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International News; News from Around the World
Topic Started: Dec 11 2008, 01:26 PM (1,564 Views)
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Post news from your nation here, rather than making hundreds of different threads forcing users to go from topic to topic and ultimately cluttering the forum with topics few people end up reading
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An article in a Telosan newspaper.

Emperor Trekon of the Grand Imperial Empire of Telosan is away at a conference with other nations. These nations are discussing the changing times and what we should do to make it different than the past century has been.

In response to this, our Emperor has proposed the creation of an alliance binding all the colonial powers together. This not only benefits Telosan, but every colonial power to join. We are still waiting to hear responses from many of the representatives.

On an interesting side note, rebel groups have been taking advantage of the Emperor's absence and have begun rallying people to their cause. Should this go on much longer, the civil war may resume.

OOC: Just a reminder, phones are not that advanced yet so much news is spread by mail. No T.V.s or radios either.
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Queen Emmanuelle II Tours Occitanian Coast

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ARGEOES PLAGE, December 13th: Queen Emmanuelle II began her cross-country tour today in front of a crowd of an estime 2.000 supporters, on the sixth anniversary of her ascension to the throne. Her short speech was immediately followed by a planned military parade, featuring the IX Legion in full battle uniform, showcasing the weaponry the new modernisation programme has purchased them.

Her speech responded to critics who decried Occitania's refusal to attend the World Conference. She claimed that Occitania must stand apart for its security, both spiritually and materially. Queen Emanuelle, a devout Cathar, spoke about the evils of the Earth to the crowd, and the need to remain seperate as much as possible. She did however acknowledge the potential good that may arise from the conference, and welcomed the "idea of peace."

Queen Emmanuelle will arrive in Beziers on Sunday, and will attend the Consolamentum ceremony planned at La Catedral del Espiritu at 11:00 AM.
Edited by Union, Dec 14 2008, 02:38 PM.
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victorious troops march in the the streets of Vounbourg

Today,at the Municipal center of Vounbourg a revolt erupted beetween the militars,the rebellious ones leaded by the Major Enver Bey and the Kemal Ataruk Pasha defeated the loyalists to the current goverment leaded by Ahmud of the Progressive Party,that was later deposed and executed by the army.

In the proclamation as Kemal,Ataruk Pasha said:
"The Republic as been corrupt,various goverments suceeded each other and non of them could stop the crysis that has launched throug the country!36 goverments in 10 years,this to show the total instability of the Republic that was established in our great country!But now I assure stability and prosperity to my beloved Karvonistanian comrades!I assure that as Kemal I will always do the best for Karvonistan!Long live Karvonistan and its people!"
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News from the campaign against the Chichimeca in the Great Barrens reaches Tenochtitlan today by means of an army courier. Supreme Tlacelel Exyaotl has secured another Mexica victory at mouth of the Yaqui river against the Tepehuan Chichimeca, ensuring save trade routes to the dirt-dwelling Ansazi Peoples of the north. The courier was accompanied by ten Yaqui slaves carrying booty that included turquoise, gold, silver, and fine earthenware. In a gesture of gratitude to the gods, all ten Yaqui slaves were ritually sacrificed at the Temple of Xiuhtecutli.

In other news, doctors in Palenque are warning locals to stay away from the frontier lands, saying that a new outbreak of syphilis has entered Chollan from the neighboring White Lands. 24 men and 13 women perished exhibiting symptoms of the foreign plague. "We've seen this disease before hundreds of years ago when Cuauhtez landed on our shores, but this new strand seems resistant to our medicines," remarks Doctor Chipahua Itztli. Local armies have yet to learn the popoloca of these new white invaders, and all units sent into the region fail to return with news of these newcomers. As a result of these events, local border guards are not allowing any Maya refugees to enter the Empire.
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Pyotr Nikolai Nikoforov, founder, Mekanikail Engineering

Petroleum Engine Invented in Al Qalaa!
The Mekanikail Engineering Company of Al Qalaa today announced that it had perfected its compression-ignited "diesel" engine, the first such engine to run on petroleum. The invention, the pet project of Mekanikail founder Pyotr Nikolai Nikoforov, was the work of several years' experimentation and design.
The Emirate of Al Qalaa expressed optimism that the engine would become a viable power source within the next decade, and offered a generous grant to the Company to explore civilian and military applications for the diesel engine.

