May 22, 2013
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The national flag of the United States of America, often simply referred to as the American flag, consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars alternating with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and became the first states in the Union. Nicknames for the flag include the "Stars and Stripes", "Old Glory", and "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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![Angry protests spread over anti-Islam film [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-10347000/10347094/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=efb049c1d8e8a6317f765da7a6952eba)
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![Thousands of Afghans protest Quran-burning at US base [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-995000/995487/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=03b98c18bd589fa400f21e82ecaea9a3)