101.   British defense companies have lost out on lucrative arms deals with the U.A.E. because the former colonial power had no pact with the energy-rich country.

102.   But France, the former colonial power, is expected to have fully withdrawn its contingent from the country by Sunday.

103.   But countries which used slaves and former colonial powers are holding out.

104.   But the former colonial power hinted that troops might return as peacekeepers to Brazzaville, located across the Congo river from the former Zaire.

105.   Colonial powers Britain, France, Belgium and Portugal have reduced their roles in Africa.

106.   Colonial powers usurped the land and upset holding patterns.

107.   Deby finally bowed to pressure from France, the former colonial power, and agreed to a March referendum in which Chadians decided in favor of a unitary state.

108.   Following the custom in France, the former colonial power, Chadian elections would normally be held on a Sunday.

109.   France was the former colonial power in Rwanda and Belgium in Zaire.

110.   France, a former colonial power in Africa, has troops based in several Francophone countries.