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* The flags of Cyprus and Kosovo ( and that of the Australian territory of Christmas Island ) are the only national flags which depict the shape of the area that they represent ( the Korean Unification Flag depicts the Korean Peninsula, although it is not an official flag in either North or South Korea ).
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flags and Cyprus
Before the flag of Cyprus was introduced, the flags of Greece and Turkey were used.
Other flags featuring a Spanish fess include the national flags of Lebanon, Cambodia, and Laos, the restored flag of Libya, the flag of French Polynesia, the flag of Prussia, and the proposed national flag of Cyprus.
flags and Kosovo
* List of flags of Kosovo
The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the only flag of a European country has a star as part of the design of its national flag, besides the flag of the partially recognized Republic of Kosovo, and the stars in the coat of arms of Moldova and in the coronet of the coat of Arms of Croatia, which are shown as inescutcheon in the respective flags.
flags and Australian
They also appear on the flags of the Australian state of Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory, as well as the flag of Magallanes Region of Chile, the flag of Londrina ( Brazil ) and several Argentine provincial flags and emblems ( for example, Tierra del Fuego and Santa Cruz ).
The only differences between these flags is that the Australian flag has the Commonwealth Star below the canton, and that on the New Zealand flag, just four stars in the Southern Cross are presented, and they are five-pointed red stars with white borders.
After the race, Freeman took a victory lap, carrying both the Aboriginal and Australian flags.
On the first day of the 2007 Sydney Big Day Out significant numbers of patrons attended the event wearing Australian flag-related apparel or carrying Australian flags.
Other official flags include the Australian Aboriginal flag, the Torres Strait Islander flag and the flags of the individual states and territories.
The flag differs from the flags of the Australian states as it does not include the British Blue Ensign.
The flag differs from the Australian state flags as it is not a defaced British Blue Ensign.
Later in August, after Australian soldiers took FRETILIN flags during protests and allegedly desecrated them, Alkatiri accused the Australians of working against FRETILIN and intimidating it, and said that " it would be better for Australian troops to just return home if they cannot be neutral ".
# redirect List of Australian flags
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In March 2007 the State Government announced that two flagpoles would be erected atop the main bridge pylons, to fly the Australian and Victorian flags, each being 10 metres by 5 metres in size and 135m above sea level.
The Flotillas did this by accepting hand made toys, hand made clothes for the dolls and teddy bears, the drawings and paintings of love and hope by Australian children, hand made flags with hand written words of love and hope from the people of Australia and overseas who sent gifts by post.
Australian flags were flown at half-mast all day in Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory in his honour.
The building was extensively decorated with British Empire and Australian flags and bunting ( similar schemes were used at later events, most notably in 1954 when Queen Elizabeth II visited Canberra for the first time and opened Parliament ).
He was shocked and outraged by images of schoolgirls trotting home to reappear wearing skimpy miniskirts made from Union Jacks and American flags, ready for a wild night in St. Kilda with the drunken American and Australian soldiers.
After Federation, when the Australian colonies became states of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Governors continued using their earlier flags.
flags and territory
In July 2010, New Caledonia adopted the Kanak flag, alongside the existing French tricolor, as the dual official flags of the territory.
* Dependent territory flags
Having been Tlingit territory and then under the jurisdiction of Russia, Great Britain, and the United States, Wrangell has the unique status as the only Alaskan city to have been governed under four " flags ".
The town lies in Basque territory, and Basque flags and symbols are prevalent throughout Biarritz.
Capture the flag and its variants provide an incentive to invade enemy territory, regardless of the risk, since scoring flags is more important than scoring by killing the opposing team's players ; conversely, this mode also encourages players to camp their own vulnerable flag to defend against the anticipated stream of attackers.
In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) rated the Texas state flag second best in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state and U. S. territory flags ranked.
For other flags, please see flags of active autonomist and secessionist movements, flags of formerly independent states, and gallery of dependent territory flags.
In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed the Ontario provincial flag 43rd in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state, and U. S. territory flags ranked.
* Flags of the United States ( including commonwealth, territory, and federal district flags )
In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed the Manitoba provincial flag 44th in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state, and U. S. territory flags ranked.
In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed the Arkansas state flag 45th in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state, and U. S. territory flags ranked.
In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed Indiana's flag 32nd in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state and U. S. territory flags ranked.
In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed Iowa's flag 42nd in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state and U. S. territory flags ranked.
In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed Maryland's flag fourth best in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state and U. S. territory flags ranked.
In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed Oklahoma's flag 39th in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state and U. S. territory flags ranked.
In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed Wyoming's flag 23rd in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state, and U. S. territory flags ranked.
In 2001, the flag placed eighth in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state, and U. S. territory flags ranked.
Historically there have been four flags used in the territory since it joined confederation.
The flags are generally placed in a visibly obvious location ( but in some variations the flag is hidden ) at the rear of a team's territory.
Sometimes, the flag holder may not be safe at all, even in his home territory, until he obtains both flags, thus ending the game.
flags and Christmas
He condemned the observance of traditional celebrations such as Christmas and birthdays, the saluting of national flags and the singing of national anthems.
** X-mas sends packets with FIN, URG and PUSH flags turned on like a Christmas tree
When used as part of scanning a system, the TCP header of a Christmas tree packets has the flags FIN, URG and PSH set.
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