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The Ko-I-Noor Evening Star
" All the news of the Land of the Eternal Evening Star . . . "
" All the news of the Land of the Eternal Evening Star . . . "
Military secures important sectors in southeast
Ko-I-Noor, Year 19 - Today our military and auxiliary police have forced a breakthrough on the south-eastern front near the city of Ba-Atur, pushing the forces of the Emirate of Salehstan 40 miles eastwards into the desert. From there, our airforce made short work of the rebels, lacking shelter and were slaughtered by the righteous troops under the wise and awe-inspiring guidance of our General, the commander of all Trans-Nineveans, Mahmoud Reza Khan (may His name be blessed eternally). However, despite the overwhelming optimistic news streaming into the pressrooms of newspapers, radio and television, we are all aware that this war is far from over. Therefore our General humbly requests all citizens to do their utmost to secure a lasting peace and destroy all radical Emirate spies and traitors in our fair and lush cities.
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In other news
- Central bank president Mohamed el Derwatty announces new plans to combat rampant inflation, raises key overnight borrowing rate to 23%. Citizens are advised to change old tender bills (red seal) for new notes (pink seal) before March 12th. The government has said that merchants who heinously try to take advantage of this desperate situation shall be put to work in forced labor camps. "Opportunists and other scum", in their words, "shall be on the receiving end of the bullwhip."
- Defense expenditures to increase annually 20% if mining revenue keeps up at this pace, the Ministry of War has said in a press statement. The army has come under increased strain fighting a war on two fronts, in the south west against the treacherous forces of the Emirate of Salehstan while a second war is brewing in the eastern cities where many loyalists reside of the deposed Shah of Nineveh.