21.  For many from the East, what happened in soccer simply reflects what happened when the rich and capitalist West Germany took over the collapsing East German socialist state.

22.  Once a French colony, Algeria fought a long war of independence to emerge as a socialist state tied to Moscow and a standard-bearer of the Third World.

23.  President Fidel Castro called for a massive march in the capital and in cities across Cuba to back a constitutional amendment ratifying Cuba as a socialist state.

24.  Rene, his prime minister, overthrew him in a coup a year later and set up a one-party socialist state.

25.  The idea was to advise Eastern European companies on how to adapt to the new, profit-driven economy after five decades as socialist states.

26.  The Maoist negotiators pressed for a new constitution to abolish the monarchy and usher in a socialist state.

27.  The rebels have been fighting for a sovereign socialist state outside India.

28.  The two socialist states share anti-U.S. sentiments and were close allies of the former Soviet Union.

29.  During his presidency, former rebel Daniel Ortega had fought a fierce battle to defend the socialist state he tried to build.

30.  For him, the country he led was a model socialist state which guaranteed work for its citizens, along with cheap rents and a working social system.