Many Iraqis hope that Dr Jaafari, with the prospect of four years in office rather than a transitional year, may acquire more authority to keep his ministers in line.
Earlier on, Labour's Lord Grocott asked the government for its estimates of the cost of running a reformed House of Lords in the first transitional year of its operation.
We view 2011 as a transitional year for the Company and we believe that we are taking the right steps to reinvigorate our brand and enhance our merchandise appeal.
The results mark the end of what CEO Indra Nooyi said would be a "transitional year, " with the company embarking on a cost-cutting program and stepping up investment in its flagship brands.
Mr Karzai will be sworn in on Saturday as the head of the new interim administration in Kabul, which he will lead for six months, paving the way for a two-year transitional government.
The committee has suggested that it should only be optional for a two year transitional period, becoming compulsory thereafter for large cross-border companies, with small businesses being forced to join a common system after a further five years.
Last year was a transitional period for PepsiCo with the company trying to turn itself around through various restructuring programs and renewed marketing vigor.
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The IRS has provided some transitional relief, delaying for one year the application of the reporting rules and their penalties to financial firms that transfer customer accounts to another firm.
Last month Communities Secretary Eric Pickles told the BBC's Sunday Politics he had seen a figure estimating how many Romanians and Bulgarians would come to the UK when transitional immigration controls were lifted next year, but said he did not have confidence in them.
As soon as possible, but not later than the third year after the beginning of the transitional period, negotiations will take place to determine the final status of the West Bank and Gaza and its relationship with its neighbours and to conclude a peace treaty between Israel and Jordan by the end of the transitional period.
The delay cannot be blamed on the Iraqi politicians, anyway: it is the direct result of the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) which was agreed last year by hand-picked Iraqi politicians under the strong guidance of the Americans and British.
For over a year the Maoists have been part of Nepal's transitional government, heading ministries and becoming ambassadors.
The three MPs said a doubling of transitional help from the UK and Scottish governments was needed to save the two 60-year-old factories.
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In Damascus earlier this year, a senior presidential aide told me they would not accept the idea of a transitional body with "full executive powers" which would effectively mean relinquishing control.
In Verbier where Concrete is designing W's first ski hotel, set to open later this year the firm connects the separate chalet-bound living and sleeping areas with transitional and scenic glass spaces, turning a trip to the bedroom into a short mountain hike.
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