Locog says several thousand items will be sold, including javelins from the men's and women's contests and national flags from the opening ceremonies.
He plumped for a bird connection as both countries feature one on their national flags - the UAE has a falcon.
At a citizenship ceremony near Ottawa the royal couple presented national flags to 25 new Canadians who had come from 12 different countries.
They rigged themselves out as proper independent states with national flags.
While international law calls on submarines to surface and raise their national flags when cruising in the territorial waters of a foreign nation, the submarine didn't.
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While international law calls on submarines to surface and raise their national flags when cruising in the territorial waters of a foreign nation, the submarine did not.
But in working class areas of Belfast, Protestants and Catholics still live apart, sheltered behind peace walls, in areas often festooned with different national flags and contrasting murals.
Today, as is clear from the many national flags that fly, somewhat incongruously, United Nations-style outside its otherwise nondescript headquarters off a suburban Milwaukee highway, the firm is truly global.
While there's growing consensus about the need to deal with flags carrying the symbols of illegal paramilitary groups, the flying of national flags remains - as the Belfast council dispute illustrates - difficult terrain.
Others, such as New Zealand and Australia, have chosen to retain the symbols of their close connection with Britain by keeping the union flag in the canton (upper left hand corner) of their national flags.
But after weeks of controversy about flags and national identity, politicians' claims about Catholic unionism, and a census showing a growing number identifying themselves as Northern Irish, what lies behind that headline figure in the Spotlight opinion poll is particularly revealing.
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The Flag Institute maintains and manages the national registry of United Kingdom flags and this flag complies with its strict UK Flag Registry criteria.
The inhabitants of Taltal, for instance, a small fishing and mining town in northern Chile, on Independence Day last month bedecked the town not with the traditional national standard but with black flags, in mourning for lost jobs.
In the world of nation branding, flags become logos, national anthems advertising jingles.
Conservatives on South Gloucestershire Council said they were angry that a request to lower their flags, in line with national instruction, was blocked.
Car drivers honk horns and wave flags bearing the country's national red and white colors.
Already flags and photographs of the Japanese national team, who will play three of their four matches in Townsville, can be seen dotted around the town.
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The widespread flying of England flags could kick-start a new national identity, an academic said.
There are no faded flags or hand-painted signs of national unity, no simple tokens of remembrance.
President Bush ordered flags lowered to half-staff for 30 days Sunday and called a national day of mourning for Friday, when a state funeral for the 40th president is scheduled in Washington.
Arredondo, who says he went to the marathon to meet with a group of National Guardsmen and military families who were cheering the runners and handing out U.S. flags, spoke Wednesday in a jersey from last year's marathon.
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