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1 Tramper's body retrieved 500m

from river crossing point

2 George Floyd's death has a Hawke's Bay woman yearning for home

3 Woman seriously injured after

truck and car crash in Waipawa

4 Rain enough to gradually grow

way out of drought

5 PM confirms we could move to level 1 next week, D-day on Monday

Quiz

1

What type of pastry is used to make profiteroles?

2 The Spa-Francorchamps racing

circuit is in which country?

3 What type of clothing is a

Glengarry?

4 The wood of a cricket bat is traditionally made from which type of tree?

5 An SD card is a memory card used in many portable devices. What does SD stand for?

Bible quote

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Psalm 46:7:

History

1939 The German ocean liner MS St. Louis, carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Germany, was turned away from the Florida coast by US officials.

1940 During World War II, the Allied military evacuation of some 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France, ended. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."

1989 A gas explosion in the Soviet Union engulfed two passing trains, killing 575.

1990 Dr Jack Kevorkian carried out his first publicly assisted suicide, helping Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old Alzheimer's patient from Portland, Oregon, end her life.

2000 President Bill Clinton and Russian President Putin ended their summit by conceding differences on missile defense, agreeing to dispose of weapons-grade plutonium and pledging early warning of missile and space launches.

Birthdays

● Actor Parker Stevenson is 68 Actor Noah Wyle is 49

● Actor-comedian Russell Brand is 45

● Actress Angelina Jolie is 45

Quiz Answers

1 Choux 2 Belgium 3 Hat or bonnet 4 Willow 5 Secure Digital

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