11.   Kabila has insisted that Mobutu hand power directly to him.

12.   So Fidelity, as a show of good faith, handed negotiating power for one set of claims over to fellow creditors Chemical Bank and Credit Lyonnais.

13.   That, he said, would hand greater power to wealthy, largely white Valley residents.

14.   The electorate is bent on subjecting politicians to all sorts of humiliating rituals before handing them power.

15.   The hostage taking also marginalized more moderate and secular elements in the revolutionary coalition, handing total power to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his fundamentalist allies.

16.   They blame the Yeltsin administration for driving Russia to ruin, and handing power to prominent members of the government who happen to have Jewish ancestry.

17.   They have surrendered their authority to tackle problems by printing more money, handing power over monetary policy to the politically independent European Central Bank.

18.   Opponents say the euro represents an unacceptable loss of sovereignty by handing power over national economic policy to a panel of European bankers.

19.   Abubakar has been working to liberalize Nigeria and hand power over to a civilian government next year.

20.   Another sticking point was that Wahid did not specify what powers he would hand over to her.