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BIGELOW REPORTS INCREASED PRODUCTION FOR SECOND QUARTER​

June 8, 2010

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Bigelow Paper Company, Ltd., based in St. Marys, Aquitaine,
reports an increase in profit for the second quarter of 2010.​

ST. MARYS – Bigelow Paper Company, Ltd. has reported increased production for the second quarter of 2010, despite concerns of labour uprisings at plantations in Tyrisle. Output of paper-grade hemp in Tyrisle increased 7%, while domestic output increased 3%. Production of hemp seed oil, used in biomass fuel production, increased 3% abroad.

Bigelow's President and CEO, Carter O. Bigelow, IV, announced that despite growth of domestic output in the second quarter of 2010, most of Bigelow's production will be outsourced to Tyrisle within the next two years. Bigelow cites rising labour costs and government regulations on agriculture to be major factors in the decision to phase out domestic production. Already, Brettish-owned plantations in Tyrisle produce more than three-quarters of Bigelow's hemp. The fibers are processed in Tyrisle and shipped to Brettaine where the fibers and hulls are processed into paper.

Bigelow's stock price rose by 7 points upon news that the labour disputes had no ill effects on hemp output from the island nation. "Investment in Bigelow is a great way to diversify your portfolio into the paper industry. If things continue at this rate, Bigelow's stock could climb to as much as £29 a share by December, up from its current £22 a share at closing today," says Jim Andersen, stock broker with Welchovia Securities in St. Marys.

Paper-grade hemp has been the source of Brettish paper supplies since 1975, when the Alexander Reforestation Act was passed by Parliament, severely restricting the use of timber in paper products. At the time, nearly 69% of Brettaine's forests had been cut down. Hemp production was made legal by the act, and the government began subsidizing producers, including Bigelow. Most hemp is grown in the coastal provinces of Aquitaine, Fairfax, and Brunswick, although in recent years, union disputes have driven production overseas to Tyrisle.

 

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RAF ONE SUFFERS ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT OVER TECK - MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN EFREN​

June 11, 2010

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"Clipper Regal," which operates as Royal Air Force One, photographed prior to her takeoff this afternoon from St. Marys.​

EFREN – The King's official plane, Royal Air Force One, made an emergency landing in Teck today after the number one engine suffered a massive in-flight failure and fire. All passengers and crew on board the plane are reported to be safe, and no injuries were reported.

The plane was flying from St. Marys to Kronstadt, carrying a few members of the Press and the King's Aide-de-Camp, Colonel James Sellgren. The Royal Family was not on board at the time of the incident.

The plane was returning from St. Marys after an annual fuselage stress test was conducted at Belvoir Royal Air Force Base. The plane was scheduled to be repainted in a new colour scheme upon its return to Kronstadt.

The Bowen 707 aircraft was built in June of 1960, the fifth aircraft of that type delivered to Royal Brettish Airways that year. For most of her career, she served as "Clipper Regal," before being retired in 1993. In 1994, the plane was purchased by the government and completely rebuilt and upgraded with advanced technologies, and has served as the official Royal plane since 1995. When the King is not on board the plane, she operates under the call sign "Clipper Regal."

At approximately 3:45 P.M. this afternoon, the flight departed Belvoir Air Force Base with 36 passengers and 6 crew members. At 4:35 P.M., while flying over Teck, the crew radioed a distress call, reporting a loud bang on board the aircraft. Passengers recall flames and smoke shooting out of the number one engine. Clipper Regal immediately changed course for Havilland Air Force Base in Efren, and landed without incident.

Royal Air Force investigators have determined that the engine failure was due to impact from debris on the runway at takeoff. Prior to takeoff, a Royal Air Force jet landed on the same runway, puncturing a tire. Debris from the tire was caught up into the engine and damaged part of the turbine. While in flight, the damaged turbine blade failed catastrophically, causing the engine to essentially disintegrate. None of the other systems on board the aircraft were compromised as a result, and the plane made a safe landing.

