The handover was the first of several, two Iraqi military sources told Reuters, under an agreement brokered to handover a total of 502 fighters.
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The Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, one of the laws now under scrutiny, was enacted in April 1997 (several months before the handover) and amended in 1999 (after the handover).
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Some—notably Ted Cruz, a Republican senator from Texas, and four state attorneys-general who have sued to block the handover—argue that the handover amounts to giving away the internet.
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Protesters are pushing for a rapid handover to civilian leadership.
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No plan for a prisoner handover has been made public.
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The timing of the formal handover was not immediately clear.
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ETA makes no mention of possible weapons handover or disbanding.
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But preparations for January's handover have been mired in chaos.
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The spokesman did not give details on the ransom's handover.
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Congress should block the handover, scheduled to occur on Oct.
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They just had the third handover in the Norwegian forest.
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He may have timed his handover to Bob Chapek perfectly.
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But this generation's identity has been shaped by the handover.
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The handover took place at a checkpoint in the early evening.
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The Chinese Defence Ministry confirmed the handover in an earlier statement.
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The handover, which The Associated Press first reported, occurred this week.
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Protesters have called for an immediate handover of power to civilians.
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The Handover Ceremony, as it is called, is a modest ritual.
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Forsey has, however, agreed to facilitate a smooth handover of his responsibilities.
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Handover party for first 23 customer Model 2100's on the 2000th!
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Israel and Washington have both voiced misgivings about the S-300 handover.
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The US and Japan have been negotiating the handover since the 1990s.
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Following the handover, some families buried the remains in their local ceremony.
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Handover party for first 30 customer Model 3's on the 28th!
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The handover took place two days later at Wilma's office in Midtown.
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That's about as smooth a handover as shareholders could ever have anticipated.
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A clip of Obama mouthing "thank you" after the handover went viral.
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And Hong Kong commemorated the 20th anniversary of its handover to China.
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The handover of the documents, which CNN reported Tuesday, involves mostly business records.
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Lam continued to serve the post-colonial civil service after the 1997 handover.
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The official handover will take place during Doctor Who's eagerly anticipated Christmas special.
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For a graphic on Italy's handover of sea rescues to Libya, click tmsnrt.
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There were no official ceremonies to mark the handover on the Israeli side.
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"People didn't start even talking about democracy until after the handover," said Lau.
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The handover is expected to be completed by the end of next year.
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But the handover from Lloyd Blankfein won't lead to many changes in strategy.
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But a row with parliament could also delay the handover beyond Nov. 1.
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The handover of Tiran and Sanafir underscores broader trends roiling the Middle East.
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LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Mark Carney may leave his successor a timely handover present.
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Twenty years after the handover, the development of Hong Kong is still stable.
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I think some Hong Kong people are not very happy about the handover.
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He also gets a reasonable handover period before taking over officially in September.
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He also pointed to North Korea's pre-summit handover of three American detainees.
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He told reporters Friday's handover set a positive tone for broader diplomatic negotiations.
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I remember the all-important handover moment when I was six years old.
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On July 1st, in the same convention centre in which the handover ceremony was held, the country's president, Xi Jinping, will join celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover—his first visit to the territory as China's leader.
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But since the handover, and especially in the past five years, anxieties have grown.
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It's certainly a stark contrast from Immelt's own handover from Jack Welch in 2001.
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Recently, however, he has declared that the two-year handover was merely "a suggestion".
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Demonstrations have continued as protesters call for a rapid handover of power to civilians.
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Yet as the handover date approached, a generally positive mood prevailed among ordinary citizens.
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A combination of investigative, congressional, and judicial pressure forced the handover of the tapes.
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More people voted in Sunday's elections than at any time since the 1997 handover.
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The handover could put President Trump's eldest son, Don Jr., in the hot seat.
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The handover took place hours later than expected, for reasons that were not clear.
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Diaz-Canel however has signaled the presidential handover does not mean sweeping political change.
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But, Mr. Patten said, the Chinese government reversed those changes soon after the handover.
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One of my starkest memories was from the night of the handover fireworks display.
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Whitman is set to complete the handover of Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Feb. 1.
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Major tech companies, including Google, Facebook and Twitter, are in favor of the handover.
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Community officer with a pro-Beijing political party I was 5 during the handover.
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The letter is now worth about $1.2 million, officials at the handover ceremony said.
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That generation identifies far less with the mainland than do those who witnessed the handover.
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I eat a banana I brought from home and start plugging away at handover notes.
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He is personally suing a congressional committee to stop the handover of his financial records.
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Jansen is due to replace Patterson on January 133 2019, following a brief handover period.
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Mr Wine wrote his own hit, calling for peaceful elections and a handover of power.
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This entailed the first deployment of troops on the streets since the handover in 1999.
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But just ahead of the handover to Egyptian controllers, calls to the plane went unanswered.
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It would also prepare the ground for Mrs May's eventual handover to a new leader.
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Mr Cruz may well fail to block the handover at the end of this month.
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He will continue as CEO until his successor is confirmed to ensure a smooth handover.
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He will remain as CEO until his successor is confirmed to ensure a smooth handover.
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The venue will host many events marking the city's handover from the UK to China.
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"As the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover approaches, the territory's autonomy looks increasingly fragile."
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Street celebrations turn into more demonstrations as hundreds of thousands demand a handover to civilians.
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" If Britain pulled out before the handover, he said, "these people would just take over.
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The defense ministry declined to give more details about the handover when contacted by Reuters.
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In 1997, just after the Hong Kong handover, the BBC appointed her Beijing bureau chief.
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Whenever possible, one colleague defers these procedures for hours until the shift handover to me.
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And Monday, July 1, is the anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China.
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If China had been a democracy in 1997, the handover would have meant no dispute.
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Another idea is for Beijing to extend the 50-year handover period far beyond 2047.
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The sooner America reaches out to Russia, ideally before January's handover of administration, the better.
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The handover will take place on Monday, after Mitsotakis's swearing in as new Prime Minister.
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And just last month Reuters reported she had been preparing an "intensive" handover of work looking into complaints against Google's job search product to her successor — a handover that won't now be necessary, assuming the EU parliament gives its backing to von der Leyen's team.
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Just after the handover, Hong Kong, a global financial center, accounted for 16% of China's GDP.
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It proved a magnet for Hong Kongers nervous at the impending handover to China in 1997.
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The cash transfers included a $30,000 handover in a New York City hotel room, prosecutors said.
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At the time of the handover fewer than one in five had misgivings about the idea.
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Pang was with demonstrators outside a government ceremony to mark the handover anniversary on Monday morning.
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"We all cried," Major Wathiq Amjad Naathar, the army official who oversaw the handover, told Reuters.
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"We ... promise (to) deliver great Games," Rio Games chief Carlos Nuzman said at the handover ceremony.
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The protests have caused the former British colony's biggest political crisis since its handover to China.
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"The handover has taken place..," Sharfan Darwish, the spokesman for the Manbij Military Council, told Reuters.
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The protests have caused the former British colony's biggest political crisis since its handover to China.
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At one point, North Korean officials canceled a meeting with American counterparts to discuss the handover.
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Demonstrators have been camping outside the compound since then to push for a handover of power.
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Only when both fail to keep quality acceptable does the handover to cellular voice take place.
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But since the handover the use of Mandarin, the official language of China, has grown steadily.
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To the world, the British handover of Hong Kong might seem only a footnote to history.
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Only about 3 percent now describe themselves broadly as Chinese, the lowest level since the handover.
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SEC documents show that the handover of power in HMNY went straight from HMIT to Farnsworth.
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The internal OPM report found that "conflicting expectations and lack of communication" were hampering the handover.
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The paper lays out 12 guiding principles of automated driving: safe operation; operational design domain; vehicle operator-initiated handover; security; user responsibility; vehicle-initiated handover; interdependency between the vehicle operator and the automated system; safety assessment; data recording; passive safety; behavior in traffic; and a safety layer.
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If they were worried, the British officials who attended the handover ceremony tried not to show it.
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Leader-in-waiting Barrow has been waiting in Senegal -- which surrounds Gambia -- for the handover of power.
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Leader in waiting Barrow has been waiting in Senegal -- which surrounds Gambia -- for the handover of power.
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It was stressed that the handover to full church control had not been cleared with President Putin.
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The two leaders negotiated the handover of Hong Kong to China, which eventually took place in 1997.
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Even though we were a colony [before the handover], we were under better rule with the British.
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The relay will travel around Greece for eight days, before a handover ceremony at Athens' Panathenaic Stadium.
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It had just gone past midnight in the U.K. on May 215th when the handover was completed.
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For many, her fate now echoes that of Hong Kong's first post-handover leader, Tung Chee-hwa.
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Tall's descendants attended the handover from the French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe to Senegalese President Macky Sall.
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Tonight's handover event is bound to result in one thing, for sure: Happy Tesla Model 3 owners.
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Narasimhan said in a statement on Monday that Wyss will be available to ensure a "proper handover".
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For one, it grants immunity to the Tatmadaw for crimes committed before the government handover in 2011.
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The "one country, two systems" principle refers to Hong Kong's handover as a British colony in 1997.
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He has not visited since 2017, when he marked the 20th anniversary of the handover from Britain.
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There has also been uncertainty over Mahathir's promised handover of power to his coalition partner Anwar Ibrahim.
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But no leader has been able to successfully take back land from private developers since the handover.
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Hyundai Motor Group this month proposed a restructuring plan in preparation for a father-to-son handover.
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He said an amensty for residents of Donetsk and Luhansk must be granted prior to any handover.
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Bolsonaro broke with bilateral tradition by declaring early on that he would not attend Argentina's presidential handover.
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China's People's Liberation Army garrison in the territory has stayed in barracks since the handover in 1997.
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The proposal is the most dangerous threat to our freedoms and way of life since the handover.
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"It can be said that Hong Kong is facing the most severe situation it has faced since the handover," Zhang said, according to the AP. The terms of the handover established "one country, two systems," with significantly fewer economic and political restrictions in Hong Kong than in mainland China.
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The Treasury has blown past two deadlines for the handover of Trump's tax returns to another House committee.
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The handover reduces the amount of US-controlled land on Okinawa by 17%, according to the US military.
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The Basic Law, the mini-constitution drafted for Hong Kong before the handover, promised universal suffrage by 2017.
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They demonstrated in large numbers over the past three days, pressing for a rapid handover to civilian rule.
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The handover will take place on April 3, and he will remain at the company as executive chairman.
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The closing also involved a flag handover from Orlando to Toronto, where the 2017 Games will be held.
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Monday marked the 22nd anniversary of the former colony's handover from Britain to China on July 1, 1997.
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But unlike Brexit, the handover united Hong Kong with its natural economic partner rather than distancing the two.
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China has also dispatched its only aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, to Hong Kong as part of handover celebrations.
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"We are experiencing the most serious revolution after Hong Kong's handover," said former Legislative Council president, Jasper Tsang.
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Brussels creates a song and dance about each handover, but the system makes no more sense than Mobutu's.
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Born and raised in California, Wu traveled to Asia in 1997 to witness the Handover of Hong Kong.
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The US government accuses China of stealing American intellectual property and forcing US firms to handover valuable tech.
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ArcelorMittal was due to take over Ilva on July 1, but Di Maio delayed the handover last month.
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Chief Executive Vas Narasimhan said in a statement that Wyss would be available to ensure a "proper handover".
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But the handover was really awkward because no one seemed to know what to do with the present.
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Officials had expected that the trucks would stay overnight to complete the handover of aid to local residents.
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The handover was planned and choreographed far in advance, but the Asian Financial Crisis was pure improvised catastrophe.
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The details leaked after a photographer captured the texted report of the handover on a presidential aide's smartphone.
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The handover is part of two court orders by Pell's defense team to be able to examine materials.
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Never mind that Ukraine -- unlike Putin's Russia -- recently has seen peaceful handover of power to a new president.
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Many of the actors in the play hadn't even been born at the time of the 1997 handover.
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RSF leader Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, was present during the cash handover, the witness said.
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The handover would take place on Monday, after Mitsotakis's swearing in as new Prime Minister, the official said.
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Monday's protests coincided with the 22nd anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China.
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The Treasury has blown past two deadlines for the handover of the President's tax returns to another House committee.
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What was striking about the handover ceremony on July 1st 1997 was that Hong Kong's people were not represented.
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But as the 20th anniversary of the handover on July 1st approaches, Hong Kong is wondering about its future.
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Robbins is overdue a move and is prepared to stay and do a smooth handover, a source told Reuters.
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At the time of the handover in 22015, the territory's economy was equivalent to nearly a fifth of China's.
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At the time of the handover, this newspaper expressed the hope that Hong Kong would help "change China" politically.
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In the final years of the British colonial era, strong divisions against the 1997 handover deal with Beijing appeared.
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Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets Monday, the 303nd anniversary of the former British colony's handover to China.
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CIMB said the board would decide on the next chairman and the exact date of handover in due course.
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As those companies mature, they can recalibrate: founder Jack Ma's handover at Alibaba may provide a model for others.
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Dozens of news outlets lined the highway near the entrance to the park in anticipation of the final handover.
