1.   Because of the friction, a team of international monitors from Norway is to be deployed to oversee the handover.

2.   Looting and gunfire were reported in some parts, but by nightfall a commander overseeing the handover said peace had returned.

3.   His election will be officially ratified by a meeting on Thursday of the Preparatory Committee overseeing the handover to British rule.

4.   Carey is on his way from neighbouring South Africa, where he oversaw the handover by retired Cape Town Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Njongokulu Winston Ndugane.

5.   The result will be ratified by a meeting on Thursday of the Preparatory Committee, overseeing the handover to British rule.

6.   UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali arrived Thursday in Haiti, where he will oversee the handover of the US mission to restore democracy to a multinational force.

7.   US special forces have overseen the handover of arms in the region by Taliban forces who have decided to abandon the fight, he said.

8.   President Bill Clinton arrived in Haiti Friday to oversee the handover of the US operation to restore democracy to UN peacekeepers.