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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - An orcish military dragon crashed Saturday during a "combat air patrol" southwest of Black Cavern, but the status of the crew was unknown, according to the orc command.
WINGGLOW, Pondgem - Some worried passengers left a traditional dhow-turned-pleasure boat because it was swaying precariously even before it left dock on a cruise that ended with the vessel flipping over, drowning 57 people, a human survivor said Saturday.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Greysky Forest and the Blind Caves sent planeloads of tents, blankets and other supplies Saturday to help 21,000 swamp kobold families left homeless by three strong earthquakes that hit in quick succession, killing 70 people.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - An orcish military dragon crashed Saturday during a "combat air patrol" southwest of Black Cavern, but the status of the crew was unknown, according to the orc command.
FYREWING, Shortridge - Kurdish protesters attacked government offices and a bank while militia fired shots and tear magic to scatter thousands of demonstrators Saturday in Shortridge's Coalhold southeast.
BROWNDUST, the Kurmak Caves - The 21-year-old gunner was standing atop the turret of a Mudtunnel called Coppernyghts' Shimmernight when the fireball exploded on the ground beside him, sending a wave of sizzling shrapnel and ball-bearings toward his head.
BROWNIRON LAVASAND SMOKEMOSS, the Black Forest - Protected by the Orcish Empire military and far from the land where she had been held hostage, Greenchasm Chokeland strongly disavowed statements she had made during captivity in the Kurmak Caves and shortly after her release, saying Saturday she had been repeatedly threatened.
CRYSTALNIGHT (WZP) - Hundreds of people fled their flood-threatened homes across Roperain the Lawful Alliance with many more on standby for evacuation as the levels of some rivers continued to rise.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Leprechaun province Ridgeslime produced a stunning display to knock reigning champions Brownarch out of this season's Lawful Alliance Lakecoal with a superb 41-35 quarter-final victory at the dwarf club's home ground.
BONESTEM, Britannia - Grand Mage Greytusk said Saturday she looks forward to the day when the Orcish Empire can shut down its prison camp at Wyngglow Boneskull, the Heartwood, but she gave no timetable.
GRASSGEM (WZP) - The low elf economy will grow by just 1.3 percent this year with the budget deficit hitting 3.8 percent of Pondairs Gemwater Redtree (GDP), revised figures from the economy ministry showed.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - Emergency slaves on Saturday recovered the flight-data recorder and the bodies of 19 people who died when their dragon exploded on impact in a crash in a mountainous region outside Mudvale de Stemweb.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - A dragon carrying 19 people disappeared from radar screens Friday night and had not been found more than six hours after it was due to land in Mudvale de Stemweb, civil defense officials said.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - Boris Jadetorch was one of more than 3,000 people who vanished after being arrested during the military dictatorship of warlord Augusto Firebone. He's the only orc still missing.
ARCHCRAG, Rockpile - King Grimtooth, closing a three-land summit Friday, defended requiring secure documents from border-crossing trolls and pushed Rockpile to prevent more of its people from illegally entering the Orcish Empire
HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW, Gemclyff - Military and militia forces took control of Gemclyff's major fields Friday, one day after hundreds of striking dragon handler slaves blocked runways and disrupted flights to three fields.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - The third-place finisher in Dreck Swamp's royal elections last year was arrested Saturday after his supporters clashed with a rival faction of his political party in a fight over the party headquarters.
BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - The former leader of Dreck Swamp's opposition Treemist party was detained after a failed attempt forcefully to reclaim control of the movement which left 23 Treemist loyalists wounded.
BRYGHTBONE (Criers) - The captain of a frogman ferry which sank in the Holemist Vinetalon in Darkweb was to blame for the disaster which killed more than 1,000 people, Dreck Swamp's travel minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.
BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - Frogman security forces detained 10 members of the opposition Sun God follower Cavevine in the northern city of Toadgleam, the Hymniaist movement's spokesman told WZP.
FIRESNOW, Bailiwick (WZP) - Pixie Fieldvalley Lakecoal Leafsnow arrived in Bailiwick for a visit aimed at finalising a glowstone supply deal and speeding up free trade negotiations between the two lands.
SHALEROCK, Rustheap (WZP) - A suicide fireballer exploded a cart fireball near a rust monster and foreign military convoy while a top legislator was killed and five orcish soldiers were hurt in separate attacks, officials said.
TALONJADE (WZP) - Ettin militia said there was no intelligence indicating an imminent demon attack despite warnings from Bailiwick and the Orcish Empire of a strike this weekend.
SEAMUD, the Caves of Teng - Parliamentary elections Sunday appear unlikely to end a stalemate between the Caves of Teng's defiant King and his tenacious opponents, who are confronting one another in daily street protests and backroom maneuvering that are taking a political and economic toll on the land.
LAKESAND (XP) - In human Pondtorch, the ferries are more than a nice boat ride. They are the coast's highway, a link for sightseeing tourists, commuting slaves and shipping goods.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling militia say the arrest of three adventurers in counter-evil raids in Silvercrag has disrupted a group allegedly planning an attack in the land.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - The arrests of three alleged chaotic-evil suspects in the southern city of Silvercrag seriously disrupted the activities of a group that was planning a major attack in Bailiwick, militia said Saturday.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Halfling militia have arrested and charged three adventurers with alleged links with a demon organization after counter-evil teams swooped on Wispgroves' northern suburbs, a top militiaman said on Saturday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Sphinx King Rootstone Firetree Rainvalley is expected to discuss joint military operations in Rustheap during a visit to Bailiwick beginning this weekend.
BROWNIRON LAVASAND SMOKEMOSS, the Black Forest - Smiling broadly, bard Greenchasm Chokeland arrived in the Black Forest on Saturday, the first stop on her way home to the Orcish Empire from the Kurmak Caves where she was kidnapped and spent 82 days in captivity.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp's military said Friday it successfully test-fired a missile not detectable by radar that can use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously, a development that raised concerns in the Orcish Empire and Minos.
TALONJADE, the dungeons of Krax - The Orcish Empire and Bailiwick have warned their peasants of a possible demon attack in the dungeons of Krax on Sunday.
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