The cowls on the Royal airplane are hardened with a Kevlar lining, as per Royal Air Force specifications. Investigators say that without the Kevlar lining, the fowled turbine blade could have shot out of the engine cowl and punctured the fuselage of the airplane, causing explosive decompression and loss of the aircraft.

Lady Elena Vernie, the Queen's Secretary, who was on board the aircraft at the time of the incident, reported that the plane shuddered after a loud bang, and witnessed flames shooting out of the fowled engine. The plane flew sluggishly, before the crew manually engaged the emergency fuel cutoff switch, shutting down the engine.

A panel will be convened to discuss air traffic safety, as well as the airworthiness of Clipper Regal as she enters her fiftieth year of service.

 

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Foreign Office

HM The Queen of Belmont, Diana I, invites her counterpart, The King of Brettaine, to meet with her at the Chateau de Charbonne in Paris. We hope that this visit will increase bilateral cooperation.

 

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ROYAL AIR FORCE UNVEILS 'CLIPPER IMPERIAL' ONE DAY AFTER ENGINE FAILURE ON 'CLIPPER REGAL'​

June 12, 2010

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"Clipper Imperial," which operates as Royal Air Force One (RAF-1), in a diagram of her lower deck (Courtesy: Brettish RAF).

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Diagram of "Clipper Regal's" upper flight deck (Courtesy: Brettish RAF).​

KRONSTADT – One day after RAF-1 suffered severe in-flight damage to its number one engine, the Royal Air Force today unveiled the King's new Bowen 747 aircraft, dubbed "Clipper Imperial." The project, which has been strictly classified since construction on the aircraft began in 2006, was opened to the public in light of the recent issues with the current Bowen 707 aircraft.

"Clipper Imperial" is a state-of-the-art airplane designed with the latest comforts and conveniences, as well as with cutting edge radar jamming technologies, defensive capabilities, and communications equipment. It has been dubbed the "Aquitaine Palace of the Skies" by the project's lead engineer, Col. Jason Woolner.

The RAF planned to give "Clipper Regal" a running mate as early as 2006, when it became apparent that flights abroad were often uncomfortably cramped due to the journalistic presence on board the Bowen 707 aircraft, as well as the relatively small size of the 707. The use of the Bowen 747, with its double-deck design, allows for communication and navigation equipment to reside on the upper deck, granting more space to the passengers on the lower deck.

Originally, "Clipper Imperial" was to be used strictly for overseas flights, while "Clipper Regal" would be used for domestic travel. It would take a significant burden off His Majesty's venerable personal aircraft, which has been in service now for nearly 50 years.

Final tests were conducted four weeks ago while the plane was painted in Royal Brettish Airways colors. The flight took off from Kronstadt International Airport without incident. After the trial runs were completed, the plane returned to its hangar at Howerton Royal Air Force Base in Kronstadt, where she was repainted in the colors of the RAF and final arrangements were made.

The Royal Family intends to embark on a tour of several nations, starting with Gramnonia, then Belmont, this summer. With Clipper Regal out of service for at least the next three months, the King will have plenty of time to break in his new "Flying Palace."

 

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Headlines for June 14, 2010

:!: Royal Family arrives in Gramnonia for 14-day state visit.
:!: Conservatives in Parliament push to end Estate Tax.
:!: Paylen faction accuses Dahlgren administration of having "socialist tendencies."
:!: Paradis Energy opens Deepwater Cadiz oil platform in Tyrisle.

 

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PARLIAMENT UNVEILS NEW EDUCATION REFORM BILL​

July 2, 2010​

KRONSTADT – The House of Commons introduced a sweeping education reform bill today, much to the ire of Conservatives who have consistently opposed efforts from Liberals and Reformists in Parliament who have aspired to overhaul education in Brettaine since winning a plurality in the House of Commons in 2008.

