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[Luziyca]

Hell freezes over: Shjoraski visits Fu in Namor

President Breuvi Shjoraski visits President-General Fu Wen in Namo

NAMO, NAMOR - For generations, this was seen as an impossibility: if the President were to come to Namor in the late 1960s or early 1970s, he would've not lasted long in Namor before he was executed a mock trial. No President of Luziyca at any time in history since unification of Luziyca in 1863 except Erov Haclav of West Luziyca has set foot on Namorese soil. Today, Mr. Shjoraski is meeting with Fu Wen in the capital.

The main issues on the agenda are definitely the Nantai situation: people in Nantai, while they speak Namorese and practice some Namorese customs, have been becoming more part of the Luziycan mainstream culture, especially by adopting their styles of fashion, technology, and a stronger identification with Luziyca than for Namor. Namor still claims Nantai after Luziyca took it from the Antelopian Dynasty back in 1898 by the Treaty of Tatra (technically 1897 if you use the Battle of Kenyen as the starting point).

Another issue that will likely get discussed is trade, especially due to Shjoraski's declaration that by "this time next year," Namor will become the largest trading partner of Luziyca, which some Namorese and Luziycans have greeted with skepticism. Thus, that is a driving force for Shjoraski wishing for a free trade agreement with the People's Republic, and improved diplomatic ties with Namo.

In Nantai, Chief Executive Kung Alicia has commented, "Our future lies within the settlement of the question regarding Nantai. Many Nantainese strongly support continued Luziycan rule, but they don't mind Namor, provided that the Namorese do not administer the Republic. If the two leaders (Shjoraski and Fu) come to an agreement, Kenyen will definitely benefit as the center of trade."

She went on to say, "It is the stopover of all flights from Namor to Luziyca and vice-versa, with Namorese law forbidding direct flights to other cities, so we do have quite a bit of revenue. In the city of Po'ai, the Central Avenue Port of Entry is actually now the second busiest border crossing in the whole country, behind the Vesterhag-Sofjastad crossing between us and Geadland, while ours near Kenyen is a bit low right now, with mainly tourist traffic going through. If they settle the Nantai question, even if flights between the two nations are no longer required to stop in Kenyen, Nantai will bear a lot of fruit in economic opportunities due to the cross-border trade going on here.

She then said that "If it (the territorial dispute) is settled, trade between the two nations will increase substantially, and we have reason to believe that they will go to Nantai for the following reason: It is that we are closer to the coast, so therefore, it makes more sense for trade to go through Nantai than say, through Txotai (Oteki), since it is the shortest route to Namo and nearby cities like Esquarian City by land from Luziycans without going through another country, like Katranjiev. Thus, if they settle the question soon, we will expect massive economic growth, since more be willing to trade through us and invest in us, especially the Kenyen Stock Exchange. We may very well become a key center of the national economy, like what Gijirokastra and Bethlehem currently are."

Elsewhere, former President William Bush has said that "I am amazed that nearly twenty years after the war, Shjoraski has begun to heal the scars that have characterized Namo-Luziycan relations. The war back in 1996 was terrifying, and while we have won since we got them out of the country, in the end, nobody won. Except," before he chuckled, "those that built the Namo-Luziycan barrier. I've heard the reception was very warm, I expected them to be less hospitable to what they call the imperialists. If they can treat a Luziycan with this much honor so soon, it shows that detente is working."

However, Shjoraski's approval rating has fallen from 70% approval before he left to 66%, most of the loss coming from the Bible Belt who are strongly anti-communist and perceive Namor to be a communist state. Major protests have broken out in Greenwich, though it is expected to dissipate in days.

Some Namorese and Otekians in Luziyca have protested the detente, but 65% approve of detente, 30% disapprove, and 5% are neutral and/or have no opinion on detente. But for the summit, it falls to 60% approving, 25% disapproving, and 15% having no opinion or are neutral on the summit in Namo.

One thing is for sure: Shjoraski has said that "I sincerely hope the best for the nation, and I will make sure that detente will eventually blossom into friendly relations, maybe not in this lifetime, but in my children's lifetime." It is going to be very likely the case.

[Crolacia]

Democrats support Crolacian membership in NOSDO

Last day of the 5 day annual Democrats' conference has been marked by speeches by government secretaries and the Prime Minister as well as a controversial vote on some issues. The day started with a Q&A by the Chancellor where he adressed growing concerns of a recession since the Crolacian economy grew by only 0.2% in the second quarter of 2014. That is the worst GDP growth figure since 2010 and some economists are predicting the economy could sink into a recession when the figures for third quarter are released. Chancellor calmed his party colleagues by elaborating why the economy is on the edge. ''The truth is.. that we need to cut down the deficit which the Labour government left behind. It is crucial for us to lower our expenses. Austerity unfortunately inevitable. But we have also delivered a big stimulus package in January which aims to increase our exports and create an additional 200,000 jobs by mid-2015. We should see its' first effects by November and I am sure we will not dip into a recession. Our exports are growing, our industrial production is growing, our manufacturing sector is recovering. This government is keen on delivering the best for our people.''

Highlight of the day was speech by the Prime Minister Larisa Reutt. She was welcomed by and often interrupted by standing applauses as she delivered her speech. She hailed the Dem-Lib coalition government and praised the work it has done. ''This is a government of the people. We want voices of ordinary people to be heard. And we listen. They want lower taxes- we will deliver. They want less government interference in their lives- we will deliver. They want a prosperous Crolacia- we will deliver!'' She continued to lay out Democrats' plans for 2015 and then turned to foreign policy.

''We will be increasing our military budget because of a simple reason- we are threatened. This is the time that we ought to have a modern and fast military. We need to invest in our forces so they are ready to combat the growing threats. We will also be stationing extra vessels around our overseas territories because we have intelligence which indicates our maritime border is being ignored and threatened every day. That is why I am asking you to vote on Crolacia applying NOSDO.''

After her speech, the time had come to vote on general issues. The most controversial of them was whether the Democrats would support PM's initiative to apply Crolacia to NOSDO. The vote by representatives ended up in a big support of the initiative; 52-28 in favour of Crolacia applying to NOSDO. This means Democrats are ready to send a bill to the Parliament which would enable Crolacia to apply for NOSDO. The Constitution states that the government must first send applications to organizations through Parliament which must ratify it, before applying to the organization itself. Democrats, however, don't have a majority in the house and that is why their vote could be rejected. There is also a good possibility that there would need to be a referendum first, before applying to membership. Latest poll suggests Crolacians would reject Crolacia's entrance to the organization, though narrowly; 52% No, 40% Yes and 8% Undecided, if there was a referendum.

[Pavonsitade]

◻Will◻of◻Pavonistadians◻
Citizenship by Allied Origins is Fair Enough

October 12, 2014
by Paladia Lafares

Yeah, get 'em protesters!

It wasn't so long ago that citizenship by allied origins has come under fire, brought up after Johan Garvidier publicly challenged this process. Following this were waves of protests demanding change for this "unfair" process, and of course there were protesters that aim to counter them. By the time you read the title of this article you would know what my stance is. Before we get to it, however, we should start by better understanding this citizenship by allied origins.

Citizenship by allied origins was first brought up in a 2012 amendment to the Citizenship Act. Initially it declared that people who are citizens of Pavonistade's military allies are to be recognized as holding Pavonistadian citizenship. Further amendments in the same year polished the first, stating that these citizens have limited rights and responsibilities. They would have to be naturalized in a shortened process to become full citizens. The moves, made by the Ministry of Domestic Affairs, was approved by a large majority in Parliament and was subsequently signed into law by then-President Benjamin Howler.

What the Garvidier supporters want is to have those applying for citizenship by allied origins (known as "allied applicants") to obtain the status by being naturalized. In other words, the allied applicants would live in Pavonistade for five years, stay crime-free, fill an application after, pass the test or interview, and attend the ceremony. They won't be able to "go ahead by years," as these protesters say.

Now hear what I think: every people that are out in the streets, holding up signs and posters, yelling out for "equality" in citizenship processes should go home. Well, why, you may ask?

First of all, like what Minister of Domestic Affairs Elisabeth Rifkins said in Tuesday's Question Period, there is already enough to slow down the process. First, the allied applicant must be a citizen of their birth country or any country that they are residing now. In addition, their country must recognize dual-citizenship, not be hostile to Pavonistade, be its military ally, have an embassy in Pavonistadeck, and have a Pavonistadian embassy. That's more than enough to make this fair.

The allied applicants must also fly or ship over to Pavonistade (no filling out from the Pavonistadian embassy/consulates), go to a Ministry of Domestic Affairs office, and fill out the appropriate application. Adding to that is the fact it can take up to four weeks for it to be processed and declared approved or rejected. If they pass, they earn their reward after their hard work: the citizenship certificate.

You should see that it took around two years for significant attention to be brought in. There were anger against the amendments before 2014, but none of them garnered national, state, or even municipal attention. Don't ask anybody why it took nearly 730 days to pick up momentum. Don't ask yourself, your neighbor, your teacher, your dog... just don't. These people could have protested right during the time the 2012 amendments were being debated and voted on, and they chose not to. It's stupid for people to support Garvidier's cause if they're going to procrastinate.

Don't forget too where the allied applicants came from. Their countries are very friendly towards ours, and are willing to help us militarily whenever necessary. Recognizing their citizens as citizens, even with limited rights and responsibilities, can mean a great reciprocal for their friendship with us. Take away that privileges (what the protesters are trying to do) and no doubt it'll make the perpetrators ungrateful.

I can list off more reasons why Garvidier and her protesters should back down, but I'll stop here for now. They are enough to keep you and me laughing all day. Oh, did I mention they are starting to block the streets?

Having deliberately missed her citizenship ceremony two days ago, Garvidier would now have to reapply for citizenship, and if she is accepted she will be given a chance to get to her ceremony. Guess what? She refused to reapply, and would stay that way until we change the Citizenship Act. Even worse, she and her friends are threatening to sue the Pavonistadian Government over this "unconstitutional inequality." Seriously? A minor difference in the Citizenship Act and you called it "unconstitutional?"

