Ilham Aliyev hoisted the massive banner after inaugurating the new National Flag Square in the capital on Wednesday.

Local authorities said the flag, measuring 70 by 35 metres (230 by 115 feet), was hoisted on the world’s tallest unsupported flagpole, which stands at 162 metres (531 feet).

The pole’s height has been recognised by the Guinness book of Worlds.

AP Television has no independent means of verifying the Azerbaijani claims regarding the flag’s record measurements.
At a ceremony marking the inauguration of the square, Aliyev said he could foresee the day when the blue, red and green flag of Azerbaijan could fly freely over all of the nation’s territory.

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Newly-appointed Information Minister Symon Vuwa Kaunda, told a press conference it was against the law to continue flying the old flag(courtesy of afriquejet.com). The new flag was launched last Saturday by President Bingu wa Mutharika after the national assembly passed the amended ‘Flags, Emblem and Names Act’. The new flag, with red at the top, black in the middle and green at the bottom complete with a full sun in the middle, replaces the old one (black, red and green with a rising sun super-imposed on the top black colour).

In the old flag, the black stripe represents the people of Africa while the colour red stands for the blood spilled as the southern African country struggled for independence. The colour green symbolizes the country’s vegetation and the rising sun represents the dawn of freedom and hope on the African continent. Launching the new flag in the capital, Lilongwe, amid resistance from a cross section of individuals and interest groups, President Mutharika argued that Malawi had developed tremendously since independence from British colonialists in 1964. He said it did not make sense to still describe Malawi as ‘a nation at dawn’ 46 years after independence. But opponents described the reasons behind the change as unconvincing and unrealistic and the cost of changing the flag as unnecessary. ‘We don’t agree with the proposed changes,’ read a statement by a group of Catholic priests. ‘Do we have to change everything that bears the old flag? We could have better usage for that money considering that this year some parts of Malawi w ill starve.’ The flag change has elicited a lot of debate in newspaper columns, radio phone-in programmes and social circles, including churches, mosques and bars. Traditional leaders backed government for the change but most civil society organisations and opposition parties said Malawi was way too behind in development to justify the flag change. ‘The old flag has lots of history and meaning,’ said Nancy Tembo, spokesperson for the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP). ‘We shouldn’t tamper with historical landmarks just to suit some ego.’ PANA reports that on Friday, six days after the president inaugurated the new flag, most government offices, including police offices, are still flying the old flag. ‘We haven’t been told officially and we don’t have the new flag,’ said an officer-in-charge of a police post in Blantyre. ‘We have, by law, to fly a flag every morning and since we only have the old flag we have no choice.’ But the Information minister insists the new flags are now available at government stores throughout the country.

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Under the rule, anyone caught trying to “destroy, damage or use the flag in a degrading manner” could face a fine of 1,500 euros (£1,250; $1,900).

The offending picture won a prize in a photo contest in the southern city of Nice in March.

It was later published in a free national newspaper.

The photograph showed a man seen from behind with his trousers around his ankles, apparently wiping his bottom with the flag.

Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said at the time that the tricolour should not be used in this way.

Until now, it was only an offence to insult the French flag in an event organised by the public authorities.

The new rule, introduced by government order, makes it illegal to do this “in any public place or place open to the public”.

The photograph was displayed in a competition run by the media retailer Fnac.

It won a special mention in the “politically incorrect” category, before being withdrawn following complaints.

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This year, the public transport operator is joining NDP organisers to celebrate National Day by displaying flags at some 100 locations at all its offices, train stations, bus interchanges, as well as on SMRT taxis and buses and staff private vehicles.

Col Benedict Lim, chairman of the NDP 2010 Executive Committee, says: “We want to get the people into their celebratory mood. It’s important, and we’d like to urge all Singaporeans to fly our flag at our homes, outside of the car, in our hands and most importantly, in our hearts.”

SMRT is also offering another route to beat the crowd for those with tickets to the parade at the Padang.

Saw Phaik Hwa, president and CEO of SMRT Corporation, says: “We’ve just opened our Circle Line, where we have a new station, the Esplanade Station, right in the very heart of all the NDP activities, so this year, Singaporeans will find it even easier, faster to come to the NDP events.”

