His predecessor Narmer had united Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt into a single kingdom.

Putin, of course, did not accost the retired Yeltsin, but he didn t have to.

A member of the Court elected to replace a member whose term of office has not expired shall hold office for the remainder of his predecessor's term.

His story is slightly altered, stating he is an exile in Outworld due to the failure of his ancestor, and the fall of his lineage.

On assuming office, the President thanked his predecessor for the work undertaken under his leadership.

Army commander Ashfaq Kiyani has shown no interest in taking over the state, as his predecessor, General Pervez Musharraf, did.

A man of peace, Obama has become no less a war president than his predecessor.

Last year, with the stroke of his pen, Obama ended his predecessor s global war on terror.

He borrowed from his predecessor the idea of a system of collective security intended to contain the threat of Hitler in Europe.

He was considered to be more dynamic than his predecessor, but was still unable to keep the Party organizers at bay.

Instead of a development strategy, there was simply an expansion of the anti corruption agenda initiated by his predecessor, James Wolfensohn.

Regrettably, the promotion of economic growth has not been a priority for either the Calderón administration or that of his predecessor, Vicente Fox.

I would also like to thank his predecessor, Mr. Jean Ping, for his able leadership as the President of the General Assembly at its fifty ninth session.

Obama is likely to be more diplomatic than his predecessor, but he is also likely to be more demanding.

Kenyatta, a member of the dominant Kikuyu ethnic group, says that he wants to heal the country s divisions, echoing the promise of his predecessor, Mwai Kibaki.

Müntefering should have consulted his party s forefather more carefully before opening his mouth.

MANILA Unlike his predecessor, US President Barack Obama is popular from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

President Lech Kaczynski s approval ratings, are dramatically lower than those of his predecessor, the SLD s Aleksander Kwasniewski.

They have not forgotten or pardoned his treachery in refusing to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, signed by his predecessor, Gordon Brown.

Mr. Dixon (United Kingdom), speaking on behalf of the European Union, inquired whether the Special Rapporteur's working methods would differ in any way from those of his predecessor.

It may also give way to a president in Bogota who advocates a tougher line with Chávez than Uribe did.

Khamenei faces a deeper problem he is not Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, his predecessor and the Islamic Republic s founding Supreme Leader, who shaped the system s identity.

Most immediately, Calderón had to address his immediate predecessor s failure to implement any of the major reforms that Mexico needed.

Article 15 of the Statute of the Court provides that a member of the Court elected to replace a member whose term of office has not expired shall hold office for the remainder of the predecessor's term.

It is understandable that he wishes to distinguish himself from his predecessor, Vicente Fox, who was unable to get meaningful reforms through Congress.

Owing to uncertainty over the numbering of the Dukes of Normandy he is usually called Robert I, but sometimes Robert II with his ancestor Rollo as Robert I.

I also congratulate Judge Fausto Pocar on his recent election to the presidency of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and ask him to convey our thanks to his predecessor, Judge Meron.

Moreover, Abe s lack of Koizumi s star quality and outsider charisma has made him rely more heavily than his predecessor on the LDP s existing leadership.

Jonathan is President of Nigeria today because Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, his deceased predecessor, came to power through what many consider rigged elections.

A specific example of a red red coalition comes from the politics of Germany, formed from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and The Left party or its predecessor, the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).

Calderón, reversing his predecessor s policy of speaking out against the lack of human rights in Cuba, has restored Mexico s traditional close ties.

It is easy to see where Obiang who seized power in Equatorial Guinea after killing his predecessor gets the money that he tosses around.

In particular, we congratulate President Pocar on his election as the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and I am sure that we will continue the excellent cooperation that we have enjoyed with his predecessor, Judge Meron.

In doing so, he neglected to focus on the structural problems that propelled a docile society to pour into the streets two and a half years ago to bring down his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Judge Fausto Pocar on his election to the presidency of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and to pay tribute to his predecessor, Judge Theodor Meron, for the important work that he carried out.

He was no longer the normal man of his election campaign and tenure until now instead, he tried to present himself, like his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, as a superhero.

BERKELEY US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke is not regarded as an oracle in the way that his predecessor, Alan Greenspan, was before the financial crisis.

His father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a local chief and councillor to the monarch he had been appointed to the position in 1915, after his predecessor was accused of corruption by a governing white magistrate.

Much to his credit and in contrast to his immediate predecessor Obama tried, from his first day in office, to work towards a resolution of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

Needless to say, Calderón was thrilled, particularly because he had begun backing away from the emphasis his predecessor, Vicente Fox, placed on the immigration issue.

We wish also to recognize the work done by his predecessor, Mr. Jean Ping, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gabon, who ably steered the last session so as to set the stage for change in the year 2005.

When Barroso, the former Portuguese prime minister, was awarded the EU post by his fellow heads of government, he appeared to be a dynamic new broom who would sweep away the cobwebs left by his predecessor, Italy s Romano Prodi.

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken up this very challenge, first set by his great predecessor Kemal Atatürk nearly a century ago.

They also view Russia in terms of a tradition whereby every new tsar partly repudiates the legacy of his predecessor, creating a political thaw at the beginning of a new reign.

Worse, Wolfowitz did not seem to have a grand vision for the Bank. Instead of a development strategy, there was simply an expansion of the anti corruption agenda initiated by his predecessor, James Wolfensohn.