21.   Abacha has repeatedly backed away from promises to hand control over to an elected civilian government.

22.   But the Khmer Rouge garrison apparently handed control over to the forces of Cambodian strongman Hun Sen without a fight.

23.   Foreign Minister Herve de Charette said while France understood the concerns, it would not hand control over its own security to any third party.

24.   He handed control of his telecommunications empire to his wife and son just before the elections, but is still believed to hold the business reins.

25.   Inmates were still in charge of four prisons late Friday after prisoners at Diavata in northern Greece went back to their cells, handing control over to their guards.

26.   Jeffords said he would become an independent but side with the Democrats for organizational purposes, the critical distinction that hands them control.

27.   Jeffords, whose defection from the Republican Party handed control of the Senate to Democrats, was not in the chamber Wednesday morning during the ceremony transferring power.

28.   Russia and Vietnam signed a transfer certificate on Thursday handing control of the Russian naval base at Cam Ranh Bay to the Vietnamese, a Russian Navy official said.

29.   Russia launched a new offensive Wednesday against Islamic rebels in the Caucasus mountains, while the rebels handed control of their forces over to two prominent Chechen warlords.

30.   Tabouk was arrested after Israel handed control of Nablus to the Palestinians last Monday as part of the Israel-PLO autonomy agreement.