In 1963, Zanzibar, a British protectorate since 1890, became an independent state within the Commonwealth.
In practice, the protectorate will probably have to continue for quite a bit longer.
Bosnia is already a protectorate in all but name, and likely to remain so for many years.
Inevitably, there is an element of improvisation about the policing of the international protectorate that Kosovo is becoming.
In 1939, the German army crossed the Czech frontier and Adolf Hitler proclaimed the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Running the place almost as a protectorate, it has the power to act.
Some say that Greece has become a protectorate of the EU. Certainly the intervention from outside in Greece's internal affairs is unprecedented.
In 1970, the British protectorate of Tonga became independent within the Commonwealth.
Under the French protectorate, cannabis cultivation was eradicated in most of Morocco.
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In 1883, under the terms of the Treaty of Hue, France assumed the protectorate over Annam and Tonkin in what is now Vietnam.
In 1946, Britain recognised the independence of the protectorate of Transjordan.
Mr Bancoult's lawyers argue that the protectorate's governor enacted it illegally.
In 1964, the Nyasaland Protectorate became the independent state of Malawi.
The attack on the village was in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the highest ranking Nazi official in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Western aid donors, peace promoters and generals have virtually turned the country into a protectorate, with several thousand expatriates doing duty as a civil service and legislature.
Further, Varanasi was a British protectorate with a British Cantonment.
The risk is that Kosovo becomes dependent on these missions and thus simply an EU protectorate, its leaders shoving responsibility for difficult issues on to foreigners all too willing to rule.
Once a U.K. protectorate, Swaziland gained independence in 1968.
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The Sulu Sultanate once spread over several southern Philippine islands as well as parts of Borneo, and claimed Sabah as its own before it was designated a British protectorate in the 1800s.
In order to dedicate herself solely to me, she never married, and, in a sweetly sly way, she never let me marry either so as not to have to share her protectorate.
It formed part of the Sulu Sultanate - which once spread over several southern Philippine islands as well as parts of Borneo - before it was designated a British protectorate in the 1800s.
For the Royal Ballet of Cambodia, the complications were compounded by its country's French protectorate status, which from the late-19th to the middle of the 20th century resulted in a reduction of support for the courtly art.
The village the Filipinos were occupying formed part of the Sulu Sultanate - which once spread over several southern Philippine islands as well as parts of Borneo - before it was designated a British protectorate in the 1800s.
Many see Greece as little more than a protectorate of the EU. It is widely believed that the purpose of the bailout was less about helping Greece and more about saving the euro and protecting international banks from a default.
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