21.   Amid protests against their presence, officials stress U.S. soldiers will only be training and will not fight in this former American colony.

22.   As citizens of an American colony, Filipinos were drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II.

23.   As thousands demonstrated outside, the Philippine Senate began voting Thursday on an accord that would allow U.S. troops to resume large-scale war exercises in the former American colony.

24.   Britain needed a new dumping ground for its undesirables after losing its American colonies in the War of Independence.

25.   English is an official language in this former American colony.

26.   He claims Saudi Arabia has been turned into an American colony.

27.   Left-wing groups in the Philippines oppose the U.S. presence, saying it violates constitutional restrictions on foreign troops in this former American colony.

28.   Officials stress U.S. soldiers will teach and not wage war in this former American colony.

29.   The base closed a year later, ending nearly a century of U.S. military presence in this former American colony.

30.   The American jazz colony in Copenhagen later included saxophonist Stan Getz, trumpeter Thad Jones and pianist Kenny Drew.