I hope that the police are called in to break up this disorder. Let them whine about the amendments, but move them to elsewhere, like remote Western Pavonistadian islands I guess.

Ending this up, if you're one of them protesters, go home. Just... go home. Stop blocking our streets (the traffic jams are horrible enough) while you're at it.

Paladia Lafares is a conservative-liberal Vadopolitan writer and a veteran member of the Will of Pavonistadians. His blog can be found at www.lafares.spotblog.pav.

[New Waterford]

The Messenger
An Teachtaire
De Kurier

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CNP leader threatens violence in Caugland

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Mikael Anderssan called for Caugs to
"take up arms" in the name of their
independence.

The leader of the Caugland National Party (CNP), Mikael Anderssan, has stated that the Party will use violence against the NW government if independence is not granted to the region.

In a public speech given in Bockfurt this morning, he said that ethnic Caugs in New Waterford are being "oppressed by the Gaelic elite," and that "action must be taken immediately".

"Either New Waterford grants us self-determination peacefully," he continued, "or we shall take up arms to gain our freedom." Mr Anderssan also criticised the Brendanian Catholic clergy for "imposing cultural Marxism upon unwilling, innocent people" and "pacifying the masses with [their] heretical liberal dogma".

Caugland has been an integral part of New Waterford since its founding, but ethnic nationalism has seen a very large increase in popularity among its inhabitants over the last few decades, due to a multitude of reasons, the main one being allegations of discrimination towards Caugish people by the authorities. The CNP was founded in 1984, amidst these allegations, by Mr Anderssan's father, Johan, who retired in 2012.

A referendum on Caugish independence took place in 2012, with 58% of participants voting for the status quo. However, many pro-independence figures maintain that this referendum was rigged, including the CNP leader.

[Namor]

the esquarian city independent
Namor's leading independent voice

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Opinion: President-General, Government must formulate new plans to deal with new generation of Nantai dispute
Namo must consider ways to solve dispute that will genuinely benefit Nantainese people

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Time is running out for the People's Republic of Namor to complete the sacred task of recovering the territory of Nantai which has been occupied and governed by Luziyca for over a century. The longer Nantaiese are governed by Luziyca, the harder it is for Namo to convince Nantainese that reunification is the right path, and drag Nantainese away from the Luziycan way of life they've been forced to live and are now accustomed to.

Kenyen, Nantai

The historic summit between President-General Fu Wen and Luziycan president Breuvi Shjoraski can become an important turning point in Namo's policy towards the occupied territories, that is, if the President-General agrees to shift from his government's decades-old orthodox position towards the Nantai dispute and adopt a new policy that will keep the Nantainese---the people most affected by the dispute---in Namo's minds.

Currently, at least officially, Namor sees Nantai as part of Nantai Prefecture, West Namor, whilst Luziyca sees it as the "Republic of Nantai" which few countries save for Luziyca's allies recognize. However, the PRN's Nantai Prefecture controls less than 10% of the land it claims, mostly consisting of the eastern section of the divided city of Po'ai. The rest of Nantai is under Luziycan administration and will most likely remain so in the foreseeable future. But if the Namorese government continues to think the same way about Nantai towards the future, it will not bring them anything and will only separate the PRN's people and the Nantainese even farther apart. This is not something Namo wants if it genuinely desires to complete the "sacred task" that is reunification.

Although there is a confession among Namorese leaders that Nantainese people have accustomed themselves to the Luziycan capitalistic way of life, officials always blame the long-gone Luziycan policy of assimilating Nantainese into Slavic culture for the current situation. While that has played some part, it is not the entire truth. Naturally, if a people come under occupation for a long (if not indefinite) amount of time, they gradually cease yearning for reunification with their brethren and instead open themselves up to the way of the occupiers. This is nowhere truer than in Nantai since the Civil War---Nantainese people are descendants of anti-Liberationist Republican loyalists and Namorese Christians who were hostile to Yunglang Antelope's ideology. "Like father, like son." These people preferred to come under the "liberty" that is Luziycan occupation than to the "tyranny" that was Green Namor. This thinking influenced the next and newer generation of Nantainese, permanently distancing that new generation from people living under the PRN since birth.

The newer generation of Nantainese who dwell in the occupied territories today were not, at any point in their lives, pro-Namor. They were educated with Luziycan books since birth, taught to speak Luziycan since birth, and were taught to identify themselves more with Luziyca since birth. They do not share the nationalism and patriotism Namorese in the PRN do. They drink coffee instead of Namorese tea. The new Nantainese have been so Luzzified that it is certain the next generation of Nantainese will be totally unrecognizable from the "model Namorese" Namo wants to present, and wants Nantai's people to be.

How the Nantainese are today may not be considered moral by some Namorese in the PRN, but the hard truth must be faced. Namor's absence in the occupied territories meant that many Nantainese today are accustomed with Luziycan culture and nothing can take them back. Namo cannot and will not use the same policy for long to reunify Nantai with Namor and expect the population to be satisfied.

A new policy that will satisfy the Nantainese and maintain the principle of reunification at the same time will have to admit who the Nantainese are today. Namo's new policy should show respect for Nantainese people's current way of life, and respect solutions that assure the Nantainese people's capitalist lifestyle and habits do not face state-sponsored erosion.

Pessimistically speaking, when the next generation of Nantainese dominate the territories, efforts at reunification may be too late. It will be even harder for Namo to convince these people that reunification is the way, harder for Namo to drill patriotism into their minds (look how hard it is now), and harder for Namo to remove the Luziyca-ness out of them. If Namo wants to see Nantai reunified and complete its "sacred task," it must do something sometime and that sometime is now. It must implement reforms in its Nantai policy so to shine a new light on the Nantainese population before their efforts snowball into one huge public relations failure. There's still some hope left.

Gu Huiyang is a political commentator from Westernia, West Namor, and an author of three books regarding Namo-Luziycan relations and detente.

[West Cedarbrook]

9ES: Broadcast of Wrycova Captials - Tsantz Sluggers Afternoon Game, Evans Field
3:50 PM Wycova Central Time

<game announcer> ...at the bottom of the 6th, Tsantz leading the Caps, 2-nothing. Caps have men on 1st and 2nd, outs. Shortstop Mordechai Castelanu now up at bat for the Captials...

<network announcer>
West Cedarbrook1 breaking news: Chemical spill and fire evacuates Ashville
Good afternoon, this just in. A fire at the Cedarbrook Coastal Solvents Acetonitrile plant in the tiny Coastal State village of Ashville in the last hour has caused evacuation of the village, and suspension of highway traffic and operations on the Yehoshua & Ironton Railroad in the vicinity. Coverage now from WC1 affiliate 9CSV in Fairmont.

<switch to 9CSV, Marci Eilleh Reporting>


Local constabulary called for the evacuation of the small village of Ashville 12 minutes ago, after local volunteer firefighters were unable to contain the blaze caused by an electrical short at the Coastal Acetonitrile plant on Mazurek Street here. The volunteers bravely contained the blaze after being called to the scene an hour ago, and help is on the way from neighboring fire departments in the township. Highway traffic has been cleared between Fairmont, 29 miles to the northwest for the arrival of specialized fire containment and hazardous waste handling from that city's Fire Department. Mayor Marija Noles called for the evacuation as it became apparent that the acrid smoke would soon overtake nearby Ashville Elementary School, and nearby homes. Mayor Noles says she is also in contact with the Coastal State Governor to keep the state informed about the need for traffic diversion, emergency housing, and hazardous waste cleanup. At this point the Fairmount Magen David Adom has arranged temporary shelter for evacuees, and it is expected that facilities will be adequate to house all 923 residents of the village. <wall crashes behind her, kicking up flames and a plume of smoke>. The current shift of 49 was evacuated to the Ashville Township Regional Hospital for evaluation of toxic effects, as were families at home on the adjacent streets. {cough, gag, clear throat, raspy voice}. At this time the Y&I Railroad has suspended operations on their Fairmount South division, not estimated time given for resumption. {cough, chogh}. The plant manager told me earlier that this is a total loss of the plant, a staple of Ashville employment since 1961. There has been no statement about the loss from Cedarbrook Coastal Solvents headquarters, but the fire is expected to significantly impact acrylic fiber production, and may cause backlogs or loss of orders for the commodity, both here and in export markets. This may also impact production of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resins {choke, gag}, and Butadiene, possibly dominoing into problems in the Synthetic Rubber industry, but to a lesser extent.

My camera crew is indicating we have to go now, but we'll return with an update as soon as conditions permit.

<network announcer>
Thank you for that report, Marci. West Cedarbrook1 news will break in with updates on the situation in Ashville with further developments, and catch the Evening News for a full update and summary. We now return you to your scheduled programming.

[Qianrong]

茜蓉信息產業部 | Qiànróng Xìnxī Chǎnyè Bù
觀龍部㖔信 | Quan Rồng Bộ Thông tin
કન્રોંગ કાગવારણ નગ ઈમ્પોર્માંસ્યોન | Kanron Kagawaran ng Impormasyon
Qianrong Ministry of Information

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The Skyview Heights apartment building in Shanliang was among the locations attacked by the ASQ, and among the deadliest of the attacks

134 DAYS
since Chancellor Song
Li-Chao was abducted

AT LEAST 100 DEAD AFTER COORDINATED ASQ ATTACK ON MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN QIANRONG
by LI SHI-KAI - OCTOBER 15 2014
YUCHENG, QIANRONG - Over one hundred Qianrongese civilians have been killed and hundreds more wounded after four major terrorist attacks perpetrated by the Alliance for Sovereignty in Qianrong across the country. The four locations attacked were the Kayamanan Market in Lumangdaungan, a Ministry of Information facility in Xiangmen, the majority-Otekian Shudenov neighborhood of Shanliang, and the Chien Thang subway station in Danh Dap.

