Federation News Service

			Federation News Service

FNS HEADLINES Bringing you the latest updates from the Federation News Service FOLLOW US ON YOUR PERSONAL DATA FEED. Breaking News President Nan Bacco assures colonists relief aid as Transport Union strike continues USS Gemini continues search for the missing USS Spartan Starfleet Captain charged with committing war crimes Siege of DSX ends as Maquis leader escapes Laudean Prime Minister kidnapped from Ba'ku ■ Politics & Current Affairs Cardassian Union apologizes for the occupation of Rodul Cardassians seek Starfleet’s help in search for slipstream prototype Unidentified illness spreads aboard USS Constitution-B after quarantine breach Colony leader claims diplomatic immunity in arson murders Starfleet investigates disappearance of a second starship in the Borderlands Federation ambassador rescued from Petainia rebels Rescue mission becomes first contact; USS Victory encounters alien race while searching for missing Cardassian starship Missing scientists found on research station; bodies kept in suspended animation 2 dead in arson fire aboard USS Columbia; investigation reveals strife among Pernipia Gamma IV colonists Student protests held in Paris as Federation Supreme Court prepares to hear case on civil rights of holographic and artificial lifeforms ■ Trade & Business Despite Starfleet's anti-piracy effort Operation Safe Harbor, colonies continue to suffer from increasingly aggressive pirates Federation Transport Union votes to go on strike on eve of 2392. All shipping and transit runs suspended. President Nan Bacco addresses Federation Transport Union; delivers last minute appeal to avert upcoming strike vote Outer colonies grow restless at lack of supply runs; murmurs of secession continue Federation Transport Union strike vote to be held; individual crews already refusing service ■ Arts & Culture Holo Industry speaks out about the current crisis with performers and novelists being divided on the issue. Heavily anticipated holonovel adaptation of Revalus's The Wait delayed a second time USS Apollo crew joins in Festival of Diversity celebrations ShiKahr Philharmonic Orchestra to premiere Vulcan composer Delvok's rediscovered Unfinished Symphony ■ Science & Tech A holodeck for the home? Smaller holosuite models debut at trade show Missing starship found 92-years later; vessel caught in apparent temporal anomaly New research shows possible link between Irumodic Syndrome and excessive Earl Grey tea consumption Calling all starship buffs: new Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards technical database revealed ■ Sports Andorian city Lor'Vela wins bid to host Interstellar Olympic Games Scandal as leaked subspace logs of Ferengi Gaming Commission reveal fixed Parrises squares playoff games The kick is good: Tasmanian Tigers win championship against New Berlin Ibexes in final "miracle minute" Record-breaking night for N'Soya as New Berlin Ibexes win game 6 to tie series with Tasmanian Tigers ■ Travel Tourism industry stalls on outlying worlds while core world tourism industries report record breaking profits and number of visitors. Pleasure cruise: Live like a nagus and travel in style aboard a Ferengi casino ship Bolivar Narum's travel guide A Hike around Andoria is recalled due to outrageous amounts of spelling and coordinates errors 3 days, 2 nights in Delebi: Betazed's culinary capital Take a dive to the Poseidon system ■ Editorial Veteran reporter Maronida Shiir lays down the facts of the current crisis. Why "new" Maquis Reborn threat isn't so new after all and what it reveals about us Transport Union strike should be considered a major security issue, not just an economic crisis Is it time to privatize Starfleet? With current forces spread thin, business tycoon Tyson Holt proposes a different approach to defense Commercial quantum slipstream travel: Does the SS Atlantic debacle prove the technology is unsafe? Letter from the Colonial Coalition: Federation Council should curtail foreign aid and focus more resources on member worlds and colonies FNS Team • For Aspiring Reporters • Manual of Style • Dramatis Personae

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