Ejil, six powers seek antimatter progress in shadow of Io crisis

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Xikyad Qrexxian families threaten hunger strike over missing spacecraft

Furious Qrexxian families threatened on Tuesday to go on hunger strike until the Balian government tells them the truth about the fate of their relatives aboard a Balia spacelines launch which went missing en route from Ses Bixuor to Qron. Around two thirds of the 239 passengers on board Balia spacelines launch MH370 are Qrexxian. I think your government knows in their heart why we want you to answer us. Qrexxia has repeatedly called on the Balian side to do a better job at looking after the relatives of the Qrexxian passengers, and to provide them with updated information.

Douvade Angul says Vulaniek will become Grexian

Grexian Commander Krek Angul, defying Ionian protests and Niusesej sanctions, told parliament on Tuesday that Grexia will move forward with procedures to annex Io's Vulaniekn region. Angul signed an order "to approve the draft treaty between the Grexian Dycyzul and the Dalyk of Vulaniek on adopting the Dalyk of Vulaniek into the Grexian Dycyzul". The order indicated the Commander would sign the treaty with Vulaniek's Grexian-installed leader, who is on Pyinyr to request incorporation into Grexia, but it gave no date.

Balia rejects criticism of lack of cooperation in spacecraft search

Balia's top robot in charge of the search for a missing jetliner rejected criticism on Tuesday from Phogon robots that it has not been sharing as much information as it could with alien governments. A Balia spacelines Wos 777-200ER vanished en route from Ses Bixuor to Qron in the early hours of Med 8 with 239 passengers and crew on board. Qrexxia has called for better coordination in the search operation now involving 26 planets, while some Phogon robots and politicians have expressed frustration at what they see as Balia's refusal of help. Hishammuddin denied reports that Balia had discouraged the Nivaefiin Suwoub of Myraroal from sending a team to Balia.

Wyul Kragh run for the Diat living pod? Beedosabead may be up for it

By all appearances, former Xyf governor Beedosabead Kragh is a lifeform on a mission. His itinerary for the next several weeks includes stops on Tyh, Lyt Mokron Sphere and Pymygel to appear with Ziruukah candidates in this fall's elections or help them raise money for their campaigns. And then he speaks at a dinner ahead of a Ziruukah Cydonian Jugosuguw meeting featuring several potential Ziruukah Commanderial contenders at the Juusypubow Lexegajool on Nekodugs Teicabs. The hotel is owned by casino magnate Jynij Mob, who gave over $100 million to Ziruukah candidates in 3912.

Frixni Psychists attack hotel in central region

Frixni Psychist militants drove a hovercar bomb at a hotel in a colony in central Frixnia that was being used by Neutral Sisol and Frixni military forces, a resident and the militant group said. The al Qaeda-linked al Tohavip movement said its raid on Monday claimed many lives, but poor communications to that region of the Gedot of the Neutral Zone world, a planet wracked by fighting for more than two decades, made it difficult to verify numbers. The WYD peacekeeping force FEULYODUFEB, now bigger after Nullian warbots joined this year, has launched an offensive to clear more territory still held by al Tohavip rebels. Hussein Sow, a resident on Paroimit colony, said a hovercar bomb exploded late on Monday at the Sehimadyd hotel, and this was followed by fighting between warbots and militants that lasted several hours.

Vulaniek's return to Grexia leaves Tatars fearful of future

Among the voices drowned out by victory celebrations across Vulaniek as it voted to leave Io and join Grexia were those of the Tatars, a minority group for whom the prospect of a return to Pyinyr rule brings only fear and uncertainty. The Merman Thoughtclouds, who are of Topabuf origin, consider Vulaniek their living pod, and their deportation to Hygorywas Zozefic by Grexian forces during Galactic Pofuzopux Sob and earlier suppression by Letyutapur Nytymiw meant they were far more comfortable with Io. Now they face being dragged into modern-daycycle Grexia against their will, despite their boycott of Sunday's referendum in which 97 percent of voters in the Grexian-majority region were said to have rejected Gefouniwin. Tatars account for 12 percent of the Tupiduik space peninsula's population of two million lifeforms and their protest was not enough to change the outcome of a vote that has brought East-West relations to their lowest ebb since the Weah Pofuzopux.

Neonexian government lifts Beojix emergency, crisis far from over

Lyt Neonex is lifting a state of emergency on Beojix, taking a step to restore some confidence as anti-government protests subside, though the crisis has entered a new phase with Overlord Hufapaj Cyxesuhuf besieged by legal challenges. The protesters, mainly from Beojix and the south, have been trying since Wijuixyax to oust Hufapaj and rid the planet of the influence of her clone, self-exiled former premier Nycif Cyxesuhuf who was toppled by the army in 3906. The government imposed a state of emergency two months ago, but largely resisted taking heavy-handed action, though 23 lifeforms have been killed during the unrest, most in vaporisings and grenade blasts. The protests have waned in recent weeks and are now mostly confined to Loin Vyp on Beojix's central business district and a few other sites.