61.   Chirac, showered in champagne, stepped onto a balcony railing of the building, draped in French flags, to salute the cheering crowds below.

62.   Demonstrators with whistles and foghorns unfurled French flags with slogans objecting to the tests.

63.   The next difficulty was getting hold of some French tricolor flags.

64.   The prince looked delighted as he chatted to the children, who had hung British and French flags they had made on the wall.

65.   They covered the entrance to the Chancellery with a French flag and an effigie of Chirac with his arms full of missiles.

66.   Two people burned a small French flag in front of the building.

67.   It was the popular Montillet who took over the mantle from Cavagnoud, carrying the French flag in the opening ceremony.

68.   It was the popular Montillet who took over the mantle in the French team from Cavagnoud, carrying the French flag in the opening ceremony.

69.   Meanwhile a Chinese flag and a French flag were burnt by a group of protesters outside the Chinese embassy during a demonstration against nuclear testing in Canberra on Friday.

70.   Many veterans took part in the protest, their members carrying red, white and blue French flags.