Much of the opposition stems from the so-called “TechEd” initiative, which provides for an electronic curriculum in the classroom. MP Samantha Walters, a Liberal representing the Marlborough District of Alsace, says that the TechEd initiative will mandate every student be issued an electronic reader by the year 2020, ten years from now. With this technology, which is being developed by Mercury Electronics, Inc., public school systems would be able to cut the cost of textbooks by nearly 30% by the end of the first year. In addition, the reader, called the “ePad,” would double as the student’s work pad.

“Testing would be revolutionized,” says Mike Foxx of Mercury, who helped develop the technology. “A teacher will simply send the test form to each student’s reader, they will fill in their answers electronically, and the results will be sent back to the host computer on the teacher’s desk. What takes the average High School teacher nearly three hours to grade one-hundred tests will now take five minutes – enough time to have the computer go through the document, check the answers, and record the results.”

“It will require of the teacher less administrative time and allow them more time to teach. Vocational and academic schools in the Royal Education System would be able to incorporate almost one-quarter of a year’s worth more curriculum without creating any significant burden on the students or teachers,” says Dr. Lara Mangelburg, superintendent of the Kronstadt District School System.

The readers are all built to military specifications and it has been estimated that they have a useful life of five years before they must be replaced due to obsolescence. To prove their strength, Mercury engineers dropped five of the readers from a height of fifteen feet, approximately the height of a second-story window, to the ground below. The reader only suffered minor superficial scuffing on the bezel as a result.

Conservatives in the House of Commons are calling the bill “incredibly wasteful.” Although TechEd is designed as a way to help Brettaine’s endangered natural resources by reducing annual paper output, many Conservatives cite the 1978 Alexander Reforestation Act as a means of reducing the strain on the Kingdom’s protected timber resources. Production of paper fibers from hemp is still a state sanctioned monopoly owned by Bigelow Paper Company, which has fallen under criticism from many Liberals and Reformists for their plantations in Tyrisle and increasingly harsh treatment of native workers there. Efforts to break up Bigelow’s monopoly have proven futile in the past. Many Conservatives believe that TechEd is simply a way to punish the paper giant for their success.

Still further, however, is the issue of sexual education. As per the proposal, all public schools in the Kingdom would be required to teach sexual education to all students in grades five through ten. The curriculum requires the teaching of condom use to all students in grade seven and over, as well as the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and the dangers of sexual harassment. It also explains the issue of sexuality to all students in grades five through ten. Conservatives criticize the bill as overreaching in scope, threatening to undermine a parent’s ability to teach their children about sexual matters within the scope of their own moral and religious beliefs.

Lord Stephen Martinson, Earl of Norwick (C-AQ), the Speaker of the House of Lords, spoke of the proposal on “Good Morning Brettaine” on BBS-9 in Kronstadt, bringing up the issue of homosexuality.

“Parents have the right to teach their children the moral and religious ramifications of sexuality, including homosexuality. There are some people in the Kingdom who view homosexuality as immoral and unnatural, something abhorrent to their belief system. I do not believe it is the place for the public school system to teach these young children that sexual deviancy is perfectly normal and fit. I wouldn’t want my child’s teachers undermining my religious beliefs. Additionally, we believe that sex before marriage is not acceptable, and disagree with the use of contraceptives. I don't believe that teachers should teach children how to use condoms by using a banana or something as a substitute. Leftists are trying to downplay this fact, but it is a reality with this bill. Therefore, I, and I believe most people in the Kingdom would not be happy with the sexual education aspect of this initiative.”

Lady Patricia Lambeth, Countess of Bernshire (L-FA), responded that lawmakers in the House of Commons have considered that some people may be uncomfortable with the sexual education clause in the proposal and that students are able to abstain from the program at their discretion. Still, Conservatives continue to criticize the bill as being overreaching in nature.

What’s your opinion? Email Steven Bevens at sbevens@kronstadtpost.co.br with your comments about this article.

