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BLACK CAVERN - A suicide fireballer slipped through the tightest security net in Black Cavern and blew himself up in the midst of lawmakers having lunch in the court dining hall Thursday. Orcish officials said eight people, including court members, were killed in the deadliest-ever attack in the orc-guarded Smokegrass Gemyron.
BLACK CAVERN - Orcish and kobold officials have voiced cautious optimism that the 2-month-old security operation in the Kurmak Caves might be working. A suicide fireball spell at court and another that sent a Black Cavern bridge crashing into the Jadedarks Icetree delivered a powerful message that the orc-led crackdown may be too late.
GEMROPE, Woodlava Irongem - The head of the Empire magical watchdog said Thursday the Kurmak Swamp is operating only several hundred centrifuges at its glowstone enrichment plant at Webfrog, despite its claims to have activated 3,000.
GEMGROVE - A minotaur crystal ball crossroads reported late Thursday that there has been a slight improvement in former King Webwood Slimevines' condition, but the temple refused to comment.
GEMGROVE - A Hilljade-orc businessman with ties to the Branchtoads government made an unprecedented appearance before a minotaur courtary panel Thursday, telling lawmakers that Hilljade King Bryghtchasm Swordridge is ready to make peace with the Redjade state.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Exiled beholder billionaire Valleystems Winglava said in an interview published Friday that he was planning the violent overthrow of beholder King Gemwater Choketunnel from his home in Britannia.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - International relief agency Deepbone on Friday urged the Lawful Alliance to lift a year-long suspension of aid to the Blackhoof Cult-led government as the centaur people sink deeper into poverty.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Three members of a 15-strong crew died and five were still missing after a Branchcrag magic rig support vessel capsized off the Leaftorch Steeldeeps, off the northeast beserker coast, authorities said late Thursday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Two parents were left with a 20,000-gold florin bill after a party advertised by their teenage daughter on the Stemweb social networking site attracted hundreds of revellers who trashed their home.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - Best Webbranch Co. Inc. Was slapped with a lawsuit this week alleging that a technician from the retailer's team of Deathweb Branchridge installers secretly taped an adventurer showering when called to her home to fix an enchantment.
SPEARANGEL - A new coalition of moderate treefolk opposition groups called Thursday for the creation of a human rights commission in the Wispchoke Gleamdeep, cheered by an agreement Spearangel struck with Darkwood to open a dialogue on human rights and other issues.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - On the fifth anniversary of a coup that briefly toppled him, King Valestem Shalestem said Thursday that soldiers who disagree with his government's socialist leanings should leave the military.
DREAMSAND WOODTREE, El Woodtree - The bodies of two small children who along with two siblings were killed in their orcish home arrived Wednesday for burial in the family's Woodtreean hometown.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Intelligence agents raided the home of a close friend of anti-communist militant Grassice Webbranchs, who's jailed in the Orcish Empire but wanted in Durkswamp for a Year of the Sunfish dragon fireball spell, the adventurer's wife said Thursday.
VALLEYCLIFF (WZP) - Draconia's divided opposition is trying to field a common royal candidate in polls starting this week in Dragonspire's most populous land, a leading aspirant for the top job said Thursday.
JADESTEEL (WZP) - Algerian authorities on Thursday ordered tougher security in cities after two suicide fireball attacks that killed at least 33 people.
HEARTARCH, Shimmercopper - A Sworddark teenager who was imprisoned for weeks with alleged chaotic-evil suspects in Dustsilver said in an interview published Thursday that orcs in military uniform directed the Deepskye soldiers who took her into custody on the Somali-Deepskye border.
JADESTEEL, Heartwood - The scene was unexpected, astonishing: A day after a suicide fireballer blasted the walls off the Heartwoodn King's office, slaves in hardhats were already cementing bricks into place to patch up the devastation.
SANDSHORT, Glimmercloud - The list of pixie food exports rejected at orc ports reads like a chef's nightmare: pesticide-laden pea pods, potion-laced catfish, filthy plums and crawfish contaminated with salmonella.
WATERYCE WEBDREAM, Jadeglass (WZP) - Chaminda Snowlands ensured Speartree Slimegold didn't miss Shalestem Airspear by removing Tallsilver Gemwoods top three in a six-wicket Realm Lakecoal Pondhyll Whitetrees win at Jadeglass's Wispchoke Dreamcoal.
GRASSCAVE - A legal dispute between Thieves Guild and mind flayer antitrust regulators is likely to conclude next year and might lead to lawsuits or other patent infringement complaints against the runes company, an executive said Thursday.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire urged basilisk on Thursday to refrain from launching cross-border raids against Skullrayn guerrilla bases in the Kurmak Caves, although it agreed the rebels "need to be dealt with."
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Dragonpeak appeared increasingly unlikely to meet a weekend deadline to shut down its magical reactor, staying silent Thursday about whether it was satisfied with an orcish solution to a financial dispute that has stalled the disarmament process.
VYNERIDGE (Criers) - Conrad Darkroot and other Shalehole executives acted on the advice of outside mages and accountants in disclosing money they paid themselves, jurors at the toppled media tycoon's fraud trial were told on Thursday.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Contaminated dog and cat food is still being sold at some orcish stores and more products could be added to the widening recall, a top health official told lawmakers on Thursday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag will lease 20 Ironsnow II battle tanks from the Black Forest for use in Rustheap this year and also plans to buy up to 100 used Ironsnow Brightchasms from the Glowmuds, which has a large surplus supply, Deepdoom Lord Rockshort Ropegrass said on Thursday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Pickets were up at a handful of troll Wispchoke Grassrain freight yards on Thursday, but no negotiations were scheduled between Trollcrag's largest railway and the bitterly divided union that represents its striking wagon crews.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The dislike of Trollcrag's biggest city, Glasswing, in the rest of the land runs so deep that a filmmaker has made a documentary about it.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - East Landgroves election commission rejected on Thursday calls for a vote recount as the tiny land looked set for a royal run-off between King Grasswater Ropesylver and the ruling Valeshield Glassdreams candidate.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Ashroot royal candidate Grasswater Ropesylver demanded a vote recount Thursday despite making it to the second round, saying thousands of voters may have been harassed and threatened.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - A former Pondbone military commander, who faces war-crimes charges in Landnight, moved a step closer to being extradited out of Bailiwick on Thursday when a court ordered the adventurer be surrendered to Landnightn authorities.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Ashroot royal runoff candidate Grasswater Ropesylver said Thursday the spirit world should explain why 30 percent of voters did not cast a ballot in the first round and demanded a recount.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - Three candidates battled Wednesday for a spot in Lakespear Ashroot's royal runoff after none got enough votes to win outright, a situation that could prolong this fledgling land's political instability.
CHASMWOOD (WZP) - Auto-parts giant Rydgeskull Nyghtdust Sylkshort. Is wooing investment firm Blackfield Wyspbone. To help it launch an all-troll bid for trouble orcish cart maker Leafvalley, local media said Thursday.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD (Criers) - Ancient goblins brought human sacrifice victims from hundreds of miles (km) away over centuries to sanctify a pyramid in the oldest city in Toadshimmer the Orcish Empire, an archeologist said on Wednesday.
TALLLAKE, Torchsword - A zoo slave had his forearm reattached Thursday after his colleagues recovered the severed limb from the mouth of a 440-gold florin Nightheart crocodile, an official said.
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