Mr. Nikoforov decided to name the engine after his late colleague, Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel, who began the device two years ago, but whose work was left tragically unfinished at his death. Mr. Diesel died in his sleep at the age of 40, although it was not a peaceful death, as the longtime narcoleptic was standing over a turbine as he fainted.
Edited by A.Q., Dec 22 2008, 05:22 PM.
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National Assembly Signs Deal with Baker Motor Vehicle

TOULOUSE, December 16: The National Assembly has signed a contract with Baker Motor Vehicles, a North American company, to become one of the first automobile companies allowed to participate in the Occitanian market. Occitania, a kingdom renowned for its strict trading policies, has been in negotiations with several companies for the rights to sell vehicles. Baker Motor Vehicles won, due its price and engine mode. The electric motor that powers all Baker Motor Vehicles cars give it an edge over other combustion powers vehicles, in that it will not require imports of raw materials not found in Occitania.

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Queen Emmanuelle leaves Beziers for next stop on cross-country tour.
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The self proclamated Czar Pyotr Romanov of Karvonistan has taken arms against the Kemal,he has reunited the russian people and has now begun to advance into all Karvonistan!The Czar has gathered much support among the populance as they are many are against an Ottomans that predominate in the southern provinces and wich to restore the Czardom wich has united in the Czar rule a large part of the northen provinces and have a large support from the Army wich are already revolting against the Kemal in several other cities and provinces.

Edited by Lvsitano, Dec 16 2008, 01:05 PM.
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Bahenau Luftschifftechnik (Bahlunik) GmbH has opened for bussiness in the construction of zeppelin airships for commercial and scientific purposes. Bahlunik has proposed the use of its products to establish a a trade market with Alexanderhaven's neighbors via the air, and is willing to custom build airships to exacting specifications for any customer in order to achieve this goal. Leave behind the outmoded locomotives, nevermind the clunky automobile. With Bahlunik, you have the ease of the wind at your side to do your beck and call.

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Gehre Lokomotivfabrik Aktiengesellschaft (GLA) now opens its doors for the construction of luxury train cars and high power/low maintenance locomotives to be designed for any gauge of railway in the world. The GLA offers excellence bar none, in quality and sound engineering. Don't waste your time on the fringe science of air travel. Go with the gold. Go with Gehre GLA.

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Jaaf-Handelauer Schiffwerft & Maschinenfabrik (JaHa Werft) has announced the creation of the Zuhrahlburg Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (ZUPAG, The Zuhrahlburg Line) to administer JaHa's new fleet of passenger ships on the Black Sea, starting with the SS Alexanderhaven, christianed yesterday by Her Majesty, Grand Duchess Theodora at the JaHa shipyards in Zuhrahlburg. ZUPAG will begin shipping in three weeks to all major cities on the Black Sea coast. Similarly, JaHa Werft has also founded the Brohlingen Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (BROPAG, The Brohlingen Line) to administer the JaHa passenger steamer fleet in the Caspian, the lead ship of which was christianed earlier today, again by Her Majesty, as the SS Bahenau. Travel and cargo shipping will begin in one week, with courtesy rail transport between Zuhrahlburg and Brohlingen so as to get your cargo across the Caucasus as fast as possible.

OOC- The beginnings of an industrial war between aircraft builders and ground vehicle manufacturers. May become a staple, if there is interest. Also establishing the shipping line between the Caspian and Black seas through the Zuhrahlburg-Brohlingen (RL Poti and Baku) land route plus their respective shipping companies.
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Breaking News from Free Thule

"Lucas Petrov I, age 12, was just announced as the next King of Thule. He is expected to be crowned as soon as the crown itself is retrieved from foreign custody in Nagasaki, Nag Ehgoeg. For continuing coverage of the event, see the Thulean Coronation Ceremony."
Edited by East Anarx, Dec 18 2008, 11:30 PM.
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OOC: It's Nagasaki actually. Changed the location when I claimed Japan.
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World Conference Hailed as "Great Success"

Kinjō Heika was said to be "very pleased" with the results of the World Conference held in Nagasaki, commenting that he believed it to be a "great success". As this article goes to press the details of trade diplomatic arrangements are being finalised between many of the world's great states.

The unexpected death of the King of Thule, however, was very bad luck. Kinjō Heika dismissed claims that this was a sign of ill-fortune and refused to comment on future relations with Thule.

Shogun Yoshinobu is said to be most displeased with the conduct of Thule.
Edited by Nag Ehgoeg, Dec 18 2008, 06:26 PM.
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Emmanuelle II Nominates Charles Maurras to Lead National Assembly

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Well known poet and author, Charles Maurras, was chosen by Queen Emmanuelle II today to become the nation's first Prime Minister, following elections last fall. Maurras, a native of Bouches-du-Rhône, is well known in political circles, and won the election for his district with nearly 70% of the vote.

