In the wake of 11 September police, and firefighters, have become national heroes in America.
As a Palestinian, I also perceive Omar and all the Palestinian prisoners as national heroes.
President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested last week relocating Camus' remains to the Pantheon, the resting place for French national heroes.
Today, fighter pilots Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng became instant national heroes.
Some Azeris also cry double standards: members of Armenian terrorist organisations who committed crimes in the Soviet era are treated as national heroes in Armenia now, they say.
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Back home, the Prada crew members had become national heroes.
Gonzalez and Massu's gold rush provoked a surge of pride and patriotism back in Chile, which the pair could only get a true taste of when they returned home as national heroes.
The euro is here to stay. the People of western Europe will grudgingly get accustomed to an antiseptic, acultural money that doesn't bear the likenesses of national heroes such as Homer, Michelangelo, Marie Curie, Christopher Columbus et al. But those who view the euro as the vehicle for generating political unification of the continent are living in a dream world.
Another section of the survey focused on national sporting heroes with Liverpool's Steven Gerrard topping that poll.
The government also stands accused of punishing its own national sporting heroes and accusing them of being traitors.
All were welcomed by Hun Sen as heroes of national reconciliation.
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There have been widespread demonstrations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in recent weeks to show support for Palestinian prisoners who are widely seen as heroes of the national cause.
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Suribachi, and who became the anonymous subjects of the most famous photograph of the war, three survived the battle to be called home and paraded around the country as salesmen-heroes in a national War Bond tour.
During National Family Caregivers Month, we recognize and thank the humble heroes who do so much to keep our families and communities strong.
One of the journalistic heroes of the pre-war period was Washington Post national security reporter Walter Pincus, who reported the lack of evidence for the administration's hype.
President Obama began the third day of his historic visit to the Middle East with a visit to Mount Herzl, Israel's national cemetery, where he honored the significant contributions of two Jewish heroes, Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism and former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
By asking the public to submit nominees, President Obama hopes to recognize exemplary citizens and local heroes who have significantly impacted their communities but who may not have garnered national attention.
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