Early in the day Pope Francis glided through the square in an open-top vehicle amid a sea of colored banners, including the white and sky-blue flag of his home country of Argentina.
"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.
Geary is on the right side of the painting under the White Star flag, amid his troops, who stretch from the bottom of the canvas and up the right side.
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And it's clear that Islamists groups are far from raising the white flag in parts of northern Mali.
It would be the equivalent of us hoisting the white flag to Liverpool FC that they can 'have the city'.
Mr Fraser can expect further opposition with the former Secretary of State for Scotland, Lord Forsyth, calling his plan a "ludicrous idea" which amounts to raising the white flag in the face of opposition from the SNP.
But his rivals point out derisively that the maroon-and-white colours of his posters match those of the flag of Qatar, generally seen as his chief sponsor.
So rather than being a formidable barrage, Mr Brown's double declaration of war looks instead like a white flag: an admission that he urgently needs to shore up Labour's core vote.
To be certain, utilities that have long relied on coal are starting to raise the white flag, opting instead to close down some of the older plants that have long been controversial: American Electric Power and FirstEnergy Corp. in Ohio are doing just that.
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The duchess wore a white dress and red hat - the colours of Canada's flag - and the Queen's maple leaf brooch.
Vivienne Westwood did it last year and used a Union Jack motif so the red, white and blue is like a section taken through the middle of the flag.
They have built a series of roadside markets, each with individual stalls that have a green-and-white Pakistani flag painted on sliding metal doors.
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This morning, shares of Research In Motion (RIMM) are up because investors think management waved the white flag and want to sell the company to the first bidder.
Appearing frail and in a white suit and tie, Ali was among a handful of dignitaries and other special guests who escorted the Olympic flag in the east London stadium.
There's a new view across from the famed Boston Public Gardens these days: a white and gold flag and an awning with "Taj Boston" emblazoned across what up until January was one of America's most renowned Ritz-Carltons.
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By definition symbols convey meaning, and people therefore tamper with them at their peril (witness the mixed emotions of race and tradition when the Confederate flag is flown in the South, or the horror when some white supremacist burns a cross or daubs a swastika).
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