The first of the attacks occurred at 5:23 PM today, in the major Kayamanan Market in the historic Mahusaynese city of Lumangdaungan. ASQ terrorists detonated a series of bombs within the market, killing several civilians and themselves and starting a fire within the building. The second attack came at 5:32 PM at an apartment complex in the Shudenov district of Shanliang, home primarily to Otekians and Yinglidao Minjianese. Here, terrorists detonated a car bomb before shooting several civilians in the vicinity before being captured by police. The third occurred at 5:47 PM in the Danh Dap subway system, when several ASQ gunmen opened fire on commuters in the Chien Thang subway station. And the fourth attack occurred at 6:06 PM, when an ASQ terrorist detonated a car bomb outside of the Ministry of Information's Xiangmen Bureau, killing several inside and themselves in the process.

At present, the exact number of casualties is unknown, due to the chaos caused by these horrific attacks. However, the Ministry of Defense and Intelligence has estimated that at least 100 Qianrongese civilians- men, women, and children- have been killed in this bloody act of terror. The exact number of wounded in the attacks is also presently unknown, though it is estimated to be in the hundreds. Of the 11 confirmed perpetrators, 4 died in the attacks or the aftermath(the terrorists responsible for the attacks in Lumangdaungan and Xiangmen), 5 are in NSF custody(the terrorists responsible for the attack in Danh Dap), and 2 remain on the run(the terrorists responsible for the Shanliang attack). The Qianrongese government has declared a nationwide state of emergency following the attacks, and has increased the nation's military readiness. The cities hit by the attacks have all been put under lockdown, and a massive hunt is underway to bring all those responsible to justice, and to prevent any further ASQ attacks on Qianrongese civilians.

UPDATE 1: The Ministry of Defense and Intelligence has told the press that the death toll is presently at 124, not including the terrorists, with another 1,709 civilians having been injured in the series of attacks, with 344 of the injured being in a critical state. The FDRQ remains under a state of emergency at present, and the cities of Lumangdaungan, Xiangmen, Shanliang, and Danh Dap remain under lockdown until further notice. The Ministry of Defense and Intelligence has also said that it will release the identities of the terrorists directly involved in the attacks as soon as it has confirmed their identities.

UPDATE 2: The Chancellery has released an official statement, vowing justice for the dead and severe punishments for those responsible, and the immediate beginning of increased efforts against the ASQ. "It is imperative," Hsieh told the press, "that we take every effort possible to destroy these despicable murderers. The people of Qianrong can rest assured that the slaughter of their fellow citizens will not go unpunished... the National Security Forces will see to it that justice is served." He also urged that the Qianrongese people remain strong: "we must remain defiant in the face of adversity, we must not give in to the evildoers of the world, we must continue to fight for the freedom and justice that we prize... this nation shall not let the ASQ win, under any circumstances." Hsieh also demanded that Ainin cease its funding of Operation All In; Ainin is the only nation presently funding the ASQ, and has rejected calls to stop in the past.

UPDATE 3: The de facto leader of the ASQ's ruling council, Ngo Huu Tra, has formally declared that the ASQ is responsible for the various attacks in a video posted to several video-sharing sites, calling the attacks "a victory for justice against the tyrannical despots in the FDRQ." The video also included footage of ASQ goons torturing Chancellor Song Li-Chao, who remains a hostage after over 130 days of captivity. Ngo has sworn that further attacks will occur until Qianrong is divided into multiple countries.

(MORE INFO AS THIS STORY DEVELOPS)

COMMENTS

Ludrymil Jahernov 234 7
The NSF needs to get off its ass and start killing these ASQ fuckers.

Nguyen Duong Hoa 167 3
I thought we were beating the ASQ? Breaking into hideouts and capturing their agents and...

Li Qang-Dong 442 2
@Nguyen Duong Hoa A cornered animal fights the hardest.

OTHER NEWS

- Namor forced to acknowledge widening cultural gap between Nantainese, Namorese as it seeks to retake the territory
- Caugish nationalist leader Mikael Anderssan threatens violence against the New Waterford government
- Debate in Pavonistade continues to rage over biased immigration procedures called "unconstitutional" by some
- Crolacia's Democratic Party wants the country to join NOSDO, gets narrow popular support
- Shjoraski and Fu meet in Namo: will anything come out of the historic meeting?
- Zepuhan troops begin pulling out of Qianrong, going into Irvadistan

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-DEVELOPING- GARVIDIER SUES PAVONISTADIAN GOVERNMENT AMIDST CITIZENSHIP DISCREPANCY
Lawsuit filed after days of widespread nonviolent protests and anger

Date: October 15, 2014

Writer: Ethan Vanadia

A statue of Lady Justice glances down from the Vertias
Block near the Supreme Court. The court is to rule on the
expected Garvidier v. Pavonistade.

The past few days had witnessed rising disputes between those wanting a revision of the Citizenship Act and those maintaining status quo. Two days prior, the Will of Pavonistadians published a controversial article in which it calls for "the police" to "break up this disorder" and includes a picture of an activist being apprehended by police. At the same day a PAN opinion article drew in support to strike the 2012 amendments null.

However, such conflicts are considered not to be part of the climax of the entire discrepancy. It is reported that Johan Garvidier pressed further her campaign by suing the Pavonistadian Government. The Lotusian Pavonistadian, being the source of the citizenship deviation, justified her latest actions by declaring it "was necessary to make the immobile government truly listen to the angry populace."

When asked about the lawsuit against the government, PAN expert Gail Leboufon was not surprised at Garvidier's course.

"Various people had predicted for the past few days that such a lawsuit would surface some time in the near future," he expounded, "so when Garvidier v. Pavonistade or any similar upcoming cases was brought up, it didn't have the element of surprise. What we should know [...] is that we should not expect the Supreme Court to uphold citizenship by allied origins as 'unjust.' Much of the Executive, Legislature, and the Judiciary itself are in support of the 2012 amendments; while Parliament was in session, most MPs expressed favor for them, and other government officials like our President followed suit. We shouldn't see Garvidier make substantial progress here."

He added, "[...] everyone would know, too, that in all Supreme Court cases, Supreme Judge Patricia Avoleson (or Chief Justice) and Subsidiary Judges Marc Frederick, Lyonna von Belmont, Valerie Skalyena, and Cassandra Maies are to preside [...]"

It did not take long for responses to flood in from protesting Pavonistadians. One of the responding was Valeurie Ralede, a close advocate of Garvidier's cause, and in a brief PAN interview she said "she [Garvidier] is taking a brave step forward to ascertaining that equality is universal and that no one goes ahead or behind another." Another responding was Ulieses Tarmonde, who was not so friendly to the revision campaign and who wanted "Garvidier to step back from her unneeded motives and the widespread disarray as a result."

Government officials had also responded, with many wanting a media blackout to be imposed. In other words, the officials would likely prevent journalists and reporters---including those of PAN's--- from directly attending and reporting on the case, and attempts to bypass this blackout would result in arrest and charge[s] for trespassing. President Azurite has not commented on the issue at this point of time.

Garvidier v. Pavonistade will be ruled on October 24.

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Ceukiemania
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Why are some of the guys trying to push forward a media blackout? Because they're scared of the crowd?

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[Qianrong]

茜蓉信息產業部 | Qiànróng Xìnxī Chǎnyè Bù
觀龍部㖔信 | Quan Rồng Bộ Thông tin
કન્રોંગ કાગવારણ નગ ઈમ્પોર્માંસ્યોન | Kanron Kagawaran ng Impormasyon
Qianrong Ministry of Information

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Members of the National Security Forces in the streets of Xiangmen, one of the cities hit in yesterday's terror attacks.

135 DAYS
since Chancellor Song
Li-Chao was abducted

DEATH TOLL CONTINUES TO CLIMB FOLLOWING SERIES OF ASQ ATTACKS ON QIANRONGESE CIVILIANS; NSF BEGINS MASSIVE CAMPAIGN TO 'CRIPPLE' ASQ
by XI KAI-LAN - OCTOBER 16 2014
YUCHENG, QIANRONG - The number of dead following a series of devastating and horrifying terrorist attacks on Qianrong has risen dramatically after the deaths of many civilians who were critically wounded in the four Alliance for Sovereignty in Qianrong attacks yesterday, according the the Ministry of the Interior. The death toll, placed at 124 yesterday, has risen to 277 following the deaths of 153 civilians who were listed yesterday as "critically injured". A remaining 191 people remain listed as "critically injured", with 1,556 people still being listed as injured or critically injured.

There were a total of four terrorist attacks carried out by the ASQ yesterday: a suicide bombing in the Kayamanan market in the city of Lumangdaungan, a car bombing/mass shooting in the majority-Otekian Shudenov district of Shanliang, a mass shooting at the Chien Thang subway station in the city of Danh Dap, and the car bombing of the Ministry of Information Bureau in Xiangmen. The NSF has still not released the names of those responsible for the attacks, stating that it wants to make sure that it does not give incorrect information out.

Yucheng residents light candles in Zheng Hye-Jeou Plaza at an impromptu memorial to the victims of yesterday's ASQ attacks

The nation remains in shock following the most horrifying ASQ attack on the Qianrongese people since the First Domestic Terror War, a brutal and depraved act committed by a group of murderous cowards. The attack was an action against Qianrongese of all stripes- Minjianese, Tuhaoese, Mahusaynese, Otekian, Tianzongjiao, Yinglidao- and one that we must not allow, as a nation, to go unpunished. There has been massive outrage towards the actions of the ASQ, and a great outpouring of sympathy to the families and friends of those slain. Across the country, Qianrongese citizens have vowed to do whatever they can to fight the heartless terrorists who seek to spread bloodshed and chaos. As a nation, we have vowed to stand strong, to fight back, and to never give in to evil.

The bombing at the Xiangmen Bureau of the Ministry of Information apparently started a fire in the building, causing further damages and deaths

In memory of those who were killed by the ASQ in the attacks, Acting Chancellor Hsieh Jiang-De has ordered that all Qianrongese flags be flown at half-mast for the next thirty days. in addition, Acting Defense Minister Guo Tse-Zu has announced a new offensive against the ASQ, with the explicit goal of "utterly destroying, now and forever, the Alliance for Sovereignty in Qianrong; exacting justice upon those responsible for the abduction of Chancellor Song Li-Chao, the terrorist attacks of October 15th 2014, and the litany of other crimes committed by the ASQ against the people of Qianrong; and guaranteeing the security, prosperity, and liberty of the Qianrongese people." The government has vowed to step up efforts against the ASQ following the attacks, and to exact revenge for the men, women, and children slaughtered by the ASQ dogs.

