Old soldiers, sailors and airmen of 14 nations marched together behind the flags of all their nations at Sunday's medal ceremony in Normandy to reflect their common enterprise as allies on D-Day.

CNN: World leaders hail D-Day veterans

On the Senate floor, sporting a necktie emblazoned with the flags of many nations, Voinovich called Bolton the wrong man for the job.

NPR: Full Senate Considers Bolton Nomination

Uniquely, the union flag has been - and for many still is - a feature of the flags of several other nations, a legacy of the size and endurance of the British empire.

BBC: The union jack: A very complex flag

Sports stars extolled the company's virtues, and Starbucks employees - stepping in time to the uplifting music from the film "Chariots of Fire" - paraded the flags of the 25 nations that now house the company's coffee outlets.

BBC: Starbucks takes on its critics

The business for pirate ships "flying flags of convenience from landlocked nations has boomed", says the New Scientist.

CNN: All about: Global fishing

Earlier this year, the American government asked the International Maritime Organisation, a London-based agency that is part of the United Nations, to help it penetrate the cloak of secrecy provided by flags of convenience.

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