This is when Mr Obama has announced that withdrawal of US forces will begin, assuming transition and transfer of responsibility to Afghan forces takes effect.

BBC: US Marine at forward operating base in Helmand

Deepening the gloom, another new Chinese law comes into effect on May 1st, subjecting any transfer of a state-controlled asset to yet another layer of review, this time by a local commission.

ECONOMIST: Coca-Cola in China

If, as is common, one partner left all assets to the other, then this tax-free transfer in effect cost the couple one of their two estate-tax exemptions.

WSJ: Tax Report: Avoiding Estate-Tax Traps

Using this phenomenon physicists have been able to transfer -- or in effect teleport -- the properties of one particle to another, in the case of atoms over a distance of about half a meter, in the case of photons over tens of kilometers.

CNN: Beam me up: Just how close are we to teleportation?

The Center for Security Policy today cited official German documents to rebut claims made in Washington this morning by visiting German Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher, claims to the effect that his country's officials bear no responsibility for the transfer of militarily relevant technology to Iraq.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

In effect, you transfer the dollar account into a yuan account in the form of a Bank of China CD that will yield you next to nothing.

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The United States is to transfer control of Iraqi airspace to Iraq when the agreement goes into effect, although Iraq can ask for assistance for airspace control and surveillance.

CNN: U.S.-Iraq deal would whittle troops' immunity

The orders will give effect to the historic vote at Stormont earlier this month when Northern Ireland Assembly members voted in favour of the transfer.

BBC: Northern Ireland devolution debate

Mr Woodward said they would give effect to the historic vote at Stormont earlier this month when Northern Ireland Assembly members voted in favour of the transfer.

BBC: Northern Ireland devolution debate