Among the highlights in the weeklong Pride of the South itinerary: the frescoed, gilded, and columned Mysore Palace, and the 12th-century Chennakesava Temple at Belur, 103 years in the making, with every inch covered in carvings of symbolic animals and episodes from epics.

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The arena, which will double as a concert venue, will be built on wasteland to the south of Pride Park.

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That strength has been a problem for Canadian exporters to the U.S., but it is also a source of national pride--and relief--as Canadians watch the financial flailing of their neighbors to the south.

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As the only Conservative MP in the county, he was credited with coining the phrase, "the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire", which he intended as criticism but was adopted with pride by many in the area.

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Front runners for pride of place on the board include the Menai suspension bridge, South Stack lighthouse, Beaumaris castle and Holyhead port.

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Many of the militias have ferocious local loyalties, especially those from Sirte and Misrata and from the Nafusa mountains south of Tripoli, where Berber pride has revived.

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Few countries are as mad about sport as South Africa: for whites especially, rugby and cricket are the prime sources of national pride in victory and shame in defeat.

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