Jordanian guards of honour give a royal salute after the Jordanian
monarch King Abdullah inaugurated the country's monumental flag pole,
June 10, 2003. The flagpole was designed by U.S. firm Trident which
says it was registering it in the Guiness Book of Records as the
tallest flagpole in the world with a height of 126.8 metres and
weighing 135 tonnes of steel. REUTERS/ Majed Jaber

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