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Crucial week for Italy's near-bankrupt flag carrier (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:16:25 GMT Italy's near-bankrupt flag carrier Alitalia may know its fate this week as the company reveals its first-half results, expected to be disastrous, and a possible rescue plan takes shape.

Flapping flag OK, painted flag is not (UPI)
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:50:58 GMT MONTREAL, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A judge in Canada has ruled a man can fly a Greek flag on his property but can't have one painted on his garage door.

Curfew, flag marches in tense Orissa towns (Hindustan Times)
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:13:08 GMT Curfew was clamped in Orissa's communally tense Kandhamal district and police and paramilitary forces held flag marches in troubled towns on Tuesday, a day after two people were burnt alive and several churches were damaged by mobs during a statewide shutdown called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to protest the killing of one of its leaders.

ABX, City Hall promote love for national flag (The New Sabah Times)
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:39:20 GMT KOTA KINABALU : ABX Express (M) Sdn Bhd, the nation’s fastest growing courier service, has joined hands with City Hall to promote flying of the Malaysian flag on motor vehicles and buildings in celebration of National Day.

A Montreal area man loses fight to keep painted Greek flag on garage door (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:26:00 GMT MONTREAL - The Quebec Superior Court told Theodore Antonopoulos last week that he had to remove the large Greek flag painted on his garage door.

NFL Youth Flag Football League returns to UMC (Crookston Daily Times)
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:18:27 GMT Times Report Join the University of Minnesota, Crookston Golden Eagles and the National Football League (NFL) for the second annual NFL Youth Flag Football League starting Sunday, September 6, 2008 at Ed Widseth Field. The U of M, Crookston, Crookston Park and Recreation and NFL are teaming up to provide an outreach program for the area's youth.

Former MLB Player Honored For Intervening In Flag Burning (NBC 10 Philadelphia)
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:15:44 GMT Former MLB player Rick Monday is honored with an American flag for an act he performed 32 years ago.

Beatrice soldier presents flag flown in Iraq to Stoddard Elementary (The Beatrice Daily Sun)
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:13:39 GMT The engraving says the flag flew over Camp Anaconda in Iraq on Sept. 11, 2006.Now it has been passed on to Stoddard Elementary School in Beatrice, where it is currently part of a display honoring veterans in time for Veterans Day.“We flew this flag in Iraq,” said Sgt. First Class John Hartig of Beatrice, a member of the 1-167th Cavalry of the Nebraska National Guard, who has three sons attending ...

Paralympic trio named finalists to carry Canadian flag (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:18:31 GMT Canadian Paralympic great Chantal Petitclerc is one of three athletes being considered to carry the flag at the opening ceremony in Beijing, it was announced on Monday.

Curfew, flag marches in tense Orissa towns (New Kerala)
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:38:13 GMT Bhubaneswar, Aug 26 : Curfew was clamped in Orissa's communally tense Kandhamal district and police and paramilitary forces held flag marches in troubled towns Tuesday, a day after two people were burnt alive and several churches were damaged by mobs during a statewide shutdown called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to protest the killing of one of its leaders.

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