International Center To Open After 15 Years of Delays

KENNERWYCK- In 1984, Kennerwyck demolished the Downtown Convention Center, originally constructed in 1957, and built a new center across the river. Poole, Diamond, & Associates, inc. was hired to design and construct a new building there. The site was cleared, and plans were drawn. But the Kennerwyck Planning Board denied the plans. The company and the Board fought over plans until 1999. The construction started. After less than a month, the company that Poole, Diamond, and Associates was hired by went out of buisiness. The Department of the Exterior was running out of space, and was being forced to rent other downtown buildings. So they re-hired Poole, Diamond, and Associates to construct a new center. Construction commensed in spring of 2000, and continued at the slowest speed for the construction of a building since 1953.
On January 29, 2007, the building was deemed completed. Moving in has been progressing since, but the official opening will not be until February 3, 2007. Ambassadors from foreign nations, as well as high-level officials and IDU Council General Secretary Marlon Keegan are expected to attend.
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Tiebreaker Vote Canceled, Agreement Reached

FREELAND, IDU- Decision makers in the IDU Council canceled the vote to determine the winner of the Secretary General of the Council. An agreement was reached between Marlon Keegan and Dr. Martinson of Saidercray. The vote of Gnejs, which had been submitted only hours after the deadline, will be counted. This will place Martinson one vote ahead of Keegan, making Martinson the new Secretary General of the IDU Council.

Keegan said to the Times and Post, "We decided it would be better to get the Council up and running as soon as possible. Another three days would just be too much."

Keegan will become the new Head of IDU Council Affairs for Kedalfax, replacing Arnold James, who represented Kedalfax during the Klouch Summit.
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Keegan, Martinson Tied, Breaker Vote To Come

FREELAND, IDU- Voting for the first Secretary General of the International Democratic Union Council ended at midnight last night. As the results came in, officials realized that Dr. Benjamin Martinson of Saidercray and Kedalfax's own Marlon Keegan had an equal number of votes.

Officials realized that there is no provision in the charter for tied votes. Keegan, along with Speaker/VP Deßinger and President Linnenbach, decided to propose a tiebreaker vote. Dr. Martinson agreed. At the time of publication, no information was available about the details of how or when the vote would commence. Kedalfaxian officials have confirmed that Kedalfax will continue to support Keegan. No response was available from other nations, however Brechenlass is expected to support Keegan.
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Investigations Suggest Larger Problems

KENNERWYCK- Further investigation into the previous Executive Branch money scandal has taken place. Our investigators have concluded from Hollywood House employee testimony that the money has been used for 'personal services' for the President. No further information was given on what the services were. One anonymous employee requested that the Times and Post cease investigation because 'I'd go down, you'd go down, this whole place would go down and the terrorists would win.'
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Money Missing from Exec. Branch Budget

KENNERWYCK-An anonymous tip sent to the Times and Post said that there is a sum of money missing from the Executive Branch's budget. The Times and Post requested records, and our investigators discovered that a total of K$8,532,955 is placed under the category of 'misc.' Further records show that this expenditure has been steady since January of 2006. When asked where the money has been going, Executive Branch CFO James Parlin said, "I am not at liberty to disclose that information, and doing so would be detrimental to the honor, er, security of the, er, nation."
Our investigators are currently working on finding where this money has gone.
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