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POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS Road to Paris: Click here for special Election 2392 coverage USS Columbia going in blind by testing innovative sensors Hostages freed as USS Constitution saves Deep Space 285 from destruction Starfleet officer attacks fellow crew members during promotions ceremony Starfleet officers pilot Cardassian ship into battle, defeating Strox Outbreak of Anchilles fever spreads as vaccine supplies run out USS Apollo rushes to aid adrift Klingon freighter Rumors circulate as more acts of piracy reported along Klingon border FNS Situational Briefing: 239202.07 StarBase 118 fends off coordinated attack Terrorists attempt to destroy Starbase 285 with asteroids accelerated to warp speed Presidential prospectives court public opinion Heroic sacrifice by scientist saves USS Constitution Terra Novan Kevin Steiner makes long-rumored presidential bid official Read more Politics & Current Affairs headlines First contact turns into a firefight Ion storm cripples StarBase 118 Greatest threat to the quadrant since the Dominion War Starfleet rescues captured officers from pirates Peace talks between Brekka and Ornara end with a fistfight between planetary ambassadors Narala of Nimbus III joins race for the presidency Colony leader killed after taking several Starfleet hostages Ambassador Lily Ventu announces campaign for the presidency With Transport Union strike crisis, citizens call out for additional challengers for the Federation Presidency in this year's election 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 Cardassian Union apologizes for the occupation of Rodul Laudean Prime Minister kidnapped from Ba'ku 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 Missing scientists found on research station 2 dead in arson fire aboard USS Columbia Student protests held in Paris as Federation Supreme Court prepares to hear case on civil rights of holographic and artificial lifeforms Terrorists attack Deep Space 10 Increased Romulan activity seen in the Norlian Nebula; infamous region known by starship crews as the Par'tha Expanse's "Bermuda Triangle" Suspected Starfleet traitor abruptly acquitted of all charges; declared "unfit for duty" First commercial slipstream luxury transport SS Atlantic suffers catastrophic slipstream failure: No casualties reported due to the swift actions of her crew Marriage of Federation Ambassador USS Apollo-A investigates coup on Pertainia Vulcan ambassador slapped by Betazoid delegate; embassy insists matter is a result of a "cultural misunderstanding" Starfleet officer presumed KIA as USS Gemini responded to Rathos Prime pathogen Special Report: The Face of Treason Rogue Starfleet vessel USS Mercury recovered in Menthar Corridor; crew found safe in lifeboats Continued raids on neutral systems in the Borderlands blamed on Klingons Klingon high chancellor retorts with declaration of acts of piracy and that they are 'investigating' claims. Tensions rise as peace talks between Brekka and Ornara go downhill Plague in Onias Sector reemerges; anti-Federation group Ralaaram Ocala harassing commercial traffic in response Federation Transport Union considering strike after latest Nausicaan pirate attack leaves 24 dead Outer colonies demand action against continued raids from pirates President Nan Bacco criticized for inadequate response by Terra Novan councilman and likely election opponent Kevin Steiner Zalkonian Evolutionist Movement seek asylum from mass death sentence Starfleet chief engineer arrested on charges of sabotage and treason Klingons agree to peace conference with Gorn representatives FNS Team • For Aspiring Reporters • Manual of Style • Dramatis Personae

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