1. Villagers decked the streets with bunting. 2. In addition to colored lighters and streamers, the streets will be decked with Palestinian flags and photographs of Arafat. 3. In the center of Portadown the streets were decked in red, white and blue bunting of the British flag, the Union Jack. 4. Security was discreet in polling stations in Algiers itself, where streets were decked with Algerian flags. 5. This year, in addition to colored lighters and streamers, the streets will be decked with Palestinian flags and photographs of Arafat. 6. Banners and flowers were decking the streets of the capital and of other cities and Thursday would be celebrated as a national holiday, it said. |