Mr. Rifi would retire because of his age on April first, but because of Lebanon's precarious situation, Mr. Mikati asked the cabinet to amend the regulations and extend his term.
By 5 April the first battle ships, including two aircraft carriers, hurriedly set sail for the South Atlantic.
The bells began their journey back to Chile in April, first being lifted out of the seaside church's porch with the aid of some "small fork lift trucks and some strong men".
Sharp 38.0% gains in the stock in the first quarter of 2012 evaporated in April and the first couple of weeks in May.
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On 1 April, the first element of changes to housing benefit came into force.
The violence comes ahead of Iraq's provincial elections on 20 April, the first in the country since 2010.
The Scot will be back in action on 14 April for his first clay-court appearance of the season in Valencia.
Work on the "extra care" scheme will begin in April and the first homes should be ready by autumn 2014.
April was the first month the industry saw growth in both units and dollars in the software category since last November.
Those reports were for April, the first month of the second quarter.
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Alexa Chung, a British model with Chinese ancestory, is on the cover of its first April issue, which is already available on Shanghai newsstands.
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He made the second defence of his WBO title against Bobby Gunn in April, the first-round stoppage taking the Welshman's record to 26-1 (20 KOs).
The second week of April is the first week since Christmas it has been warm enough to lay the concrete foundations to support the turbine.
According to figures out this morning from the Treasury Department, China was a net buyer of Treasuries in April for the first time in six months.
New car sales across Europe rose in April for the first time in 18 months, helped by strong demand in the UK and by the early Easter break.
Mr. Gross boosted Treasury holdings to 35% in May from 31% in April, the first increase in four months, according to the latest data from the company's web site.
For a month before both the parliamentary polls in April and the first round of the presidential election in July, campaign workers draped their towns with bunting and plastered colourful stickers onto vehicles.
The industrial action by 1, 250 workers at the plant in April was the first at any refinery in the UK for 73 years, and also led to the closure of the Forties North Sea oil pipeline.
According to IHS Screen Digest, U.S. spending on DVDs (including Blu-ray) grew 1.6% over April and the first two weeks of May thanks to the DVD release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.
Although she did not live long enough to see the new inquests take place, she did make it to the 24th annual memorial service at Anfield on 15 April - the first held since the Hillsborough Independent Panel exonerated fans of blame.
It is imperative that companies file their petitions on April 1, or at the very least during the first week of April, because of the high demand for these visas.
Usually for your first RMD you have until April 1 of the following year to take it, but in this case, these folks have to take their first RMD by Dec. 31, 2010, not April 1, 2011.
Andrew Flintoff, in his first match for England since the World Cup in April, reached 90mph in his first over and bowled with impressive accuracy in two spells, with only some rogue no-balls to mildly inconvenience him.
The UN marked April 12 as the first annual International Day of Human Space Flight.
The exhibition, which began in April, is the first devoted to the group since 1968.
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Similarly, the current market correction began in mid-April just as the first quarter earnings reports began coming out.
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Data showed the European Union market for new passenger cars in April expanded for the first time since September 2011.
McCoy, who won the Grand National on Don't Push It in April, is the first jockey to win the honour.
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