"This is not something that we can ignore or minimize," Acting Chancellor Hsieh Jiang-De told the press. "The ASQ are a great threat to the Qianrongese nation, and we must unite as one to ensure their destruction. We embark upon a just mission; to avenge the fallen, punish those responsible, and restore peace and security to this nation. We can not and must not allow these transgressions against human decency to go unpunished. The Free Democratic Republic of Qianrong will take every action necessary to ensure the destruction of the ASQ, and to make sure that those who have died will not have died in vain. Heaven will grant us victory as we go to finish the Second Domestic Terror War before it goes on any longer. I swear to you, to the Qianrongese people, that I will see Chancellor Song released from captivity, that I will see the murderers and traitors given justice for their crimes, that I will avenge the deaths of our fallen comrades and our fellow citizens. We, as a nation, must stand as one, in defiance, and work together, to end this war quickly, so that justice may be done sooner, so that more will not die."

Here at the Ministry, we are mourning the deaths of the employees of the Ministry of Information at the Xiangmen Bureau. It is a great loss, to see so many of our friends and colleagues there killed by murderers. It is our hope that Qianrong can do as it must, can stand behind its government and the NSF, and can work together to ensure the destruction of the ruthless and bloodthirsty dogs in the ASQ. Justice must be served, and the dead must not die in vain. We cannot allow this attack to go unpunished. The people of Qianrong should be ready to take any and all action necessary to restore security and peace in the FDRQ, and to destroy those who would see us dead.

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[New Zepuha]

Federal News Network

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Where Did All the Terror Come From?

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October 16th, 2014

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Sinro City, New Zepuha - In this urgent report we will cover the subject of terror, a much feared subject as it is aptly name, it has once again burned a fellow friend of ours. As we were bringing our young lads home from a short trip at suppressing terrorism in Qianrong, we have been caught short of that goal. One tragic attack has befallen the people of Qianrong, claiming well over two hundred and thirty lives, this is an unacceptable attack that must be dealt with here at home and abroad.

We have successfully made some headway by tightening air traffic restrictions from countries with known conflicts and major operating terrorist organization. Just as well, the federal forces have granted troops from the National Defense Force to bolster security at airports and other ports of entry. The establishment of a terror database will assist with the tracking and prevention of terrorist activities, this alongside harsher penalties for terrorist activities, we hope to curb activity at home to lessen stress on the region. Our fellow free nations of Esquarium need not fear Zepuhan terrorists, for they will not exist!

In honor of lives lost in Qianrong, the Chancellor has ordered that all flags across the nation to be lowered to half staff until sunrise on Monday. The time was chosen to show that, with the rising of a new dawn, there too shall be a new era of peace. It is clear to the nation that we are engaged in a global war on terror, and our close friends in Yucheng will not be forgotten. Chancellor Bergmann has proposed a joint naval operation to improve readiness to deploy and fight pirate and terrorist elements. The chancellor wants it to be known that New Zepuha will not leave Qianrongs side, solidarity to the end.

Other News

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• Two college students have been sentenced to death for attempting to join anti-Irvadi forces in Irvadistan. This is part of the new program to dissuade terrorism, alongside the three heads of the Helensburg race riots, they will be executed together in a gas chamber tomorrow evening.
• Namorese talks can only spell bad omens for the rest of Esquarium, as two large powers come together the nebula that could form worries many political analysts.
• Pavon government is sued over continued citizenship scandals.

[Geadland]

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CONSERVATIVE MP RESIGNS OVER CAMPAIGN FUNDS SCANDAL
Lodenheim says he felt he had "no choice but to go."

16 October 2014 Last updated 15:05 Geadish Standard Time
SOFJASTAD - Fredrik Lodenheim, one of the two Conservative MPs for Sofjastad, has resigned his seat after the Storting Ethics Committee recommended that he be suspended from the House of Representatives for six months. It was revealed earlier this year that he had not disclosed Γ44,529 of donations in the campaign for the last general election.

Lodenheim made his resignation speech on the steps of the Royal Palace after offering his resignation to the Queen. "It has been a pleasure to represent the Gateway to Geadland for over five years," he said, referring to the city's nickname. "I admit I made mistakes. I mishandled my campaign finances. I was hoping that I could mend the damage, but the backlash from the public and the media has been too great for me to continue my political career. I feel that I have no choice but to go."

The campaign contributions came from several business donors, including Γ5,000 from Audholmsbank chairman Lionel Freiburgher. He denied that there had been any unscrupulous activity involved in the donations. "I didn't make any attempts to influence his policies or stances. I just wanted to help the Conservatives," said Freiburgher. "The issue here was that this wasn't the donation was made, but the fact that they were not publically disclosed. People want to know who's supporting their politicians with money." When asked why he hadn't told anyone about the donation himself, he replied "I didn't really notice that he'd kept it secret because I don't keep track of politics that much."

A by-election to fill the seat is due by February next year. The timing of the resignation is inconvinient for the Electoral Commission, who are known to dislike holding elections in the winter. Sofjastad is one of the largest urban areas where the Conservatives outpolled the SDLP in the last election. Bookmakers have opened bets on the by-election with the Conservatives still favoured to win, but the slump in popularity of the Nordland government and scandal surrounding the outgoing MP could work in the SDLP's favour.

UPDATE: By-election in just four weeks
The Sofjastad by-election will take place on 15 November, the earliest eligible date. The Queen consulted with the government, the SDLP and the Electoral Commission before making the decision to call the by-election. The by-election could have be delayed to as late as February next year. The government called for a quick campaign, while the SDLP wanted the by-election to be delayed. The Queen sided with the government, citing advice from the Electoral Commission to "avoid the winter."

[Kraq]

Free Kraqi News

Type 58 in Al-Jegria

Islamic Courts Reach Al-Jegria

Once a obscure organisation within the Anti-Hussein coalition, the Islamic Courts, also known as the Union of Islamic Courts, has since become the largest and biggest threat to the Hussein regime controlling almost half of Kraq, including it's rare minerals/oil rich regions. For the past few months the Jihadist group had focused most of it's attention towards pushing out the Hussein regime from rare minerals/oil rich regions and consolidating it's grip over recently capture territory. However in recent weeks the group has changed it's focus away from regime forces and on the predominately Lutheran Catholic Army of God.

Since capturing a strategic bridge over the Phufrates river from the Army of God back in September 17th. The Islamic Courts has launched a massive offensive against the Army of God, successfully using it's overwhelming superiority in heavy weaponry, and within 24 hours captured 30 Lutheran Catholic villages leaving the Islamic Courts 12 miles away from the Lutheran Catholic city of Al-Jegria. Over the next several days the Islamic Courts along with it's Jihadist allies launched similar offensives capturing an addition 100 villages in the process as well as putting the group within artillery range of the city. Some 45,000 people fled the city, fearing a Islamic Courts takeover of the region. As the Islamic Courts continued to gain ground and the number of Lutheran Catholics fleeing the city sky rocketed as rumours of a possible slaughter if the group captured the city began the spread. Then on October 3rd the Islamic Courts surrounded the Al-Jegria on three sides, briefly cutting the Army of Gods main supply line to the city. By October 5th a bloody battle for the strategically important village of Zria ensued as elements of the Army of God attempted to capture the village and reopen the Army of God's main supply line. Following another 8 days of heavy fighting the Army of God successfully recaptured the village allowing 50,000 Lutheran Catholics to flee the city and vital reinforcements to flow into Al-Jegria to bolster the city's defences.

However with a have a sudden influx of fighters and equipment, the Islamic Courts were able to recapture the village before completely surrounding the Al-Jegria, cutting the Army of God's supply lines to the city. The situation in Al-Jegria has become increasing dire as the around 100,000 Lutheran Catholic Arabs have become trapped inside the city with no where to go. Running low on ammunition and lacking heavily military equipment except for a few run down Type 58 tanks, the Commander of the Army Of God Nagib Amjad has warned that his forces in the city can only hold the city for three weeks at most and that if Al-Jegria falls to the Islamic Courts the worst massacre in Kraq's history would occur. Later saying that the slaughter would be on the same scale as the Luqya massacre in Irvadistan; where some 50,000 - 80,000 Shi'ite muslims were slaughtered.

The Kraqi Observatory For Human Rights, the main organisation which monitors the conflict in Kraq, has accused the Hussein regime of intentionally ignoring the Islamic Courts advance towards Al-Jegria and sited several occasions in which the Hussein regime actively supported the Islamic Courts offensive. Including conducting air strikes on Army of God and Free Kraqi Army positions and supply lines days sometimes hours in advance of a Islamic Courts offensive in that area.

A leading expert on the conflict in Kraq gave us his explanation on the Hussein regime bizarre reasoning behind ignoring the growth of the Islamic Courts. "For the Hussein regime it's quite simple, a long drawn out bloodbath in Al-Jegria in which both the Army of God and Islamic Courts become obsessed with winning would only serve to benefit the Hussein regime and degrade the Free Kraqi Army and the Islamic Courts. For the Free Kraqi Army and the Army of God, the battle for Al-Jergria presents the prefect opportunity to score a massive propaganda and military victory for the National Kraqi Opposition Coalition, whom have suffered a string of military defeats in recent weeks at the hands of the Hussein regime and the Islamic Courts. In the eyes of the Free Kraqi Army's senior leadership and a victory in Al-Jegria might be just what the National Kraqi Opposition Coalition needs to get it's war back on track.

While for the Islamic Courts the capture of Al-Jegria would be the groups last majour "gateway" city before reaching the strategically important port city of Rarat Takaran, which constituted 50% of pre-civil war Kraq's ocean based trade. With the fall of Al-Jegria, the last majour Free Kraqi Army stronghold in northeastern Kraq, would effectively end the National Kraqi Opposition Coalition presence in eastern Kraq and secure the Islamic Courts position as the main domain opposition group in Kraq." Later going on to say, "Yet in the end of the day no matter how wins the battle, the people of Al-Jegria will lose either way. We can only hope the the international community does something to prevent the slaughter."

