1.   General Musharraf was the former military ruler of Pakistan.

2.   The original elections were declared void by the former military ruler.

3.   ...the former military ruler of Lesotho.

4.   The former ruler was forced to concede power to a new government.

5.   As a co-host of the World Cup with its former colonial ruler, South Korea was bound to measure itself most urgently against the success of Japan.

6.   Belgium, the former colonial ruler of Zaire, and France, anther historical ally, have distanced themselves from the Mobutu regime.

7.   Britain, the former colonial ruler of Zimbabwe, has been particularly critical of the violence and intimidation there.

8.   But a former military ruler annulled the election.

9.   But for the other ex-Soviet states in Central Asia and their former colonial ruler, Russia, the turmoil in Tajikistan is their worst nightmare.

10.   But on the issue of whether to welcome or spurn the migrants, Hong Kong people can seem more colonial than their former British rulers.