1.   He has a deep understanding of the nation and a common touch that many analysts compare to that of his father, according to one former palace official.

2.   He says he would concentrate on the former Chinese palaces and landscapes, leaving the European-style stone ruins alone for now.

3.   High among her legacies as empress was her invaluable art collection, now housed in her former palaces in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

4.   In the former royal palace where he now has his office, he projects a calm, cherubic charm.

5.   The trip upriver to Hampton Court, the former royal palace, takes about three to four hours.

6.   Peres made no statements as he arrived and was whisked away to the conference site in the former palace of the late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

7.   Albania is bound to dominate the EU meeting, held in a former royal palace.

8.   At least four people were killed and seven others wounded in an exchange of gunfire near the former presidential palace in south Mogadishu late Thursday, witnesses said.

9.   At least six others were detained in front of Tiananmen Gate, the entrance to the former imperial palace to the north of the square.

10.   He then quickly toured the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace, and Beihai park, once a pleasure ground for the emperors.