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Among the signatories was Malcolm Rifkind, who was Britain's foreign secretary in the build-up to Hong Kong's handover.
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Hong Kong is governed under the Basic Law, a charter negotiated by China and Britain before the 1997 handover.
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In 2047, Hong Kong will be fully reintegrated with mainland China, as per the terms of the handover agreement.
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"How much (Rokan) produces in 2021 will depend on how much it's producing prior to the handover," he said.
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Tshisekedi takes over from outgoing President Joseph Kabila in the first peaceful handover of power in the country's history.
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And that is China made a series of international assurances about autonomy in Hong Kong when the handover occurred.
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On July 1, the anniversary of the British handover of Hong Kong, protesters stormed and vandalized the Legislative Council.
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The British government, which ruled Hong Kong until its handover to mainland China in 1997, has demanded an investigation.
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This first political handover established crucial national norms that would remain the public standard for the next two centuries.
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It is a world of Dari and Dinka interpreters, and Persian New Year sweets at the morning handover meeting.
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He was stripped of his legislative duties — a first since the handover — and only later reinstated to his seat.
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Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council gave its take on China's influence in Hong Kong just before the territory's handover anniversary.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent well-wishes to the pilot after the handover in a post on Twitter.
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" Asked if a handover could come in December 2020, Mahathir said: "We'll look at that when the time comes.
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"To look like they were fighting corruption," past governments "created so many rules," he said at the cheque handover.
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Abrahamsson Ring will be deputy CEO between March and September to make for a smooth handover, Inter IKEA said.
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They have demonstrated in large numbers over the past three days, pressing for a rapid handover to civilian rule.
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By 22014, unemployment was high and discontent with the first post-handover leader Chief Executive Tung Chee-Hwa was simmering.
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The handover of power, and the resulting partition of India and Pakistan, would be bloodier than anyone could have imagined.
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But to stop the handover then, another court will have to step in, possibly as part of the appeals process.
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"This handover isn't enough," Kouji Ida, the deputy councilor from the Okinawa prefectural government's military base affairs division, told CNN.
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He joined the post-handover government in 1999, serving in a variety of roles before becoming financial secretary in 2007.
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If Serbia's Court of Appeals rules against Vassilev, the country's justice minister will be responsible for his handover to Bulgaria.
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Ahead of Tesla's Model 3 handover event, I got to drive one – a black version with the Premium Upgrade Package.
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The Port Authority and LGP expect to execute the lease and reach financial close and operational handover on June 1.
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Now, with the FARC's support, investigators across the country are able to recover and handover remains faster than ever before.
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His death comes less than two weeks after the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from British to Chinese rule.
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At Britain's handover 22 years ago, Chinese Communist leaders promised the city a high degree of autonomy for 50 years.
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In the interim, however, the goals of Beijing to make Hong Kong politically agreeable have been consistent since the handover.
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In a statement, ArcelorMittal said delaying the handover was a possibility foreseen by the contract signed with the Italian government.
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Patten was on CNBC to discuss the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from the U.K. to China.
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Since the MHRA assesses around a fifth of EU medicines, drug industry leaders fear this sudden handover will cause disruption.
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North Korea on Thursday demanded the handover of "terror suspects" involved in the plot but it did not identify anyone.
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A. I felt duty-bound as a writer and citizen to record this watershed event in our post-handover history.
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Since that handover last month, the company said it is averaging more than 1,800 net Model 403 reservations per day.
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The charity group ridiculed the notion their event had been granted approval in order to prevent the annual handover march.
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Using patrolling vehicles tagged with the words "Defend Europe", Generation Identitaire had claimed the handover of four migrants to authorities.
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Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first chief executive after the 1997 handover, was a tusi who acted like a liuguan.
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Mr. Xi came to Hong Kong to mark the 20th anniversary of the former British colony's handover to Chinese control.
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But Democrats' transition-related fears are driven partly by how the Trump team handled the handover of power from Obama.
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Of course, my friends and I watched with great pride Hong Kong's handover ceremony from Britain to China in 1997.
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Surveys showed that a majority of Hong Kong residents were happy about the handover, which transpired on July 1, 213.
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There are no rules on where the handover needs to happen, as long as the timing works for both parties.
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Most of these facilities were inherited by the PLA under agreement with the departing British forces during the 1997 handover.
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From there, it is expected to be transferred to Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France, for a formal handover on Wednesday.
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Troops lined both sides of the crossing ahead of the handover, which was delayed by several hours for unknown reasons.
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News of his potential retirement comes as Hong Kong marks the 20th anniversary of its handover from Britain to China.
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Originally, GSK had hoped for a lengthy handover period during which Miels would work alongside outgoing pharma head Abbas Hussain.
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But his incipient quest for the presidency as a third-party candidate, she said, makes the handover much more difficult.
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I attended the handover at Tesla's factory in Fremont, CA, and got to drive the car for about 15 minutes.
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Russia's Interfax agency on Saturday quoted a Kremlin spokesman as saying that the deal envisaged a partial handover of technology.
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With Hong Kong's fate decided, preparations began for the "handover" of Hong Kong from Britain to China on 1 July 1997.
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The project will generate 2,115 megawatts of electricity when it is completed, energy minister Medard Kalemani said during the handover ceremony.
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At a cost of $21 million – paid for by private businesses – the show was the biggest celebration since the handover itself.
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At a cost of $245 million – paid for by private businesses – the show was the biggest celebration since the handover itself.
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Local journalists tell Standish the handover of power, while staged, "sparked an interest and engagement with politics that was previously absent."
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That is a result of the 1997 handover of sovereignty back to China after more than 150 years of British rule.
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The army had paused its operations in the surrounding area of northeast Nigeria to avoid casualties during the handover, he said.
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Since handover, Hong Kong's incredibly dense population has grown even further, to 21997 million, or 21997,790 people for every square kilometer.
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"Following the handover of the company's telehealth solutions to Merck…ConnectMed will cease operations," said a company release on the deal.
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"We are so honored to be the first delivery here," JetBlue Chief Executive Officer Robin Hayes said at the handover ceremony.
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For Japan, the next host of the summer games completing the handover in Rio de Janeiro tonight, it was video games.
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Hong Kong's four post-handover chief executives have all been chosen by a small election committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists.
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Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying referred questions about the handover and other details of the case to the defense ministry.
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The handover of the documentation has allowed Cormagdalena to further postpone the hearing on the suspension of Odebrecht's contract until Nov.
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Following a provisional government in 1997 during the handover process, Hong Kong's first Legislative Council election took place in May 1998.
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"We are encouraged by North Korea's actions and the momentum for positive change," the White House said in announcing the handover.
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A month after the talk the Hong Kong government outlawed Mr. Chan's party, the first such ban since the 1997 handover.
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"God has heard our prayers," Poroshenko said in an address on Ukrainian television after the handover of the decree, or tomos.
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The 39-year-old former banker has taken over from his predecessor, Francois Hollande, after the official handover at the palace.
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But as Hong Kong marks the 22014nd anniversary of the handover on Monday, some of China's recent deeds suggest something else.
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A day commemorating Hong Kong's handover to China took an ominous turn as one group of demonstrators stormed the territory's legislature.
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The Chinese military has had troops stationed in Hong Kong since the handover of the city from British control in 1997.
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But since the 1997 handover of the territory to China, the law has been mostly used in crackdowns on organized crime.
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Before the handover of documents Friday, a federal judge had disagreed with Fusion GPS' protests, and the company pledged to appeal.
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Since the handover, booming casino revenues have propelled the tiny enclave of 600,000 people to one of the world's richest cities.
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The military was the main player in Algeria's politics after Bouteflika's departure until the handover of power to Tebboune in December.
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As part of the handover, China vowed to respect the city's semiautonomy through a "one country, two systems" stance until 2047.
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The handover of Macau, the former Portuguese colony, in 1999 took place two years after Britain ceded sovereignty of Hong Kong.
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"Hong Kong is experiencing its greatest period of turmoil since the handover," British Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said in a statement.
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The phrase "good night" is the radio parlance used by pilots when executing a handover from one airspace to another, Quest said.
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The transition moved forward after a last-ditch Republican effort to sabotage the handover was rejected by a federal judge late Friday.
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On Monday -- the anniversary of Hong Kong's 1997 handover to Chinese rule -- hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters marched in the city.
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Britain did not sign the Paris declaration, and expressed "particular reservations" about holding the conference so soon before the handover in America.
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The flame arrived in Incheon on a Korean Air flight from Greece after a handover ceremony in Athens on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
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By the time of the handover negotiations in the 1980s, China had already turned down two Portuguese efforts to give it back.
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The official is part of a government team that examines candidates' pledges to plan ahead and prepare policy for a smooth handover.
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On July 28, the firm hosted a huge press conference and celebration called the Model 20183 Handover Party at the Fremont factory.
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Myanmar's government spokesman, Zaw Htay, did not answer telephone calls on Thursday from Reuters seeking comment on the handover of the men.
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Since news of the turtle's death broke Tuesday, there has been an outpouring of grief and fears over the impending leadership handover.
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Sentiment is turning upbeat ahead of the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from British colonial rule to the mainland.
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The Turkish Defense Ministry, which announced the handover on Twitter on Friday morning, did not say who took custody of the soldiers.
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Officials from Shell and Basra Oil Co. met on Wednesday to mark the complete exit of Shell and the handover of operations.
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But as the media picked up the story of the handover, a strange impression arose: that the British Museum gave something back.
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Four prominent candidates, including Tsang, have now said they will run, making for one of the most competitive contests since the handover.
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Normally, policy teams visit every department for updates on pertinent legislation and projects in order to make the handover more sure-handed.
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The protesters' display of Hong Kong's old colonial flag in the chamber was a symbolic rebuke of the handover 22 years ago.
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A detachment of People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers have been stationed in Hong Kong since the 1997 handover which ended British rule.
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The Basic Law states that Hong Kong "shall safeguard the rights and freedoms of the residents" for 50 years after the handover.
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As part of the British handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, the territory was promised 50 years of self-administration.
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Since the handover, more than one million mainland Chinese have moved here, contributing their energy and talents to the territory's economic development.
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Many fear China has been eroding Hong Kong's freedoms, guaranteed under a "one country, two systems" formula introduced with the 1997 handover.
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Another source from Chongqing said the handover ceremony was abruptly announced the night before, after the city's major leaders had finished work.
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He obtained a British passport in 1991 ahead of the 1997 handover, but he chose to confront his fears of China instead.
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Many fear China has been eroding Hong Kong's freedoms, guaranteed under a "one country, two systems" formula introduced with the 1997 handover.
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Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo also attended the ceremony and lauded the handover as a sign of the country's long reconstruction efforts.
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An attempt to amend Hong Kong's extradition law triggered the worst crisis in the city since its handover to China in 251.
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All three of her predecessors as chief executive since the handover of the territory by Britain in 1997 left under a cloud.
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In response, Riseup said it is now implementing encrypted storage so it won't be in a position to handover useful data again.
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"This is a great day for stamp collecting," said Don Sundman, a dealer who helped expedite the stamp's handover to its rightful owner.
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Under the terms of the 1997 handover, Beijing promised to respect the semi-autonomous city's distinct political and legal system for 50 years.
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News of the handover came as U.S.-backed forces were readying for an assault on the militant group's final enclave in eastern Syria.
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Yet the handover has done little to assuage the ire of activists, who've campaigned for decades, to remove US bases altogether from Okinawa.
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Hong Kong, which this summer marks the 20th anniversary of its handover from Britain to China, is the perfect complement to innovative Shenzhen.
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Since the handover in 1997, lawmakers and activists in Hong Kong have also been prosecuted for desecrating the Chinese and Hong Kong flags.
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The city, a major Asian financial centre, is facing its biggest political crisis since the handover of power from British rule in 1997.
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The city, a major Asian financial center, is facing its biggest political crisis since the handover of power from British rule in 1997.
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Thousands of people joined a pro-democracy march in Hong Kong to mark the anniversary of the territory's handover to China in 1997.
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A short time later the raided Virginia entities engaged in a legal battle with the U.S. government over the handover of their documents.
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Mr Sherwood, widely known as "Woody", will remain at the bank as a senior director during a handover period of about six months.
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He will proceed with the president, wearing a green tie, possibly on the long side, to the White House for the plant handover.
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China's military has always had a major presence in Hong Kong since the handover, but it has kept a low profile until recently.
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"Mr Sachs will not be leaving National Treasury immediately to ensure a proper handover to another senior official," Treasury said in a statement.
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Tensions are mounting between the TMC and an alliance of protest and opposition groups who want a quick handover of power to civilians.
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As head of the civil service before and (for nearly four years) after the handover, Mrs Chan was an embodiment of the guarantees.
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"By the far most fraught handover of the football from one President to another followed the shooting of John F. Kennedy," says Andrew.
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All land in Hong Kong is leased by the government to a buyer, a colonial government practice retained by the post-handover government.
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The role of the PLA in Hong Kong has long been one of the most sensitive elements of the city's handover to China.
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It has happened before: About 300,000 of them were living in Canada in the late 1990s, around the time of the British handover.
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LEDE: We're nine days out from the Obama administration's planned handover for oversight of the internet domain name system to an international body.
