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Origin Date: 16155

War escalates on Lac 9352 II
March 2010 Sky-Eye Station
The war on the religious colony Lacaille 9352 II reached a new climax shortly after a biological weapon eradicated the citizens of the capital city of one of the warring nations. The war for the only habitable planet of the star Sufu has been raging for 19 years, but this latest episode has apparently drawn in all of the moderate groups left on the world. The Kenyan-Hindu faction, who call their world Mgata, have announced they will avenge the devastation of their oldest city, Kirinyaga, by eliminating the people of the Nation of the Body of Christ, who call the world Christian. Following the release of the deadly synthesized viral agent by an unknown party in Kirinyaga, numerous Kenyan-Hindu airships crossed the fighting line and began plasma-bombing residential sectors. Residents reported heavy casualties as well as spreading fires.
(Story WAR continued inside)

TECH-SCI

Interplanetary communication?

March 2013 United States of Earth
It may have taken almost 60 years, but physicists following in the footsteps of the popular genius Einar Hochless claim to be on the verge of creating a device which will transcend the speed of light. The device uses the principle commonly known as "quantum funkiness" to send seemingly instantaneous signals over great distances. Team leader Samuel Renquist stated that the project "was nearing the critical testing stage" early this week. "The first technical hurdle is to initiate a Hochless connection between here and our Mars Station" said Renquist from his Irvine-based laboratory. Renquist's colleague Irindina Calumet elaborated, "It's too soon to really say anything concrete but it looks like we will
(Story I-P COMM continued inside)

Newgordia votes new government
March 2013 Earth
For the fifth time in 14 months, the voters in Newgordia have accepted a new constitution and are preparing to elect a new government. They newly-ousted leader of the Parliamentary Congress, Miram Sutor, vowed to submit to the people a revised version of his constitution by the end of the week. Sutor's constitution had been deemed very favorable when it was voted in by a 96% majority three weeks ago. However Sutor's chief advisor, admitted that
(See CONSTITUTION inside)

CommentArt: Is Literati Novelle passé?
February 2009 Salerno by Beavis Barnelle
The "Written Group" project has ended. The Coalition of Transcendent Journalists has disbanded. Geoffrey Kuallum died a few months ago. Does this mean the end of the Literati Novelle as we know it?
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SPORTSNEWS
Procyon Cricketers call foul on Mars
March 2013 Mars China
Athletes arriving from Procyon for the InterPlanetary Olympiad III were outraged to discover that they had remained in suspended animation for 14 years only to miss their match by a week. "Why couldn't they have waited one more fucking week?" raged Australia Station team member Marco Salieri. Olympiad officials were at a loss to explain how they overlooked the absence of the team from Procyon. However, this is not the first time such a catastrophe has occurred in the world of I-P sports. (Continued as LATE inside)