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    Issue 1

    United News

    New President in The RegionOn Novemeber 5, 2013 we voted in a new presiden in the Regon of Nations

    United. Our new president is The Protectorate of New Swisland. The

    new president said"In my time in Nations United (besides that shortdisruption *-*) I have thought as all of you as family. You took mein, showed me the ropes...and I never thought I would bePresident...I am just completely shocked...I would like to take myfriend, Tolental, for getting me involved in this wonderful game,and all of those who voted for me!

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    Fury: Amber Langfo rd, left, and Annie Collinge, right, won a fancy dress contest dressed as the Twin Towers

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    Stunt: Amber Langford and Annie Collinge during the party at Rosies nightclub on October 31Their actions have also enraged Miss Langford's father Martin, a pilot who was working in the US for United Express on theday Al Qaeda brought down the World Trade Center and killed 2,996 people, including 67 Britons.

    'I didn't know anything about it, but I'm not happy at al l,' the retired pilot, who now lives in Anglesey, told The Sun.

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    'She knows I'm a pilot and that's not cool at all. We will be having a little chat, I think.'Miss Langford, who is studying biology at the University of Chester, and Miss Collinge, a criminology student, wore the outfitsto a Halloween event at Rosies nightclub last Thursday evening.

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    Tasteless: Annie Collinge took th is picture of herself as she wasgetting ready for the party

    They had modelled their costumes on the North and South Towerwreathed in flames and with victims jumping from windows. Bothwomen also wore hats topped with the wreckage of the planesand U.S. flags.The widow of a 9/11 victim living near Chester said she was'angry and disgusted' at the girls' outfit and suggested that theywere ignorant about the true horror of the terror attack.Liz Gilligan, whose husband Ron was working in the World TradeCenter at the time of the atrocity, told the Chester Chronicle: 'Ican't begin to tell you how angry and disgusted I am.

    'These girls and Rosies need to be made aware that 9/11 wasvery real and while it was 3,000 miles away, it affected people ontheir doorstep.'Some clubbers were so disgusted that they tried to complain tomanagement.'I was completely outraged,' said 20-year-old George Borsberry.'Not only were they labelled the "best dressed", but they were alsogiven 150 to dress up in this way and mock the victims and thefamilies of the victims.'We asked to see the manager to complain and was turned downdue to him being "too busy" to see us.'After waiting two and a half hours to see the person who decidedthis dreadful winner all we got was, "Sorry but it was a goodcostume."'He then had the audacity to say there were people in otherdisgusting costumes such as Jimmy Savile, as if to justify that itwas alright to dress like that.'Others took to the club's Facebook page to vent their anger aboutthe decision to give the teenagers a prize for their outfits.Ashley Goodall wrote: 'That's not even Halloween that's just avery bad joke, not like you'd walk around America like that.'Millie Robinson tweeted: 'Can not actually believe that somepeople went as the Twin Towers blowing up on Halloween.'

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    Outrage: Relatives of 9/11 victims have spoken of their anger at seeing the teenagers' costumes

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    Students: Miss Langford, left, and Miss Collinge, centre and right, are both studying at the University of Chester

    John Feal, founder of the FealGood Foundation which supports9/11 victims' families, told The Sun: 'The insensitivity level for thisact of ignorance is topped by none.

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    Pilot: Miss Langfo rd's father Martin, who was flying in the U.S. on

    9/11, said he was 'not happy'

    'As for the nightclub who allowed it, sponsored it and endorsed it,shame on you.'The pair at the centre of the storm said last night: 'We never meantto be offensive, but we apologise if any offence was caused.'The idea was to depict a modern-day horror that happened in ourlifetime and was not intended as a joke.'The University of Chester and Chester Students' Union said in astatement: 'We utterly condemn the appalling photos.'Both organisations have begun an urgent investigation with aview to taking the necessary action.'American political commentator Charlie Wolf, a right-wing

    broadcaster who has used to present a regular show onTalkSPORT, called the outfits 'shameful and disgusting'.Sarah Rappaport, an American TV producer working for CNBC inLondon, tweeted: 'Don't get how anyone could think dressing asthe Twin Towers for a party woul be remotely okay or appropriate.'Another American, commenting on a news story about thecostumes, wrote: 'Just sickening. They owe all the families anapology. And our country.'

    Home: Miss Langfo rd lives with he r family at this house in Menai Bridge, Anglesey

    Miss Langford is from Menai Bridge, a small town on Anglesey, where she lives with her pilot father, her mother Marion andsister Freya, 22, a student at the University of Derby.Their family home has three garages and a large garden overlooking the Anglesey countryside.

    Miss Collinge was brought up on a dairy farm in Clitheroe, Lancashire, with her father Bryan, mother Carol, sister Katie, 22,and 24-year-old brother Tom.She is vice-president of the university 'People and Planet Society', which says it is aimed at students who 'want to make apositive difference to the world they're living in'.

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    Apology: The company which owns Rosies said it was 'extremely concerned' about the competition

    Atrocity: Thousands died when terrorists flew p lanes into the World Trade Cen ter on September 11, 2001

    A spokesman for the Stonegate Pub Company, which runs Rosies, said: 'We are extremely concerned that an award ofvouchers was made to two young women who were dressed in a distasteful and offensive manner.

    'There was a serious error of judgement made on the evening by a contracted DJ to award such a prize and we apologise toanybody who may have been upset or offended by this.'A full investigation by the company is taking place.