He may not even wait for the traditional week before the official handover to start his presidency.
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Cheung moved to Canada in 1992 but returned to Hong Kong to stay after its handover to China.
He said a handover to Mr Brown could soon be followed by a "smooth transition" to Conservative leader David Cameron.
And all this against a background of continuing questions over the prime minister's retirement plans and the timing of the expected handover to Gordon Brown.
German liberal MEP Wolf Klinz said that the handover to Mr Draghi should be used to reform the way in which the EU economy is led.
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Mr Bremer had insisted that there was not enough time, technical wherewithal or security to hold an election before the scheduled handover to Iraqis by July 1st.
Mr. Karzai's outburst came a day after the U.S. abruptly canceled a planned handover to Afghan control of its main detention facility in Afghanistan, at the Bagram Air Field.
The letter says that on Friday 10 October 2008, the bank's non-executive directors agreed that Sir Fred should leave the bank "and that it was in the company's interest for there to be an orderly handover to his successor".
Annan said further discussions would take place before he decided whether to send such a team, but he expressed doubts that direct elections could be held in time for a planned handover to an interim Iraqi government this (northern hemisphere) summer.
Security has been beefed up in Macau in the run-up to the Portuguese enclave's handover back to China at midnight Sunday.
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Yet in the run-up to the handover of Macau to the Chinese in 1999, the Portuguese government took a renewed interest, keen to ensure a lasting legacy once their time in Macau was over.
But Sir Michael refused to "deliver some kind of handover note" to Lord Patten who he said was "quite capable of shaping his own agenda without any help from me".
And he urged Tony Blair to set a date for his departure, to end speculation about it and ensure a smooth handover of power to Gordon Brown, the man widely expected to be the next Labour leader.
The coalition and IGC have called for Iraqis to choose a transitional government through caucuses, saying there is no time to pull together an electoral infrastructure before the scheduled handover of power to a new Iraqi government by June 30.
However, at a second meeting several hours later tempers had cooled sufficiently to permit a practical discussion about how the crisis should be handled if a tidy handover were still to take place.
Bremer said the coalition is "willing to consider refinements, " but that the administration will not alter the planned June 30 handover of sovereignty to the Iraqis.
Tariq Aziz, the former deputy prime minister of Iraq, surrendered to coalition forces after organizing the handover for several days to ensure the process was dignified, his family told CNN.
The handover is expected to be completed by the end of 2014.
The handover is due to be completed by 20 March, by which time it is believed tens of thousands of Serbs will have left their homes.
Amadou Sanogo reached a deal with ECOWAS that mandated a handover of power to the civilian government in exchange for the end of trade and diplomatic sanctions.
Royal correspondent Robert Jobson said that team of minders had questions to answer: "Why didn't royal bodyguards ask anyone going into Harry's suite to handover their phones for security, " he tweeted.
Meeting in Washington last week, the two leaders agreed to speed up a handover of combat operations in Afghanistan to Afghan forces, raising the prospect of an accelerated U.S. withdrawal from the country.
Some analysts believe a handover period is likely to be closer to five years.
But Downing Street would not confirm a detailed timetable for the handover of combat duties to Afghan troops.
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The event was canceled, U.S. officials say, because the Afghan government demanded last-minute changes to the handover agreement.
There will be a handover of combat operations to Afghan control next year.
However, he said 2014 was the existing target date in the military strategy for the handover of security control to Afghan forces.
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It would also handover confidential corporate information to competitors, including data on salary structures, revenues, and the number and types of employees.
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South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it was working closely with colleagues from ambulance services across the region to minimise handover times.
Yemen's new government and the international community want to add a legal veneer to the handover of power with a referendum scheduled for Feb. 21.
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