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Unlike those who negotiated the deal, for young protesters born after the handover that deadline will fall in the middle of their lives.
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The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday is taking up a Commerce, Justice and Science spending bill that would block the handover through 2017.
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"We thought China would become more like Hong Kong in the years that followed the handover, not the other way around," he said.
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And in the CNN interview ahead of the White House statement, Browder had noted how gravely he viewed a potential handover to Russia.
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He will remain in his position as chairman at N Brown during the search for his replacement and handover period, the company said.
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Paul Zimmerman, a Hong Kong district councilor and environmentalist, said waste management had been a low priority since the handover 20 years ago.
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Markets in greater China traded lower as President Xi Jinping visited Hong Kong ahead of the twentieth anniversary of the Hong Kong handover.
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In December she gave up the CDU chair to Kramp-Karrenbauer - a move widely seen as the beginning of a handover of power.
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Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad thanked Indonesian President Joko Widodo, in a video posted on his Facebook page, for facilitating the yacht's handover.
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Hong Kong residents march every year on the anniversary of the handover, demonstrating for democratic values and usually calling attention to particular causes.
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Instead of covering the storming of the Legislative Council in July, for instance, China's state-controlled media showed propaganda celebrating the 1997 handover.
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"It's a long time since the handover of 1997, so it's been very difficult against the weight of China's economic and political prominence."
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Since Bashir's departure, protests have continued and demonstrators have camped outside the headquarters of the Defense Ministry to demand a handover of power.
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" Graves, then general manager and vice president of operations, wrote later that the handover was "a little bit of an ego/gut check.
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So far, the expanded Chinese forces remain firmly within their barracks a continuation of what has been an unobtrusive presence since the handover.
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As the Friday anniversary of the handover has approached, officials have denied entry to a number of Hong Kong residents, journalists and foreigners.
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Here's a doozy: How about the possibility that Mr. Trump will grant Edward J. Snowden clemency as part of a handover with Putin?
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The handover to Liu is only a formality, said a Taipei-based analyst, who declined to be identified due to Taiwan's trading regulations.
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At the time of the handover, The Economist expressed hope that Hong Kong would serve as a laboratory for political change on the mainland.
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Official handover on April 9 National security advisor McMaster was the second national security advisor to leave the administration in just over one year.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's new government will ask for a postponement of a planned July 1 handover of the Ilva steel plant to ArcelorMittal (MT.
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Since neither Arkansas nor Virginia regulates owning a long gun, the background check would be my only encounter with gun laws during the handover.
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A statement denouncing the handover attracted 200,000 signatures, and thousands of people took part in street demonstrations both for and against the cathedral's transfer.
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Tesla held its handover party for the Model 3 on Friday night, kicking off the start of production for its first mass-market vehicle.
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Later this evening, Musk will host an exclusive handover party for 30 customers who reserved the Model 3, Tesla's first mass-market electric car.
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Helen's temporary handover reflects the quietly cordial relations between the "apostolic mission" or outreach arm of the Greek church and Catholic authorities in Venice.
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The BBC moved its East Asia relay station to Thailand from Hong Kong after the handover of the British colony to China in 1997.
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Tesla has struggled to produce the Model 3 since the first deliveries were made in July 25 during a splashy handover event for employees.
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But a person familiar with the review told Reuters that Vestager is preparing an "intensive" handover so that her successor does not drop it.
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Lawyers for President Donald Trump said Saturday they've reached an agreement with congressional leaders to delay the handover of banking documents from Trump accounts.
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NBC News also reported the handover, which came one week after two former Christie associates were found guilty in the New Jersey "Bridgegate" scandal.
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PHILIP RUSSELLAustin, Texas The tendency for grandeur and craving for status seem to be a permanent phenomenon in shipping ("The other handover", July 15th).
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That's not going to happen, well placed sources in Beijing and Hong Kong say, as Hong Kong marks the 13th anniversary of that handover.
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The Grevin museum went into overdrive to produce its wax lookalike of Trump for an appearance on the eve of Friday's White House handover.
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The countdown echoes one that was conducted across China in the weeks leading up to July 1, 1997, the day of Hong Kong's handover.
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Essebsi's backers dismiss claims they wanted to put his son in a position of power through a dynastic handover of control of the party.
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Mr. Bush took the issue to heart, telling his top advisers as early as 2007 that they were to begin planning for the handover.
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" The White House and a separate source familiar with the handover of Trump's medical records disputed Bornstein's description of the incident as a "raid.
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Before Xi's arrival on Wednesday, local police arrested 26 demonstrators who clambered up the Golden Bauhinia, a commemorative handover statue, to demand universal suffrage.
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Hong Kong, which is a special administrative region of China, has enjoyed a measure of independence since the 1997 handover from the United Kingdom.
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"I think this is a huge breakthrough," HKEx CEO Charles Li told CNBC's "Squawk Box " on the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China.
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It cited unspecified sources as saying Turkey would not accept the handover of what it said were 22 U.S. military bases to the YPG.
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He also refused to promise a handover Fethullah Gülen, the Turkish cleric who has lived in self-imposed exile in the U.S. since 1999.
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Another bizarre (yet necessary) scene ... the Olympic Torch Handover ceremony went down in Athens, Greece on Thursday -- with ZERO fans allowed at Panathenaic Stadium.
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A national military council would oversee steps for "phased withdrawal of armed groups from specific areas" and the handover of weapons, including ballistic missiles.
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" It cited the impending 1997 handover of the city by its British rulers back to Chinese control with the lyrics, "1997, please come soonest.
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We're covering President Trump's historic encounter in North Korea, a fragile trade truce between the U.S. and China, and Hong Kong's tense handover anniversary.
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" Tesla said it has been working on a transition plan since July that will end in January "to ensure a smooth handover of responsibilities.
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Universal suffrage was promised to Hong Kong under the "one country, two systems" principle that was established at the time of the 1997 handover.
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On June 26, Mr. Leung, the outgoing chief executive, and his successor, Ms. Lam, attended an exhibit highlighting Hong Kong's achievements since the handover.
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According to court filings published in The Times, paperwork proving National Collegiate's ownership of the debt "appears to have been lost" during the handover.
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Over the weekend, the Asia financial hub saw violent clashes on its streets, the latest in Hong Kong's biggest political crisis since the handover.
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Despite the backlash against Beijing, there are few signs of Beijing heeding demands for democracy and respect for the freedoms guaranteed at the handover.
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At a handover ceremony on Tuesday, AMISOM and Somali officials toured the war-torn stadium and invited the nation's youth to come and play.
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Thursday also marked the 35th anniversary of a treaty between China and Britain on Hong Kong's future, which set the stage for its handover.
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Activists see the extradition bill as an example of Hong Kong's eroding autonomy under Beijing's rule since the 1997 handover from colonial power Britain.
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But its handover from a mining crew in Sierra Leone to the government to handle its sale has fed political divisions in the country.
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Tuesday's announcement will focus on the handover to Solomon and isn't likely to include information about the incoming CEO's deputies, the sources told CNBC.
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Activists see the extradition bill as an example of Hong Kong's eroding autonomy under Beijing rule since the 1997 handover from colonial power Britain.
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The ruling was considered Beijing's most direct intervention in Hong Kong's legal system since the 1997 handover of the city from Britain to China.
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While thousands of demonstrators laid siege to the legislature, tens of thousands marched through the center of town in an annual handover anniversary rally.
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Yehia al-Dakroury, who had been expected to become chief judge of the State Council in July, ruled against the president's handover of the islands.
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But Americans of all stripes consider the peaceful handover of power to political opponents one of the most demonstrable symbols of the country's healthy democracy.
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The Sudanese Professional Associations (SPA), a body that led protests against al-Bashir, have called for the immediate and unconditioned handover of power to civilians.
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In past presidential transitions, there also was a handover from those doing the planning before the election to those in the President-elect's leadership team.
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Days later, the U.S. moved about 100 caskets to the DMZ in anticipation of the handover of the remains, but the transfer never took place.
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Other outlets, meanwhile, either ignored the protests or tried to gloss over them with cheerful news from the anniversary of the handover in Hong Kong.
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A day of demonstrations July 1, the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from British to Chinese rule, has always been marked by pro-democracy marches.
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While the opposition has insisted on a swift handover of power to civilians, the TMC has said the process could take up to two years.
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The Sino-British Joint Declaration that Pence referred to was an agreement on the terms of Britain's handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997.
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The argument took a nasty turn when a parliamentarian from President Vladimir Putin's party used anti-Semitic references to denounce the opponents of the handover.
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To cover the handover of Hong Kong to China in 18803, I bought a bulky piece of plastic that looked like a pair of binoculars.
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Indeed, the army's desire to secure an orderly royal handover seems to have been one of the reasons it took power in the first place.
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The first 30 Model 3 customers will receive their new Teslas on the 28th at a handover party, according to a second tweet from Musk.
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Wednesday&aposs handover was the first tangible step in implementing a reconciliation deal between Hamas and the rival Fatah party, which controls the Palestinian Authority.
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The remains of crew members were handed over on Saturday, with the handover of Egyptian, French and other foreign passengers expected to begin on Sunday.
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"The [Belgian] federal prosecutor's office will not release any further information concerning the time or the circumstances of this handover" to France, a spokesperson said.
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With only about 40 working days until the handover, it is not clear which, if any, of those standards will get across the finishing line.
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The handover is as big as just about any of the Socialist-inspired giveaways Mr. Chávez ever orchestrated, and it comes with an incongruous twist.
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While Assange was set to appear in a London court on Thursday, a timeline for his handover to American law enforcement was not immediately clear.
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The winner replaces Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as president in what will be, if it goes smoothly, Liberia's first peaceful handover of power in 70 years.
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You know, back 20 years ago, during a handover, you know, Hong Kong made up a much, much bigger proportion of net trade in China.
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The handover of oversight on ObamaCare is one of the most fraught areas of the transition, given that Trump has vowed to repeal the law.
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"I am committed to an orderly handover of responsibilities in the Department of Defense so that my successor can hit the ground running," he said.
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The handover system detailed in a paper published today (and video below) is robust against the usual circumstances: moving targets, unexpected forces and so on.
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With the emergence of a clear transition plan and commitment to remaining apolitical, the PSF could oversee the handover of power to Abbas's replacement(s).
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Far from being seamlessly reabsorbed back into the motherland, the handover has not brought Hong Kong closer to China—it has driven them farther apart.
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The charter gives China's Parliament the right to interpret the Basic Law, and the Communist leadership has done so four other times since the handover.
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The handover of the 70 documents comes after a federal judge on Thursday dismissed the firm's protests to the documents being turned over to Congress.
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The group includes up to 14 French citizens, a military source commanding troops near the Syrian border and close to the handover process told Reuters.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah on Thursday agreed to complete the handover of administrative control of Gaza to a unity government by Dec.
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Still, after a decline in expatriate whites following the 212 handover, the city has seen an increase in its white population in the last decade.
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The election, which was touted as the DRC's first democratic handover of power since independence in 1960, was scheduled to be held two years ago.
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Since its handover in 1997, Hong Kong has been governed under a separate set of laws allowing greater economic and personal freedoms for its citizens.
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Hong Kong has seen weeks of at times violent protests, the city's biggest crisis since its handover from colonial ruler Britain to China in 1997.
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Sun was not present at the handover announcement, in a break with protocol that adds to evidence that he is the subject of an investigation.
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The protesters also called on Britain, the former colonial ruler of Hong Kong, to declare that China had violated the terms of the territory's handover.
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The Hong Kong "of tomorrow must look like the Hong Kong of today," Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said on the eve of the handover.
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Cops who served with him describe Lee as a shrewd and incorruptible crime fighter who was trusted with sensitive investigations before and after the handover.
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Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping, at a Friday ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of Macao's handover, encouraged the diversification of its casino-dependent economy.
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Cops who served with him describe Lee as a shrewd and incorruptible crime fighter who was trusted with sensitive investigations before and after the handover.
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The handover of the flame to the Tokyo Games organizers will take place as scheduled in the Greek capital Athens on March 19 — without spectators.
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" In a statement published Thursday, French justice minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas said that, "Exceptional circumstances withstanding, the handover will happen within [the next] ten days.
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On June 27th, in a ceremony at Mesetas, not far from Vista Hermosa, the FARC marked the handover to UN monitors of their 7,132 personal weapons.
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As of June 29th, the date of the handover, Mr Ford promises that what he describes as "the cap-and-trade carbon tax" will be gone.
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A quick handover could ease the political upheaval sparked by a Supreme Court decision on Friday to disqualify Sharif for not declaring a source of income.
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Many accuse China, where the courts are strictly controlled by the Communist Party, of extensive meddling since the handover, with the extradition proposals a further example.
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But in Okinawa, sentiments remain divided, with the Okinawa prefectural governor announcing his refusal to attend the handover ceremony in a statement released earlier this month.
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How events unfolded On Monday, hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators marched through the city on the anniversary of Hong Kong's 1997 handover to Chinese rule.
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When the monarchy was overthrown in 1893, Dole would serve as the Republic's first president, until completing the handover to American power a few years later.
