41.   U.S.-built structures, such as the bunker-like embassy, still stand alongside graceful French colonial buildings on tree-lined boulevards.

42.   Central Freetown contains colonial buildings reminiscent of the British Raj in India.

43.   Under British rule until World War Two, Rangoon was a garden city boasting tree-lined avenues and graceful colonial buildings accented by colonnades and porticos.

44.   Police guarding the jail said the inmates feared the three-storey colonial building would collapse.

45.   Since Tuesday police have been checking any vehicle or pedestrian approaching the colonial building housing the embassy.

46.   The Bela Vista, a luxurious colonial building which began life as a private mansion last century, is currently managed by the Mandarin Oriental hotel group.