[New Zepuha]

Federal News Network

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Jiang-De to Visit Sinro City in Leaders Meeting

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October 18th, 2014

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Sinro City, New Zepuha - It is a historic occasion here in Sinro City, as there will be the first foreign state visit to New Zepuha since the first great war. Acting chancellor Hsieh Jiang-De will be arriving in the city soon [date omitted for security reasons], and will be meeting with Chancellor Bergmann and King Auschlogen, as well as several key military officers and the Foreign Minister. Together they will hold a series of meetings and events to further strengthen our nations bonds, and negotiate a more permenant military base in Qiarong and discuss matters of trade and importance. Especially concerning heated tensions with the ASQ attack and other nations in the East Namor Sea.

While this was a much predicted event, as Yucheng has become ever closer to Sinro, many groups are shocked by the move on the part of Bergmann. It was known that his approval ratings have been lagging lately, but this move has served to puzzle nay-sayers. Some in the right had been calling on him to strengthen ties and form alliances with like minded governments, but past establishing military bases and trade he has not pursued too hard. This is his first attempt towards a meaningful tie to another nation, and the public is seeming to warm to the idea of Qianrong being an ally.

Security for the event is high as the National Defense force has deployed four-hundred [400] troops to the capital city to act as security, and they have been granted temporary civil police powers and will patrol the city and man checkpoints until the meeting is over. The King has also upped his security at the palace by establishing checkpoints around it and posting supplementary NDF units to secure the palace. The most secure location in ares to visit is camp Petersburg, where a demonstration of New Zepuhan military might will take place, to show the visitors how a military base in Qianrong may be beneficial to security.

In all, the talks will serve to bring our two nations close together and unite the civilian population to a rallying cry. That we will never forget the dastardly deeds of the ASQ, and together the nation can destroy terrorism! Chancellor Bergmann has called on the people to renounce their pacifism as he says, "Only battle will see these foes away, join me fellow citizens and we shall purge the scourge of terror from the world!" in a fervent speech to parliament; which garnered much support from the left of the aisle. In eager awainting, welcome to Sinro City, Jiang-De!

Other News

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• Security sweeps of Sinro City have put eight organizers of subversive demonstrations in preventive detention until the end of conferences with Qianrong.
• Price of gasoline raises as a precaution against developing electric technologies for vehicles, consumers angered
• Chilly nights! As rain appears over New Zepuha and the temperature continues to plummet, be ready to bundle up!
• New terror group appearing, will this be the start of another New Zepuhan intervention?

[Britanno]

My nation's political canon has changed since I wrote this article, so ignore the numbers please.

THE CHRONICLE
THE MAN WHO REFORMED THE RIGHT

Edward Field, the leader of the Conservative Party since 2002 has announced today that he will be stepping down as party leader after 12 years in the leadership position. Field, who has been Member of Parliament for the constituency of Eastwood for 24 years, informed his parliamentary party of his decision earlier today, to the shock of many who expected him to fight in at least one more general election. Having competed in four general elections as leader, Field has succeeded into modernising the Conservatives following their dire performance in 2002, and has overseen an increase of a total of 169 seats. His career has seen him hold the positions of Opposition Leader and Prime Minister, and recently he has been involved in the ongoing political crisis.

In his shock announcement, Edward Field commented on how it had been an "honour" to serve as leader of the Conservative Party, and that he had achieved "all he set out to do". The former local business owner told colleagues that it was "the right time" for him to stand aside to allow a "fresh start" for the Conservatives. He added that while he had immensely enjoyed his 12 years as leader, the stress involved in Britannon politics was "painful" and that he was looking forward to more relaxation, as well as being able to see his family more often.

Mr Field first entered Parliament aged 31 after David Hague, the MP for Eastwood, retired at the 1990 general election. Despite widespread losses for his party across the nation, Field managed to increase the Conservative majority from 700 to 3800. In 1994, his party once again performed poorly nationally, but Field's majority grew by over 13,000. By 1998, following another victory for the SDP-Liberal pact, Field called for major changes within the Conservatives in order to modernise the party, isolating him from the leadership. In 2002, the Conservatives just avoided slipping below 100 seats, causing Field to launch a leadership bid. He won the party leadership contest by a landslide with his proposals to modernise the Conservatives into a party of government in the 21st century.

While it was clear long before the election that the Conservatives would not come close to victory in 2006, they managed to gain over 70 seats, but remained the third largest party. In 2010 Alexander Williamson was reelected as Prime Minister thanks to positive economic results, but the SDP performed badly compared to the Conservatives' modest results, allowing Field to become Leader of the Opposition. Over the next four years, Field led a campaign to get the Liberal government removed from office, becoming the most high profile critic of Williamson's second term. When March 2014 arrived, the polls suggested that the election would be tight between all three main parties. As the results came through, it appeared that the Conservatives had become the largest party in Parliament for the first time since 1994. However, they fell well short of a majority, making the Liberals the kingmakers. When they sided with Field over Thomas Peters' SDP, Edward Field became Prime Minister.

As Prime Minister, Field got through much of the Conservative economic manifesto, as well as securing Britannon membership of NOSDO. In the first few months of his premiership, the coalition with the Liberals appeared stable. However, things took a turn for the worse following two major policy announcements. Backing privatisation of the energy industry angered Liberal MPs, who were assured that the idea would not become government policy by their party leader, David Kenning. President Fletcher was forced to intervene in coalition relations when Field announced that his party would look towards securing Britannon membership of WETO, causing uproar within the Liberal Party, the party most associated with pacifist foreign policy. The instability that followed appeared to die down until September, when Edward Field suddenly announced that the coalition government had collapsed after he alleged that dozens of Liberals had taken bribes. In the September general election of this year, the Conservatives became the largest party by 80 seats, but were still short of a majority, ruling out another deal with the Liberals. When Liberal-SocDem talks collapsed, the ongoing political crisis was triggered, causing Field to publicly lash out against President Fletcher, blaming her party for the crisis. Field leaves his party at a time in which its future looks uncertain, but its past remains clear: Edward Field reformed the right.

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TERRIBLE ALLIES VERSUS TERRIBLE PEOPLE
With the world changing around it, the FDRQ must make a tough choice:
stay close to a nation which seems utterly apathetic towards its continued existence,
or align itself with a nation with numerous death camps and literal witch hunts.


The tricolors of Luziyca, Qianrong, and New Zepuha

YUCHENG, QIANRONG- OCTOBER 18^th, 2014 - in a surprise announcement, the government of New Zepuha declared that Qianrong's Acting Chancellor, Hsieh Jiang-De, would be visiting the Zepuhan capital of Sinro City, to meet Zepuha's Chancellor Peter Bergmann and King Karl von Auschlogen, at an unspecified date. Shortly thereafter, the Chancellery affirmed that Acting Chancellor Hsieh would meet Zepuhan leadership, again refusing to name a date.

The meeting of Chancellor Bergmann and Acting Chancellor Hsieh will be the first high-profile meeting between a Qianrongese leader and his foreign counterpart since Chancellor Song Li-Chao's meeting with Luziyca's Breuvi Shjoraski in June. The Hsieh-Bergmann meeting, however, is far more telling than the Song-Shjoraski meeting, and indicative of the dilemma now faced by the government of the FDRQ: do they stay with the Luziycan government, which seems utterly apathetic towards the nation's survival, or do they join with the far more helpful Zepuhans, even though the Zepuhan government is, for all intents and purposes, totally insane?

Qianrong has been an ally of the Luziyca since the 1950s, after the Liberationists overthrew the Republican Namorese government, forcing Zheng Hye-Jeou to turn elsewhere for allies. And Luziyca was a faithful ally of Qianrong's during the First Domestic Terror War. But as of late, the Christian Republic has become increasingly unwilling to aid its ally in the East Namor Sea. Despite having a military base in Yucheng, the Luziycan military has played not even asked to assist the NSF during the Second Terror War, in which hundreds of Qianrongese civilians have already died. They offered no support during Qianrong's attempts to reclaim the Trang Vai. They haven't even responded to the murder of 277 civilians by the ASQ earlier this week, a sign of total callousness for the Qianrongese people and government alike. Bethlehem, once seen as a close ally and good friend of Qianrong, is now perceived as distant and uncaring. An alliance that lasted for fifty years is falling apart, simply because Shjoraski's government can't be bothered to care about the FDRQ.

But why is this sudden change occurring? In all likelihood, it has to do with detente. During the Cold War between Luziyca and Namor, Qianrong was a strategic base in the East Namor Sea, close to Namor geographically but close to Luziyca politically. But now, Luziyca is seeking rapprochement with the Namorese government- exemplified by Breuvi Shjoraski's meeting with Namorese President-General Fu Wen. Suddenly, Qianrong is not strategically valuable- it's just another small island dictatorship. Breuvi Shjoraski, playing the real-world Game of Thrones, no longer has any reason to use Luziycan resources on Qianrong. Chances are, he'll use further detente as an excuse to abandon Qianrong entirely, leaving Qianrong alone, to deal with its enemies domestic and foreign.

But the Qianrongese government seems to be aware of Luziyca's increasing apathy, and has already found a nation which does want a handy foothold in the East Namor Sea, in the virulently racist autocracy of New Zepuha. Known globally for its anti-Namorese rhetoric, discriminatory policy, authoritarian government, and backwards morality, New Zepuha is now far closer to the FDRQ's government than Luziyca. Like Qianrong, it has a serious problem with angry minorities and with domestic terror groups, and a citizenry chafing under an autocratic government. They have also grown close over their common anger with Namor over the Namorese seizure of the Trang Vai. New Zepuhan soldiers were sent to fight the ASQ, and some of them did give their lives to crush the terror group. For the Qianrongese government, this seems far more appealing than Luziyca; New Zepuha is actually helping Qianrong, sending it aid and standing by it. As Luziyca grows increasingly unfaithful, New Zepuha has moved in to fill the gap.

