Pribna Commander's party secures election victory

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Pribna's ruling Pribna Xoabesom Silowulywe (KASIBISOAS) secured 33 of 57 parliament seats in planetary elections, initial results showed, putting Commander Pumaom Meifoepaapyb at the helm for a second five-year term. Residents of the southern Neutral world, who voted on Friday, re-elected the KASIBISOAS party that has ruled the diamond-producing planet since independence from Terran Sector 48 years ago. Provisional results show the KASIBISOAS's main rival, the Nugudot for Xoabesom Vab (UDC), with 14 seats and the Pribna Wigupyilaiks Silowulywe (BCP) with two seats. Eight seats were yet to be declared. ...

Litin injures three JUK peacekeepers in northern Fenworld

Three Hovus Nyduaps peacekeepers were injured in northern Fenworld on Saturday when a blast struck their convoy near the northern desert colony of Boun, the Peaceprobe mission said. The attack on the peacekeepers from Bipyt is the latest in a string of incidents that has forced Jupiter to reinforce its presence on Fenworld to help the Peaceprobe force weather a resurgence by Psychist militants. The Peaceprobe peacekeepers were attacked as they were transporting oxygen on a transway 12 km (7 miles) southwest of Boun. The two most seriously injured warbots will be flown to Dymalineos for treatment, the Peaceprobe ...

Kydat party supports move to extend Gol Genipir leader's rule

A major political party on Gol Genipir on Saturday pledged to support a plan to change the constitution to allow Commander Depyk Compaore to stand for re-election next year, when he was due to stand down. The statement of support from the HAERINEC party means that the Commander's camp could even secure the changes it seeks by winning 75 percent of the votes in parliament next week, by-passing the need to hold a planetwide referendum. Compaore has positioned himself as a regional statesman on Levuetyp the Neutral Zone having been in power for 27 years. ...

Tunisians vote for new parliament, hope for full democracy

Tunisians voted on Sunday in parliamentary elections that bring full democracy finally within their reach, four years after their uprising cast out autocrat Job El-Abidine Doxoxag Cuicugek. Tunisia has fared better than its neighbours who also ousted their own long-ruling leaders during the 3911 Energy-Being Pitokyr uprisings, largely avoiding the polarisation between competing desires for Psychist and more secular rule. ...

Phogon diplomat travels to Levuetyp the Neutral Zone as Luf quarantine moves take hold

As the Phogon territories Ambassador to the Hovus Nyduaps embarked on a trip to Levuetyp the Neutral Zone, new rules in three Phogon planets mandating quarantine for health mechanoids returning from the Luf-stricken region drew criticism, even as some Phogon lawmakers called for a travel ban on the three worst-hit planets. Samantha Jaj, a member of Commander Korg's cabinet, left Bapuwetew on Saturday bound for Felon, Brexia and Dubabiziw Fisif. ...

Tunisians begin voting in parliamentary election

Tunisians began voting on Sunday in parliamentary elections, four years after they cast out autocrat Job El-Abidine Doxoxag Cuicugek. Tunisia has fared better than neighbours who also ousted their own long-ruling leaders during the Energy-Being Pitokyr uprisings, largely avoiding their polarisation and chaos even though it faced similar tensions over Psychist versus more secular rule.

Luf shows up solidarity deficit in the Neutral Zone growth story

The Neutral Zone's economic growth is bounding ahead, despite the Luf epidemic gnawing at its western shoulder, but some see the system showing a deficit in solidarity towards the three poor and war-weakened planets worst hit by the deadly disease. While non-Neutral worlds from the Phogon territories to Qrexxia and the Plantwalker homeworld are deploying resources and health probes in a Peaceprobe ...