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The body had decided that the pink dolphin, a rare type sometimes seen cavorting in the territory's harbour, would be a mascot of the handover festivities.
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Before the handover, China assiduously cultivated the oligarchs with a view to securing their loyalty—not least by offering them juicy land deals on the mainland.
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"We came out once again for the revolution and we will not retreat until they handover power to a civilian authority," protester Hassan Ahmed told Reuters.
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An association representing the city's lawyers in December said the plan lacked a firm legal basis and was "the most retrograde step" since the 1997 handover.
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One thing that's currently not clear — and that Amazon didn't want to talk about yet — is how it will solve the actual handover of the package.
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Since the July 1 handover in 1997, citizens of Hong Kong — a Special Administrative Region of China — have been rallying every year to demand for democracy.
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THOUSANDS RALLY While thousands of demonstrators laid siege to the legislature, tens of thousands marched through the centre of town in an annual handover anniversary rally.
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At the time of the handover, Hong Kong had to pass a law against desecrating the national flag because China had such a law, and insisted.
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Unlike the people of Hong Kong, who were given little say over the terms of the British handover, the 24m citizens of Taiwan have more freedom.
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Publishing literature critical of Beijing is not illegal in the former British colony, under the freedoms guaranteed as part of Hong Kong's 1997 handover to China.
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But leaders of those committees made a deal with Trump's team to halt the court-approved handover while the case is appealed by the president's lawyers.
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Hong Kong is almost 20 years into a 50-year agreement between China and its former colonial ruler, the U.K., following its official handover in 1997.
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The Basic Law is Hong Kong's mini-constitution, while the 1984 Joint Declaration provided for the handover of power in Hong Kong from Britain to China.
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He says that the handover would allow governments in autocratic countries such as China, Iran and Russia to have greater control over what is available online.
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Under Hong Kong's "one country, two systems" formula adopted at the handover, the city enjoys freedoms not available on the mainland such as an independent judiciary.
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Addressing supporters later on Friday near government offices in Admiralty, Wong said that Hong Kong's situation had not improved in the last 20 years since handover.
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The expected retirement of ChemChina chief Ren Jianxin in January may speed up the process, one of the people said, to allow for a handover period.
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The anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China from the United Kingdom is marked every year with large protests, including the Occupy Central movement of 2014.
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The arrangement of functional constituencies and their weighting against the other seats ensures that pro-Beijing parties have held a majority in every Legco since handover.
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"There was no directive whatsoever to discontinue investigation into Oando and this was reiterated to the current SEC leadership at the formal handover meeting," Adeosun said.
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Israelis in the area said such an arrangement was impractical, and they cast the handover of the land to full Jordanian control as a diplomatic failure.
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The winner of the race will likely be sworn in by Xi on the day of the 20th anniversary of the 1997 handover on July 1.
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Senator Ernesto Cordero, a former finance minister from the center-right opposition, said he expected a smooth handover to Meade, whose experience in government he underlined.
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Some Republican politicians, including Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, want to block the handover to global stakeholders, such as businesses, tech experts and public interest advocates.
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On Saturday, Xi will observe the swearing in of Hong Kong's new chief executive, Carrie Lam on July 1, the same day as the handover anniversary.
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A statement posted on the Italian Foreign Ministry's website said the foreign ministers of Italy and Germany would travel to Florence for the painting's official handover.
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A six-day torch relay scheduled before the handover ceremony in Greece was canceled with the country mostly on lockdown because of the pandemic, Reuters reported.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — For decades under British rule and after its handover to China, Hong Kong was a bastion of free speech in the Chinese-speaking world.
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This is what some protesters have been doing today, July 1, on the anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to China from Britain in 1997.
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Ms. Lam, at least, did not publicly question the motives of the protesters, who came out in the biggest numbers since at least the 1997 handover.
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However, as Hong Kong marks 20 years since its handover to Chinese from British rule in 1997, there is soul-searching about Hong Kong's artistic identity.
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For a time after the handover, the worst that Beijing did was to push back against the very limited progress that had been made toward democracy.
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This kick-started a series of conversations that culminated in a special handover ceremony on Thursday where the Ethiopian President Abiy Ahmed officially received the artifact.
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But there were no hints of any discord on Saturday, when the handover proceeded as planned, with much of the process aired live on state television.
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As the handover approached, China was seeking entry to the World Trade Organization, a step it would achieve in 2001, gaining greater access to world markets.
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These are excerpts from their answers, edited for clarity and length: Student beginning at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in September I was born after the handover.
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Rebel spokesman Lam Paul Gabriel told Reuters the workers were released to a U.N. delegation near the border with Uganda and Ugandan police witnessed the handover.
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Following a handover period, Osborne will be stepping down from the board and leaving Debenhams to take an external role, the company said in a statement.
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Hong Kong's Basic Law was drafted as part of the Sino-British Joint Declaration covering Hong Kong after its handover to China on July 6900, 2628.
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President Obama, too, discharged his constitutional authority to set the passionate campaign aside and begin working in a constructive way toward an orderly handover of power.
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In March, Trump personally sued his own accounting firm and the chairman of the House Oversight Committee to try to stop the handover of his financial records.
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While Oettinger and the 63-year-old chancellor herself lean toward a final Merkel term that lasts into the 2020s, others are straining for a swifter handover.
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If you're not familiar with the palpably awkward interaction, let's refresh: To kick off the first lady handover, Melania gifted Michelle a medium-sized Tiffany & Co. box.
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Tesla's handover ceremony of the Model 3 tonight was an affecting moment for CEO Elon Musk, whose casual authenticity has emerged as a distinct tech keynote style.
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The military has announced a transitional period of up to two years followed by elections, but demonstrators are pushing for a quick handover of power to civilians.
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Turkish army vehicles were offloading the munitions and equipment onto Syrian rebel armored vehicles and trucks, said the rebel, who was present during a handover of weapons.
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Trump has pledged to return his entire salary to the federal government, and has used the symbolic check handover quarterly to highlight his administration&aposs policy efforts.
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But protest leaders including the Sudanese Professionals Association, a coalition of trade unions, said they would only accept a handover of power to a civilian transitional government.
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Following the handover of the yacht to Malaysia, the Justice Department has sought to suspend legal proceedings to determine what Malaysia plans to do with the vessel.
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Critics also accused him of seeking a dynastic handover to his son and failing to support a truth commission seeking justice for the victims of authoritarian rule.
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Leaders of Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, hope the handover will help assuage the hardliners, who can begin some form of construction ahead of the election.
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"This is the handover of a primary leadership position from my generation, from Martin's generation, to another generation," Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams told a news conference.
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Since the handover, reclamation and redevelopment has continued apace, particularly in West Kowloon and the northwest New Territories, as well as ongoing expansion to Hong Kong airport.
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If you're not familiar with the palpably awkward interaction, let's refresh: To kick off the first lady handover, Melania gifted Michelle a medium-sized Tiffany & Co. box.
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Many were heartened in 1998 when, in the first post-handover LegCo election, the Democratic Party won 13 of the 50 seats and became the dominant opposition.
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On Wednesday night, police arrested several well-known pro-democracy activists, some of whom scrambled up a monument symbolizing the city's handover from British to Chinese rule.
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Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, described the handover as a "landmark development" and urged for the "positive momentum" to continue.
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Six years later, she officially returned to Indonesia, wearing a blue batik outfit and a pearl necklace at a handover ceremony at the finance ministry in Jakarta.
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"On the 22nd anniversary of #HongKong's handover, citizens are seething with anger & frustration," Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Wu said on his Twitter account late on Monday.
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Kingfisher confirmed Witts' resignation in a separate statement, adding that she will remain in her position at Kingfisher for now to allow a smooth handover of responsibilities.
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Protesters in Hong Kong forced their way into the legislature, taking over the building on the 22nd anniversary of the city-state's handover from Britain to China.
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In 1997, at a farewell ceremony marking the handover of Hong Kong's sovereignty from London to Beijing, he stood next to Prince Charles and flicked away tears.
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The company said there was a further increase in Model S orders following the Model 3 handover event, prompting an additional amount of enthusiasm for the company.
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The central government gave the statue to Hong Kong as a gift that year to mark the handover and the city's transition to a special administrative region.
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A substantial portion of the protesters are students and young professionals in their late teens and 22019s who were born around the time of the 270 handover.
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The ban would be the first use of the public-security ordinance against a political party since the 1997 handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China.
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Speaking at the handover ceremony, Turhan said Turkey had been less impacted by the virus than some other countries due to the timely measures it had taken.
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Parliament voted on Wednesday to back a treaty to handover the two uninhabited islands of Tiran and Sanfir and Sisi is expected to ratify the decision soon.
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In 1997, trucks full of white-gloved PLA soldiers, some carrying flowers, rolled into Hong Kong within hours of Britains handover of its colony to Chinese rule.
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President Obama also announced in advance the handover from U.S. troops to Afghan security forces in 2014, and the anticipated full withdrawal at the end of 2016.
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One of Varthaman's first stops was for a medical checkup, RGK Kapoor, Air Vice Marshal of the Indian Air Force told the media moments after the handover.
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Homeland Security agents, who were present at Thursday's handover, and their Vatican counterparts, coordinated the examination of the letters by other experts, including some at Princeton University.
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Speaking at the handover ceremony, Turhan said Turkey had been less impacted by the virus than some other countries due to the timely measures it had taken.
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While it has taken longer than some U.S. officials had hoped, the handover will rekindle hopes for progress in nuclear talks, which so far has appeared scant.
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In subsequent tweets, he added that the first 30 Model 3 customers will receive their new Teslas on July 28th at a handover party hosted by the automaker.
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It has its own legal system At the time of the handover, Hong Kong's unique culture was enshrined in its de-facto constitution, the Hong Kong Basic Law.
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But the differences may not last The Basic Law states that Hong Kong "shall safeguard the rights and freedoms of the residents" for 50 years after the handover.
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Activists claim it is yet another sign of Beijing attempting to exert control over Hong Kong, in violation of the handover agreement signed with the U.K. in 1997.
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His lobbying helped spearhead safe haven laws in all 50 states, and he created a national hotline (1-888-510-BABY) for moms to arrange a safe handover.
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Xi arrived in the Asian financial hub on Thursday to mark the anniversary of the handover on Saturday and will swear in the city's next leader, Carrie Lam.
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Hong Kong has a long and storied history of political protest, beginning in its days as a British Colony, and continuing past its handover to Beijing in 1997.
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The partial handover of 9,909 acres of this area is part of a larger plan to return facilities south of Kadena and the Futenma base in the future.
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"This is the second time we've seen the handover [of Palmyra] and this is obviously being used for political reasons," said al-Hariri in a press statement Thursday.
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He added, with a scolding, that some critics of the handover were merely using the issue as an excuse to beat the government: they should hold their peace.
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Despite the rain, organizers say roughly 229,232 people took to the streets for the annual pro-democracy march, which has taken place every July 230 since the Handover.
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Despite the rain, organizers say roughly 60,000 people took to the streets for the annual pro-democracy march, which has taken place every July 1 since the Handover.
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He will continue working at the bank for the next few weeks as part of a handover process with the team and clients, according to a BAML spokesperson.
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Hong Kong authorities formally banned a group promoting independence from China in September last year, the first time a political organisation has been outlawed since the 1997 handover.
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Although President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia hailed the request as a sign that the peace process was "increasingly irreversible," the handover of arms will not be easy.
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The Czech ministry said in a statement that Foreign Minister Jan Hamacek traveled to Damascus for the handover of the workers, and that both were in good health.
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It wouldn't make much sense for Obama to "play ball" with Putin so close to his political handover, but it's unlikely to stop Putin from trying, McDowell stated.
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In the 26 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, his election marked Central Asia's first peaceful handover of power from one democratically elected leader to another.
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Millions of Afghan men and women cast their ballots in the first democratic handover in their country's history in 2014, resulting in the inauguration of President Ashraf Ghani.
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In past administrations, that handover involved secure 18-wheeler trucks -- pulled directly to the White House South Portico -- to load up boxes upon boxes of carefully filed material.
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The turnout at the handover anniversary rally in 2018 was one of the lowest ever, after the opposition lost steam, with organisers saying about 50,000 people turned up.
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"Raj will guarantee a smooth handover to Renato in the upcoming weeks and will leave the bank accordingly," BSI said in a statement received by Reuters on Tuesday.
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Many Hong Kongers reject such coordination on the basis of the "one country, two systems" principle that was promised to the city after the handover from the British.
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According to Oliver Rui of the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai, Mr Li also simplified a complex holding structure in 2015 with the handover in mind.
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The crisis in the Chinese-ruled city is the worst since the handover and poses the biggest popular challenge to China's President Xi Jinping since he took office.
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Azzam Al-Ahmed, head of Fatah's delegation to the Cairo talks, said his group insisted Hamas completes full handover of Gaza control to the government by Dec 1.
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Cruz's opposition to the handover includes his Protecting Internet Freedom Act, with press materials featuring an elaborate video and a countdown clock with a mission manifesto underneath it.
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"The implementation has been going smoothly," the Interior Ministry's spokesman, Khieu Sopheak, told Reuters on Monday, adding that he did not know how long handover completion would take.