Singaporeans can look forward to getting into the spirit of NDP 2010 when all SMRT train stations, bus interchanges and Xchanges start playing the NDP 2010 theme song, “Song for Singapore” by Corrinne May.

And at 8.10 pm on August 9, SMRT will rally Singaporeans to participate in One Voice 2010, to recite the national pledge and sing the national anthem at all its train stations, buses interchanges and four Xchanges shopping areas.

SMRT is supporting NDP 2010 with close to 500,000 dollars worth of sponsorship.

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One Texas man couldn’t believe what he saw on the American flag he purchased at a Dollar Tree store in Dallas: 11 extra stars emblazoned on Old Glory (courtesy of foxnews.com).

“You can kind of see the stars are all crooked, and if you count them, they’re actually 61 stars,” Tim Childress told WFAA.com.

Childress said he went back to the store where he bought the flag and sent an e-mail message to the marketing company in Virginia that made it hoping they might address the error.

“I kind of let them know that there are 50 states in the United States, and they need to correct this — or at least get the Chinese supplier to correct this,” Childress told the website.

The Dollar Tree’s assistant store manager told WFAA.com that the flag is sold as a “patriotic banner” and not as an American flag.

For many the flag reminds them of the widely hated former dictator of Spain, General Francisco Franco. On the red shirt shows in big gold letters that says “Spain”. Underneath the shirt it has the flag of Spain that has not been flown since the 1970s when Franco ruled.

Target Spokesperson said, “We certainly apologize for any discomfort or offense this shirt may have caused.”

Target will give full refunds to anyone who bought the shirt. This must be very embarrassing for Target Brands, Inc. Especially since this shirt will likely make an excellent collection piece for those who want to sell it on eBay.

Was this a mistake by Target, or was it just sheer ignorance?  Hmmm, I’ll leave that one up to all of you.

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The prime minister told MPs that the move would not cost anything and he hoped would help unite the nation behind the English team.

No matter what part of the UK people came from, he said he hoped they would be shouting “come on England”.

Mr Cameron wished the team and manager well, ahead of their first match in South Africa.

As prime minister of the United Kingdom, the Union Flag is normally flown above their Downing Street residence.

But at his second weekly session of prime minister’s questions, Mr Cameron was asked by Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi whether he would hoist the English flag instead during the tournament, for which none of the other home nations qualified.

“There was some question that this was going to have a cost impact but I have managed to cut through that and I can say, at no additional cost to the taxpayer, the flag of St George will fly above Downing Street during the World Cup,” the prime minister replied.

“For the purposes of this, I am looking at all the benches here and I am sure that everyone in this House, no matter what part of the United Kingdom they come from, will be cheering ‘come on England’”.

England play their first group match against the United States on Saturday 12 June.

Mr Cameron did not say whether the flag would remain aloft for the entire competition or whether it would come down should England be eliminated before the final on Sunday 11 July.

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Flags are being taken down all over the country by stupid people.

A 79-year-old lady had flags cut down off of a lamppost outside her house by police, who left them in a bush for her to find. This was because the flags were a health and saftey issue.

How is a flag a health and saftey issue? It was meters above anyone’s head.

In Worksop, Nottinghamshire, police officers ordered a woman to remove her flags down from her balcony, after complaints from people from other countries.

Would the police order these foriegn people to remove flags from their country, or would they be scared of being called racist?

Another man, also from Worksop, was told by Lincoln police officers to remove flags from his car.

Im sorry, but how many cars have you seen with a flag on it? There are millions of car flags being sold, and they will be flying from cars during the World Cup. These officers were going too far and have no common sense.

However, Tony Baddams has covered every inch of his house in flags. It cost him £180 to get the 250 flags. Even the windows have been covered up by flags.

How can one person be not allowed to fly one flag, and another be allowed to fly 250?

Some 96 percent of the English public have said that flying the St George’s flag was not racist.

So why are so many flags being taken down in order not to offend people not from this country?

Even the new Conservative-LibDem coalition Government has told councils to show more “common sense” when dealing with flags supporting England, describing the flag as a “proud symbol of our identity.”

Just let us support our country.

If someone tells you to take down your England flag say…UP YOURS.

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