Flags, smoke and tears for the âfather of their nationâ
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PALESTINIANS at home and abroad wept, waved flags, and burned tyres in an eruption of grief over the death of Yasser Arafat, the man they consider the father of their nation.
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Residents and Albanians around the world celebrate with dancing, fireworks and street parties
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In the evening after last week&#39;s  parliamentary polls, the narrow roads of Algeria&#39;s capital were  tightly packed with honking cars, youths leaning out of  windows, sunroofs and open boots, cheering and waving the  national flag.
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Mourning in Beslan, a high-five in Afghanistan and a gift-wrapped helicopter
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As politicians pay tribute to a fallen leader, the country's Pakistanis are trying to come to terms with what her death means for their homeland
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The Romanian flag was lowered at half-mast in a ceremony Wednesday at noon in front of the National Military House in downtown Bucharest, in tribute to the victims of the earthquake that ravaged Southeast Asia ...
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The emotions are as jumbled as the campaign posters are clear. There is fear over the vote, hope for the future, disdain at the parties, and resilience among the people.
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As a father mourned the unimaginable &#151; the loss of five of his children in a fire that also devastated another family that shared his home &#151; a religious leader let him know that his pain was shared by many.
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They are returning home with a sense of accomplishment, but also with feelings of anger and frustration, even despair.
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THE resilience of this Australian team is remarkable. To a man, there is a steeliness of resolve and a pride that overwhelms, even intimidates, an opponent.
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Some laud moves with the two nations. Others are suspicious.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Mark Martin needed an earlier yellow flag. "Nobody wants to see a grown man cry, all right?" sighed Martin. "That's what it is. And I'm not going to cry about it. This is what it is, and that's it. Their decision. They made the decision, and that's what we're going to live with."
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Ghana celebrates 50 years of independence, a move that sparked similar struggles across Africa.
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KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo, Feb. 19 -- Serbs protesting Kosovo's declaration of independence torched two border posts manned by the United Nations along the northern border with Serbia on Tuesday as up to 2,000 protesters, some driving bulldozers, destroyed customs posts.
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ATHENS -- For four years, their psyches have been scalded by the memories. Dagny Mellgren dashing in for the winning goal 12 minutes into overtime in Sydney, waiting for their silver medals, the Norwegian flag going up.
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&#39;Our military is the pride of our country. We can&#39;t pay them enough to do the things that we ask of them -- the sacrifices, the separations, the heroics.
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There was something bitterly apt about the sight of New Party thugs beating up Taiwan Solidarity Union supporters who had the &quot;temerity&quot; to raise their own Taiwan flag on yesterday&#39;s &quot;national day.