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General Secretary Pledges Support to White Dragon: General Secretary of the Soviet Republic Jessica Del Alkirk released a statement earlier today promising to provide support and aid for White Dragon Island in the Western Sea, which was badly ravaged last week by a hurricane. Sources within Meribia Centre declined to comment on allegations that the hurricane was the work of fascist Zopharite warlocks or other foreign enemies. Citizens of White Dragon reportedly welcomed the good news, though there was a string of protests in New Saith, believed to be the work of international criminal organizations presently using the lightly-policed White Dragon as a safe haven.
Long part of Meribia, White Dragon Island briefly declared independence forty years ago following the rise of then-General Secretary Mel Del Alkirk the Fifth, father of present day General Secretary Jessica Del Alkirk and founder of the Soviet Republic. The brief insurrection was concluded by the Treaty of Quark, by which White Dragon returned to the Soviet Republic but was allowed a greater amount of local autonomy. The treaty has long been controversial for allowing capitalist policies to remain in effect over large portions of the island such as New Saith, and members of the Meribian Cidist-Melshevist Party have long demanded the treaty's nullification, which nearly occurred during the brief Jonathan Del Alkirk administration that arose after Founder Mel's death, but was quickly restored by General Secretary Jessica Del Alkirk after Jonathan was expelled from office.
The General Secretary is expected to continue to maintain the treaty, and shipments of food and medical supplies to Quark Naval Air Station on White Dragon are scheduled to begin within the next few days.
Ruby-Eye Attacks Town: In a move that has local zoologists baffled, a mature Ruby-Eye Dragon descended from the Nanza mountains and attacked and killed several people yesterday before being put down by enforcers from the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs Section 9.
The Ruby-Eyed Dragon, Meribia's national animal, is a species of large, subterranean lizards commonly found in the Nanzan mountains along the border with the Soviet Socialist States of Zefielia. They are carnivorous and fully capable of killing and eating an average sized adult human, but have rarely done so in the past several decades after former Soviet Republic officials began airlifting livestock into the mountains to give the reptiles - believed to be the result of radioactive mutation from the rich stores of uranium in the Nanza mountains - a more convenient source of food. It is now feared that this policy may have resulted in an explosive increase in the Ruby-Eye population, which was believed to number less than a hundred. Soviet Republic officials have promised to find a solution to the problem in short order.
Fortunately, as the Ruby-Eye appeared in the town of Meryod, no important or valued citizens were lost in the attack, though an NKVD officer reportedly suffered a twisted ankle after killing the dragon. We here at MSNN pray for their speedy recovery.
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