prison at the US Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

20.   US troops had rehearsed security procedures at the base to make sure the first high-risk transfer of detainees was completed without a hitch.