"For the record, Fifa did not tell Kulula that they could not use soccer balls, or the word 'South Africa', or the Cape Town stadium, or the national flag or vuvuzelas, " said a statement from football's world governing body.
Torquay harbourside has been awarded a Purple Flag from the Association for Town Centre Management.
In the small town near the depot, a massive flag in a park across from the local war memorial waved at half-staff.
The Association of Town Centre Management has worked with the Purple Flag Advisory Committee, which includes representatives from central and local government, police, business and industry representatives.
"The rainbow flag is an international symbol of pride and we wanted the town filled with rainbow flags, " said Michelle Savage, secretary of the pride collective.
It is the tenth successive year that the council has been awarded a Blue Flag for the west strand in Portrush and the sixth time that the town's east strand has received the accolade.
The Union Flag which flies above the prison was lowered before churches in the town tolled their bells and staff left the prison for the final time.
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Thousands of indigenous people arrived in the capital on Thursday carrying a giant rainbow flag, having marched for two weeks from the Amazon rainforest town of El Pangui.
Gendarmes in the southwestern town of Samatan lowered their flag to half mast in a symbolic protest at pay, under-resourcing and what they see as inadequate support from the courts.
The flag was flying at half-mast at Cromer Town Council's offices at North Lodge.
Last weekend a young Palestinian mother named Maha Mohammed(ph) stood on the side of the deserted highway, cradling a baby and holding her young son's hand, as she tried for an hour to flag down a taxi to take her on what would normally be a 10-minute drive to the next town.
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