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The date of Durkin's departure has not been set and he has agreed stay until a smooth handover is carried out, Cenkos said in a statement on Friday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Raul Castro's scheduled handover of Cuba's presidency this week is an effort to prolong the communist revolution he built with his late brother Fidel.
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According to South Korean media, U.S. forces brought about 100 wooden coffins into the Demilitarized Zone between the Koreas last month to prepare for the handover of remains.
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In September 2018, the Hong Kong government banned the small, pro-independence Hong Kong National Party, the first time a political party has been banned since the handover.
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The ceremony marking the 22nd anniversary of the handover was held at Hong Kong's exhibition centre, where dignitaries watched a broadcast of the raising of the Chinese flag.
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China has maintained a military presence in Hong Kong since its handover from British rule in 1997, but has never utilized the army to intervene in local affairs.
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Shortly before the Hong Kong handover, in 1997, my mother and I took a trip back to the mainland, which we'd left for America a few years earlier.
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The handover ceremony for the flame in Athens was significantly scaled-down, with a few dozen officials in an empty stadium meant to hold 6900,2628 people, Reuters reported.
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Tsang, Hong Kong's second leader since the city's 1997 handover from British to Chinese rule, was the territory's most senior official to be charged with a criminal offense.
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The vote was supposed to be Congo's first democratic handover of power in 59 years of independence, but the runner-up candidate has said the result was rigged.
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The year of the handover from Britain, 1997, marked at least the third time that the city was subjected to the sovereignty of a central kingdom of China.
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The party promised a "large civil disobedience protest" on July 1 – the day of Lam's inauguration as well as the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China.
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But the Swiss Supreme Court said on Wednesday that the conditions for a handover are not met, overturning a ruling last year by the country's federal criminal court.
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He appeared on Monday by videoconference before Carmen Lamela, a judge of Spain's national court, who ordered him held without bail, pending his handover to the Dutch authorities.
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The handover to the president's lawyers grew out of a tense moment early that month between Mr. Mueller and Mr. Trump's lead lawyer at the time, John Dowd.
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Any government is especially vulnerable during a transition of power, and Democrats who deal with national security are among those most concerned about a Trump-to-Democrat handover.
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THIS WILL ENABLE A SMOOTH HANDOVER TO ELODIE AS NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND MEMBER OF GROUP EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Gdansk Newsroom)
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"With the change of CEO last year from Henry to David successfully completed, it is the right time for me also to handover," Lyons said in a statement.
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On July 1, protesters wearing yellow construction hats and gauze masks stormed into the city's Legislative Council building on the 22nd anniversary of the handover from the British.
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He said Haitians wanted an enduring solution to the crisis, not simply a handover to another politician who would continue to defend the interests of only a handful.
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Since the handover, the region has operated under the "one country, two systems" principle that gives its citizens some legal and economic freedoms not given in mainland China.
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"Today's handover ceremony at Mogadishu Stadium it gives our youth & sports an opportunity for youth to use the Stadium," Mogadishu Mayor Abdirahman O. Osman said in a tweet.
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He does not imagine that Hong Kong can be independent, noting that 50 years after the handover from Britain the promise of one country, two systems will expire.
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On July 1, protesters wearing yellow construction hats and gauze masks stormed into the city's Legislative Council building on the 22nd anniversary of the handover from the British.
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The model, agreed upon for the British handover of sovereignty to China in 1997 and supposed to last until 2047, is now almost halfway through its putative life.
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Wagar said while it's not surprising that people in Hong Kong are demanding these changes, at the end of the day, "Hong Kong is China" after the handover.
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President Donald Trump's administration has hailed the handover of the remains as evidence of the success of his summit with North Koran leader Kim Jong Un in June.
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Tshisekedi's camp denies having made a deal with Kabila, and says talks since the election with Kabila's representatives were aimed only at ensuring a peaceful handover of power.
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Most residents don't see themselves as Chinese Every six months since the handover in 1997, Hong Kong University has surveyed a sample of residents to gauge feelings of identity.
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Police gave a lower figure of 240,000 but the peaceful protest was by most independent measures the largest since the city's handover from British to Chinese control in 1997.
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The duration of his tenure has raised tension in a country that has never known a peaceful handover of power since gaining independence from Belgian colonial rule in 1960.
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The Civil Human Rights Front, organizer of this month's protests, is gearing up for an annual march on July 1, the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to Beijing.
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McEwan has a 12 month notice period and will remain in his position until a successor has been appointed and an orderly handover has taken place, the bank said.
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Rorsted, a 54-year-old Dane who boosted profits at Henkel by cutting costs, started a two-month handover period at Adidas this week with Hainer, CEO since 2001.
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The handover had been envisaged when Riboud gave Faber the CEO role in 2014 to prepare for his succession at a time when Danone was suffering from weak sales.
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McEwan has a 12 month notice period and will remain in his position until a successor has been appointed and an orderly handover has taken place, the bank said.
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The protests, which started over a now-suspended extradition bill, have rocked Hong Kong for three months and plunged the city into its biggest political crisis since the handover.
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They say they are fighting the erosion of the "one country, two systems" arrangement that enshrines a high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong since the handover to China.
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vowed on Monday to push ahead with the amendments despite the city's biggest protest since its handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997.
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Protesters ransacked Hong Kong's legislature, spraying graffiti and waving British-era flags in the chamber after commemorations for the 22nd anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to China.
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The protest movement this year is the latest of several since the handover that have been sparked by fears that freedoms in Hong Kong are eroding under Chinese rule.
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Opposition lawmaker and barrister Tanya Chan, who leads a group against the arrangement, said the issue represents the "most serious violation of the Basic Law" since the 1997 handover.
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After promises that post-handover Hong Kong would enjoy autonomy, Beijing's squeeze has fuelled resentment and in 2014 sparked protests that paralysed parts of the city for 79 days.
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Though he's vowed to ensure a smooth handover of power, Obama is keenly aware he's being replaced by a new president who holds antithetical views on issue after issue.
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The Civil Human Rights Front, organizer of this month's protests, is gearing up for an annual march on July 1, the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to Beijing.
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" — mookitabonita One Way To Start Your Morning"On Monday, I was in the Starbucks drive-thru (the one I always go to), and my card dropped in the handover.
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The handover of Gaza suggests Dahlan's allies in Egypt and the UAE realize that any bid to put the Palestinian house in order, for now at least, needs unity.
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It will proceed to Hong Kong to join the handover anniversary celebrations, China's Ministry of Defense said Thursday, without specifying a date for the carrier's arrival in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong (CNN)Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong for the 20th anniversary of the city's handover to Chinese sovereignty, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
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By comparison, Hong Kongers "could not play any part" in handover talks, though they were involved after the deal was done in drafting the city's mini-constitution, Basic Law.
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Declassified documents from long before handover negotiations even began show that some British officials did seek to introduce more democracy in Hong Kong but were angrily rebuffed by Beijing.
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Two decades after the handover, however, the gap in outlook and level of freedom between Hong Kong and China seems to be widening even as the wealth gap narrows.
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A State Department spokeswoman repeated calls for Beijing to adhere to its commitments after its 1997 handover from British rule to allow Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy.
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During the handover in St. Peter's Square at the end his weekly general audience, Francis also blessed and kissed a gravestone for the tomb of an unknown Argentine soldier.
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The handover was part of a larger plan to eventually return all the facilities south of Kadena, where the US maintains a large air base, and the Futenma base.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's new government has postponed its planned handover of the heavily polluting Ilva steel plant, Europe's largest, to ArcelorMittal by two and a half months to Sept.
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"This succession plan will ensure a professional handover to a group of proven executives who can each draw on more than 20 years of domain expertise," the company said.
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Hong Kong police have arrested protesters on the eve of Chinese President 's visit to the city to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its handover from Britain to China.
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Not only is the territory fighting Beijing's encroachment, but Hong Kong citizens' sense of connection to mainland China has diminished since the 203 handover, according to public opinion polls.
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If Taiwan falls and is absorbed into China, Hong Kong — which is already fast losing the autonomy that Beijing promised it during the handover in 1997 — could be next.
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The pōwhiri (a Māori welcoming ceremony) at Te Papa will follow the May 18 handover of 44 Moriori and Māori ancestral remains at the Übersee-Museum Bremen in Germany.
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A small group of hard-core protesters stormed and vandalized the legislative chamber on July 1, the anniversary of the former British colony's handover to Chinese control in 1997.
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"There is no firewall between economic freedom and freedom in its many other dimensions," Lawrence H. Summers, who was deputy Treasury secretary, declared in Hong Kong before the handover.
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It seemed to guarantee that after the handover, which took place in 1997, Hong Kong would continue to enjoy distinct political and socioeconomic freedoms for at least fifty years.
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In July, Hong Kong will inaugurate its new leader, Carrie Lam, Beijing's preferred candidate, as the former British colony commemorates the 13th anniversary of its handover to Chinese rule.
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Indonesian government has delayed the handover of a sweeping tax bill to parliament until January, a month behind its earlier target, an official said on Wednesday.
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Opposition to the bill on Sunday triggered Hong Kong's biggest political demonstration since its handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997 under a deal guaranteeing it special autonomy.
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Monday marked the 22nd anniversary of the actual handover in 1997, and some protesters hung a colonial flag in a chamber of the Legislative Council building after getting in.
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After promises that post-handover Hong Kong would enjoy autonomy, Beijing's squeeze has fueled resentment and in 2014 sparked protests that paralyzed parts of the city for 79 days.
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Trump, who has targeted the OPM for permanent shutdown, began the handover in June 13, but he did not formally announce it until an April 24, 2019 executive order.
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The average result of such a possession—80% of a seven-point touchdown, plus 18% of a three-point field goal, plus 2% of a scoreless handover—is 6.14 points.
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A home in Hong Kong After a stint back in the UK as defense correspondent, she traveled to Hong Kong to cover the colony's handover to Chinese control in 1997.
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On the eve of the handover, Hamas released five Fatah security men it jailed two years ago for what an Interior Ministry spokesman described as "actions harmful to internal security".
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Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested pro-democracy protesters, including student protest leader Joshua Wong, after they scrambled up a monument symbolizing the city's handover from British to Chinese rule.
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After another large demonstration on July 1st, the anniversary of the handover in 1997, a smaller group smashed their way into the Legislative Council building and briefly occupied the chamber.
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Some tycoons began moving funds out of Hong Kong to Singapore in advance of the bill's passage, Reuters reported, a hint of the outflows before the 1997 handover from Britain.
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In November, China's parliament passed a ruling that effectively barred the pair from taking office, Beijing's most direct intervention in the territory's legal and political system since the 1997 handover.
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A senior Russian military delegation entered the rebel-held area of the city on Thursday and began negotiations over its handover to state rule, rebel officials and a witness said.
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Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who today goes from majority leader to minority leader, will say in remarks during today's gavel-handover session: Go deeper: Republicans secretly study their coming hell
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Recent years have seen the emphasis on autonomy at the time of the handover being overturned by proposals that would leave Hong Kong merely China's wealthiest and most international city.
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The framework for that relationship is the US-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, which established continued separate economic treatment for the territory beyond its handover to China in 1997.
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Tesla Model 23 orders have also averaged more than 1,800 per day since the July 28th handover event in Fremont, California, where journalists also got to drive the new car.
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As the special administrative region marks 20 years since its handover from Portuguese rule, slower mainland economic growth, a weaker yuan and a simmering trade war threaten to derail growth.
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I was told at the time that the negotiations happened so quickly that the Malaysians had to manufacture an official stamp on the fly to make the handover agreement official.
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The request raised questions about Beijing&aposs growing influence in the former British colony, which was promised semi-autonomy and freedom of speech as part of a 1997 handover arrangement.
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"Realistically speaking, we may be looking at some sort of temporary solution until there is a handover to a new elected president," US Haiti Special Coordinator Kenneth Merten told Reuters.
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The lender said on Wednesday it would terminate the contract of former CEO Federico Ghizzoni on September 30 "thanks to the smooth handover and transition of the new management team".
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"We've put forward the request for the FARC political party, a sum of 3.56 billion pesos ... once the arms handover happens," said Alexander Vega, head of the country's electoral commission.
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The champion of "one country, two systems", Deng Xiaoping, who died just months before the handover, had said there was no reason why it should not hold for a century.
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Many in Venezuela, ruled by President Nicolas Maduro since 2013, will be hoping a power handover of some kind may lift the country out of its worst ever economic crisis.
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Kim's handover of the Americans was in response to an "official suggestion" from Trump, the North Korean state news agency KCNA said in its account of the talks with Pompeo.
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The role of the PLA in Hong Kong has long been one of the most sensitive elements of the handover – and a presence closely watched by activists and foreign diplomats.
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The planned handover of control of Gaza to the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority under the latest deal hit another delay on Sunday, with a Fatah official blaming "obstacles" without elaborating.
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In the decades since the handover, mainlanders who once eagerly anticipated the return of Hong Kong have visited this other China and been shunned the moment they open their mouths.
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More than 286 sheep, goats and cows stood in the scorching heat of a desolate no-man's land in arid northern Kenya, as Maasai and Samburu herders negotiated their handover.
