Sunday, September 24, 2006

PS / Saturday Demonstration (Manifestation) in the Place des Terreaux

Right before the game on Saturday, in the Place des Terreaux, near the Hotel de Ville (not far from where I live), a group was holding a mass rally and the town had rerouted transportation to accomodate this rally. Masses of displaced people were out and walking on Rue de Republique yesterday and it was hard to find a spare bicycle to pedal from one end of the city center to the other.

Here's a photograph of it. Is this Lebanon or Palestine? I think it might've been the Lebanese flag given the recent events over the summer.


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FOLLOW-UP:

My instincts were right on the money: actually, the flags of both countries were flying that day.

Check out the Palestinian and Lebanese flags at these links (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Palestinian_territories

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_flag

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