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International News; News from Around the World
Topic Started: Dec 11 2008, 01:26 PM (1,565 Views)
A.Q.
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Qalaa'i Emir purchases Van Gogh collection!


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Muhammad Shah Qajar has recently arranged the purchase of three paintings by the late Vincent Van Gogh, critically noted Impressionist painter, from a Paris retrospective. The collection, purchased for an undisclosed sum, included the Skull with a Burning Cigarette, De Ruijterkade in Amsterdam, and Portrait of an Old Man with Beard.

Van Gogh, whose acclaim has quickly grown since his death by suicide in 1890, has become wildly popular among the bourgeoisie of Europe, but this purchase is the first by a major Eastern collector.

OOC:(NH, if you would start a new thread with your piracy. The collection is being shipped around Africa to avoid the Suez canal, which the Emir has a distrust of politically.)
Edited by A.Q., Jan 3 2009, 09:51 AM.
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Allah is not pleased.

Makuran Mullahs against Muhammad Quajar, Ali Ibn Alima and other Mullahs of Makuran have expressed today their displasure against the western art that will be against the Q'ran laws.
Ali Ibn Alima has declared that Quajar should burn such perverse objects and return to the obbedience of Allah

-- From Makuran Courrier

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Rise of el Rei D.Carlos to the throne.

After 3 months of disease el Rei D.Luis I has died in the Hospital of Santa Cruz in Nova Lisboa,several candles have been put in the Church of Virgem Maria.
El Rei D.Carlos had already been serving as regent during is father sickness,but now he has been formally coronated King,after the death of his father, in a not soo pompous ceremony attended by Generals,Nobles and Foreign Ambassadors.

The Corpse of El Rei D.Luis I has been buried in the Geronimos Monestary close to his father's tomb.

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Edited by Lvsitano, Feb 22 2009, 02:35 PM.
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Commonwealth of Virginia send its regards for the death of the King and send his best wishes for the new King Carlos
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Telosan
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The Treaty of London is signed!

Today, the leaders of several great nations, the Eastern Empire, Alexanderhaven, and the Byzantine Empire convened to discuss and debate a treaty. This treaty is long in the making, and right on the heels of the alliance proposed by the Irish. The Byzantine Empire is currently on good terms with both the Irish Empire and Angelcynn, a controversial move that may lead to distrust and confusion should harsh feelings arise between the kings of the isles.

First to sign was Grand Duke Sebastian IV, thankful for the help provided by the Norþdǣl Sciphere in defending their lands from the barbaric Salenese. The fact that the Byzantines also assisted and had been seeking good relations with Angelcynn for some time no doubt helped ensure their consent.

Next, the Emperor of the Romans, John Comnenus signed. Their admittance to the treaty is a great blessing to merchantmen nationwide since the Suez Canal (is it Suez?) is now open to our ships. Most importantly, the blessings of the Emperor sets our alliance in the favorable eyes of God.

Finally, Emperor Yu Ming of the Eastern Empire wrote his signature. With the signing of the Irish proposal, Angelcynn's Asian colonies faced potential enemies from the north and south, from Ireland and Nag Eghoeg. The Eastern Empire's involvment shall counteract this, setting the balance straight. Again, this is another victory to merchantmen as we now have much easier and cheaper access to the wealths of Asia, the silks, the gold, the spices.

With these signatures, the Quadruple Alliance is now official!

Below is a copy of the document, which will undoubtedly go down in history and change the course of the future.

Preamble

Their majesties, Grand Duke Sebastian IV, Emperor John X Comnenus, Emperor Yu Ming, and Cynn William Hanover, urged by the desire to gaurantee general peace, to pursue trade, and to assure the uninterrupted maintenance of the social and political order of their respective nations have agreed to conclude a treaty which, by its essentially conservative and defensive nature, pursues only the aim of forestalling the dangers which might threaten the security of their nations and the peace of Europe. It is for these reasons that on the 14th day of the month of July of the one thousandth, nine hundredth, and first year of our Lord that these nations convene to write the following document.

Commercial:

Article I: All ports agreed upon during the creation of this treaty are to be open to all other signatory nations for free trade.

Article II: Ships of signatory nations are not permitted in any ports not mentioned in this treaty unless the arrival is prearranged or forced by distress or weather.

Article III: Whenever ships of a signatory nation are shipwrecked off the coast of any other signatory nation, immediate assistance is required so long as there is no danger to the assisting party.

Article IV: All shipwrecked persons and other citizens of signatory nations are free as in other countries and not subject to confinement so long as said persons abide by local laws.

Article V: Shipwrecked or stranded persons are to recieve free transport to the signatory nation they arrived from.

Article VI: All trade is to be done in the local currency. Conversion of currencies will be settled in another document.