 

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Páirtí an Lucht Oibre
Labour Party

We of Labour Party have successfully blocked a similar program in Éireann due to the fact that such a program has the potential to allow schools to hire fewer teachers and administrators.

Fiona O'Mally
Vice-Chairwoman
Páirtí an Lucht Oibre

 

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ROYAL FAMILY ANNOUNCES RETURN TO BRETTAINE UPON ILLNESS OF PRINCE​

June 22, 2010

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Prince Michael, shown here in his official portrait from The Aquitaine Palace, fell ill while on a state visit to Gramnonia​

LANCASTER, Gramnonia – Prince Michael of Brettaine, the youngest son of King Paul II, fell ill with what his physician is describing as infectious mononucleosis today. The family has announced their intentions to return to Kronstadt as soon as possible.

Reports are unconfirmed at this time, but the Prince apparently had been feeling ill throughout the day and was looking very frail when the entourage – consisting of His Majesty the King, Crown Prince James, Prince Michael, and of the Gramnonian entourage the Lord Protector, Michael, and his son Constantine – entered the Gramnonian Museum of Military History in Lancaster. While there, the Prince apparently fainted, and was rushed to the hospital running a fever of one-hundred and four degrees fahrenheit.

The King, in his statement this evening, has expressed his sincere regret to the Gramnonian people for the abrupt cancellation of their visit.

Infectious mononucleosis is a disease caused by the Epstein-Barr virus, and is most often transferred through the sharing of drinks or saliva, the latter giving it the unofficial nickname, "The Kissing Disease." It can cause severe flu-like symptoms, as well as a swelling of the lymph nodes and spleen. Physical activity is to be restrained while ill with mononucleosis, as exertion can rupture the spleen and cause severe complications, even death.

Upon the advice of his personal physician, Dr. Christina Hawthorne, the King has opted to return to Kronstadt with his family until the Prince has recovered. In doing so, the planned visit to Belmont for the wedding of Prince Nicolas and Princess Élise of Arendaal has been cancelled. The Aquitaine Palace has issued a statement whereby one of the King's daughters shall stand proxy for the Royal Couple.

 

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Office of the Prince de Montaigne

I send Prince Michael hopes and wishes of a quick recovery and maybe someday in the future we shall meet.

 

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KINGDOM OF BRETTAINE RE-ESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS​

May 1, 2011

KRONSTADT--After a nine-month period of isolationism, the Kingdom of Brettaine is re-establishing diplomatic relations. Embassies in foreign nations will reopen effective at noon, Kronstadt time, this afternoon.​

 

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Classified Communique

Welcome to the Waking World:

The Ard Riocht [High Kingdom] of Warre welcomes the Kingdom of Brettaine from it's three-quarter year 'slumber'; and hopes that his Royal Highness the King of Brettaine and his subjects in Parliment see the current international issues within Boreas with a clear and keen eye. Since the inception of the Aresurai Crisis and the deseating of the incumbent and former Aresurai government by the reformists, there has been reason for Boreasic nations, and particularly Brettaine and Serenierre, to take notice.

While the Constitution Creation Obligarchy and the recently and duly elected members of that body seek to bring about the reforms that the Aresurai people wish to see done; the neo-imperialist actions on the part of the Pasila Pact member states Touzen and Serbovia [particularly Touzen], to keep the incumbent and formerly legitimate government of Aresura within power; despite the obvious wishes of the Aresurai peoples. The High Kingdom invites Brettaine; no, asks it vehemently, to send peacekeepers into the Green Sea and the Aresurai coast, to allow for an international grouping of ships to keep Pasila from levering its weight in a neo-imperialist way, and to do what the Council of Nations has yet found itself capable of doing.

Slainte.

Signed: Clanntiarna Donnal Ferguson Uí Mac Lir, Herald of the Warreic Chancellery of Foreign Affairs; Boreas Division
Counter-Signed: Therran Ui Tyrell The Sixth, King of the Warreics, Saint-Prince of the Kayahtha, Ard Ri of the Warreic Kingdoms.