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Under the deal, the conglomerate will loan WeWork $2100 billion and speed up the handover of a planned $23 billion investment that it wasn't scheduled to make until next year.
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It also came as Palestinian factions tried to meet Sunday's deadline for an Egyptian-mediated handover of Gaza by Hamas to Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas after a decade's schism.
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Many in Hong Kong fear that the proposed extradition law would allow mainland authorities to directly demand the handover of people wanted in political cases, despite promised human rights safeguards.
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Congo went to the polls in December in what was intended to be the country's first democratic handover of power in the 59 years since it gained independence from Belgium.
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Delegations from the two rivals have been in talks in Cairo this week to work out the details of the administrative handover, including security in Gaza and at border crossings.
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While focusing on celebrity gossip and other tabloid fare, since the handover the paper has emerged as one of the fiercest critics of the local government and its Beijing masters.
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If the vote and transfer of power go smoothly, Tunisia will pass one of the most important tests for a young democracy, which is the first peaceful handover of power.
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However, since Britain's handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, the city's democratic universal suffrage has stalled, freedom of the press has deteriorated and judicial independence is being challenged.
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The protests pose the biggest popular challenge to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he came to power in 2012 and are Hong Kong's largest political crisis since the 1997 handover.
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"I cannot promise you a date for when your country becomes a candidate," Juncker, speaking in French through an interpreter, told the Bosnian political establishment assembled for the handover ceremony.
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It was an extraordinary turn of events in a day that began with an official ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong to China from Britain.
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The former British colony, which is set to mark the 21st anniversary of its handover to Chinese rule on Sunday, is one of the world's most expensive places for property.
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Mr. Wong contributed to "Hong Kong 20/20: Reflections on a Borrowed Place," a compilation of writings marking the 20th anniversary of Britain's 1997 handover of the territory to China.
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SARS was perceived as essentially a Hong Kong-centric event and everyone wondered if that would be the death of the HK economy, coming a few years after the handover.
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Toulouse-based ATR declined to give a figure for mid-year deliveries but said it was confident of achieving its target of matching last year's total handover of 503 aircraft.
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Stephen M. Sweeney, the president of the State Senate, had pressed for a full state takeover, and he said bills would be drafted to allow for the handover of financial controls.
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The Civil Human Rights Front, organizer of the mass protests, is gearing up for an annual pro-democracy march on July 1, the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to Beijing.
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In 2003, an anti-sedition law which sparked previously the largest protests in Hong Kong since the 1997 handover to Chinese rule was also suspended first before eventually being scrapped altogether.
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Visitors to an Airbus delivery centre in Toulouse on Monday saw at least two Airbus A330 aircraft and one smaller A320-family jet in position for handover to HNA-affiliated airlines.
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The handover included a deal to preserve special autonomy, but many in Hong Kong accuse China of extensive meddling since then, including obstruction of democratic reforms and interference in local elections.
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The territory retained its own laws, courts, currency and civil service when Britain transferred sovereignty to the People's Republic of China on July 1, 1997 in a historic handover broadcast worldwide.
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With Britain facing a general election on June 8, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) said it was important for the next government to prioritize a smooth regulatory handover.
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Hong Kong authorities formally banned a group promoting independence from China in September last year, the first time a political organisation has been outlawed since the 1997 handover to Chinese rule.
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China believes the drone is part of U.S. surveillance efforts in the disputed waterway, but Beijing won't likely make a big fuss about its handover, Chinese state media and experts said.
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The handover may signal a need for Zhang to step back from daily operations in his brainchild and oversee strategies for ByteDance, which has swollen into the world's highest-valued startup.
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After promises that post-handover Hong Kong would enjoy autonomy, Beijing's squeeze has fuelled resentment and in 2014 sparked pro-democracy protests that paralysed parts of the city for 79 days.
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Tension rose as police used pepper spray beat some protesters with batons as they fell to the ground near where officials were preparing a flag-raising ceremony to mark the handover.
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The government&aposs demand raised questions about Beijing&aposs growing influence in the former British colony, which was promised semi-autonomy and freedom of speech as part of the 1997 handover.
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Following the briefing, the reporters were ushered outside and onto a cushy bus for a short drive, the goal of which was to demonstrate the seamlessness of the network's handover experience.
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The 1493 letter was described as "a priceless piece of cultural history" by Callista Gingrich, the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, during a handover ceremony in Vatican City on Thursday.
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An official handover to a Saudi commander took place last week under which he would oversee security in the city and its suburbs, two other sources familiar with the matter said.
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The flag handover was a main part of the visit to the White House by Mark Rutte, prime minister of the Netherlands, who held Oval Office talks with President Donald Trump.
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In the wake of the 2014 "Occupy Central" pro-democracy protests in which tens of thousands took to the streets, it is the territory's most contentious vote since the 1997 handover.
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In a call earlier this week, Streetlife founder Matthew Boyes, who is staying on to advise during the handover, assured me that staff are being well looked after regards the sale.
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Hong Kong enjoyed a "high degree of autonomy" since the former British colony's 1997 handover, but protesters used extreme violence to attack the Legislative Council building a week ago, Dai said.
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CMA CGM announced that its board had appointed Rodolphe Saade as chairman in addition to his chief executive role, completing a handover from his father, Jacques, who founded the family business.
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Since the handover, Chinese company listings have helped boost the Hong Kong stock exchange nine-fold, transforming the small territory of just 7.3 million people into a $3.7 trillion global market.
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The protesters, who want to keep pressure on the military for a swift handover, were back on Tuesday, blocking roads and bridges with bricks and rocks, images on social media showed.
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Rees will take over from Heikki Ilkka, who said in November he was leaving for accounting firm EY. Rees will take over on March 1 and starts a handover period immediately.
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Two Jordanians, whose detention without charge by Israel led Jordan to recall its ambassador, returned home on Wednesday in a handover deal that defused a diplomatic crisis, officials said.
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No official announcements have been made, but by protocol Xi is expected to oversee the swearing-in of Carrie Lam on July 1, the 20th anniversary of the handover to China.
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The handover took place in front of hundreds of Boeing workers as a band played loud rock-and-roll at the South Carolina plant where the carbon-composite jet is built.
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GE said Immelt had decided that the handover of his CEO job to Flannery had already "proceeded smoothly" and that Flannery was ready to take on the additional duties of chairman.
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The 990-foot beast is joined by three Chinese warships, a display of military power to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from the UK to China.
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It marked the third night of violence since a protest on Sunday drew what organisers said was more than a million people in the biggest street demonstration since the 1997 handover.
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Macau is marking 20 years since its handover from Portuguese rule, with a slowing mainland economy, a weaker yuan and China's trade war with the United States threatening to derail growth.
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In 1992, during the handover decade of both cyberpunk and the fall of the Berlin Wall, academic Nicola Nixon had some negative thoughts about cyberpunk and what it prepared us for.
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Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to China from the United Kingdom later this week, Chu was upbeat on what has been achieved in two decades.
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Disney (DIS) shares have fallen more than 20% since the handover as the coronavirus forced the closing of theme parks, delaying the release of "Mulan" and sapping ESPN of live sports.
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During the Hong Kong handover talks in the 22016s, China rejected Britain's desire to continue running the territory, and instead proposed that Hong Kong become a semi-autonomous region of China.
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But having come so close to the first genuinely democratic handover of power in its blood-soaked history, Congo would be far better served by an honest tally of the votes.
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Hunt called on China to honor the terms enshrined in the 1997 handover agreement, which guaranteed Hong Kongers an independent legislature and judiciary, and greater political freedoms than on the Mainland.
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Its owners, who are based in the Cayman Islands, have called the handover of the yacht to Malaysia "unlawful and extrajudicial" in a court filing in the United States, Reuters reported.
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The current commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, is due to leave the position at the end of October, although Reuters notes that she is expected to prepare an "intensive" handover to her successor.
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We're slowly and thoughtfully negotiating a time-lapse surrender, a handover of increasing power and independence, and we're making decisions along the way about when and how and what makes sense.
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But he said the U.S. expected the Chinese government to live up to the commitment it made to "one country, two systems" at the time of the handover from British rule.
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The November ruling was considered Beijing's most direct intervention in the city's legal and political system since the 1997 handover, and it effectively barred two elected pro-independence politicians from office.
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It depicts major events in recent Chinese history — its first nuclear bomb test, the Hong Kong handover from Britain and the Beijing Olympics, among others — through the eyes of ordinary people.
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The state news agency Xinhua described the operation as a routine rotation of the low-key force China has kept in Hong Kong since the citys handover from Britain in 21997.
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"Neil will commence a detailed handover with performance staff until his departure and will fulfil his role supporting Mo Farah at this weekend's Chicago marathon," a statement from British Athletics said.
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It's possible that an interim chief executive could be appointed, such as when the city's first leader after its handover from British to Chinese rule, Tung Chee-hwa, resigned in 2005.
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That constitution was adopted following Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China in 1997, and grants citizens in the semi-autonomous Chinese city freedoms that are unheard of on the mainland.
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On Thursday, Iraqi forces threatened to resume military operations against the Kurds, accusing them of delaying the handover of control of borders and taking advantage of negotiations to bolster their defenses.
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During this period, Ghani was in charge of preparing Afghanistan for the withdrawal of nato forces and the handover of military authority to the Afghan Army by the end of 21975.
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"The national public prosecution authority is pleased to announce the transfer and handover of Ladislas Ntaganzwa ... to the national public prosecution of Rwanda," Prosecutor General Richard Muhumuza said in a statement.
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The handover upset some residents because the Japanese government agreed to build six new helicopter landing pads on the acres that the United States retained to use in jungle warfare training.
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The turnout at the handover protest in 2018 was one of the lowest ever after the disqualification of pro-democracy legislators and the jailing of some of the most prominent activists.
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He said it was the first time since the handover that the government had ignored both the concerns of the international community and the local business community at the same time.
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A few weeks before I drove this model, as a sideshow during the Tesla Model 3 handover, a Tesla employee demoed Ludicrous Plus mode for me, illuminating Easter egg moments and all.
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Rita Assis Ferreira, a lawyer in Portugal and representative of PLMJ Law Firm in Macau, said this was part of a long-term government plan to promote Chinese policies after the handover.
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The handover of the Torrance refinery comes just after an investigation by California Attorney General Kamala Harris into possible retail gasoline market manipulation since 2014 was first reported in the news media.
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Australian Green Party Senator Nick McKim told VICE News that PNG officials denied him entry to the center after the handover, telling him the land was now on an active military base.
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The first occurred in 1984, when the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed after years of secret negotiations, setting the stage for the city's handover from British to Chinese control in 1997.
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The statute predates the handover of Hong Kong — once a British colony — to the People's Republic of China in 1997, and hasn't been used since 1967, the Hong Kong Free Press reports.
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Last month, which marked the 20th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to mainland China, tens of thousands of protesters came out to march against the Chinese control of Hong Kong.
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The district council election, set to be held on November 24, will be the first test of public opinion amid the city's biggest political storm since its handover to China in 1997.
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In 1984, the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the handover of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the UK to China was signed, and in 1997 Hong Kong officially became a Chinese SAR.
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Earlier, the government marked the 19th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule with a flag-raising ceremony at Golden Bauhinia Square near the city's business district.
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To hasten the handover, Oliver Wyman recommends that regulators remove disincentives, eg in margin requirements and taxes, to switch from LIBOR-based derivatives; and make up their minds about credit-sensitive benchmarks.
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"Never before have we had an exchange of maps, or a presentation of maps, created by the delegations themselves," Espen Barth Eide, the United Nations envoy for Cyprus, said before the handover.
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Tesla's referral program is a key ingredient to its brand success – it rewards owners for recruiting new buyers, with benefits like invitations to special events, including the recent Model 3 employee handover.
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Vukotich will replace Elmar Frickenstein, who has been in charge of the department since it was created in May 2016 and who will retire after a three-month handover phase in March.
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And while many conservatives insisted the move should not be seen as being directed against Merkel, Armin Schuster, a conservative lawmaker, was less circumspect, saying she should start planning for a handover.
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Christie now heads the New York businessman's transition team, which would work to smooth the handover from Democratic President Barack Obama to Trump should Trump defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Nov.
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A spike in tensions will hang over Hong Kong's usual July 1 commemoration of the handover from the U.K. to China, an event which includes both official celebrations and a protest march.
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Jia Jia, whose name means "good", had been gifted to Hong Kong in 864 along with another panda, to mark the second anniversary of the city's handover from former colonial ruler Britain.
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Wong, along with several other pro-democracy activists, was detained by authorities earlier this week as Hong Kong prepared to mark the handover anniversary with a visit from Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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No way out Hong Kong has changed dramatically in the more than two-decades since handover, and many of the fears of imminent collapse or brutal authoritarian crackdown have not panned out.
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Jabawi earlier said rebels had agreed on a phased handover of their weapons and the deployment of Russian military police in the area near the Jordanian border as part of the deal.
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The handover to the trust was "the least that can be done in the face of inordinate delays in the Supreme Court," Ram Madhav, another BJP leader, said on social network Twitter.
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Donald Tsang, the city's second leader after Hong Kong's 1997 handover from British to Chinese rule, is currently on bail pending appeal after being sentenced to 20 months behind bars for misconduct.
