Tag: Flag
Iraq aims to unite with new national anthem, flag
Iraq is seeking to replace its national anthem and flag in a move aimed at unifying national symbols and putting decades of conflict and...
Olympic flag arrives in Rio, host of 2016 Games
The Olympic flag arrived Monday in Rio de Janeiro, which will host the 2016 Summer Games -- a challenge which authorities in Brazil say...
Olympic flag fail
A flag malfunction punctures Serena Williams’ golden moment on the podium after her triumph over Maria Sharapova in the London 2012 Ladies Gold Medal...
N. Korea raps war games flag ‘provocation’
North Korea has denounced the use of its national flag as a target during US-South Korean war games as a "grave provocative act" and...
Djokovic to be Serbia’s Olympic flag-bearer
Tennis star Novak Djokovic has said he will be Serbia's flag-bearer at this summer's Olympic Games in London, Beta news agency reported Wednesday. "We...
Students paint ‘world’s largest national flag’
Pakistani students broke the Guinness world record on Friday by painting the world’s largest canvas to mark the Pakistan Day. The painting of the...
Iraqis burn US flags to celebrate troop pullout
Hundreds of Iraqis set alight US and Israeli flags on Wednesday as they celebrated the impending pullout of American forces from the country in...
On our national symbols
Keeping some; replacing others
I've often wondered why hockey is our national sport. Cricket is more popular and it also has the additional advantage of...
NTC flag at UN marks ‘new Libya’
The United Nations in Geneva has decided to display a new flag representing Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC). In the presence of Libyan UN...
New flag hoisted on Libyan embassy in Islamabad
A new flag associated with the Libyan uprising has been hoisted on the Libyan Embassy in Islamabad and the old flag of Qaddafi era...
Police hold a muscle-flexing flag march
The capital police on Friday conducted the flag march in the city to send a message to criminals and terrorists that law enforcers were...
‘It’s time to raise the flag of peace’
The poems of Fraaz Mahmud spring from a heart which needs nothing from anyone, a heart that is filled with innocent sentiments about personal...
‘It’s time to raise the flag of peace’
The poems of Fraaz Mahmud spring from a heart which needs nothing from anyone, a heart that is filled with innocent sentiments about personal...
‘Fast Five’ takes checkered flag at box office
The first big budget film of the summer season, ‘Fast Five,’ broke new records as it scored $83.6 million in its first weekend in...
Virgin F1 team to race under Russian flag
LONDON - Virgin Racing will compete with a Russian licence this season as part of their partnership with sportscar maker Marussia Motors, the Formula One team said on Monday. Team president Graeme Lowdon told Reuters at the launch of the new MVR-02 car that Virgin had obtained the agreement of Britain's governing body, the Motor Sports Association (MSA), to make the switch.
"There's actually quite close links between the MSA and the Russian federation and there's a lot of
"There's actually quite close links between the MSA and the Russian federation and there's a lot of
Texan ballot papers sent out with flag of Chile
Texan ballot officials have accidentally sent out ballot papers with the Chilean national flag on it rather than the flag of Texas. For several years officials in Atascosa County, south of San Antonio, had sent out the insert containing what they thought was their state flag on it to absentee voters.
The mistake went unnoticed until a Ph.D student living in Japan alerted the authorities.
Troy Knudson said, "Apparently the insert has been used for some time without anyone
The mistake went unnoticed until a Ph.D student living in Japan alerted the authorities.
Troy Knudson said, "Apparently the insert has been used for some time without anyone
