31.   His successor, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, has vowed repeatedly to hand power over to civilians in May.

32.   Hynix officials previously have said that they would prefer stock swaps as a means of forming a strategic alliance rather than handing management power to Micron.

33.   However, he ruled out handing more power to Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri.

34.   In a joint statement, Dostum and Aseff Ali said Rabbani should hand over power to an interim government in order to end the fighting.

35.   In a peaceful transition rarely seen in West Africa, the military Friday handed power to a civilian president whose election ended four years of army rule.

36.   In line with the constitution, he handed power over to Habibie, who had been his vice president.

37.   In recent days, leading Bolivians had been calling on the president to step down and formally hand power over to Quiroga.

38.   Kabila said Mobutu must resign immediately and hand power to a transition authority led by himself or face a rebel attack on the capital.

39.   Karadzic sent a letter to international mediators on Sunday declaring that was quitting his office as Bosnian Serb president and handing his powers to a deputy.

40.   Karadzic wrote to international mediators in Sarajevo on Sunday that he was stepping down as Bosnian Serb president and handing powers to a hard-line nationalist deputy.