One features the silhouette of a man sporting the colours of the German flag, the second those of the French flag.

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But his party officials have refused to let go of the man who has kept the party's flag flying high, in one of the only three Indian states where the left has a strong presence.

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It was the Victorian railway industry that was most keen on the laws requiring a man to walk with a red flag in front of newfangled motor cars.

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"We saw a man coming out of that house with a white flag and until now we have seen no sign of any military activity in that area, " Wedeman reported.

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It is believed it will be the first time the rainbow flag, a symbol of gay pride, has been displayed in the Isle of Man.

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"I thought we could hang on till the penalties, and then it would have been 50-50, " said a man in his 30s, wearing face paint in the colors of the Dutch flag.

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