Article VII: Provisions and repairs required for any ship of a signatory nation are to be provided at no expense. In the case of crops, livestock, and other food items not covered as provisions, trade is as normal.

Article VIII: It is agreed that if any nation trades with a signatory nation, they shall be offered admittance to this treaty.

Military:

Article I: All signatory nations mutually promise peace and friendship and will enter into no alliance in contradiction to this treaty.

Article II: In the event that any signatory nation is attacked by another signatory nation, the aggressor will be immediatly ousted from this treaty.

Article III: Should a signatory nation be attacked by a nation that has not be provoked it is an obligation that other signatory nations come to the defense of their ally.

Article IV: Should a signatory nation attack a non-signatory nation, it is an obligation that other signatory nations maintain a benevolent neutrality. Each member of this treaty can reserve the right to make common cause with it's ally.

Article V: If the peace of any signatory nation be threatened in a way not mentioned in preceding articles, all signatory nations are obligated to meet at a conference to debate a course of action.

Article VI: It is agreed that if any nation allies with a signatory nation, they shall be offered admittance to this treaty.

Article VII: This treaty shall remain in force over the course of five years. On this same date, five years from now, signatory nations shall convene to revise this treaty as nessecary, if nessecary, and re-ratify the document.

Signed,

Sebastian IV,
Grand Duke of Alexanderhaven,
Knight Commander of the Most Holy Order of the Cross,
House Gervenghasen-Schauben

John Comnenus
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Emperor Yu Ming

Cynn William Hanover
Emperor of the Anglo-Saxons
Cynerîce of Angelcynn
Edited by Telosan, Jul 14 2009, 08:15 PM.
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Great Volyn Adopts 'Gewehr 98' As Standard Infantry Rifle

The Gewehr 98, latest in European innovation, has been officially adopted as the official infantry rifle, beating out the American Springfield rifle in official demonstrations, under recommendation of the Volynic High Command. Regent Duke Pyotr Hygheiz had the honor this morning of firing the rifle into the sky to innagurate its service in front of a formation of the 15th Infantry Guard Regiment in Odessa. Over the next few months, the Volynic High Command has planned a series of military reforms, to modernize the Volynic Regal Army, and National Guard components with the newest in military innovation.

These reforms will also include a national conscription, cited by military officials as a "necessary component of modern warfare, which, unlike noble times past, require a great amount of manpower to properly fight."

Great Volyn cited the need for military build-up on the recent alliance between the Anglos and Romans, creating a very dangerous shift in the balance of power. The ongoing Selentian War is seen by many of the Council of Lords as a sign of things to come.
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Great Volyn Prepares For War!

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As Selentia threatens Europe with conquest and war, Duke Pyotr Hygheiz, Regent of the Throne of the Kingdom of Great Volyn, prepares to stand firmly against their efforts. An order has been issued to mobilize the Royal Armed Forces, and the proposed military reforms have been put on hold, with the exception of the crucial conscription bill, which will now be used to build a powerful, and large, military - one capable of combating the Selentian threat.

Soldiers from across the country now travel west-ward, ready to march across Europe, and into Selentia, to put an end to the empire which threatens the world with war.
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Trade Flourishes as Montevideo Grows

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Ever since the signing of last years Treaty of London, the government of Cisplatinia has been trading openly with Europe and the rest of the world for the first time in hundreds of years. As the only major port in South America, Montevideo has seen a massive influx of ships, as traders from as far away as the Orient flock to the city to barter for the vast riches of the interior of the continent. They come for more than just the abundant fruits of the Cisplatinian fisheries, farms, and cattle lands. Since the opening of Montevideo to the rest of the world, Continental traders from as far away as Peru have come to the city to open trade routes with the outside world. The many diverse and exotic products coming in and out of Montevideo have made Carrasco, the city's harbor district, a cultural explosion of new immigrants and visitors from around the world, coming to sample the newly robust economy of South America's largest city.

All of this trade has not gone unnoticed in the financial centers of the city, either. Many of the city's largest business are moving to Carrasco, where they can be close to the action. A great many Cisplatinos stand to profit greatly from this new trade. There is currently a major competition for the position of nation's first millionaire. Many are fighting hard, but President José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco has said that it is a blessing from God that we should be enjoying such success. However, not all the nobility is as pleased as the president. Several noble clans have become angered at the president's Frente Amplio, which has promised much to the aristocracy. They feel that widespread support for trade will marginalize the noble class and bring the merchant class. So far, the President has not backed down, arguing that what is best for the common Cisplatino is good for the nobles too. A protracted political battle is projected, which may play a large part in the next elections...
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By Grace of Emperor Hothes XXV, Salenitia moves forward with expansion. Troops deploying at every front. More news when present.

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I really am gonna have fun for their lack of locquaciousness. :P
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