.TH Command NEWS
.SY "news <DAYS>"
The news command prints a copy of the local newspaper published by
The Empire News.
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This \*Qmorning after\*U daily recounts financial exploits,
the telegram traffic between countries,
and political maneuvering
in addition to the chronicling of such mundanities as shelling,
attacking, and nuclear testing.
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It's great breakfast reading!
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Normally your edition of the news will only contain events that have
occurred since you last read the news.
You can specify what time period you'd like it to cover
with the optional <DAYS> argument in the command line as in:
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.EX news 2
Which will print the news for the last two days.
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You can select which news to see or not see with the ?actor or 
?victim selectors.
Activities are:
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     1)  Successful Sector attack            24) Country dissolving
     2)  Unsuccessful attack                 25) Ships hitting mines
     3)  Spy shot                            26) Alliance declaration
     4)  Telegram sent                       27) Neutrality declaration
     5)  Treaty signing                      28) War declarations
     6)  Loan made                           29) Alliance dissolving
     7)  Loan repaid                         30) War ending
     8)  Goods sold                          31) Plague outbreaks
     9)  Airspace violated                   32) Plague deaths
     10) Artillery fire on sectors           33) Name changes
     11) Artillery fire on ships             34) Starvation
     12) Attacking unowned land              35) Rioting (from dissolving)
     13) Ship torpedoed                      36) Air to air combat
     14) Gunners firing in self-defense      37) Nukes going off
     15) Breaking sanctuary                  38) Terrorists
     16) Planes bombing sectors              39) Shooting civs & uw's
     17) Planes bombing ships                40) Satellite launches
     18) Successful boarding actions         41) ASAT attacks
     19) Unsuccessful boarding actions       42) Deity giving things
     20) AA fire                             43) Deity taking things
     21) Collecting on loans                 44) ??
     22) Considering treaty violation        45) ABM interceptions
     23) Actual treaty violation             46) Missile firing on sectors
                                             47) Missile firing on ships
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See also : headlines