New Zepuha, though, is.... bizarre. The country has an official Inquisition that persecutes the country's non-Roman Catholic population; there are various "resettlement"(that is, extermination) camps across the country for non-whites; and after race riots earlier this year, the Zepuhan government began a literal witch hunt, which concluded with the hanging of several people accused of using magic powers to incite unrest. I swear to Heaven that this is real, and not made up. The country is technologically modern, yes, but morally? Zepuha still thinks it's the Middle Ages. And even though Hsieh Jiang-De would(as a non-Christian and a non-white) be dead if he was actually Zepuhan, he'll look to serve as a tributary or vassal- following the rules laid out by Peter Bergmann and Karl von Auschlogen, so long as they continue to offer Qianrong protection.

Now, there's no doubt that New Zepuha's sudden interest in Qianrong's welfare is based in the same reasons that Luziyca once cared for Qianrong. The Qianrongese government, though, knows that it needs a foreign benefactor- and with Luziyca distancing itself, New Zepuha has become the most appealing option. Indeed, it's far likely that Luziyca will soon lose all its power over the Qianrongese government, and that Yucheng will follow the commands of Sinro City, instead of Bethlehem. This is because, in the modern era, a provocative and angst-y tinpot dictatorship needs some sort of international protection from someone who wants something the dictatorship has. In the case of New Zepuha, it's proximity to Namor, as was once the case with Luziyca.

Is there anything, though, that could halt this shift from Bethlehem to Sinro? Well, Luziyca could possibly attempt to totally reverse course, and start caring. If Luziyca makes major moves to rebuild its decaying alliance with Qianrong, the FDRQ might just make a u-turn. This is only likely if Luziyca goes all-out to convince Qianrong that it can do more for Yucheng than New Zepuha. This would likely be a massive waste of time and resources from the perspective of the Luziycan government, meaning that it's highly unlikely. The other possibility is a total government change- a coup or revolution, whether homegrown or foreign-funded. Unfortunately, that runs the risk of starting an outright civil war, so long as the ASQ remains as powerful as it is. Most foreign governments that would seek a coup probably don't want to get involved in the terrorism issue, though, meaning that it's unlikely that Namor or Ainin or Masseau will try to create a sudden government change in Yucheng. By contrast, New Zepuha is already dealing with terrorism, so they might as well help a fellow terror-plagued nation out and get a firm ally in the process.

Unfortunately, the Qianrongese people will likely continue to suffer, even as Yucheng leaves an apathetic Bethelhem for a psychotic Sinro City. That's the nature of the feudal relationship; things are always horrible for the peasantry. Luziyca is on the verge of losing a longtime ally, and New Zepuha on the verge of gaining one; but the Qianrongese people will continue to live under a foreign-backed autocracy. That, at least, shows no sign of changing any time soon.

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OTHER NEWS STORIES
Uncensored, Unedited Truth
New Zepuha: Lost in Translation: Zepuhan state television repeatedly calls Acting Chancellor Hsieh by his first given name instead of his surname
Kraq: Islamic Courts terror group has become a serious threat to the continued existence of Kraqi commerce and stability
Geadland: Fredrik Lodenheim, a conservative MP, has resigned after the Storting revealed his role in a major campaign funds scandal
Qianrong: Over 250 dead following massive attack by ASQ terrorists; NSF vows to step up efforts to destroy the group
Pavonistade: Government involved in civil suit over country's byzantine, unfair immigration system
Britanno: Conservative Party leader Edward Field will be stepping down from leadership in the party after 12 years

[DiAdocHia]

"All News is worthy news"

Atlantis Times

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Atlantis, Saturday, 18 October 2014

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Diadochian Government sends condolences to Geadland

By Theodore Samios

Just over eleven days ago, Geadland lost Albert II, a wise former king, and Esquarium lost a father figure. After having died peacefully in his sleep. The old former King of Geadland's death had not been unexpected, yet it had still shocked the people of Esquarium. Because he had become one of those old wise men who no one ever expects to die, and every one falsely believes is immortal. However Albert II, succumbed to his own mortality when he died in his sleep. In the last week, all of Esquarium has come together to mourn the great man who for over three decades up until his retirement in 2002 had led the country of Geadland. All the countries of Esquarium have been paying their respects and condolences to the Geadish Royal Family, and Diadochia has done the same. The Diadochian government has sent flowers and tokens of affection to the Geadish Government to express the Diadochian's government condolences and respect for the former King of Geadland. The Diadochian Emperor Nikolas VI, who will be celebrating his golden jubilee this winter, has expressed his sadness and grief for the loss of his fellow monarch. Despite being younger than the deceased former King of Geadland, the Emperor of Diadochia has reigned for half a century, because he came to the throne at the tender age of eight in 1964. The Emperor said in a press conference this week, that he had always looked up to the Geadish King, because he came to the throne at a mature age and had not had to endure several years of regency because of a minority as he himself had done. The Imperial Family also sends its condolences and best wishes in this time of grief to Queen Sofja of Geadland, the Geadish Government and the people of Geadland.

People all over Esquarium have been plunged into a state of mourning because of the death of such a great and wise old man. Prior to this death the former king of Geadland was one of the oldest living members of royalty in any country, being older than the Emperor of Diadochia, the Emperor of Cranaeia, the King of Nevanmaa, the Queen of Sconemark, the King of Euphrania and so on. The Royalty of all countries all over Esquarium have been paying their respects to the Geadish Royal family. Ever since his accession to the Geadish throne in 1970 up until his retirement in 2002, King Albert II of Geadland was truly a people's king, unlike some of more aloof and semi divine persons of other Esquarian monarchs. All Esquarium looks to Geadland in this time of sorrow, both to comfort the mournful and to understand what the Geadish Government will, say and how they will react to this tragedy.

[Ocidenia]

Ocidenian peace talks to take place in Helmas, Sandhelm

The government of Sandhelm offers to host the cease-fire ceremony between the Ocidenian government and the secessionists in Helmas, Sandhelm

Flags of Sandhelm and Ocidenia

Today, the government of Ocidenia has received a very generous offer from a not too distant country – the Republic of Sandhelm. The administration of the eastern Esquarian nation has suggested to take the role of a host country for the planned peace talks between the Ocidenian government and the secessionist movements of the north and south. After having been searching for offers from the Esquarian community to host the planned peace talks and receiving little results, the Brozhav administration naturally could not turn down such generous suggestion and immediately accepted it.

After having received the offer, Prime Minister Simeon Brozhav had personally contacted President Robert Greencastle of Sandhelm and proceeded with discussing further steps in fully preparing for the peace process, which will take place in the capital city of Sandhelm – Helmas. Currently no new details had been revealed, however, Prime Minister Simeon Brozhav has briefly commented on the upcoming peace talks in Sandhelm in a recent press conference:

Prime Minister Simeon Brozhav

"Yesterday, the government of Sandhelm had expressed unique generosity and had offered to host the planned Ocidenian peace talks between the government and the secessionists. As you all may know, our administration has been searching for a proper host for the planned peace talks for quite a while and with little success, as neither of the countries close to our borders were proper contenders to host this process.

The reason for this is that all of our neighbors, as well as other countries close to us, have a strict position on the crisis in our country and each of them support a certain side of the conflict. Cata Larga, Nevmaya, Cortazur, Xainithiakos and many others – all of them have a certain side they favor in crisis and sadly the majority of them are not favoring our side. Meanwhile, by mutual demands from both our administration and the secessionists themselves, an equal peace process must take place in a foreign country, outside the conflict zone which is Ocidenia, and the government of that country must be neutral, without favoring any certain side. Fjallmark has naturally not been included in this list as that country itself is in the middle of a brutal civil war, which only seems to be bringing the entire nation closer to its demise every day. Since none of the countries close or even right next to us match these demands, we had to search beyond, however with little success. Once the offer to host the peace talks came from the government of the Republic of Sandhelm, we accepted it almost immediately, as we had realized that this is the best option that we could or even would ever be able to receive. Without expanding our search to the horizons beyond, we had immediately stopped at what we already had and immediately moved forward with mutually planning the peace process.

I had personally contacted President Greencastle of Sandhelm and we had conversed on what should be our next steps in the cease-fire. I will not jump into any specific details as there is not much new to say. What we had both agreed on was that the cease-fire process will be taking place in Helmas, the capital city of Sandhelm, however, no specific details of place or time had yet been determined and thus I could not give you a proper update on those questions. We had both collected the needed officers from both our countries and had brought them together to plan the peace talks mutually. They are currently engaged in this activity as we speak. Meanwhile as this is going on, we are resuming our political dialog with both northern and southern secessionist movements and making sure that we are all carefully following the terms of a recent verbal non-engagement agreement, making sure that no violence erupts on the demarcation lines between the two isolated secessionist regions and mainland Ocidenia."

As the preparations for the peace talks continue, the Ocidenian and Dubrovken militaries, as well as the forces of the two secessionist movements currently remain in their positions, monitoring each other’s actions and avoiding any armed engagement, thus legitimately following the terms of the bilateral no-engagement agreement. Meanwhile, no other government representatives had given any additional comments that would serve as an update to the information already given by Prime Minister Simeon Brozhav, as all members of the Parliament and all ministers quote the same information that already been delivered by the country’s ruler. More news on this topic – coming soon.

[New Zepuha]

Federal News Network

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Time to Reform?

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October 19th, 2014

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Sinro City, New Zepuha - Today is a historic date for the country, as out King has announced a plan to reform the nation to better adapt to a modern setting. It is time for centuries of oppression to come to and end, but in doing so we must be very careful as not to cause another civil war. The King has presented a plan that will slowly reform the nation into a modern utopia! Starting with the suppression and repealing of Kraig's Law and the ending of racial segregation in New Zepuha.

"My most loyal subjects, I come to you today with a message of peace and reform. To tell you all that it is no longer the world that my father once lived in, we must no longer live in fear of our fellow human beings. I know that you too share this feeling, as the younger generation, my generation; has expressed deep regret for the ways in which we have treated out fellow man. Which is why I have initiated my ten point plan for reform of the nation.

