The United States and the flag state of the seized ship would have input into the selection of some of these arbitrators.
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Notably, Hawaii retains the union flag in the canton of its flag - the only state to do so.
MPs have been debating the Northern Ireland Secretary of State's proposals to deal with the contentious issue of flag flying in the province.
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Or that millions of people should hold marches about the significance of a flag flying over South Carolina's State house.
At the reception, each guest received a lapel button to wear with either a South Carolina state flag or a Kiwi bird, a national symbol of New Zealand.
From the start of the vetting process, one red flag was a state investigation into whether Palin improperly dismissed Alaska's Public Safety Commissioner for not firing her ex-brother-in-law.
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One, because of the state and local government cutback, the recovery is starting to flag.
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Along the way, they walked through the Capitol Rotunda, where the flag-draped coffin of Daniel Inouye was lying in state and two young women stood in tears, grieving.
The NI secretary of state said those involved in the recent violence were "dishonouring and shaming the flag".
Against all that, rural rage over the flag and the fact that Mr Barnes had trodden on the toes of the state teachers' union seemed unimportant.
They also agreed that the Confederate flag, which civil rights campaigners say is a symbol of repression, should be lowered in South Carolina - the only state still to fly the flag on its statehouse.
The ship has been flying a Curacao flag, but it will be switched to a Russian flag "in order to avoid a possible detention of the ship, " the state-run Itar-Tass news agency reported.
Crowds of flag-waving Cubans lined the street on which Benedict's motorcade traveled, as Cuban state television captured both ground and aerial footage of the trip.
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