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"This is a short term relief rally thanks to some certainty around the swift handover to a new PM," said Tobias Davis, Head of Corporate Treasury Sales at Western Union in London.
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The Chinese President oversaw a military parade Friday, the largest since the city's handover from the UK to China in 1997, with around 3,000 members of the People's Liberation Army taking part.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping took what some saw as a harder line on Hong Kong's future during his visit in July to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover from the British.
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The current Energy Minister Joaquin Coldwell told Reuters in an interview that two further auctions planned before the handover would go ahead, as would tenders for seven joint ventures known as farmouts.
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News confirmed that his probation will require completion of a 52-week domestic violence treatment program as well as the handover of any firearms and any other dangerous weapons in his possession.
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I'm almost done with Europe for the morning, already thinking about the handover to the North America specialists on Ascension for the afternoon, when I get an alert from EUROSUR in Linz.
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Amid the confusion over the timing of that transition, Puerto Rico's public safety director, Hector Pesquera, said on Tuesday his administration was still negotiating with FEMA on the timing of the handover.
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The person familiar with the episode described altogether different circumstances, saying the handover had been completed peacefully, complicated only by Bornstein's fumbling with his photocopy machine to make copies of the records.
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels reached a deal with Russian officers on a phased handover of their weapons and the deployment of Russian military police near the Jordanian border, a rebel spokesman said.
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After the handover, Hong Kong started out with a certain degree of political autonomy under the Basic Law (its mini-constitution), and a strong tradition of civic mindedness to support self-governance.
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As head of the New York businessman's transition team, he would work to smooth the handover from Democratic President Barack Obama to Trump should Trump defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Nov.
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But after toppling the brutal leader, who had ruled with an iron fist since 1989, the military maintained its grip on power, despite massive protests calling for a handover to civilian rule.
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The North Koreans have canceled scheduled meetings with US counterparts to discuss the handover, even as US military transported 100 wooden boxes to the Demilitarized Zone to take delivery of the remains.
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ATHENS, March 15 (Reuters) - The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games flame handover in Athens next week will be done behind closed doors amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Greek Olympic Committee said on Sunday.
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The rally was within sight of the Hong Kong garrison of China's People's Liberation Army, whose presence in the city has been one of the most sensitive elements of the 1997 handover.
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The Olympic torch will be lighted in Olympia at a scaled-down ceremony on Thursday before a seven-day relay that will culminate with a handover ceremony in Greece a week later.
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What is more significant, however, is what the handover — which came amid a broader package of Saudi investment in Egypt — says about the current state of relations between Cairo, Riyadh and Jerusalem.
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"More and more, there is a sense of futility," said Anson Chan, the second-highest official in the Hong Kong government in the years before and after the handover to Chinese rule.
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Ma said the handover, which coincides with Alibaba's 20th anniversary, had been a decade in the planning and has helped shape Alibaba into the multibillion-dollar e-commerce giant it is today.
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An official at the International Criminal Court said on Tuesday that the court had received no communication about a handover from Sudan's government, and that there were no negotiations at the moment.
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"The British did not give Hong Kong people a choice," said Anson Chan, who was Hong Kong's chief secretary — the second-highest position in the territory's government — during and after the handover.
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The bottom line: Put these all together — scandal, retirements from public life, and a generational handover on the throne — and it raises a question: Given the opportunity, should Britain abolish the monarchy?
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China denies interfering in Hong Kong's affairs and says it is committed to the one country, two systems formula enshrined at the handover and guaranteeing the territory a high degree of autonomy.
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's opposition alliance blamed military rulers on Tuesday for renewed street violence complicating efforts to negotiate a handover to civilian power after last month's overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir.
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The Iraqi armed forces have threatened to resume military operations against the Kurds, accusing them of delaying the handover of control of borders and taking advantage of negotiations to bolster their defenses.
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A different kind of milestone was reached less than a decade after the handover, when Macau overtook Las Vegas to become the world's biggest gambling center, with $6.95 billion in annual revenue.
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At the time of the handover, the colony, with a population of 22003m (now 22012m), had an economy equivalent to a fifth of that of the mainland, with its population of over 22014bn.
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This may partly explain why, for the first few years after the handover, China let Hong Kong's government rule much as it wished, as long as it did not challenge the mainland politically.
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For young democrats such as Mr Wong, who is 20, the expiry of the no-change guarantee in 2047 is a deadline every bit as important as the handover was a generation ago.
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Pakistan returned the captured Indian pilot on Friday in a high-profile handover Islamabad touted as a "peace gesture", which appeared to significantly dial down tensions, but both sides remain on high alert.
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Hamilton had been supposed to test in the afternoon but Mercedes changed the schedule to keep Finnish team mate Valtteri Bottas in the car all day rather than wasting time with a handover.
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According to its post-handover constitution, if a Mainland woman happens to give birth in Hong Kong, her child becomes entitled to birthright citizenship and an automatic right to a Hong Kong passport.
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"I can't wait to see these beautiful objects of art back in the place where they belong," Westfries Museum director Ad Geerdink said at a handover ceremony at the Dutch embassy in Kiev.
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Beijing has responded saying Hong Kong is facing its worst crisis since the handover from the United Kingdom in 1997, and the communist government has used increasingly pointed language to describe the protests.
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The protest was the latest in a series that have roiled the former British colony for more than a month, giving rise to its worst political crisis since its 1997 handover to China.
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While there are many events planned by the city's government to celebrate the handover, the day is also known to be one of protest for citizens — especially for those who are demanding democracy.
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We walked through its every room together on that last day, and once the handover papers were signed in the garden, I returned inside alone to close all the doors, windows and shutters.
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Chanel has long been tight-lipped about any plans to replace designer Lagerfeld after 35 years, and Blondiaux said there was no family handover in the works on the management side at present.
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Hiroshi Sasaki, the man behind Tokyo 2020's startling handover performance during the closing ceremony at the Rio Games in 2016, has been tasked with designing the Paralympic ceremonies in two years' time.
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Ma will announce the plan on his 54th birthday and the handover strategy will stretch over a significant period of time, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) newspaper reported citing a company spokesman.
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Early Monday, several pro-democracy activists staged their own ceremony, covering the statue in a large black cloth to expose "the brutal truth behind the glorious rhetoric" of Hong Kong's handover to China.
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The move towards a political solution could yet gain momentum in the run up to the 19th Communist Party National Congress, China's twice a decade handover of power scheduled for later this year.
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This kind of a smooth and predictable handover has been a Singapore hallmark which made the country a haven for investors and foreigners flocking to put in their money and sink roots here.
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Sudan's opposition alliance had blamed the military rulers on Tuesday for renewed street violence complicating efforts to negotiate a handover of power to civilians after last month's overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir.
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The plan, announced in March 2014, to transfer oversight of the nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, is expected to go forward unless Congress votes to block the handover.
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Beijing has responded saying Hong Kong is facing its worst crisis since the handover from the United Kingdom in 1997, and the communist government has used increasingly threatening language to describe the protests.
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"After friendly consultations between the Chinese and U.S. sides, the handover work for the U.S. underwater drone was smoothly completed in relevant waters in the South China Sea at midday," the ministry said.
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And it adds another element of unpredictability to an unconventional handover of power, although there were signs on Thursday that Mr. Trump's transition operation was edging toward normalcy after its chaotic first week.
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An annual pro-democracy rally scheduled for the handover anniversary was denied use of its usual staging ground in Victoria Park, in the heart of the city and where the vigil takes place.
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In a statement conveyed to Reuters in Khartoum, SPLM-N leader Abdelaziz Adam al-Helew said the move was to "give an opportunity for the immediate and smooth handover of power to civilians".
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Kathleen Baker was inside the backstroke world record after 50 meters, with Canada's Kylie Masse second, but had dropped to fourth at the handover to 100 breaststroke champion Lilly King with Denmark leading.
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Ho ended up winning first prize and then faced a decision: stay in the liberal atmosphere of Canada or pursue a career in Hong Kong, on the eve of the handover to China.
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But Brandi Hoffine, a White House spokeswoman, said the transition team had not yet provided the list of officials who would be participating in the process, a requirement before the handover can begin.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Little-known retired swimmer Naoko Imoto will be a last-minute stand-in to receive the Olympic flame during a scaled back handover in Athens on Thursday, Tokyo 2020 organizers said.
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"The Handover Ceremony will take place in the presence of the President of the Hellenic Republic... and of a small delegation of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee," the HOC said in a statement.
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The remains were turned over to United States officials Friday by the North Korean government — the first such handover since joint recovery efforts between the two countries came to a halt in 2005.
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The company says that it "fully reconditions" all its vehicles before selling and delivering them, and the handover process is now being done "at a safe distance" to protect both customers and employees.
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"The Handover Ceremony will take place in the presence of the President of the Hellenic Republic... and of a small delegation of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee," the HOC said in a statement.
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OLANO's main election pledge was to reduce graft and sever ties between the outgoing government and business, but Matovic said the coronavirus epidemic demanded a smooth handover and cooperation with the outgoing administration.
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Israeli leaders, for their part, agreed to the handover as long as the Saudis upheld the Egypt-Israel peace treaty — specifically, ensuring freedom of navigation and allowing the presence of peacekeepers on Tiran.
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Mac Dougall has headed Tiger Brands since 2016 and will exit the company on March 31 to ensure a smooth handover, the maker of Jungle Oats and Tastic rice said in a statement.
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"There's no lack of confidence," Nellie Fong, a partner in the American accounting firm Arthur Andersen and a member of the incoming government's cabinet, told The New York Times as the handover approached.
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HAMURA CITY, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese actress Satomi Ishihara performed the first 'torch kiss' handover of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay on Saturday during a rehearsal on the outskirts of the capital.
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HAMURA CITY, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese actress Satomi Ishihara performed the first 'torch kiss' handover of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay on Saturday during a rehearsal on the outskirts of the capital.
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The reasons for that, according to residents and historians, have to do with the different political cultures of the Portuguese and British colonial governments, and how each handled the handover to Chinese authority.
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The handover between lead-off runner Mike Rodgers and Justin Gatlin was adjudged to have started before the exchange zone and the Americans were disqualified as they were on their lap of honor.
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They began the process of selecting Cabinet officials, charting policy moves, and meeting with current White House officials to plan the handover of the Departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security, and other agencies.
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The Kurdish official, Abdulkarim Omar, posted a video on Facebook in which he is seen greeting Britain's special envoy for Syria, Martin Longden, and signing documents that appear to make the handover official.
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The handover of information comes after Facebook revealed earlier Wednesday that thousands of ads posted on the site over the past two years were linked to fake Facebook accounts based out of Russia.
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The declaration stated that Hong Kong would be governed under the principle of "one country, two systems" and continue to enjoy its capitalist system and individual freedoms for 28503 years after the handover.
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The region is allowed limited liberties beyond those permitted in mainland China under a "one country, two systems" arrangement that was made following the UK's handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997.
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On Friday night, the ranks of protesters grew steadily as supporters made their way down town after work, just three days before the 22nd anniversary of the handover when another huge protest is expected.
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The remarks rekindle hopes that the cross-border scheme will be announced on July 1, which is the anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to mainland China in 1997.
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After a badly timed indictment a few years later, and because of poor political calculations by the court, Bashir's handover to the ICC for a fair and open trial was not likely to happen.
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This possible handover could give new relevance to the court, which was wavering in an age in which strongmen elected on nationalistic political platforms have turned away from international accountability developed in the 1990s.
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Other phases of the agreement, which includes the handover of weapons and the entry of Russian military police to some villages, were expected to be implemented in the coming days, a rebel source said.
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Numbering just a few percent when the handover happened, Mainlanders (who are viewed by Hong Kongers as being rude, noisy and gauche) now represent close to one-fifth of Hong Kong's 7.5 million population.
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He drives a truckful of arms to the men who are headed for the Bay of Pigs, and his contact at the handover, in Jacksonville, is "a guy with big ears, named Hunt"—E.
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But the demonstrations have evolved over 12 straight weeks into a broad demand for greater democracy under the "one country, two systems" formula following the handover to China by colonial ruler Britain in 1997.
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These encompassed critical references to international events like the Persian Gulf war of 1991 and the British handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, and to his own experience of being an immigrant.
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This demonstration comes at a sensitive time, only a few days after the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4 and just two weeks before the 22nd anniversary of the handover.
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WARSAW, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Poland's Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro called billionaire Leszek Czarnecki to handover evidence after the owner of Getin Noble Bank accused the head of the country's financial sector regulator of corruption.
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Reuters reported that more than 100 riot police confronted protesters, beating some with batons and using pepper spray to disperse the crowds gathered to disrupt a planned ceremony to mark the handover in 1997.
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NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE The ANC called off a special meeting of its executive body on Zuma scheduled for last Wednesday after the president and Ramaphosa agreed to hold talks on a handover of power.
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Low, who has so far evaded arrest, issued a statement through his U.S. attorney on Monday protesting the handover of the yacht as an "illegal act" for ignoring court proceedings in the United States.