First, I have signed an executive order to repeal all racist and repressive legislation such as Kraig's law.
Second, I have declared martial law within the country and have ordered the NDF to dismantle the centers created under Kraig's law.
Third, I have ordered the raising of a new military division to be made up of entirely ethnic groups.
Fourth, I have ordered that the Office of Xenos Affairs be disbanded and that it's staffing be merged into the HSA.
Fifth, I have restricted the banning of hiring ethnic workers.
Sixth, I have mandated that those formerly barred from education must now receive it at no cost.
Seventh, the Imperial Guard is ordered to enforce these new edicts with the utmost precision and are authorized to put down any resistance by any means necessary.
Eighth, I have ordered that the Ministry of Internal Affairs establish an organization to aid in the intergration of ethnics back into society.
Ninth, all sterilizations are to cease forth with.
Tenth, opposing any of these new edicts by any government official will be considered High Treason.

Today we take the first steps towards reforming our nation and turning our back on our racist past. This is a new dawn my loyal subjects, this is the way into a modern future! While this is only a small step in my greater scheme for reform, we will start with patching up this mess of our history. I understand the people have many other grievances, but I expect that these will be addressed in the January elections! God bless us all, and may his light ever guide us."

The general public has polled positively to this new idea, being that the majority of youths are in support of the King's new move. While some are wary that the monarchy is flexing it's muscles to remind us that it is still in power, parliament is coming out against the move saying it is the most authoritarian move in decades. As ethnics begin to seek new homes and jobs within cities under guard of the Imperial Guard, one can only hope that no bloodshed will result in the new integration plan.

Other News

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• Liberal parties and freedom coalition begin to pool votes to overpower a move by the Right to stomp the King's proposal. With the federalist party in descent it is looking like the right is going to undergo much turmoil.
• Namor seeking to usurp innocent moves by New Zepuha to save the world from terror?

[Namor]

Fu, Shjoraski present agreements in press room
Luziyca to recognize Nantai as Namorese territory, support denuclearized Qianrong, moves to curb Zepuhan meddling
Namo-Luziycan trade to increase

Luziycan President Breuvi Shjoraski (left) and President-General Fu Wen (right) pour it all out in Namo

October 7, NMR 2371

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NAMO, CAPITAL DISTRICT - Concluding hours of talks and discussion, President-General Fu Wen and Luziycan president Breuvi Shjoraski walked out the Unity Room and into the press room of the Executive House, meeting the world's press to reveal what the two leaders have been going over in the summit, what they agree and disagree on, and what they plan on doing in the future.

At the beginning of the press conference, President-General Fu thanked President Shjoraski for seizing the opportunity to come to the Namorese capital to discuss various issues with him, calling the summit "a milestone in Namo-Luziycan relations."

Fu, Shjoraski: Luziyca will recognize Nantai as Namorese territory

President-General Fu said that during the summit, Shjoraski agreed to designate the occupied territories of Nantai as "Namorese territory under Luziycan administration."

"Mr. Shjoraski agreed to officially designate the occupied territories as 'Namorese territory under Luziycan administration,' but he showed reluctance in implementing reunification and decided that at least in Luziyca, it will remain a strict legal term," said Fu. "But at least the step has been taken, Nantai is recognized by Bethlehem as Namorese territory, but both of us cannot agree upon a timeline in which the occupied territories will return to us. This will be discussed in the future and I hope Mr. Shjoraski will be open to future discussions."

Despite Shjoraski's assertion that the designation will be confined within "strict[ly] legal" boundaries, the President-General said the designation is a "monumental step in our push for territorial integrity."

Namo-Luziycan trade "inevitable," says President-General

President-General Fu said that he plans on establishing several special economic zones (SEZ) in the western regions of Namor to attract Luziycan investment.

"I am in support of Namo-Luziycan trade, Mr. Shjoraski supports Namo-Luziycan trade," Fu said. "Guys, trade is the future. International trade is inevitable. Trade with Luziyca is not a bad thing, but a good thing. Luziycan businesses are welcome to invest in Namor as long as they follow our laws. In turn, I will make sure that Namorese businesses in Luziyca will follow Luziycan laws.

"If our two countries increase trade relations," added Fu, "it will make us dependent on each other in some degree. Perhaps that interdependence will make us more rational in making decisions regarding relations between us and Luziyca."

East Namor Sea

The President-General and Shjoraski spoke on stability in the East Namor Sea, especially Qianrong, a longtime ally of Luziyca. Luziyca has a military base in Qianrong, and has previously used the country as a bulwark in containing Namor.

But reports from Qianrongese dissidents, mainly Radio Free Qianrong (RFQ), suggest that Luziyca is no longer concerned about what goes on in Qianrong, not sending a large number of troops to help the government combat Sovereignty Alliance (ASQ) fighters hiding in the country's interior and free Song Li-chao, the Qianrongese chancellor who was kidnapped by ASQ militants while visiting the region of Tuhao. Because of Luziyca's decreasing support for Qianrong, Yucheng is turning to other countries for assistance. Dissidents say New Zepuha---which has sent troops to Qianrong to hunt down ASQ militants---is expected to strengthen its relationship with Qianrong. This move is worrying to Namor and Luziyca, whose leaders both agreed in the summit that more needs to be done to prevent Qianrong from seeking unwanted allies.

New Zepuha is run by a regime notorious for its autocratic, racist policies. Some believe political changes in that country are merely unpromising.

Mr. Shjoraski said that once he returns to his home country, he will push for a plan in which Qianrong will give up its nuclear arsenal, which came to be from Luziycan aid. He also expressed willingness to bolster Luziycan efforts in helping Qianrong find the abducted chancellor.

"I will negotiate a plan to remove the nuclear weapons from Qianrongese soil, and we plan on activating LAFB Yucheng to help search for Chancellor Song Li-Chao," he said.

President-General Fu added that "a nuclear-armed Qianrong is detrimental to both stability in the East Namor Sea, and the domestic situation in Qianrong. We support actions taken by anyone to rid Qianrong of its nuclear arsenal, and as Qianrong's primary benefactor, Luziyca can do much to make sure that happens."

Other issues

Fu and Shjoraski were approached by foreign journalists on other issues. One topic brought up often by foreign journalists was the situation in eastern Esquarium, where three countries' governments had been toppled in CIA-backed coup d'etats. Bethlehem continues to support these governments; President Shjoraski refused to comment extensively on the matter, while Fu said that "[w]e want democratic governance to return to places in eastern Esquarium where it has been taken away."

In addition, Fu announced that both Namor and Luziyca still have disagreements on the status of Roubao. Namor views Roubao as an independent country, while Luziyca still regards Roubao as part of Jahistic Unolia; however, both leaders said that a war in Roubao will not benefit northwestern Esquarian peace.

Shjoraski replied "no comment" to a question regarding Luziyca's reaction to the formation of the so-called "Nevan Commonwealth."

Other news

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New Zepuha announces "time to reform" - The king of New Zepuha has presented a plan that is supposed to "slowly reform" the country into a "modern utopia." The plan includes the repealing of "all racist and repressive legislation." The king said that any opposition to this reform will be considered as "high treason."

[The Jahistic Unified Republic]

JPU Dissolves After Connors Speech
Party Dissolved, Connors Declares Its Lineage Will Continue Lineage

Comrade Jacob Connors, General Secretary of the Jahistic Party of Unolia, Chairman of the Jahistic Party Discipline Committee, Chairman of the Jahistic Defense Commission and Great Successor to the Cause of Revolution gave a speech at 10 PM to the members of the National Committee of the Jahistic Party of Unolia. Comrade Conners made an impassioned speech saying that the cause of Jarrod Thuman Thought will continued after the Party was dissolved.

"As I have said, we cannot be the Jahistic Party of Unolia anymore. We are a united party. We are an All-Union Party that will continue this cause."

He encouraged the delegates to continue their role in spreading the Revolution. Comrade Connors listed "Five Important Points to Continue the Revolution Under."

• Always Follow Jarrod Thuman Thought
• Build the Military to Match Koyro in Seven Years
• Lift the Jahistic Union to Superpower Status in Five Years
• Surpass Namor and Match Ainin in Services Production in Seven Years
• Catch Up Sanguinian Industry with the Unoliasphere In Two Years

"We will oppose Namor and build our economy to spite the rest of the world. If the rest of the world wants to be civilized and accept that the Jahistic Union is here to stay. We are open to all nations that do not want to subvert us and our cause."

Jacob Connors' words were printed and distributed to the farthest reaches of the Jahistic Union. He urged for an end to conflict in Sanguinia, including a purported genocide of Jahistic-leaning citizens by the corrupt monarchist government. He said that this is no way to conduct a civil war and asked for the reasonable surrender of the monarchists.

At the end of the ceremonies, Connors presided over a unanimous vote condoning the dissolution of the Jahistic Party of Unolia.

[The Sanguinian Islands]

Allegations of Genocide by Humanitarian Groups against the Elective Empire

Theodore Chauncey, Commander of the Army since June, seen with a alleged foreign mercenary group

Xaviergrad, Sanguinia

The day before, Xaviergrad was peaceful with business going on as usual, but today, bodies littered the streets, as Monarchist forces purged Jahistic sympathizers in the city in a campaign to retreat from the Unolian invasion and scare the enemy into abandoning Sanguinia for other prospects.

Millions are in hysterics after the news spread through Sanguinia, the death toll is in the thousands. Most targeted were in their twenties, being killed in a ditch with rifles, limbs being hacked off with machetes, and unspeakable torture perpetrated by the Imperial regime is what is being reported in Xaviergrad.

The Mercenaries who did this have been spotted marching to the village of Kimega, people on Xavier Island are advised to hide.

