Sirens wailed, flags flew at half-staff and navy ships sounded whistles as South Korea honored the 40 sailors known to have died and 6 others who are missing and presumed dead.

韩国为纪念40名遇难以及6名失踪官兵，汽笛鸣哀，国旗半降，舰艇鸣笛。

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Other traditions include raising the flag to full staff and then lowering to half-staff, then raising it again at noon.

其他的一些传统包括把旗升到顶部然后降半旗，接着在中午的时候把旗再升上去。

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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is ordering flags at the state Capitol flown at half-staff after the shooting deaths of three police officers.

加州州长阿诺德·施瓦辛格命令州议会大厦的旗帜降半旗为三位被枪杀的警察默哀。

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National flags across India will be flown at half-staff Friday to mourn the death of the chief minister of the key southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Officials say it took staff on Christmas Island about half-an-hour to regain control.

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A military official tells VOA the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, traveled to Germany Friday for an unannounced half-day meeting on a U.S.Air Base with the Afghanistan commander, General Stanley McChrystal.

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The flag over the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, was lowered to half-staff.

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Flags at the White House were lowered to half-staff Friday afternoon in honor of the victims.

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Wednesday morning Hickenlooper ordered flags in the state lowered to half-staff between sunrise and sunset until after Clements' funeral.

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