Sealed:

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Non Serimus, Metimus.
Ní Dhéanaimid, Buanann Sibh.
We do now Sow, We Reap.​

 

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MELBOURNE IS NOW KINGDOM'S LARGEST CITY​

May 2, 2011​

MELBOURNE, Norfolk--The latest figures according to the Royal Census of 2010 now places Melbourne, the capital city of Norfolk Province, as the largest city in the Kingdom with 4,077,036 residents living in its greater metro area. Melbourne now succeeds St. Mary's, the capital of Aquitaine Province, which has held the title since the 1940 census. St. Mary's comes in a close second, with 4,032,484 residents in its greater metropolitan area.

Local leaders in Melbourne and Members of Parliament from Norfolk Province have been vying for this title since the early 1980s, when the Crown first began building the Royal Rail System. Officials in Kronstadt decided to install cargo stations in Melbourne and St. Marys for Green Sea shipping. The two ports quickly became integral points of arrival for goods from overseas, and the RRS line made transport to the northern borders of the Kingdom far easier.

"It's simply easier to ship into Melbourne than St. Marys," said Melbourne mayor Kryzstof Trofimiuk, a Labour politician who has served in his position since 1999. "When goods are shipped into St. Marys, they have an extra fifty-kilometer stretch across the Aquitaine Peninsula before they arrive in Brettaine Proper. When goods arrive in Melbourne, they're already there. That makes for about an extra hour of transport which, in a competitive global economy, can mean making the sale or not."

St. Mary's mayor John Reynolds remarked that while Melbourne may have a more strategic foothold on the RRS, it's not simply the rail like that attracts people to Aquitaine. "The Province is known quite well for its tourism, which attracts new residents. It's not purely coincidental that Aquitaine has been called the 'Crown Jewel of the Kingdom.' Indeed, even the heir's title is 'Prince of Aquitaine,' acknowledgement of our status within the Kingdom," said Reynolds.

The nation's third largest city, at 1.2 million residents, is Adelaide in Daventry Province. It has been the nation's third largest city since 1910. The nation's capital, Kronstadt, come in at sixth with 601,073 residents, although this number only accounts for residents within the Capital District and not within suburbs in neighboring Fairfax and Nassau Provinces. The least populated Provincial Capitals in the Kingdom are Hartford in Lancaster Province, at 89,764 residents, Efren in Northumberland Province with 107,291 residents, and Geneva in Kenamond Province at 191,237 residents.

According to the 2010 census, the total population of the Kingdom of Brettaine is 18,537,055.

 

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs​

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As good neighbors, the President of Sereniérre offers diplomatic talks to strengthen our bilateral ties.

Jean-Jacques Rogére
State Councilor for Foreign Affairs
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PRIME MINISTER DAHLGREN ADDRESSES NATION ON ARESURA CRISIS​

May 2, 2011​

KRONSTADT--Prime Minister James C. Dahlgren addressed the Kingdom on the Brettish Broadcasting Network tonight regarding the situation in Aresura.

Refugees have been pouring into the northern Borean nation of Sereniérre, with latest estimates placing the number of refugees at 67,000.

His Majesty's Government has taken precautions to prevent a refugee crisis from spilling over the eastern border. Increased border security has been ordered in the provinces of Kent and Kenamond, and police patrol boats from Norfolk have been patrolling the Brettish Straits. Provincial Mounted Police in Gardiner, Kent, and Geneva, Kenamond, report that the situation is normal along the eastern border at this time, although there have been some cases of refugees fleeing over the borders. The refugees were promptly held and extradited back to Aresura.

"It's not exactly the ideal situation we want for the refugees," said Lord Charles Martinson, Conservative of Aquitaine. "The reality is, however, that the Kingdom simply cannot take in the refugees at this time. We have no quarrel with Aresura and cannot take on an extra burden because of their domestic affairs."

