11.   These four, exactly one century ago, maneuvered us into a war with Spain so that we could steal the Spanish colonial empire.

12.   A bill that aims to return British citizenship to the remnants of its colonial empire cleared one legislative hurdle Tuesday, the House of Lords.

13.   At the time, France was trying to restore its colonial empire in Indochina following a humiliating occupation by Japanese troops during World War II.

14.   But just five months later, in September, he resigned in a power struggle with hardline communists and in protest against plans to rapidly dismantle the colonial empire.

15.   But in September he resigned in a power struggle and in protest against rushed attempts to dismantle the colonial empire.

16.   Colonial empires collapsed and new nations emerged in Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific, swelling U.N. membership.

17.   Indonesian legislator Djoko Susilo said the islands geographically belonged to the Dutch colonial empire and hence were legally part of Indonesia.

18.   The attitude is left over from the start of this century when Japan was building a colonial empire in Asia.

19.   The former colonial empire that had melted into a lucrative sphere of influence is now a burdensome zone of bad debts and potential immigrants.

20.   The rest of Indonesia is made up of islands that were once part of the Dutch colonial empire.