41.   Karadzic on Sunday handed his powers as self-proclaimed president over to an equally hard-line deputy, Biljana Plavsic.

42.   Karadzic threw a sop to the international community Sunday by stepping aside and handing his powers as self-proclaimed president to an equally hard-line leader.

43.   Like Boris Yeltsin, the man who handed him power, Vladimir Putin has the opportunity to change the face of Russia.

44.   Nigeria ruling military junta is scheduled to hold presidential elections in February and will hand power over to the newly elected government in May.

45.   Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader indicted for war crimes, bowed to international pressure to step aside, handing his powers to an equally nationalist deputy.

46.   Since then, the democratic electoral process has become firmly entrenched and an outgoing president has always handed power to a ruler from an opposition political group.

47.   She handed power to a caretaker administration last month to oversee the October general elections.

48.   Since democracy returned, presidential elections have been peaceful and power has been handed over after each election to the leader of an opposition political party.

49.   Suharto, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, handed power to Habibie a year ago after riots and protests against his rule.

50.   Subsequently, veteran leader President Suharto bowed to public pressure and resigned, handing power to his vice-president Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie.