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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • Dovakhanese Green Crescent Forces in Airbus UK have just finished transporting several airplanes full of refugees from a town in the Southwest of the country. They were aided by Kangarawan Forces also present in the area. Refugees will be housed at a camp being set up in Mârîâ khanate. More on the humanitarian mission and the general situation in Airbus UK will be presented at the hour during our international news break.

  • Tomorrow, Tschmûsch khanate will make the initial public offering of ÊlêktrâPölîs in front of the Khanates Stock Exchange (FKT) in Tschmûschâbûmtôpölîs. The regional electricity generating company was a former part of the national monopoly, ÊlêktrâDöv, which split its operations into 12 regional goverment-controlled enterprises last year. ÊlêktrâPölîs represents electricity generation and transmission in the prefecture of Tschmûschâbûmtôpölîs.

  • The debate over a car-free city centre in Tschmûschâbûmtôpölîs continues. The Pedestrian League has called for the elimination of automobiles in the immediate centre and a congestion charge to enter the urban area, citing the crowding of the public pathways and the increase of emissions. Freight vans that operate on the electric overwire network would not be affected.

Opponents have returned with concrete facts that show Tschmûschâbûmtôpölîs has the lowest congestion and car use among cities of its size in the region. Also, the exclusive use of biodiesels contributes to very low emissions. However, polls show an even split on the decision, with the likelihood that enough voters will sign a petition to make this a referendum.

  • This winter has been colder than usual in the agriculture based khanate of Âgrîpîâ, creating worries that this year’s grain production will not meet regular demand. Several farming cooperatives and private holdings that are members of the Farm Credit Board have filed preliminary requests to make their claim to rectify lost profits. Neither the Department of Agriculture nor its Wheat Supply Board have indicated whether or not its stockpiles will be able to make up for the projected deficit. Prices would begin to be affected this harvest season.

This has been the news from Dovakhan on FûbâDöv International. International news will be broadcast at the hour. Please stand by for feature programming»

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • The Liberal Democrat majority Cama has announced today that it would form a committee to study the lowering of international tarrifs, especially with its NAM partner, Dannistaan. The newly-elected party leader, Vâlêrît Möshê, came forward to assure citizens that no measures would be undertaken without open discussion and investigation. The Dovakhanese Trade Union Federation members were quick to express their mistrust in the plan.

  • The Cama also announced its plan to expand the Environment Act, hoping to further lower emissions targets and improve other indicators. There has been concern that one of these measures would be to further increase jet fuel tax, potentially grounding commerical airplane flights to cities outside the Tschmûschâbûmtôpölîs-Tkânâtdövâkhîastâât-Sëlânde megalopolis, which is itself only served by Tschmûschâbûmtôpölîs International Airport.

  • Preparations are beginning for this year’s Sêzâr Bâzrât Awards. Presented Dovakhanese Cinemotography Academy, the awards take place on 15 March each year in Sëlânde, place of birth of the famous director for whom the awards are named and who himself pushed for the Academy’s creation.

  • ÊlêktrâPölîs, the Tschmûschâbûmtôpölîs power company worth over 21 million Lira (5 million USD), is now shareholder and employee owned. The companies assests include the large Mârîö Bêlvîl Nuclear Complex. In total, they represent the generation of 60% of the 24000 MW demand in that city. More on this landmark privitization and other economics talk at 01h00 UTC tommorow on «International Business Morning».

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  • The Sêzâr Bâzrât Awards were telecast last night from Sëlândê. All those that attended voted for their favourite choices. Here are the winners in the 5 main catagories:

Film of the Year
«Rökêpîs» by Dömînîk Köêrt
(«Rope»)

Foreign Film of the Year
«TförâfânânTrïk» by Fah’rah Mou’les, Lor’ii Fou’tah, Jin Tae and Jeong Tak («F4»)
(Original: «The Mean Streets of For’af»)

Documentary of the Year
«Fönêpîdîfês Jâschûvâgöp» by Ânâ Ävnöv
(«Joshua’s Return»)

Actor/Actress of the Year
Lâschâ Kômîgâ, «Zâmûtâbîmk Lûgâtlöpû» by Ölâv Löst
(«Last Train to Nowhere»)

Director of the Year
Dömînîk Köêrt, «Rökêpîs»
(«Rope»)

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • Happy New Year, Dovakhan! The Vernal Equinox, which occured at 00:01 UTC marked Year 5768 of the Counting. For this festival, most Dovakhanese families partake in a spring cleaning event, decorating their houses in the foliage of the season, and come together to celebrate the birth of the New Year with a traditional supper. Being chiefly a time to spend with family and friends, it makes sense that this month marks the largest mass migration in Dovakhan.

Today, the Khagan-Chancellor delivered his Executive speech outlining his plan for the New Year. He stressed the importance of fostering peace in the region and security at home. Also in commemoration, the Cama voted on Year 5768’s name, which is ‘Year of Humans and Humanitarian Effort’, reflecting the first practical use of the new Refugee Act as it concerns Airbus UK.

  • In prefectural government of Tschmûschâbûmtôpölîs has announced that it has received enough signatures to call two citizen’s initiative referendums concerning the debate over making the city centre carfree, and instituting congestion charges. Both referendums will be held in a week’s time.

  • The Farm Credit Board has distributed insurance claims for over 1 million Dovakhanese farmers hardest hit by this year’s record winter that killed many crops. In conjunction with this, the Department of Agriculture issued a statement announcing that this year’s harvest would be inadequate to meet demand and therefore it would empty the Wheat Board’s stockpiles to maintain prices when last year’s harvest runs out.

This issue opens up a wider debate on Dovakhan’s agriculture industry. Certain politicians have called on the legislature to lift certain punitive tariffs that largly prohibite importing agricultural products from elsewhere. The farmer’s union and representatives of Âgrîppîa khanate have sharply contested these opinions.

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • Today marks the 40-year anniversery of the Sîmönâ Vêl Law, an omnibus bill conceived by the President of the Supreme Court at the time that ammended the Code MîöMïâ to abolish marriage in favour of civil contracts, decriminalise cannabis, establish a uniform age of consent (15), and liberalise family planning measures. It was first rejected by President of the Republic Mâxîmîlîânî Rîchêlî, a move that is considered one of the key reasons for the Revolution of 1969 that toppled his government and the Second Republic.

  • Controversy ensues in Tokana (former Dovakhanese Marian Sea) with the adoption by the Tribal Assembly of an act favouring Tokan and establishing it as the sole official language of that country. Protests broke out in the large Dovakhanese community in Âzûr. Counter protestors, supported by police, are moving that neighbourhood to enfore the legislation.

At the same time, a bill to replace many Dovakhanese placenames with Tokan ones has been passed. The most significant of these changes has been the official name change of Âzûr, the nation’s capital, to Alv’a-Onn. A Topology Commission will also be established to make up new placenames for those that don’t yet have a Tokan equivalent.

This has been the news from Dovakhan on FûbâDöv International. International news will be broadcast at the hour. Please stand by for feature programming»

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • War and Economics are to be the order of the day at the controversial joint congress of the Green Party and the Liberal-Democratic Party called by Jân Drâpö before the elections. Organisers of this event are seeking to formalise ties between the two parties that formed the movement against Dovakhanese involvement in Airbus UK and now the vast majority in the Cama. In snap election called by the Khagan-Chancellor, the two parties 279 out of 300 seats, of which 229 belong to the Liberal Democrats.

Controversy has erupted among the 51 economically right-leaning members of the Old Liberal Caucus within the Liberal-Democratic Party, who have stated they will boycott the summit. Also, in a statement delivered to the party headquarters yesterday evening (Dovakhan), they have threatened to seperate to form their own movement.

  • Ânâtöl Êfösêbâd, Dovakhanese Delegate to the East Pacific Non-Aligned Movement, has been widely praised by newspapers in Dovakhan for his statements regarding EPTO involvement in the Dannistaan-Bai Lung Conflict. The Delegate made a short address stressing the importance of affording Dannistaan, a fellow member of the EP-NAM, full autonomy in this matter. The Delegate has said that he never could have imagined the reaction back home when he heard that several columnists had called for him to run for the Cama or even for Khagan-Chancellor.

  • The results are in on the matter regarding cars in Tschmuschaboumtopolis. The total ban on personal automobiles has been rejected, but a congestion charge has been set at 4000L (5£/10$) for entry into the prefecture (greater city) and 6500L (8£/16$) for entry into the commune and the prefecture of Tschmuschaboumtopolis (city centre/greater city).

This has been the news from Dovakhan on FûbâDöv International. International news will be broadcast at the hour. Please stand by for feature programming»

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • The much talked-about conference of the Green and Liberal-Democratic Parties took place yesterday. In a document known as the Sëlândê Declaration, the two parties agreed on a common platform, forming an organisation to be known henceforth as the New Democratic Alliance. The 51 aformentioned economic liberals within the party have made a similar declaration to lay the foundation for what is to be called the Liberal Party.

Analysts have called these two moves the most important post-Revolution events in Dovakhanese Politics. Its causes and its effects will be investigated tommorow at 02h00 UTC on «Breakfast Politics».

  • In related news, the Elections Commissioner has set the day of the Cama elections to a week’s time. His office has received most of the party lists and will begin priting ballots very soon. None of the new parties will be mentioned on the ballots and everyone will run with the party that they were enrolled with a month ago.

  • In Tschmuschaboumtopolis, even before the first ticket dispensers have been placed in the Congestion Charge Zone, there has already been a challenge to the charge at the prefecture’s Civil Tribunals. A group representing users of high speed motorcylces (engine > 50 cm2) has filed a lawsuit against the Prefecture of Tschmuschaboumtopolis for including these motorcycles in the congestion charge. The Tribunal has accepted the case and will hear in two days.

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • This morning, the Elections Commissioner published the official results of Saturday’s Cama elections which read as follows:

Liberal-Democratic Party (split into NDA and Liberals): 172 seats (57%)
Green Party (merged into the NDA): 89 seats (30%)
Social-Democratic Party: 39 seats (13%)

Total: 300 seats (100%)

Based on the party splits and fusions of last week that weren’t included in the, here are the «actual» results compiled by FûbâDöv:

New Democratic Alliance (NDA; right-of-centre/liberal): 198 seats (66%)
Liberal Party (centre-right/liberal): 63 seats (21%)
Social-Democratic Party (left-of-centre/liberal): 39 seats (13%)

Total: 300 seats (100%)

  • In related news, yet another joint party congress will be taking place. This time, it consists of the Social-Democratic and Communist parties and is in progress in Rêjîâ, capital of the Âgrîpîa khanate and left-wing stronghold. The leaders of both parties have stated their intentions to form a united Labour Party to consolidate the Social Democrats’ weakened national and region holdings with the few remaining pockets of Communist leadership in certain khanates.

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • Sing Ren, the volatile former capital of the Nationalist regime on the island of Bai Lung, has been taken by Dannistrian and Coocoostani forces. Soon, the city will be transferred to a Dovakhanese administration that will also manage peacekeeping in the Southern part of the island. The Dovakhanese Commander, Jân Dêmër delivered a speech upon his arrival in the liberated city addressing the troops and Bai Lungese gathered there. More on this story and the occupation of Bai Lung will be presented at the hour during our international news break.

  • The longstanding Director of Diplomacy, Mârtîn Vêrdân, will leave political life tommorow. He has stated that after a 40 year career he is ready to settle down. Khagan-Chancellor Jân Drâpö has appointed Ânâtöl Êfösêbâd, the much talked-about Dovakhanese Delegate to the NAM, to fill Dovakhan’s second political position. His approval by the Cama is pending.

  • Also in politics, Jân Drâpö’s wife, Bêrnâdêt Drâpö, has been diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. It is uncertain whether or not this will cause the Khagan-Chancellor to cancel his bid for re-election in the coming months.

This has been the news from Dovakhan on FûbâDöv International. International news will be broadcast at the hour. Please stand by for feature programming»

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • The majority of the north of Dovakhan as well as large swaths of Tschmûschâbûmtôpölîs were plunged into darkness last night as a result of geomagnetic storms that shut down Êlêktrâkvâ-Altêâ transformers that supply the khanate of Âltêâ and 20% of Tschmûschâbûmtôpölîs with electricity.

The worst effects of this phenomena was felt in Hâplâtö, the capital of Âltêâ, where city services, mainline trains entering the city, as well as public and private trams came to a halt. Bio and petrodiesel reserves will be put into use in order to return select transport services. The system is expect to come back online in the next few days. Meanwhile, in Tschmûschâbûmtôpölîs, Êlêktrâkvâ-Altêâ has bought power from the ÊlêktrâPölîs grid in order to return service to its customers there.

  • Jân Drâpö has officially announced today that he will not be a candidate in the upcoming Khagan-Chancellor election. He has stated that family concerns, notably his wife’s breast cancer, have caused him to reconsider his priorities. He has also stated that he will scale back his role in the weeks to come, devolving many of his duties to the pertinent government directors.

  • In related new, the Cama has approved the «Truth and Reconcilliation Act» which has been called Jân Drâpö last major action as Khagan-Chancellor and possibly his greatest legacy. This measure creates the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, an extralegal body that will investigate the events and circumstances led up to the Continental War, as well as deliver findings on conduct from all sides during the conflict. All sides of the conflict will be invited to testify, in some cases with the promise of amnesty.

The goal is to uncover the truth behind what happened during Dovakhan’s invasion and begin steps towards national healing. The Commission will sit as a subcommittee of the Cama appointed by the Khagan-Chancellor and approved by the whole legislative body.

This has been the news from Dovakhan on FûbâDöv International. International news will be broadcast at the hour. Please stand by for feature programming»

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • Embroiled in an ongoing financial crisis, the fate of Dovakhan’s only Roman Catholic Christian Cathedral shrine, Mâdrötföksk Êjâbfâtâjêbîsêbîk (Our Lady of Divine Assistance) in Sëlândê hangs in the balance after the local tax authority delivered an utimatum to the establishment in order to collect on deferred taxes. It is uncertain whether or not the shrine will be bailed out by its parent corporation, the Roman Catholic Church headquartered in Vatican City.

  • The budget set aside for humanitarian reconstruction efforts in Bai Lung and the absorbtion of refugees from Airbus UK will be put before the Cama today. The massive spending bill will dip into the budget surplus created by Jân Drâpö as well as transfer funds from the old post-war reconstruction budget. Even with these drastic measures, it is still likely that the Government will call on NGOs to help fund the projects.

  • The Dovakhanese Reserve has announced that it is considering replacing the Lîröt with a new post-war Dovakhanese Döv. This new currency unit would be be divided into 100 Dövîks and be pegged to the FPS Credit at a rate of 4.25 Dövs per unit. This move would coincide with the adjustment of the Reserve’s famous stamped Tokan cowrie reserves, which replaced gold in 1935.

This has been the news from Dovakhan on FûbâDöv International. International news will be broadcast at the hour. Please stand by for feature programming»

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • The Party Congress of the New Democratic Alliance, a bloc of the Green and Liberal Democratic Parties, has concluded. Ânâtöl Êfösêbâd, the current Director of Diplomacy and Vice Khagan-Chancellor, is the party’s choice. The former Dovakhanese delegate to the East Pacific Non-Aligned Movement was brought into the public consciousness with his much praised words on the sovereignty of nations when the EPTO stated it might intervene in Bai Lung, but his resumé includes that of long-standing regional and national legislator as well as director of various government departments.

His politics are described as socially-liberal yet surprisingly economically right-of-centre, with plans to moderately open up Dovakhan to freer trade and possibly privatise certain industries. In fact, mild controversy erupted among certain Green Party members of the New Democratic Alliance bloc that questioned the candidate’s stance on the environment because Director Êfösêbâd’s spouse, Mârtîn Îûlîs, was involved in an asbestos scandal as one of the directors of Îûlîs-Dârvîs Construction Company. Despite this, polls show that the Director should fare quite well in the election.

  • In related news, the two minority parties have selected their candidates:

The Liberal Party (centre-right) chose Âvrît Âlîât, former mayor of Tschmuschaboumtopolis. He has promised to cut down on bureaucracy and some of the strictest environmental as well as privatise many national industries, saying that a combination of the three are stifling economic development. On that same note, he hopes to further open Dovakhan to international trade, while still preserving a strong local economy. He has no intention to change social policies, affirming the Liberal Party’s staunch progressivism.

The Labour Party (centre-left), a bloc of the Communist and Social Democratic Parties, chose Mârî Gêôrgît, former union steward and member of the Cama. She is calling for the renationalisation of telecom and the electricity company for Tschmuschaboumtopolis. Furthermore, she is advocating the transfer of a large percentage of the assets of certain key industries to the employees. Finally, she hopes that through raising taxes, in particular for the richest Dovakhanese with a ‘Solidarity Tax on Wealth’, she will create a more economically equal Dovakhan. She also has no intention of chaning social policies, stating that the government has strictly no business in the bedrooms of its people.

This has been the news from Dovakhan on FûbâDöv International. International news will be broadcast at the hour. Please stand by for feature programming»

OoC: Just a note, the accents for Dovakhanese text is to ease pronunciation. “^” is for short vowels (ex: â as in âlternative or as in Dövâkhân), whereas “¨” is for long vowels (ex: ä as in ätypical, or ö as in Dövâkhân).

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • Here are the results of the Khagan-Chancellor election as approved by the Elections Commissioner.

Total voters : 35,925,626 (75% of population 18 years and older)

FIRST ROUND

20,118,351 (56%) - Ânâtöl ÊFÖSÊBÂD / New Democratic Alliance
11,136,944 (31%) - Âvrît ÂLÎÂT / Liberal Party
3,592,563 (10%) - Mârî GÊÔRGÎT / Labour Party
934,066 (>2%) - Communist/Other
143,703(<1%) - Invalid

SECOND ROUND

25,507,194 (71%) - Ânâtöl ÊFÖSÊBÂD
10,414,424 (29%) - Âvrît ALÎÂT

The former EP-NAM Delegate from Dovakhan, Ânâtöl Êfösêbâd is a seasoned politican and recently became the Director of Diplomacy. He has been a very popular public figure since his statement on EPTO getting involved in the Dannistaan-Bai Lung War, seen as someone who will defend Dovakhan as an independant nation in the world.

An interesting fact which many commentators have remarked is that the soon-to-be-Khagan-Chancellor is actually homosexual, a first for a Dovakhanese head of state. This, according to Lârs Môrövît, the former head of Dovakhan’s now-defunct homosexual rights organisation Mêbûvârîf Dövâkhân (Equality Dovakhan), «shows just how much Dovakhan has progressed as a society since the homophobic furvor of the First Revolution in 1919». Some, on the other hand, such as the Archbishop of the Dovakhanese subsidiary of the Roman Catholic Church, are worried that this means that homosexuality will now be «promoted», feeling that this «lifestyle has no place in politics». Ânâtöl Êfösêbâd himself has said that his personal life should have no bearing on his ability to govern a secular republic.

Khagan-Chancellor Êfösêbâd will assume his duties after an inauguration ceremony to take place at the steps of the Cama on Monday.

  • The Roman Catholic Church, a religious organisation based out of Vatican City, has announced today that it will bail out its subsidiary in Dovakhan which holds its seat in Sëlândê. The Dovakhanese Archdiocese, in particular its head office in Sëlândê, was in financial trouble, unable to pay back taxes owed to the Dovakhanese Reserve. Tax officials had been threatened to close down the organisation and confiscate its property until the Vatican offered to step in. The church serves a tiny community of Roman Catholics in Isslmeer.

  • The situation in Dovakhanese-occupied Bai Lung remains tense, despite severe measures taken by the government to quell severe rioting in the capital, Sing Ren. A special legislative committee has been set up to discuss the matter as approval ratings for the effort fell in the last few months.

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • Happy Revolution Day, Dovakhan! The celebration of the first Dovakhanese Revolution of 1919 that overthrew the monarchy is one of the few things that has endured the political instability that has defined Dovakhan in this last century. On this day, Dovakhanese come together around the values that unite them, Justice, Liberty, and Solidarity.

Along with the day itself, several key symbols of the free and united Dovakhanese Republic have held fast. One is the flag, always a variation on the moon and star theme, which represents Dovakhia, the symbol of Dovakhan, and the light of freedom that led the pioneers of the first Republic to siege the imperial palace that fateful night. Another is the national anthem, which has remained the same since 1919, except during the brief Restoration, which is as follows:

«Dövâkhânkâtxêfö» (literally, «A New Dovakhanese State of Being»)

http://vladimir.mine.nu/germany_east2.mp3

— Begin quote from ____

Risen from ruthless tyranny
and faced towards the future,
Let us serve you for the greater good,
Dovakhan, our free homeland.
Old woes we will have to conquer,
and, united, so we shall,
For it lies within our power
that the light of Democracy,
Over Dovakhan shall shine,
over Dovakhan shall shine.

Joy and peace may be granted
Dovakhan, our free homeland.
All the world now longs for such,
so go forth and extend your hand.
When as fellows we unite,
we can defeat our common foe.
Let it shine, the light of Peace!
so that no nation must ever again
Bury its children,
bury its children.

Let us plough, let us build,
learn and work like never before,
So, in confidence and strength,
a free generation will be born.
Dovakhanese youth, the best endeavor
of our people is combined in you,
You will give Dovakhan new life.
Then the light of Democracy
over Dovakhan shall shine,
over Dovakhan shall shine.

— End quote

Many would also argue that the unifying principles, Justice, Liberty, and Solidarity, resonate, even though they no longer make up the motto. Perhaps through the many speeches, demonstrations, fireworks shows, and nationalistic events that make up this day, the rest of us will find this to be true as well.

  • Today, newly-installed Khagan-Chancellor, Ânâtöl Êfösêbâd, will review the Republican Guard and Capital Regiments of each of the divisions of the Military from his executive balcony atop the Heart of Khanates complex, which overlooks MîöMïö Plaza. Shortly following, he will deliver the traditional 19th of July speech on the State of the Republic in front of the Heart of Khanates reflecting pool, in front of the Cama dome part of the complex before the Cama deputies. The lavish ceremony will conclude with the singing of the national anthem by famous opera singer Ântönâ Mîlâvî and a huge fireworks display.

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • Khagan-Chancellor Ânâtöl Êfösêbâd has presented two privitisation projects before his party, the majority New Democratic Alliance, today in hopes that they will go before the Cama. He has proposed a financial infusion of the Dovakhanese state company that is in charge of biofuels and other carburants as well as the deregulation of the postal service to allow competition. It is likely that the first proposal will not sit well with the Green Party wing of the Alliance. The opposition parties

  • Also in financial news, a new television channel will be available on Dovakhanese antennae later this year with the creation of Stââtök 5, Z.Û. (Metropolis 5, S.A.). It will be the very first private television in Dovakhan. The founders have stated that it will include a news hour, several investigative journalism series, drama series, as well as a number of dubbed foreign series, which is another first for Dovakhanese television.

  • For the first time, a Tokan musical group has taken the top place on the National Dovakhanese-content Charts. Tana’an (which is Oakah Pidgin Dovakhanese for “Pinapple Boys,” the slang word for Tokans) is a pop rock band based out of Alv’a-on (a.k.a. Âzûr) composed of four Tokan-Dovakhanese men. The song that has taken the charts is the summer ballad «Ûfêtsöl Plâjrösöp» (Sunset on Rose Beach), which, like most of the group’s songs, describes life from an island point of view.

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • Today, the Cama approved the deregulation of package and urgent letter services. Döfêhâbêt, the national postal carrier, will no longer have be the sole stuatuatory provider of these services within the Republic-Khanates, but will still maintain a monopoly on all «non-urgent» domestic and overseas-bound mail weighing under 350g and will continue to be the only service allowed to deliver to letter boxes. Additionally, these private letter boxes will no longer be rented from Döfêhâbêt, and the company will soon be required to sell those now under rent.

This law was agreed upon as the result of a compromise between the New Democratic Alliance, that was for complete privitisation, and the Labour Party, that was opposed to the idea. In only partially deregulating the postal system, the hope is that service will improve in the main markets while not alienating those living in rural areas with unprofitable postal markets.

  • Also in legislative news, a permanent committee has been set up to manage the occupation of Bai Lung, in particular the efforts of the Public Works Initiave created to rebuild Bai Lung, improve infrastructure, and alleviate the economic crisis underway in the region. Several powerful Cama delegates, including the representatives of Tschmuschaboumtopolis, the Republic District, and Selande sit on the committee. They, as well as the majority of those on the committee, are members of the ruling part, the New Democratic Alliance.

  • Dövâksfêr, the state-owned corporation responsible for the management of Dovakhanese rail infrastructure, has announced that it is one step closer to 100% electrification of the national network. Beginning next month the company will install overhead wires on rural lines in Agripia and Altea, the only two khanates that have non-electrified railroads left.

This is the first major electrification project undertaken by the corporation since its formation the late nineties as a way to allow Dövâzâmâ to run on a larger profit margin. This would allow Dövâzâmâ, another state-owned corporation that operates passenger trains, to better compete with the train operating companies of the other East Pacific nations on international routes envisioned for the near future.

  • Yesterday, construction began near Tschmuschaboumtopolis’ University of Tschmûsch/Stââtök IV on a new facility for the Dovakhanese Information Networking Authority (Dövûföâtânân).

The Authority, an agency of the Department of Education, Culture, and Research, is charged with the connection of the computer networks of companies, individuals, and public entities (such as Dökâbös, the legacy Minitel service, and those of government bureaux and universities) amongst themselves through domestic Network Exchange Points (there is at least one per khanate). They also operate the servers and coaxial wire connections of the aforementioned public entities.

The facility is to be a new Internet Exchange Point that will more effectively network with other exchange points in the various nations of the East Pacific. Its construction was deemed necessery because of the exponential growth of Internet use in Dovakhan. It will also accomadate the optical fibres of a parallel connection network in the works.

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  • Yesterday, former Mayor Êdgâr Döêrtöl became the first person to be granted asylum by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for his actions during the Third Continental War. The leader of a small town in Âltêâ* aided the Krech occupiers in taking hostages for the purpose of compelling the Resistence Movement and Foreign Allies cease their offensive on Âltêa.

In the asylum hearing, the Commission came to the conclusion that Döêrtâl acted in the best interests of his other constituants, even though the hostages were tortured. Witnesses confirmed that the Krech soldiers had threatened to start killing citizens, members of the mayor’s family, and indeed the mayor himself if he didn’t cooperate. Thus, the Committee felt that Döêrtâl made a reasonable decision.

On seperate note, despite being absolved of all responsibility for the incident, Êdgâr Döêrtâl will not be invited back into the Labour Party which he was expelled from at the beginning of the proceedings. Additionally, peaceful protests have begun at the steps of the Executive Tower in Tkânâtdövâkhîâstâât to petition the Khagan-Chancellor not to sign the writ of asylum.

  • In one month’s time, Dövâzâmâ, the Dovakhanese National Passenger Train Operator, will begin offering wireless Internet connections on its high-speed services along the coast and those travelling to Vîn. Additionally, it will install Web/E-Mail terminals on the train with the highest ridership, the 09h00 from Tschmuschaboumtopolis to Tkânâtdövâkhîâstâât and Sëlândê. Telecom companies DâbösDövâkhân, Kômxêfö, and ¿Tsâlût?, formerly of the now-privatized Dövâkôm, will operate the service.

  • The Dovakhanese Reserve presented its currency reform bill to the Cama this afternoon. It would replace the Lîröt with a new post-war Dovakhanese Döv. This new unit would be be divided into 100 Dövîks and be pegged to the FPS Credit at a rate of 4.25 Dövs per Credit.

The Cama is expected to adopt the measure, bidding farewell to the much-unloved Lîröt that is valued at 425 Lîröt per Credit and has no subdivisions. There will be a transition period of five years to allow the Reserve to adjust its holdings in Tokan Cowries which back the currency in which citizens will use both currencies side-by-side. The first mint is expected by next year and will keep the same molds as the current currency for equivalent values for ease of use.

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*The northernmost region of Dovakhan

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  • The amended Environment Act will further restrict air travel. By 2010, international passenger flights to and from Dovakhan will solely use Tschmuschaboumtopolis International Airport, which will be expanded to make use of the whole of Mari Kaar Island designated off the coast of the city of Tschmuschaboumtopolis and will call for massive land reclamation projects. The ban on domestic passenger flights will still be in place with the exception of government shuttles operating in tribal and rural areas of Âltêâ not yet served by quality passenger rail.

  • Dövâtkâstîk, the Dovakhanese state fuels company, has reported that biodiesel is prepared to meet demand up to a 5% increase. This benchmark is considered an important step in beginning the final step of the petroleum phaseout begun in 1971 when the company was created. The same report dealt with the profitability of the corporation, which was found to be insufficient to merit privitisation. This is because automobile transport currently accounts for less than 5% of passenger voyages in the Republic-Khanates and numerous restrictions and taxes involved make automobile use prohibitive for nearly all except emergency vehicles and tribal groups in Âltêa who are exempt.

  • The Managing Director of Döfêhâbêt, the state postal corporation, has apologised today over controversy erupting over the postal service’s new ad campaign. Posters had been placed near post offices and boxes throughout the Republic-Khanates and carried the phrase «Through rain, sleet, snow, Revolution, and Occuption, Döfêhâbêt was there for you» with the romatacised picture of a postal employee. This refers to the fact that the post operated during the Communist Revolution and the Krechen Occuption.