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Sources in Suu Kyi's camp say she has grown increasingly frustrated with military intransigence on issues ranging from amending the constitution to relatively minor formalities such as the location of the handover of power.
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Cran, described by Citigroup analysts as "an excellent CFO and a super Aggreko ambassador for many years", would leave within the next 12 months as part of an orderly handover, Aggreko said on Tuesday.
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CAIRO, April 14 (Reuters) - Sudan's main protest group on Sunday called for the immediate handover of power to a civilian transitional government and said it would maintain street demonstrations to push for its aims.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Russia and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) had reached an understanding on the handover of data from the former Moscow anti-doping laboratory.
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Carrier visit would 'send message' And now China has confirmed the PLA is sending its biggest asset, the 1,000-foot-long aircraft carrier Liaoning, to Hong Kong as part of the handover anniversary celebrations.
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Under the terms of the handover from Britain in 1997, Hong Kong was allowed to retain extensive freedoms under a "one country, two systems" formula, including an independent judiciary and the right to protest.
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For all the bluster about Beijing tightening its control over Hong Kong, President Xi Jinping's visit for the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule was no exception.
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Under the handover deal with Britain, Hong Kong was allowed to retain extensive freedoms not enjoyed on the mainland under a "one country, two systems" formula, including its independent judiciary and right to protest.
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Some Republican lawmakers are trying to block the handover to global stakeholders, which include businesses, tech experts and public interest advocates, saying it could stifle online freedom by giving voting rights to authoritarian governments.
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They may, though, miss the freedoms of Hong Kong that are guaranteed under a "one country, two systems" system for the 603 years after the British handover of the territory to China in 260.
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Macri said on Twitter he had carried out a "good and long" conversation with his center-left rival, who had expressed willingness to keep markets calm in case of an eventual handover of power.
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Francis, who is Argentine, presided over the handover on Wednesday as Britain's top Roman Catholic military chaplain, Bishop Paul Mason, returned the 35-cm (14-inch) statue to his Argentine counterpart, Bishop Santiago Olivera.
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Macri said on Twitter he had carried out a "good and long" conversation with center-left rival Fernandez, who had expressed willingness to keep markets calm in case of an eventual handover of power.
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"Hong Kong has always tugged at my heartstrings," Xi said on arrival at Hong Kong airport for the handover anniversary in front of flag-waving crowds at the start of a three-day visit.
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ArcelorMittal was due to take over Ilva on July 1, but Industry Minister Luigi Di Maio, whose party has long campaigned to close the plant, said on Tuesday evening the handover would be delayed.
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On Friday, France's Le Monde reported that ETA were set to announce plans to disarm and have scheduled a full handover of weapons for April 8 — several Basque political leaders said this was credible.
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The episodes have concerned many Germans and fired up a debate among some of the chancellor's Christian Democrats about whether she should pass power to her protege sooner than a planned handover in 2021.
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This is a massive break with the past: The term limits were set up by Deng Xiaoping to ensure a regular and party-determined handover of power, giving institutions power over any one leader.
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Speaking on the tarmac next to children waving flowers and a red banner welcoming his arrival, Zhang, who is chairman of China's National People's Congress said Macau has made "brilliant achievements" since the handover.
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"The club has been threatened in the past — both in the colonial and post-handover eras — and we have stood by our principles of free speech and free association," Mr. Moriarty wrote on Facebook.
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Amnesty International last month named five other prisoners of conscience in Cuba, saying their detention underscored how the presidential handover last year from Raul Castro had not changed the Communist-run country's repressive tactics.
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The city is grappling with its biggest political crisis since its handover to Beijing in 1997 and Communist Party authorities have sent a clear warning that forceful intervention is possible to quell the violence.
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"By the time the American military left, Iraq had still not passed a major milestone in the life of any successful new democracy: the peaceful handover of power to an opposition party," they wrote.
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"May I say to you my brothers ... I will support and hasten this instrument as it goes to the legislature," Duterte said in a ceremony for the handover of the bill, drawing loud applause.
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He said that despite the potential handover of revenue, he predicts taxi fleets and ride-hailing services will profit if Musk's transit system decongests highways, allowing cars to travel more efficiently with less traffic.
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"One of the things we realized was we were dropping balls and things were falling off because there was no proper handover, especially when two employees took weeks off back to back," says Nigam.
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About 7,000 Syrians, including Nusra militants and refugees, left the Arsal district on the border between Lebanon and Syria as part of a ceasefire deal that also involves the handover of captured Hezbollah fighters.
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Fazel Mohammed, 46, who works in the neurology department on the fifth floor, said he had been on duty the night before and was waiting for the morning handover when the initial explosion occurred.
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Portugal offered to return the territory in the 1970s, but China's leaders demurred because they feared losing a trading link to the outside world, The Times reported on the eve of the 1999 handover.
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The massive rally was also within sight of the Hong Kong garrison of China's People's Liberation Army, whose presence in the city has been one of the most sensitive elements of the 1997 handover.
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While Sanchez will head a minority government at a time when an independence campaign in Catalonia is gathering pace again, the relatively smooth handover of power eased market concerns of further disruption in southern Europe.
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Opponents of the proposal fear further erosion of rights and legal protections in the free-wheeling financial hub — freedoms which were guaranteed under the city's handover from British colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
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At the time of Hong Kong's handover, China was at least prepared, occasionally, to release a dissident or two in order to heal the rift with America caused by the massacre in Beijing in 1989.
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The handover of power in the mayor's office could shed further light on what Imamoglu said was the misspending of billions of lira at the Istanbul municipality, which has a budget of around $4 billion.
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Under the terms of the handover, Hong Kong was allowed to retain extensive freedoms not enjoyed on the mainland under a "one country, two systems" formula, including an independent judiciary and the right to protest.
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That handover process was also one driver of another trend in family offices' investments: a rise in impact investing, or investments intended to both earn a profit and have a positive social or environmental impact.
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Chinese rule has been generally welcomed in Macau, which has seen economic growth soar and a period of stability - in contrast with the years preceding the handover when there were a series of mobster wars.
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Opponents of the plan say that Hong Kong's autonomy, guaranteed for at least 50 years under a Sino-British agreement negotiated ahead of the handover on July 1, 1997, is in danger of further erosion .
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Scaled Composites also built and tested the Enterprise for Virgin Galactic, but Virgin — with their manufacturing firm the Spaceship Company — took over the building of Unity, a handover that was planned before the 2014 accident.
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Tourism has also grown massively since 1997, with arrivals up to 56.6 million in 2016 compared to 10.4 million the year of handover, fueled by huge growth in mainland Chinese tourists coming to Hong Kong.
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Protests and marches Thousands of Hong Kongers are expected to take to the streets during Xi's visit, particularly on July 1, the date of handover celebrations and a traditional day of protest in the city.
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General Bajwa will likely take charge of the world's sixth-largest army by troop numbers in a formal handover on Tuesday, when General Sharif, who is no relation to prime minister Nawaz Sharif, formally retires.
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I understand that Crowdcube is essentially buying the Supdate user base and tech/IP, and that Supdate founder Duane Jackson is not joining Crowdcube but will be helping on the technical side during the handover.
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A peace treaty could be signed in June when Putin is likely to visit Japan for a Group of 20 meeting, but negotiating the handover of the smaller isles would take more time, he said.
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On one side are the "pan-democrats", who argue that only a democratic system can safeguard the civil liberties the territory enjoyed under the British (whom many of the pan-democrats opposed, before the handover).
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A first step for raising pressure once the handover date passes is likely to be targeted sanctions by the U.N. and others, diplomats say, also raising the possibility that Jammeh could be offered asylum abroad.
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Publicly proposed in March 2014, the transfer of oversight of the nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, is expected to go forward unless the U.S. Congress votes to block the handover.
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RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian authorities on Tuesday ordered the handover of 25 state-run schools to be run by private sector companies as part of economic reforms designed to ease pressure on the state's finances.
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Ridinger, who is aged 60, will remain with the company until the end of April to help with the handover and will be available to Lonza in an advisor until the end of the year.
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Alongside shutting down a Turkish military base and silencing Al Jazeera, the blockade countries also requested Qatar sever all ties to "terrorist groups," handover "terrorist figures" and align itself with other Gulf and Arab countries.
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Yun traveled to Pyongyang last June to negotiate the Americans' release, but was only successful in securing the handover of Otto Warmbier, an American student who died days after his return to the United States.
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Opponents of the proposal fear further erosion of rights and legal protections in the free-wheeling financial hub - freedoms which were guaranteed under the city's handover from British colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
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Under the terms of the 1997 handover agreement, Hong Kong is guaranteed its own independent legislature and judiciary, along with greater civil liberties than residents enjoy in Mainland China, including freedom of speech and assembly.
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Ms. Pelosi remains intent on reclaiming the speakership, but in an interview on Wednesday she also acknowledged a handover of power was coming eventually, and she encouraged would-be successors to prove their political mettle.
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The Tunisian minister for human rights and civil society, Mehdi Ben Gharbia, insisted that the government still supported the Truth and Dignity Commission, citing the granting of a handover period as a sign of that.
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TOKYO, March 18 (Reuters) - Little-known retired swimmer Naoko Imoto will be a last-minute stand-in to receive the Olympic flame during a scaled back handover in Athens on Thursday, Tokyo 2020 organisers said.
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Supporters in Kinshasa celebrated Tshisekedi's victory, which signaled the departure of incumbent president Joseph Kabila after 18 years — and marked the first peaceful handover of power since the DRC gained independence from Belgium in 1960.
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Now, the handover of Hambantota to the Chinese has kept alive concerns about possible military use — particularly as China has continued to militarize island holdings around the South China Sea despite earlier pledges not to.
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Yet as the 20th anniversary of the handover approaches on Saturday, the perception of Hong Kong as something special — a vibrant crossroads of East and West that China may want to emulate — is fading fast.
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Such mainland companies with deep pockets are challenging the local land barons, who came to dominate Hong Kong's economy as the colonial British trading houses relinquished their positions in the run-up to the handover.
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Democrats are bracing for the possibility that if President Donald Trump loses the 22016 election, he and his aides will bungle a smooth handover of power — and maybe even try to outright sabotage the transition.
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Opponents of the changes fear further erosion of freedoms and legal protections in the free-wheeling financial hub - rights that were guaranteed under the city's handover from British colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
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The handover follows through on a promise North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made to President Donald Trump when the leaders met in June and is the first tangible result from the much-hyped summit.
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In fact, it could be argued that the handover inadvertently caused the term "Hong Konger" to be coined, the idea that the people of Hong Kong are neither this nor that, but their very own.
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Xi's three-day visit to the territory to celebrate the anniversary of that handover also revived speculation that Beijing plans to transform the gambling capital into a major financial center that could rival Hong Kong.
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Flown in from Athens following a handover ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium, which hosted the first modern Games in 295, the flame arrives at a time of heightened tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
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That's according to a senior U.S. official who has analyzed a series of highly sensitive intelligence reports detailing Russian deliberations and who says a Snowden handover is one of various ploys to "curry favor" with Trump.
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But while the 2003 protests are remembered as being against the sedition law, they took place on July 1, the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from British to Chinese control and an annual day of protests.
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Trump intends to reveal his plans next month for how he intends to distance himself from his businesses while serving in the Oval Office and has said he may handover the responsibility to his adult children.
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Many in Hong Kong see the extradition bill as eroding special freedoms afforded to them under the "One Country, Two Systems" model, which was created during Hong Kong's handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997.
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They worry that time is running out to shore up democratic reforms and political freedoms before the handover agreement that the British struck in 1997 expires in 2047 and Hong Kong truly becomes part of China.
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But their fears also reflect uncertainty over Hong Kong's future that is written into the Basic Law, the mini-constitution that has guided Hong Kong's relations with Beijing since the handover from British rule in 1997.
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The Chinese-ruled city is grappling with its biggest political crisis since its handover to Beijing in 1997 and Communist Party authorities have sent a clear warning that forceful intervention is possible to quell the violence.
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Elliott's investment comes after Samsung has undertaken a series of moves to pave the way for a stable handover from the ailing, 74-year-old Lee Kun-hee, who runs the group, to his three children.
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The Chinese-ruled city is grappling with its biggest political crisis since its handover to Beijing in 1997 and Communist Party authorities have sent a clear warning that forceful intervention is possible to quell the unrest.
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The protests, which started over a now-suspended extradition bill and evolved into demands for greater democracy, have rocked Hong Kong for three months and plunged the city into its biggest political crisis since the handover.
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The city has a long history of protests marking the date of the handover: On July 1 in recent years, some Hong Kongers have assembled to make their political opinions — including calls for universal suffrage — known.
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After promises that post-handover Hong Kong should enjoy a high degree of autonomy, Beijing's squeeze has fuelled widespread resentment and in 2014 sparked pro-democracy protests that paralysed parts of the city for 79 days.
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Around 100 riot police in helmets and carrying batons stood behind the shattered glass as a small group of protesters rammed the windows ahead of a planned rally to mark the former British colony's 1997 handover.
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Since the handover from Britain, Hong Kong has been governed under China's principle of "one country, two systems" -- giving it rights and freedom unseen in the mainland and paving the way for a generation of protesters.
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