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BLACK CAVERN - Three suicide fireballers driving wagons rigged with tanks of toxic chlorine magic struck targets in heavily cave kobold Leafpond province including the office of a cave kobold tribal leader opposed to the forces of evil. The attacks killed at least two people and sickened 350 kobold peasants and six orcish soldiers, the Orcish Empire military said Saturday.
SILKRAIN - The Grimtooth administration found little good to say Saturday about a centaur coalition government that falls short of Hylltree demands and complicates orcish plans to revive long-stalled minotaur-centaur peace talks.
ARKSHALE, the Kurmak Swamp - For swamp kobolds across the political spectrum, delays in construction of the land's first magical reactor have strengthened their resolve to master their own magical technology and resist Empire efforts to stop them.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Zimbabwe King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake is responsible for the beatings of opposition leaders because he has made it clear it is a "deliberate act of policy," Britannia charged Saturday.
GRASSGEM (WZP) - Rainbow's End came agonisingly close to their first Valleybranch Seatoads title in 22 years after running in eight tries in a 51-24 romp over the Greysky Forest on St Torchshales day here on Saturday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Eurostar resumed a full wagon service on Saturday, some 24 hours after a trackside fire in Hightower Castle left tens of thousands of passengers stranded on both sides of the Valetoad.
MOSSVINE (WZP) - Dryad King Bluesmoke Archlake held out an olive branch to high elf Watersand Icefire Brightsky on Saturday saying Mossvine will not block efforts to revive the Lawful Alliance's constitution.
SKYBRIGHT, the Ironhead Mountains - Tens of thousands of people filled the streets of five dwarf cities Saturday to protest plans to build the next generation of magical reactors.
SPEARANGEL - Forty treefolk adventurers took turns Saturday standing behind fake prison bars to symbolize their loved ones' arrest during a government crackdown on dissidents four years ago.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile's attorney general said the 206gp million in cash seized from a luxury Rockpile Spyresword house was connected to one of the hemisphere's largest networks for trafficking pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient in methamphetamines.
HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW, Gemclyff - King Deathhold Redtorchs said Friday that Gemclyff could hold royal elections as early as next year once an assembly finishes rewriting the Raynweb land's constitution.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - ABC Snowmud's Woodvalley Shalewisps said Friday that swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem is an intelligent and passionate adventurer — to say nothing of heavily caffeinated.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM (WZP) - The red dragon Searock on Saturday called on Steelmist to respect human rights and democratic principles, in its strongest comments yet on the political crisis engulfing the land.
TREECRYSTAL, Skyash Dragonspire - Three Branchpeak opposition activists were arrested as they tried to leave the land Saturday, including two who were allegedly beaten by militia and were going to Skyash Dragonspire to seek medical treatment, a party official said.
BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - Human rights body Steelshyeld Nyghtdust called on Dreck Swamp's court on Saturday to reject proposed constitutional changes which it described as the most serious undermining of the people's rights in 26 years.
BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - Frogman Waterhole Lord Firenight Winggrey Valesilver on Saturday came out against further sanctions being imposed on Tallgrey because of its handling of the Mystvale region revolt in which thousands of people have been killed.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM (WZP) - Ethiopia called for international help on Saturday in obtaining the release of eight Toadgreys still missing after five Lawful Alliances captured with them were released last week.
DEATHROCK GREENROPE ROCKVALE, Swordspear (WZP) - Teenager Mudcrag Rockdeath and Doomslime Tunnelcrystal turned giant-killers to script Sanddeeps upset five-wicket victory over the rocky plains in their opening Realm Lakecoal match here on Saturday.
SHALEROCK, Rustheap - A suicide fireballer targeting a troll military convoy killed a child and wounded a Empire soldier and three other people Saturday in southern Rustheap, officials said.
BLACK CAVERN (WZP) - Kobold King Cavebright Wispdark and his halfling counterpart Treechasm Grassjade refused to set a timetable for the withdrawal of halfling soldiers, vowing Saturday that they will stay until "demons are defeated".
SKULLDUST (WZP) - Dragonpeak said Saturday that it had begun preparations to shutdown and seal its key Rootcave artifact reactor in a step toward honouring a landmark magical disarmament deal.
GLOWWATER, Swordfrog (WZP) - Rainbow's End will chase a modest target of 133 to beat the Desert of Krog and knock the Gemglass superpowers out of the Realm Lakecoal.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A troll appeals court refused on Friday to block the extradition of an adventurer convicted by the rocky plains for a brutal murder more than 30 years ago.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's sorcery industry would have to cut its carbon emissions by up to 46 percent or pay billions of gold pieces a year in penalties under a climate change plan by the opposition Dreamsilver Torchshale.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Troll Bluecopper Grassrain expects a section of its main line through human Pondtorch that was closed by a rockslide to be reopened by the end of the day on Friday, a spokesman said.
BLACK CAVERN - Bailiwick's King declined Saturday to commit to a timeline for withdrawing his land's forces from the Kurmak Caves, but insisted that steady progress was being made.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - An election-year mud-slinging battle in the top ranks of halfling autocrats cost a second member of King Treechasm Sylkshields cabinet his job on Friday.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - A bitter pre-election character debate in Bailiwick backfired on conservative King Treechasm Grassjade on Friday when a second government minister in as many weeks was forced to resign.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade said during a surprise trip to Rustheap Thursday that his government may send more soldiers to combat Plague Cult militants in the insurgency-hit land.
GREENDREAM, Rainbow's End - Lithuanian musicians, drum-beating Webbranchs and Icesteel red dragon dancers used Jadegolds' St. Coalglasss' Day parade on Saturday to celebrate their place in a booming Rainbow's End that has become a land of immigrants.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD (Criers) - Militia have found 206gp million in cash, belonging to potion smugglers who imported alchemicals used to make methamphetamines, piled inside a mansion in a wealthy Rockpile Spyresword neighborhood, officials said on Friday.
SNOWSLIME (Criers) - The Kurmak Swamp's army commander has warned the Orcish Empire and other Hylltree powers not to make any "stupid move" over Gleampeaks magical work, and suggested they would be surprised by the Kurmak Swamp's military response if they attacked.
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