61.   The vice president handed power back over to Chavez after he was freed, and Chavez confirmed he never resigned.

62.   They have stayed out of the election after Mrs. Zia rejected their demand to quit and hand power to a neutral caretaker government to conduct the voting.

63.   Vice President Diosdado Cabello handed power back over to Chavez after he was freed, and Chavez confirmed he never resigned.

64.   International officials gave a cautious welcome on Sunday to the news that Radovan Karadzic had stepped down as Serb leader, handing power to a hardline deputy.

65.   Croat officials say that Herceg-Bosna was not dissolved because no Federation institutions existed to which its powers could be handed over.

66.   The opposition handed power to the PAP on Nomination Day by leaving more than half the seats uncontested.

67.   They then accepted an offer from the Angolan government to help restore democracy and pledged to hand back power on the guarantee of a general amnesty.

68.   They then accepted an offer from the Angolan government to help restore democracy and said they would hand back power on the guarantee of a general amnesty.

69.   Top Serb Aleksa Buha says Karadzic has handed full powers to a deputy, Biljana Plavsic.

70.   Yeltsin will however sign a decree before the operation handing temporary power to the prime minister, and a further decree taking it back afterwards.