It is believed that Maurras will gladly accept the position of Prime Minister. The Articles do mandate that a non-noble individual must lead the Assembly, and men across the country are pleasantly surprised that the constitutional experiment is to be maintained. Queen Emmanuelle, when asked about whether Maurras's deafness will get in the way of work, has said, "He is the best men for the job, and an adept reader of lips. I have little doubt he will do his work, and do it well."

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The Civil War between the Tsarists and the supportes of the Kemal has been lasting for the last weeks,the Tsarist have already occupied all Northen Provinces and Coastal Provinces.

The self-proclameted Tsar Pyotr Romanov has ordered that the Kemal and its supporters surrender or they will face iminnent death,he has also ordered the presucution of the Ottomans,the main supporters of the Kemal and has the Pyotr declared "The source of all our problems!",this politic has been highly applaused by the Tsarist supporters that are Russians and as a result many Ottomans are getting out of Karvonistan and are looking for a safe refugee place,mainly in Al Qalaa.
While the troops at the front are figthing agaisnt the Kemal supporters Pyotr has launched several changes in the Nation,he has changed the National Symbols,declared Russian the official language and has already started a provisory goverment.

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Salenitia proclaimed suzerainity over Alexanderhaven today, citing the Imperial Manifesto as giving Valieyse sovereign authority over all Salenese lands, including what it calls "its Bahenau colony". Grand Duke Sebastian IV could not be reached for comment, as he is currently away at the World Conference. As such, the only official statement from Alexanderhaven is from the Prime Minister, Gerard Baertschi, who stated that the Imperial House of Gervenghasen, though distantly related to the ruling family of Alexanderhaven, would have no claim on the state, which was founded in the 1100s by the Crusader Army raised by the then-Papal State of Salenitia and led by the Most Glorious Order of the Sapphire Knights, whose descendants currently consist of the present Aristocracy of Alexanderhaven. The Prime Minister further stated that this state was meant to be a Catholic homeland and safe haven within the Caucasus and the greater middle east as a whole. To place itself back under the rule of Valieyse would only complicate matters, Baertschi ended.

The response from Emperor Karl Leopold of Salenitia has been quick and fierce: He has threatened to go to the Pope himself to get his blessing and go to war to "retake" Alexanderhaven and thus give the Alpine domain control over the strategic Caucasus.
Edited by Kasnyia, Dec 19 2008, 06:28 PM.
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Calendar reform in Ezochi


Prince Kita-Shirakawa, Lord of Ezo Lands and the Northern Alliance, today officially abolished the traditional Japanese lunisolar calendar and instituted the Gregorian solar calendar. The 32nd year of the Meiji Era will be known throughout the Ezo lands as the year 1900. Mainland Japan already switched to the Gregorian calendar 27 years ago, but traditional ways are more enduring in the Ezo lands, where the so-called Northern Alliance confederation of independent daimyos, samurai, farmers, and merchants have made their home since their rejection of Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu's modernizing reforms at the end of the Boshin War.

Nonetheless, and due to the arguments of the esteemed Lord Fukuzawa, the people of the Ezo lands recognize the advantages to the scientifically correct Gregorian calendar, for astronomy, date-keeping, and international trade.

In other news, Prince Kita-Shirakawa decrees a comprehensive census for the northern lands which will be completed over the next few months, with the assistance of European experts. This will be the first census collected using modern scientific methods in Ezo.
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The Empire of the Romans would recommend that the Japanese adopt the Imperial Julian calender instead.
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Elevation of Jahanjir X° to the trone

Today the country is been awakened by the howl of the holy hornes of Bukhara and Shiraz prayers have informed the country of the rise to a new Sultan.
Jahanjir X° of Makuran is been crowened under the ancient coronation laws.
Mullahs and generals have gathered in great Shiraz Mosque and, after the prayer, have elevated the, not so young sultan, to the trone.

Jahanjir X° succeded to Muhammad IV° after the long sickness of him, during this sickness Jahanjir X° had served as regent, so the people of Makuran, are not news to him.

Our new ruler has served also as general in the field army in western Aryan(Makurani for Iran)


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News From Free Thule:

Several businesses in Valborg and the surrounding areas have begun using the Discordian Calendar exclusively, in an attempt to profit from the rapidly increasing Discordian population.
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OOC: Is this the Gregorian Discordian calendar, the Julian Discordian calendar, or something different of your own invention? :lol:
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Yesterday, 23/12/1900, Dr. Drake Picadillo of the New Harumf Institute of Technology performed a unique experiment on the Amazon River near New Rome. He and seven other researchers have successfully performed the first heavier-than-air launch of a flying boat. Dr. Picadillo explains:
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We attached an airfoil - uh, what you might call "wings" - to a seven meter racing boat. This airboat was then towed to speeds of upwards of 45 knots by a fixed steam-powered wench down river using steel cable. After traveling about 40 meters downriver the airboat became airborn, and reached a hight of 70 meters quickly, and the tow cable was then released. We performed a controlled flight lasting over 72 seconds, and also performed two right turn manouvers, before gently landing back in the river.

