These incidents took place during a time of intense social and political change in the United States.
VOA: special.2010.02.25
We saw today a very civil procedure where you have an election and achange in majority, an election of the speaker that tookplace in just a few minutes' time with a roll-call vote.
Now, this is the first visit to the United States by a Japanese Prime Minister in the bilateral context since the change of government tookplace in Japan.
When the American-led coalition bombed Baghdad, he ordered achange in the national flag: Allahu Akbar (God is great) took centre-place on the country's red, white and black flag.