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"Reports of the crash of a spy- aircraft of the Danish Royal Airforce foraying over the northern isles of Sylvania have been released by the Ministry of Defence around four days after the incident. It is understood that Aircraftsmen Holst, aged 19, and Krarup, aged 22, both heralding from Danish Pommerania near to Kattegat Sea, perished in the crash due to a reported mechanical failure. So far, the Sylvanian Defence Ministry has not commented on the incident but it is expected that a statement will be issued by them shortly.
This is the first kind of incident to be announced by Forvarsministeriet, which has traditionally remained tight-lipped, but the reports have been seen as an indication of government interest in the Occidentian nation and military interests otherwise shielded.
Opposition parliamentarians have called for a State Commission to examine the operations of the Defence Ministry but the government has so far resisted citing what they stated was 'necessary obfuscation for national defence'.
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"Atrocious weather conditions have led to hardship for rural areas as electricity has been cut-off with engineers working around the clock to restore power in what has been described as unusual weather conditions leading to snow-drifts and collapse of power-lines in many areas.
Normally the climate has shed its winter guise by this time but 1953 is proving to be a hard and gritty year so far with even the capital enveloped under inches of snow. Farmers have reported severe difficulties as lambs and calves are understood to have died in remote hill-farms and there is a reported but not verified death of around twenty-two elderly people due to the harsh conditions.
Spring is late coming this year and the general hope is that conditions will improve in time for the official round of engagements and for the benefits of crop planting. The Archipelago of Færøerne enjoys comparative clemency due to warm winds from the Occident and Implaria is generally unscathed by such deleterious blasts in 1953, for Færøerne an unusual state of affairs.
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Cousins second-removed by virtue of the father of the Saaremaaren king being the brother of the deceased father of King Frederik, it is expected that the first meeting of the two monarchs may pave the way for closer cooperation on other issues between the fellow Scanian kingdoms, but that is expected to be left at a government level.
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However, the burgeoning war in Yujin is expected to be a sticking point with Danmark and Carentania on opposing sides, though the foreign ministry has indicated that it will generally retain to the colony of Ningwei with invasions of the regions close to the colony as a last resort.
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"To have two horses at the top speaks volumes", one cheered.
Hr Kjærulff, a resident of the village of Ranskill in the canton of Aabenraa, was typically humble. He reportedly kissed the turf and cried whilst paying tribute to his fellow competitors. The twenty-year-old must surely go down in the annals of Danish sporting truimph. Landing back in Christiansborg, he was cheered to the rafters and carried on a chair through rapturous crowds but remained humble to the last, blushing at the attention he was being given".
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"And now, Mermaidsangen, before the weather forecast of inshore and international waters.
"Until tomorrow, goodnight and God Save Danmark!".
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