According to witnesses, three more successful flights were performed in the afternoon, for a grand total of 322 seconds of controlled flights and landings.

Dr. Picadillo then made an anouncement - The New Harumf Institute of Technology, in association with the Sean Devin Boat Works of Freeport, would award a prize of 10,000 Gold Ounces to anyone who can invent a self-contained engine allowing his flying boat to obtain the correct speed for free flight. In order to win the prize the engine must demonstrate a small weight signature and must sustain a launch, controlled free flight of five minutes, and landing. To enter the contest, please contact Dr. Drake Picadillo, PhD, Mechanical Engineering Department, 1242 Palmer Circle, New Harumf Institute of Technology, New Rome, Harumf Province, New Harumf.
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The first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight!

6 months ago in the duchy of Cornwall, Telosan, the first successful flight by humans has occured in a rural area cleared for farming. The pilot and engineer of this fine craft, Ronald Barglett, says, "This historic flight marks a great advancment in modern technology. Think, years from now, everyone could be flying one of these." His flight took 47 seconds and covered 846 feet.

Having captured official attention, Telosanti scientists are perfecting Barglett's flyer, using his highly detailed reports. A second, smaller craft was created 3 weeks later and set to the air. Thier flight attempt took 1 minute and 29 seconds, covering 2,608 feet. The flyer was crashed as it was landing and is still recieving repairs.

All it's attention is not just scientific. Military forces have taken notice and are pressuring the scientists to see the maximum weight they can manage to send up in the vehicle. They have hopes of filling a flyer with a pilot and a marksman in a rear-facing seat.

"Being able to observe opposing positions from the air", an annonymous officer says, "provides a great advantage in battle. Having a marksman in these flyers allows them to do damage. How much, we are not certain, as shooting while moving is very difficult and these flyers move at high speeds. It may be impractical, but we have hopes that it can be achieved."

The new vehicles are being held at an unknown location for study, and construction. All existing ones are for scientific purposes only, but soon they may be revealed to more open view and use. Currently there are 7 flyers in Telosanti possesion.
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LZ1 Takes to the Air

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December 25, MONTPELLIER:The first Occitanian zeppelin has taken to the skies after its failure to do so last year, much to the glee of Occitanian military officials. They have decided that the airship will be renamed after the first monarch, The Queen Emmanuelle I. It flew for 34 minutes before a mechanism failure caused it to come down.

"This is a resounding success," said lead engineer Jean Robbeslauch. "This marks a new era in the history of mankind. The uses for this technology of flight are astounding - both military and civilian. Imagine crossing the Atlantic by air!"

When asked about the recent successful flight of a fixed-wing aircraft, Robbeslauch seemed unworried. "It flew for what... 40 seconds? Our first flight stayed afloat for over half an hour. The future is the airship, without a doubt."

The Queen Emmanuelle I flew two trips before being retired, each one lasting a little over half an hour.

"It was a great success."
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News Release from the Province of Harumf:

Yesterday an experiment was conducted in New Rome. A simple box kite was flown to a hight of 860 meters over the abandoned military fort on Jake's Island. Marksmen proved it was out of range of their guns by firing on it for over 20 minutes, then, with the jiggle of a second kite string, five dynamite bombs were released from the kite and obliterated the Eastern wall of the fort. "This experiment proves," said General Ramos, "that expensive research in so-called airplanes and flying boats is unnecessary. Kites are cheap, unmanned, easy to transport, and a very effective weapon for breaking siege lines and fortifications." With that, a second kite, equipped with a camera, was launched and successfully photographed the damage done by the explosives. Within two hours of the first kite's launch the military had photographic evidence of the damage and the remaining fortifications. "This sort of instantaneous intellegence is exactly what the military needs," said the General.
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Archaeological Discovery in Xakhara!

Patrick Banyjimas, noted Xakharan archaeologist and member of the National Society for the Sciences, has announced the discovery of a collection of prehistoric tools. These tools reveal a level of sophistication previously thought impossible by most experts. The find includes a number of grinding implements, assorted cutting tools, and the remains of a communal fire pit.

The discovery, however, lies within the boundaries of a noted gold mining operation. A group from the National Society for the Sciences has expressed concern over the preservation of the site, claiming that it is of great historical significance and is imperiled by the mining operations.

The Xakharan government has expressed its congratulations to Professor Banyjimas, and has offered him a generous grant to continue his research.

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