21.   In Sydney, flags on government flag poles flew at half staff.

22.   In Searcy, Ark., members of the school board voted to let a nonprofit interdenominational group hold prayers around a stadium flag pole before high school games.

23.   Military honor guards stood stone-faced as their battle ribbons, jostled atop flag poles by a cool wind, whipped at their faces.

24.   Seven pro-democracy demonstrators who chained themselves to a flag pole Monday afternoon were removed by police and charged with obstruction, the government said Tuesday.

25.   Seven pro-democracy demonstrators who chained themselves to a flag pole Monday afternoon were removed by police and charged with obstruction, the government said early Tuesday.

26.   The Union Jack went up the flag pole at half-mast, below the flags of second placed France and third placed Romania.

27.   The Union Jack went up the flag pole at half-staff, below the flags of the second and third placed teams.

28.   Three soldiers in thick winter coveralls silently removed a flag pole.

29.   Turkish state television showed fresh blood stains on the ground near the flag poles.

30.   Flag poles and signs at army guard posts were blown over.