Dougherty County Special Olympics Kicks-Off (WALB Albany)
Dougherty County -- Dougherty County Special Olympics kicked off the spring games with an opening ceremony Friday morning. More than 300 Special Olympics athletes and volunteers gathered at Albany State for the presentation of banners.

Ermita welcomed with gripe on PUP graduating rites (Sun Star)
AFTER the President brushed in with some members of militant groups calling for her ouster, it was now the turn of Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita who was greeted Friday by several graduating students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) with their own "Oust Gloria" banners.

Nepal police detain more than 200 Tibetans protesters (AP via Yahoo! News)
Several hundred Tibetan protesters tried to storm the Chinese Embassy's visa office in Nepal on Thursday, kicking the gates and throwing banners inside the fortified compound. More than 200 were detained.

May 9, 2008 (The Virginia Gazette)
It's dark outside and except for one lamp, the only illumination comes from votive candles, set side by side in the shape of two crosses. Incense hangs in the air; and on both sides of the altar, banners carry the Greek symbols for alpha and omega.

Israel’s Arab minority ambivalent about Independence Day (Las Vegas Sun)
Fri, May 9, 2008 (1:03 a.m.) The highway leading to this Arab town in central Israel was lined with blue-and-white Israeli flags Wednesday to mark the country's 60th Independence Day. But no banners fluttered in Kufr Qassem itself.

Princeton pauses for vigil to remember victims (The Trenton Times)
PRINCETON BOROUGH -- Princeton University junior Andy Chen originally wanted to display two banners with the word "Myanmar" repeated 15,000 times and a tornado image above it around campus.

US Marine guilty of indecency but not rape in Japan: military (TODAYonline)
Young Japanese women hold banners during a major rally against the US military at a park in Okinawa after a string of serious miscondut by its soldiers including alleged rapes in the Japan's southern island province, in March.

Negrense hammer thrower banners RP Open campaign (GMA News)
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines - Negros Occidental athletics standouts are expected to be among the frontrunners carrying the country's colors when the 2008 Milo National Open Track and Field Championships get staged from May 29-31 at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex oval in Manila.

Haverhill company creates ad banners that fly all over world (The Haverhill Gazette)
What do kids on spring break in Florida, fans at New England Patriots games and people at malls all across the country have in common? All are likely to have seen something in the sky that originated in Haverhill.

Negrense hammer thrower banners RP Open campaign (Sun Star)
NEGROS Occidental athletics standouts are expected to be among the frontrunners carrying the country's colors when the 2008 Milo National Open Track and Field Championships get staged from May 29-31 at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex oval in Manila.