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	<title><![CDATA[Geri Halliwell unveils new Union Jack flag dress]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has unveiled an updated take on her infamous Union Jack flag dress &ndash; but this one will be available to the high street shopper. 

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	<title><![CDATA[Union Jack flag to fly in Northern Ireland towns over Jubilee]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[The Union Jack flag will fly above town centres in Craigavon in Northern Ireland during the Queen&rsquo;s Jubilee Celebrations, following a motion by the borough council. 

Councillors from all of the...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Aberystwyth launches mission to gain Purple Flag]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[Civic officials in the seaside resort town of Aberystwyth have embarked on a campaign to achieve Purple Flag status for the town centre. 

The Purple Flag is a nationally-recognised mark of the qualit...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Flag flies once more from the Celtic Manor Resort]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[A steeplejack scaled a 130-foot-high flagpole in windy conditions on the weekend, to fix a problem that has stopped it flying its usual flag for the last few weeks. 

The flagpole on top of the Celtic...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Westmorland receives approval for official flag]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[The historic county of Westmorland will be hoisting a new flag up its civic flagpoles, after the UK&rsquo;s flag commissioning authority approved the submitted design for the county&rsquo;s flag. 

Th...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Gay rights activists to raise rainbow flags over Australian Open]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[Gay rights activists are planning to wave rainbow flags at the Australian Open in a &ldquo;peaceful, non-disruptive&rdquo; display of protest against homophobic comments made by Australian tennis lege...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Army father fights to keep his Buddhist prayer flags]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[A Wisconsin father is fighting to be allowed to keep the Buddhist prayer flags on the outside of his house, which he strung up to support his son when he embarked on his basic training for the US Army...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Gravesham Council received Olympic flag funding]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[The town of Gravesend in Kent will be fully decked out in celebratory flags when the Olympic torch is carried through the town just eight days before the start of the landmark games this summer, thank...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Work started on putting up new Chertsey flagpole]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[A project to install a new memorial flagpole outside St Peter&#039;s Church in Chertsey, Surrey, is underway, which will commemorate the life of one of the community&#039;s most well-loved figures. 

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	<title><![CDATA[Syrian protesters calling for flag change]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[The Syrian protesters who are trying to bring an end to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad are also hoping to replace the country&#039;s national flag with a flag that rejects the ideology of the...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Union Jack flag to &#039;fly&#039; on the White Cliffs of Dover]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[An image of a Union Jack flag, made up of thousands of faces, is to be projected onto the White Cliffs of Dover to support a campaign by ABF The Soldiers&#039; Charity.

The charity, which is the offi...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Flag lowering and return marks end of US Iraq campaign]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[The withdrawal of the last American troops from Iraq this week culminated with the high-profile ceremonial lowering of the United States Forces-Iraq command flag from its flagpole in Baghdad. 

The fl...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Preston looking to &quot;shout about&quot; Purple Flag status]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[The Lancashire city of Preston is to hold a regular &#039;purple festival&#039; to highlight the city centre&#039;s Purple Flag statues, which marks it out as having some of the best and safest nightl...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Palestinian flag to be raised over UNESCO HQ]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is to hoist the Palestinian flag at its headquarters in Paris, a month after the agency first granted admission to the ter...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Car firm to fly largest American flag in Ohio]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[A 130-foot flagpole has been erected outside the new Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership in Salem, America.

The company plans to fly what it says will be the largest US flag in the state of Ohio from the ...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Black student causes controversy with Confederate flag]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[A black student in South Carolina has caused consternation by flying a Confederate flag in his dorm room window - a flag that is usually seen as a symbol of old racist beliefs. 

Byron Thomas, a 19-ye...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Shrewsbury to raise flags for Olympics and Jubilee]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[Town councillors in Shrewsbury have decided to deck the town with Union Jack flags next year to celebrate both the Queen&#039;s Diamond Jubilee and the passing of the Olympic torch through the town. 
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	<title><![CDATA[Permission granted for Weymouth &amp; Portland Olympic flags]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[Final approval has been granted for the raising of some 700 flags and banners across Portland and Weymouth next year, to mark the area&#039;s hosting of the sailing events of the 2012 Olympic Games. 
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	<title><![CDATA[Canadian flag to fly again over Quebec township]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[The Canadian flag will once again be flown over a parish in Quebec, two years after regional officials decided to take it down.

The lowering of the Canadian flag in St-Denis-de-Brompton in the Easter...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Remembrance Day flagpole vandals sought]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[Police in Lincolnshire are on a mission to track down the heartless vandals who destroyed a flagpole on Armistice Day, while it was flying a flag in memory of fallen soldiers. 

The flagpole outside t...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Banner trial &#039;flags up&#039; problem at Olympic sailing venue ]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[The organisers of Weymouth and Portland&#039;s Olympic welcoming project are relieved that they staged a trial run of their Olympic decorations this summer, after it revealed that some of the flags co...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Norwich landlord has high hopes for Norfolk flag]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[A pub landlord in Norwich is leading the way in re-establishing the official flag of Norfolk as a familiar sight in the county. 

Tiny Little, who runs the town&#039;s Alexandra Tavern, said he discov...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Welsh school awarded environmental flag]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[A school in Wales has been awarded the Platinum Green Flag for its eco-friendly efforts.

Hendrefoilan Primary School has been given the Platinum Green Flag to mark ten years in the Eco Schools Progra...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Scottish school gains Green Flag and flagpole to fly it]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[Construction company Balfour Beatty has helped a Scottish primary school to fly their hard-won Green Flag award by donating a brand-new flagpole to the school. 

The company had been linked to at Balo...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Township facing steep bill for flagpole repairs]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[Officials in a township in the US state of Ohio are mulling their options after being told that their historic, 148-foot town flagpole will need more than $200,000 worth of repair works carried out on...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Fears for Libya as Al Qaeda flag is flown over Benghazi ]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[Fears are growing that Al Qaeda could spark a lurch toward Islamic extremism in Libya, after the black flag of the extremist group was spotted flying over the courthouse in the town of Benghazi. 

The...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Villagers raise money for new flag and flagpole]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:41:00 BST</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[People in the Cambridgeshire village of Eastrea have all chipped in to buy a new flagpole and Union Jack flag for the village. 

The money was raised through door-to-door collections, spearheaded by v...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Cunard goes ahead with flag change]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:41:00 BST</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[Iconic shipping company, Cunard, has gone ahead with plans to change the registration flags of its fleet, in order to allow weddings to take place on board its ships. 

The company&#039;s world-renown...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Flag confusion sees jockeys banned]]></title>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:48:00 BST</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[A debacle over the raising of different flags during horse racing at Wetherby has seen nine leading jockeys banned from racing for 10 days. 

The group of jockeys lost an appeal against the punishment...]]>
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	<title><![CDATA[Flag raising marks liberation of Gaddafi stronghold]]></title>
	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:57:00 BST</pubDate>
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	<![CDATA[The new Libyan flag has been hoisted from a number of buildings in one of the last towns held by forces loyal to ousted leader, Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi.

The new flag - which had previously been th...]]>
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