Bid to make world's biggest flag gone with the wind
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A bid to earn the record for the world's biggest flag ended in shreds on Saturday when strong winds tore apart a giant Philippine national flag as it was being unfurled at a mountain town north of Manila, an organiser said.
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Supporters said Monday they were praying for the safety of a Japanese balloonist who lost contact three days ago over the Pacific Ocean on a bid to break his own record for the longest journey.
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One final horn-honking, flag-waving frenzy for the fans. One last, glorious opportunity for 40 of the world&#39;s best players to pull on their nation&#39;s colours and leave them wanting more in what should be a tremendous World Cup final.
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Three watercolours by JMW Turner are to be exhibited together in an attempt to stop one leaving the country.
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This year&#39;s cotton crop is on pace to be the largest in US history, although hurricanes that have battered the nation in the past few months may reduce the final amount.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A cigar maker in Puerto Rico has hand-rolled a 62-foot-long stogie, which would be the world's largest if confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Getty Images, the worldâs biggest supplier of pictures and video to media and advertising companies, has put itself on the auction block.
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Xing Huina of China celebrates with a national flag after winning the women&#39;s 10,000m race in 30 minutes 24.37 seconds at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 27, 2004.
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Nearly 60 years after Thor Heyerdahl sailed his Kon-Tiki balsa raft across the Pacific to prove a theory about ancient mariners, a team that includes his grandson plans to recreate the 101-day epic voyage &#151; although the craft will have solar panels, a satellite navigation system and a link to the Internet.
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LONDON  - A torn piece of the flag that flew on Lord Nelson's ship, the Victory, sold at auction for &#36;86,600 US on Tuesday.
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The telescopeâs 34-foot-wide mirror, one of the largest in the world, is designed to take advantage of pristine skies over the northern Atlantic islands.
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Tonight's the night if you want to win the world's biggest ever lottery prize of Â£95m
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Australia or South Africa will get to host the Square Kilometre Array, a giant next-generation radio telescope.
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The big man is going for the big prize - the biggest of all, actually. Michael Moore has removed his Fahrenheit 9/11 from the documentary Oscar category and will instead attempt to get the controversial film nominated for best picture.
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A fund-raising drive secures one of Turner's finest watercolours for the UK.
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Patrick Hickey, a 52-year-old registered, planted a Nascar Nextel Cup flag amid the Tibetan prayer flags atop Mount Everest on May 24.
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Thirty-six years ago when Manoj Kumar made one of IndiaÂs best-known patriotic potboilers Upkar he described it as a Â16,000-feet long flag of IndiaÂ.