Frances Despenser, Liberal of Norfolk, has stated just the opposite. "I believe the Kingdom bears a humanitarian responsibility for the welfare of the citizens of Aresura. It is not the place of the Sereniérran people to take in the entirety of the refugees."

In his speech on the Brettish Broadcasting Network this evening, the Prime Minister announced that should the situation in Aresura worsen, Parliament will take a closer look into refugee assistance. Many politicians in Kronstadt are unwilling to engage in peacekeeping operations in the Green Sea, as has been suggested by other nations. As of yet, the Aquitaine Palace has remained relatively silent on the issue, although His Majesty King Paul II has signed a Royal Order to extradite all refugees who cross the border into Brettaine, reinforcing established policy per Brettish immigration laws.

 

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BRETTAINE FORMALLY RECOGNIZES ARESURAN REFORMISTS​

May 3, 2011​

KRONSTADT--The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a complete reversal of their position yesterday evening, issued a statement late this evening announcing the Kingdom's formal recognition of the Reformist faction as the de jure government of Aresura. The announcement came just hours after Parliament and the King formalized a treaty with the Reformist government in Smyrna.

The full text of the resolution is as follows:

"WHEREAS the Reformist faction in the Aresuran government seems poised to emerge victorious from the crisis in that nation, and WHEREAS the Kingdom of Brettaine wishes to maintain normal diplomatic relations with its Borean neighbors, the Kingdom of Brettaine, by Authority of His Royal Majesty King Paul II and the Parliament of Lords and Commoners, RESOLVE to accept a treaty establishing Formal Diplomatic relations with the Reformist Government of Aresura. SIGNED PAUL II, D:G:Rex on this FOURTH day of MAY in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Eleven."

The resolution, which was signed at the Aquitaine Palace at 3:55 this afternoon by the King, quickly revised foreign policy until this point in regards to the Aresura crisis. Many are celebrating this bold new policy initiative, while pacifists and Greens are generally opposed to the move.

"It is not the time or the place to pick a winner when the cards are still on the table," said Jesse Parrish, a Libertarian columnist in Adelaide who has been an ardent opponent of Brettish intervention in the Aresuran crisis.

Meanwhile, Aresuran refugees who were allowed to enter Brettaine by an emergency order signed in the middle of the night now wonder what this will mean for them. Parts of the treaty remain secret, giving credence to conspiracy theorists who argue that there are provisions for Brettish intervention against Loyalist elements in Aresura. Prime Minister Dahlgren, joined by Foreign Affairs Minister Anthony Corey, made an announcement before the House of Commons today after the Order of Formal Recognition was signed.

"The treaty does not oblige the Kingdom to intervene on foreign soil. Our interests in the Aresuran crisis are purely domestic and in the best interest of diplomacy. We are working out provisions with Smyrna for the 7,000 Aresuran refugees who were allowed to cross the border into Brettaine in the early hours of this morning. The Kingdom intends to return them back to their homeland as safely and quickly as possible."

Loyalist factions in Aresura have received the news coldly, with some leaders of the Loyalist (Legitimist) movement criticizing the move by the Kingdom, calling it a selfish move by a nation whose own interests trump principles. When asked to address the Loyalist claim, the Prime Minister flatly refused.

With the Formalization of Relations and the acceptance of the Aresuran Treaty by Parliament will come a summit between representatives of the two nations in order to establish embassies in Smyrna and Kronstadt, as well as other business that will have to be handled. Until that time, special envoys from the two Kingdoms will act as Ambassador Plenipotentiaries and the existing consulates will act as Embassies until formalized.

 

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Ministry of Revolutionary Defense and Foreign Affairs

The Brettainic Ambassador has been cited to the Foreign Ministry to explain his nation's decision to lend diplomatic recognition to a militant insurgency.

 

[Anglyn]

Foreign Office

With Brettaine's formal recognition of the OCC in Aresura, His Majesty's government extends its protection to Brettainian shipping and also in order for that shipping to avoid waters controlled by the 'Radical Legitimist', it has permission to navigate through the Mayapan Straits, the channel between the Isle of Wessex and continental Anglyn.

