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Reuters reported that Mr. Ozawa said Saturday he would stay in his post, the party's No. 2 spot, but would temporarily hand over duties to another party official.

"We need to prepare to hand over duties systematically and cleanly to the government that will emerge in accord with the desire of the people," Information Minister Ye Htut said in a Facebook post on Friday, a day after a cabinet meeting.

On 8 September 2013, Zardari became the country's first president to complete his constitutional term and handed over duties to a democratically elected successor.

I felt especially sorry for transit passengers, who looked on helplessly as they handed over duty-free and cosmetics.

Mr. Sarkozy increased this year's withdrawal of troops to 1,000 from 600, and said that French troops would hand over security duties in one of their main areas of responsibility, Kapisa Province, northeast of Kabul, beginning in March, at least four months early.

"He was told he needed to hand over his duties," the colleague said.

He stayed on to hand over his duties but left the board and the executive leadership team.

"This will allow time for Brendon to hand over his duties to Damian Carroll before turning his focus to his new challenge.

But for Thursday, the final night of the convention, he had to hand over musical duties to the Foo Fighters and James Taylor, as he had already booked shows in New York City for Fashion Week.

In many respects, the concept follows the precedent set in Iraq, where a similar troop surge and strategy shift under President George W. Bush in 2007 enabled American-led coalition forces to eventually hand over security duties to the Iraqis region by region.

Orbitz's decision to hand over creative duties to an agency outside the realm of Madison Avenue demonstrates how marketers are seeking to think differently as they cope with changing consumer behavior and the effects of the recession.