Protesters have called this an «irresponsible use of a national tragedy for advertisement purposes» and «slap in the face to all Dovakhanese who lost someone in the Occupation». The ad campaign was meant to promote the use of the postal services in wake of the partial cession of the corporation’s monopoly several months ago.

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  • Public servants across the Republic-Khanates are on strike today following the amendment of the Essential Services Act to include several public sectors. The Essential Services Act, created in the wake of a massive railway strike in 1981 that essentially shut down the country, bans strikes or other industrial action action on the part of railway workers except under narrowly defined circumstances. The Act was later extended in 1990 to cover emergency services and some utility sectors.

Now, the Cama wants to have certain public servants, such as those employed in the Department of Heath and Welfare, regulated by the Act. This would require union leaders to enter a series of mediation and “cool-down” periods before any strike action may occur and in some cases certain sectors would be required to provide minimum service.

In the wake of this strike, the Director of Labour has said that the Government will support the Cama as is required by law and is willing to wait out this strike. However, he has offered to sit down with union officials to renegotiate contracts in return for their compliance. Union officials have not responded thusfar.

  • Grand Republic Terminal in Tschmuschaboumtopolis, Dovakhan and the world’s buisest railway station, will now be a little greener. Large trees and other plants will be placed in clusters in different parts of the massive above-ground portion of the station, which is enclosed in glass. Dövâzâmâ’s spokesperson explained in a press conference that this as part of the company’s continued efforts to improve the aesthetic appeal of its stations. Similar measures have been proposed for Sëlândê’s East and Armand Stations.

  • Consumers have begun to feel the effects of the crop shortage predicted by the Wheat Supply Board earlier this year. Stockpiles from the previous year are being used to meet usual demand, but there is still a price increase on many grains and produce. The highest prices were in the Freely Associated Republic of Tokana where grains and produce have to be imported from the mainland. There, the price of a loaf of bread was 2000 Lîröt ($5.00 USD) and the price of a 5-kilo bag of PAX FRUITS was 1200 Lîröt ($3.06 USD). The national average for those two products hovered around 500 Lîröt ($1.28) and 800 Lîröt ($2.04 USD), respectively

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«It is 21h30 UTC. You’re listening to FûbâDöv International, broadcasting worldwide from over 50 global repeaters. Now for the news from Dovakhan:

  • Department of Justice-appointed representatives of the Government, Union Shop Stewards, and officials with the Office of Labour Mediation met today on the Esplanade of Khanates to hammer out a deal to end striking on the part of pubic service employees for an act that took away some of their rights to strike. It is expected that a deal will be reached involving a modified pension plan and under-the-table settlements on future mediation.

  • Also in politics, amendments to National Standards Act have been proposed by the minority Labour Party to create a ban on planned obsolescence in consumer products. By 2009, manufacturers would have to design products to last up to ten years or more, lest they be fined for environmental damages. Also, by 2012, the law would be extended to cover computer technology. The amendments has considerable support in the Green caucus of the New Democratic Alliance, but comparatively little with the Liberals and Liberal-Democratic Wing of the NDA.

  • Preparations are now beginning in Dovakhan for the Winter Solstice Celebrations on the 21st of December. Houses and apartments across the country are being decorated with the greenery of the season, including pine cones, boughs of holly, and dwarf trees. Light is a very important part of the Dovakhanese Winter Solstice because the Solstice not only symbolizes the low point of the Ancient “Wheel of the Solar Year” and the death/rebirth rite of the Sun is celebrated with bonfires, but also because light played an important part in a historical even that happened around Winter Solstice c. 4500 years ago. This was when MîöMïô conquered Tschmuschaboumtopolis with the help of allies in the city that lit their houses during this dark time of year to help him find his way. Said conquest marked the unification of what was to be the Sun and Moon Empire and eventually the nation of Dovakhan. Thus, many houses are decorated with miniature lights often held in large candelabras that are lit one per night from the last solar term up to the Winter Solstice.

Another important symbol of Winter is Grandfather Frost, the old-age form of the Spirit of the Solar Year. He is last of the four seasonal spirits, representing the last stage in life cycle the Spirit of the Solar Year. He, along with the Spirit of the Solar Year, will die with the coming of spring. Winter Solstice is also a feast in his honor. Large meals are prepared as young and old alike exchange poppers and play traditional games.

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