 

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BRETTISH AIRLINER HIJACKED DURING FLIGHT TO VILLESEN​

May 5, 2011​

MELBOURNE, Norfolk--A Brettish Airways Bowen 747 aircraft carrying 243 passengers was hijacked in the late evening hours over Kenamond Province. The flight originated from Carlton-Melbourne International Airport in Norfolk Province, twenty-kilometers east of downtown Melbourne. On board were 175 Sereniérrese nationals, 66 Bretons, and 2 Anglyns, according to a preliminary passenger list provided by Brettish Airways. There is no word yet as to the safety of the passengers, although the Post understands from various sources that the passengers were tranquilized in flight to make the early-stages of the hijacking virtually resistance free.

The first signs of trouble emerged when a flight controller in Geneva noticed that Flight 239 was deviating from its normal flight pattern over Lake Constance at approximately 9:55 P.M. Sensing a possible glitch in the navigation computer's Global Positioning System, the flight controller attempted to contact the aircraft. There was no response, and shortly afterwards, the transponder was shut off. The radar track then banked towards the east and continued in such a pattern until passing out of Brettish airspace at 10:35 P.M., heading towards Aresura. Unconfirmed reports tell the Post that a passenger, identified only as a young male, was able to contact the Emergency Services Switchboard in Kent. He offered some details about the hijacking as well as a description of one of the hijackers, identified as a tall, red-haired woman.

The Prime Minister is expected to address the nation on the Brettish Broadcasting Service this afternoon after the government meets with members of the Sereniérrese government and the Reformists of Aresura.

 

[Anglyn]

**CONFIDENTIAL**

Foreign Office

It is disappointing that when two Anglysh subjects are taken hostage on a Brettaine airliner by terrorists who diverts the plane to Aresura that HM government is not even notified and only becomes aware of the situation when the story appears in the news.

 

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FLIGHT 239 DEBACLE COULD COST DAHLGREN'S MINISTERSHIP, SAYS MOSSGROVE​

May 5, 2011​

KRONSTADT – In an interview on the BBS last night, University of Norfolk political analyst Henry Mossgrove speculated that the government’s fumbled response to the Flight 239 hijacking could swing voters against Dahlgren’s Reform party in the upcoming elections.

Prior to the crisis, Dahlgren seemed poised to win re-election as Prime Minister: the economy is booming and unemployment is at its lowest level since 1981. But the hijacking of Flight 239 shows the gaping holes in both the Defence Ministry and internal security. Dahlgren’s primary opponent in the Parliamentary elections is Conservative Opposition Leader, Jeannie Hollingsworth of Norfolk Province. Hollingsworth has made rebuilding Brettaine’s defences and strengthening internal security as a cornerstone to her campaign.

“Look, the world is watching the Dahlgren government’s response to this fiasco and wondering ‘why is he being so limp-wristed’ when it comes to dealing with terrorists,” said Mossgrove. “I believe the Foreign Ministry has failed miserably during this crisis, and regardless of the election I think Mr. Corey should consider resigning as soon as this crisis is resolved. The Anglysh Prime Minister learned about two important Anglysh passengers from The Kronstadt Post, not through Foreign Affairs. This is an absolute, as the military would call it, ‘Charlie-Foxtrot’ situation.”

“Brettaine has been blessed for the past three decades when it comes to air travel. We’ve never really faced internal security concerns, and our airport security is dictated primarily by international treaties rather than by domestic law. We don’t even scan flight attendants, which is the gaping hole that these hijackers ran through to get Flight 239. That’s got to change. Cockpit doors need to be locked. Air Constables should be considered, or at the very least Masters-at-Arms. The outcome of this debacle will forever mean changes to how Bretons fly.”

The Prime Minister is expected to make a public address to the nation in regards to the hijacking at 8:00 in the morning, Kronstadt Time.