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February 24, 2021 at 7:03 am
At the height of the battle of Dunkirk in May 1940, the brilliant New Zealander Al Deere was on patrol in his RAF Spitfire over the French coast. Suddenly, through the haze of smoke drifting upwards from the raging combat on the ground, he spotted a German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter below him. He instantly gave chase. Soon, both planes were descending earthwards at high speed. “Down we went, throttles fully open, engines roaring and each determined to get the last ounce out of his straining aircraft. From 17,000 feet down to ground level I hung to his tail,” recalled Deere.
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Richard Grenell calls out the Biden transition team for its tough talk on human rights in Saudi Arabia
Posted at 6:15 pm on December 28, 2020 by Brett T.
One of the top news stories on Twitter Monday is that of Loujain al-Hathloul, the Saudi Arabian women’s rights activist who was just sentenced to nearly six years in prison and banned from travel for five years under “counterterrorism” charges, including calling for an end to male guardianship, applying for a UN job, attending digital privacy training, and communicating with international groups and media about women’s rights.
Loujain al-Hathloul, who fought Saudi Arabia s ban on women driving and became one of the kingdom’s most prominent prisoners, has been sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison. https://t.co/8QKuCR7wsV
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Snowblowers were the sound across New Hampshire on Thursday as residents dug out of more than three feet of snow in some places.
In Concord, Ron Rayner came out to help clear driveways.
“Well, it’s one heck of a storm, he said. I tell you, I haven’t seen one like this in 40 years, four decades, great, fluffy, dry white snow, wonderful.
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Parts of the state received two to three feet of snow. Scene from Hopkinton.
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Concord got just over 24 inches of snow. Parts of Sullivan, Belknap and Merrimack counties topped 36 inches.