[Cata Larga]

October 20, 2014 C.E. | đ75 (Designated Areas Higher) | www.ǐsmereǐs.co.cl/eng_int Sant-Emile "deeply disappointed" by lack of Eastern Esquarian answers Bethlehem and Namo remain tight-lipped on Eastern Esquarian questions; "We want answers, we want solutions, and we want them now," Director-General Sant-Emile says Director-General Sant-Emile takes a phone call after the meeting of the Confederal Directorate on Sunday. The Director-General had earlier expressed his concern that the "northern great powers" were willing to sacrifice "insignificants" to gain progress towards detente. By Janne-Robie da Pacieta Ǐs Mereǐs Staff Writer ------------------------- PUERTE-DE-LIBERETE - Director-General Pietre Sant-Emile expressed his discontent with the lack of word regarding Eastern Esquarium from the conference between Luziycan president Breuvi Shjoraski and Namorese President-General Fu Wen in Namo during a meeting of the Confederal Directorate on Sunday. The conference, heralded as a sign of progress towards detente between the two Northern Esquarian powers, had already caused worry in Puerte-de-Liberete, as government fears of a "unified bloc" in the north, as Director-General Sant-Emile had described it in an interview with RRU News, continued amidst news of the formation of the Jahistic Union and other events in the north of the region. During the meeting of the Directorate, Sant-Pietre had pleaded with President-General Fu of Namor to "press for answers about the nations unjustly couped in Southeast Esquarium", and asked that the "northern great powers [Luziyca and Namor] to not treat us 'insignificants', as they may see us [Eastern Esquarian nations], as pawns towards their goal of detente". Most other members of the Directorate were in full agreement with Sant-Emile, with the exception of Director of the Confederal Bureau of Commerce Andrie Rensaude, who feared that having too hard of a stand against the North would harm Catalarguense trade relations, and Director of the Confederal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, and Sport Mariena Ciasieta, who held similar concerns. Particulary emphatic in his support of Sant-Emile's sentiment was Director of the Confederal Bureau of National Defense Hadrie daia Merei, who went as far as saying that the failure of the two northern great powers to come to a conclusion regarding Eastern Esquarium was "evidence that the North simply has no regard for us poor souls in the South whatsoever". Shjoraski refuses to comment on Eastern Esquarium During the conference held in the Namorese capital of Namo, Fu and Shjoraski had come to an agreement on Nantai/Oteki, which Luziyca would now recognize as Namorese territory. Also on the table were issues regarding the current uneasiness in the East Namor Sea, as well as negotiations regarding increased trade between the two nations, which Namorese president-general Fu had referred to as "inevitable". "[w]e [Namor] want democratic governance to return to places in Eastern Esquarium where it has been taken away." -Namorese President-General Fu Wen The issue of Eastern Esquarium, at least as far as Ǐs Mereǐs has knowledge, was notably absent from the table. Catalarguense journalists, including ones from Ǐs Mereǐs, were among the most adamant in pressing Luziycan president Shjoraski on the issue, which he had continually refused to comment on. When asked, Namorese president-general Fu replied that "[w]e [Namor] want democratic governance to return in places in Eastern Esquarium where it has been taken away". Cata Larga remains in an official state of war with Ocidenia, one such Luziycan-couped country, despite the withdrawal of Catalarguense troops from Ocidenian territory in early June. "President-General Fu must be held to his word" While Sant-Emile had said that he was "deeply disappointed" with the lack of progress with regards to Eastern Esquarium in the historic Luziyca-Namor meeting, he had also expressed his hope that President-General Fu would "side with the just cause" in the Eastern Esquarian issue. "His [President-General Fu's] statements of support for the return of democracy and the rule of law in those nations illegally couped by the government in Bethlehem are certainly encouraging," Sant-Emile said. "However, President-General Fu must be held to his word, lest a rift between the relations of Namor and Southeast Esquarium - and Eastern Esquarium as a whole - be created." "Sant-Emile is trying to throw a spanner in the works of peace" Several notable pan-Esquarian activists, such as Catalarguens for Regional Unity president Felixe Fierastie, have criticized Sant-Emile's, and, by extension, the Directorate's suspicion towards the detente dialogues between Luziyca and Namor. "Sant-Emile is trying to throw a spanner in the works of peace", Fierastie said. "He fears that a large, prosperous pan-Esquarian bloc will threaten his personal fief here in Cata Larga." Sant-Emile is the first regional leader to voice concerns about the detente conference, only increasing suspicion of him and his aims. "A bloc as big and as potentially powerful as a Namor-Luziyca one would certainly be against Catalarguense foreign policy," says political analyst Janne Tarascie. "It is the main, ultimate goal of Cata Larga that no one power can ever become strong enough to begin to threaten Southern Esquarium. It's part of the reason why we joined in the Great Wars." It is doubtless that concerns over the possibility of such a block are rampant in Puerte-de-Liberete, as evidenced by Director-General Sant-Emile's worries. Even bigger concerns are abound, however, over what the intentions of such a bloc would be should it come to be. "No one's really sure if that theoretical bloc would take after Luziyca or Namor," Tarascie says. "No one in Puerte-de-Liberete would like it to exist in the first place." Catalarguense nationalists roused by suspicion towards the North Catalarguens had already been alienated from Northern Esquarium by the Luziycan-backed coups which had stuck Southeastern Esquarium earlier this year, and such alienation is being helped along by the recent formation of the Jahistic Union between Unolia and several Unolia-aligned states and the perceived disregard for the South that has come from the conference in Namo. Nationalists, in particular more radical elements of the National Democratic Party, are already appealing to that sense of alienation common among many Catalarguens. "If it hasn't been made clear to us by now that the North has no cares for the South whatsoever, I am not sure what would make that clear," radical PDN councilman from the department of Agueste Robie Cieraca says. "It's time we from the South took charge of our own affairs, since obviously the North means no well for it." If milder, the same sense of discontent has taken hold in the highest government chamber in Puerte-de-Liberete. While the Directorate had ended the session signing two new laws into effect - a law decreasing corporate tax and a law banning so-called "tough love" camps - the more palpable thing that has come out of it is that sense of discontent. Sant-Emile had echoed that feeling which had enveloped all of Puerte-de-Liberete with the closing words of his statement at the meeting of the Confederal Directorate: "If neither Luziyca nor Namor have any will to defend Eastern Esquarium, then we will have to defend ourselves. We want answers, we want solutions, and we want them now." Other Headlines Crime: Kapa-Trinieta Museum of Modern Art broken into Suspect was caught and arrested shortly after forcing entry into the museum (See Page C1) Football: Cata Larga national association football team prepares for World Cup qualifiers Qualifying spot "unlikely", says coach (See Page S1) Entertainment: Sant-Francice Film Festival begins Early awards favorites already start to stake their claim as celebrities begin flooding in (See Page E1)

[Britanno]

Retconned.

The election is still taking place, but details within the article are inaccurate.

[Geadland]

"HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" TURN OUT FOR FUNERAL OF ALBERT II
Retired monarch laid to rest in the Palace Chapel.

20 October 2014 Last updated 07:27 Geadish Standard Time
Hundreds of thousands of members of the public lined the streets of Da Hegner yesterday to watch the funeral procession in Da Hegner.

The funeral procession began at the Royal Palace, with the hearse exiting the Palace Gates at 10pm. The procession travelled down Linden Tree Avenue, where thousands lined the streets to pay their respects. It passed the Westergard Palace, the several high ministry buildings and the Tempelkirk. It then crossed the Bascule Bridge and Horgalund Square, turned down the Grand Culvert and entered the city centre. It passed through the Old Town and eventually finished at the Cathedral.

"The procession was delayed by a total of 16 minutes," said Johannes Morten, the Chief Constable of the Da Hegner Metropolitan Police, who was in charge of organising the procession. "That's because it took longer than expected to clear the streets of the Old Town. There was a gap between the expected arrival time and the beginning of the funeral, so it didn't result in a delay. There were no disturbances, the crowd were very respectful. We don't know how many people turned out that day, but it was hundreds of thousands."

A Christian funeral service was held at the cathedral at 3pm. It was attended by 49 representatives of many Esquarian nations, as well as 103 people from Geadland. These included various family members, friends and high-ranking government figures. The service was led by Villem Götens, the Patriarch of Bondhaven. Crown Prince Fredrik delivered the primary eulogy, with other speeches being made by the Queen herself and other delegates. After the service, he was laid to rest in the Cathedral Crypt, alongside the previous monarchs of the New Kingdom. Albert had specified in his will (with his typical irreverent attitude to rituals) that "Don't let the funeral ceremony drag on for more than 30 minutes, or 25 minutes if the pastor has a monotonous voice. Just because I'll be dead at the time doesn't mean I'll want to inflict suffering on those who outlive me."

At 6pm today, the Queen is due to give a second televised speech to thank the nation and foreign heads of states for the support her family had received following the death of her father.

[Lyonsland]

Jarkvensa on the brink as race to the find the Kuusk's intensifies
"Rioting is inevitable", say major opposition leaders

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A shaken Marko Kuusk has appeared in Liberate Kuninglinn's newest video

JARKVENSA ISLANDS L.I.T: Jarkvensa might very will be on the brink of civil conflict as the crisis begins to deepens. The Kuusk family have been held captive by pro-Luziycan terrorist group Liberate Kuninglinn and have declared that if sovereignty of the islands is handed to Luziyca by October 31st, it will release the family. However, if this isn't reached by that date, the group has stated that they will murder the entire family. As of now, all Lyonese troops stationed in Jarkvensa (via the LDF Uuskuningannasaarel Base) are now currently searching for the location of the group and the family and are rewarding people M250,000 if they have a large extent of valid information regarding their whereabouts. A request by Luziycan authorities to help the search has been rejected by the Lyonese Foreign Affairs Minister Johan Bergell.

As tension builds up around the search, so does it too on the streets of Kuninglinn and Kaelilinn. Major clashes between the two sides has resulted in several casualties over the last week, with one man left in a critical condition following being attacked by a mob of unidentified hooligans. While all parties on the islands have called for an end to the violence and a release of the family, The Jarkvensan Whig Party is now calling for snap elections along with a sovereignty referendum regarding the islands. In a party press release, it's stated that "Full on rioting is at this stage inevitable". No announcement has been made by the Luziycan Whig Party due its current focus on the Namo-Luziycan summit.

The Sashausen is continuing to debate on how to deal with the biggest crisis it has faced in a long period of time.

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