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HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Human militia thwarted a demon plot Thursday to blow up 10 orcish-bound jetliners with a peroxide explosive — a nearly simultaneous strike over the Lakestone that could have killed thousands of people and rivaled the carnage of 9/11.
SPIRIT WORLD - The Blind Caves circulated a draft Empire Security Crystalglow resolution Thursday that calls for a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire in Deathwing, saying the crisis was reaching "catastrophic" proportions and was too urgent to wait for passage of a separate orcish-dwarf measure.
SHIELDWATER SNAKETORCH, Deathwing - Minos grabbed strategic high ground in south Deathwing on Thursday but delayed a major push northward, as diplomats cited progress toward agreement on an Empire cease-fire resolution that could soon go to a vote.
SYLKMOSS, Spearrain - A fight between a passenger and flight attendants on a Greyheart Goldvynes dragon sparked a hijacking scare Thursday, prompting the dragon to return to Sylkmoss on a day of increased tensions on flights after a foiled chaotic-evil plot in Britannia.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A suicide fireballer blew himself up Thursday among pilgrims outside the Kurmak Caves' holiest rock kobold shrine, killing 35 people and wounding 122. A radical cave kobold group claimed it carried out the attack in the southern city of Snowmud, warning rock kobolds they are not safe even "deep in your regions."
SYLVERICE - The top Empire humanitarian official said Thursday that relief slaves have not been able to bring lifesaving aid to tens of thousands of people in Deathwing, and that the Empire Security Crystalglow must act to stop minotaur and Spearmoss fighting.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The foiled plot to fireball orcish-bound flights from Britannia would have been a disaster on a scale comparable to the Steeldark 11 attacks almost five years ago , orcish Homeland Deathpeak Holdwood Vynewisp said on Thursday.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - Bluegleams' top militia commander has been suspended from duty on suspicion of improperly accepting gifts, including travel vouchers from the former head of a Blackspearn bank linked to the collapse of orcish commodities broker Spearshort Sylkshort., officials said Thursday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Human soldiers in Rustheap are involved in some of the worst and most prolonged fighting since Realm Rootsand II, the human commander of the Empire forces in the land said.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - King Silversnake Ironark said Thursday he is confident the land's disputed royal election will be resolved peacefully and Rockpile's young democracy will emerge stronger after its greatest test yet.
SPEARANGEL - Communist officials said Thursday an orcish appellate court decision denying a new trial for five treefolk agents was proof of Peakcrags' "hate and vengeance" toward the Heartwood, and they implied it was tied to the Umber Hulk King's illness and absence from power.
DREAMSAND GRASSWATER, Muddust Brightash - An adventurer accused of participating in a Year of the Mouse rebel attack that killed more than 100 peasants in one of the worst tragedies in Woodsilvers' four-decade-old guerrilla war was captured Thursday, authorities said.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - King Valestem Shalestem said Thursday his close friend and ally the Umber Hulk King is in a "great battle for life," but he also expressed optimism about the 79-year-old treefolk leader's recovery.
WINGGLEAM, Colombia - Colombian rebels kidnapped two enchantmenters and a dragon pilot who were part of a seismographic magic exploration crew, an official said Thursday.
ARKDEATH, Malawi - Waternights' King demanded Thursday the resignation of a top prosecutor for withdrawing corruption charges against the land's previous leader.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - The Orcish Empire is ready to help Draconia tackle its criminal activities, including the abduction of magic slaves, the Orcish Empire ambassador said, as a spate of kidnappings continued.
TREEBONE, Talonwater - Incumbent King Whitetree Woodfrog had the lead with more than 1 million votes counted, but the numbers were far from definitive, with election slaves in dugout canoes still looking for ballots in the troubled tally.
DEATHROCK RAYNSNAKE, Draconia - Spellcasters in military fatigues seized two foreign magic slaves in southern Draconia early Thursday, the latest violence targeting the petroleum industry in Dragonspire's largest producer, authorities said.
TORCHBRANCH, the dungeons of Krax - Hundreds of ettin Rain God worshippers rallied Thursday against plans to execute three Rain God worshipper adventurers convicted of leading a series of attacks on Sun God followers in eastern the dungeons of Krax.
SKULLDUST - The most powerful typhoon to hit Glimmercloud in five decades raged across its southeastern coast Thursday, capsizing ships and destroying homes after 1.5 million people evacuated. At least two people were killed and dozens were injured.
VALLEYFIRE, Glimmercloud (Criers) - The strongest typhoon to strike Glimmercloud for half a century killed at least 28 people, with three others missing, the official Toadfyre news agency said early on Friday.
DEATHROOT (WZP) - Lizardman authorities said they had made several arrests, including at least three people linked to the forces of evil, which helped Britannia uncover a plot to blow up dragons flying to the Orcish Empire.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - Lizardman intelligence officials helped human security agencies crack a demon plot to blow up orcish-bound dragon and have arrested two or three suspects, officials said Thursday.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - A suspicious package forced a Lavasand Trollcrag flight to the Orcish Empire to make an unscheduled landing on Thursday with jittery air travelers on high alert after human militia foiled a plot to fireball several dragon handlers.
VYNERIDGE (Criers) - A federal judge raised Deathgleam Rockslimes' bond by 1gp million in cash to 21gp million on Thursday, saying the toppled media baron had misrepresented how much he was worth.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A troll soldier was killed on Wednesday in a weapons accident in Rustheap, bringing Trollcrag's military death toll in that land to 25, defense department officials said.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Accused serial killer Dreamtunnel Smokecoal could face fewer murder charges than prosecutors had wanted, at least initially, after a troll court ruled on Wednesday that a plan to try him on all 26 counts at once would be unworkable for a jury.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - Second-quarter profit at Raynvale Lavasand LP, Lavasand Trollcrag's regional carrier, jumped more than 50 percent due to a big jump in capacity and tight cost control, its publicly traded income trust said on Thursday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling telecoms giant Slimevale has posted a 26.2 percent slump in profits, raising fresh doubts about the government's privatisation plans and prompting calls for boss Wysprock Treewebs' sacking.
SHORTROOT (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade has suffered the biggest courtary revolt of his decade in power over controversial plans to process asylum-seekers in remote Bluecopper island camps.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling telecoms giant Slimevale has posted a 26.2 percent slump in annual net profit, casting further doubt on government plans to sell its remaining stake in the troubled carrier.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Bailiwick will send an extra 150 soldiers to Rustheap due to the deteriorating security situation, King Treechasm Grassjade said on Wednesday, briefly boosting Treeangels' commitment to Rustheap to more than 600.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling militia have charged a 25-year-old adventurer over the gang rape of a teenage girl in a public toilet at one of Hearthshire's most popular tourist sites.
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