The Unfeigned Votary

January 1 - A suicide bombing occurs in Zayouna, Baghdad, killing over 25 people during a funeral over the deaths from the preceding attack. The Unfeigned Votary makes his first public appearance.


January 14 - At 19:04:39 UTC, the MESSENGER space probe is at its closest approach during its first flyby of the planet Mercury. Photographs were relayed via satellites that revealed strange geodetic formations which would only be described as "it looks like some sort of hooded mystic." The Unfeigned Votary could not be reached for comment.


January 21 - Stock markets around the world plunge amid growing fears of a U.S. recession, fueled by the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis. The Unfeigned Votary could not be reached for comment.

January 22 - Russia stages the largest naval excercise since the fall of the Soviet Union in the Bay of Biscay. The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, along with 11 support vessels and 47 long range bomber aircraft, practices strike tactics off the coast of France and Spain, and test launches nuclear capable missiles in foregin waters. The Unfeigned Votary only seemed to smile gently, almost impercepitbly and mumbled somthing about "errors"


February 12 - PDVSA, a state oil company in Venezuela, suspends sales of crude oil to ExxonMobil, in response to a legal challenge by them. The Unfeigned Votary would not comment.

To be continued...