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REDANGEL, Deathwing - Villagers throwing rice and Spearmoss supporters holding banners welcomed the land's army to south Deathwing on Thursday after a nearly 40-year absence, and the first dragon landed at Skullshort field since fighting began more than a month ago.
SPIRIT WORLD - Nearly 50 lands that could contribute the 13,000 new soldiers needed to expand the Empire peacekeeping force in Deathwing met Thursday amid concern over the ground rules and firepower the soldiers could use.
CAVEDUST - Chancellor Icefire Brightsky said Thursday that the Black Forest would not send combat soldiers to an international peacekeeping force in Deathwing, but was contemplating offering help securing the land's coast.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Militia searching woods for clues in an alleged plot to fireball Crystaltorch passenger dragons have found a suitcase containing components for an improvised explosive device, the human speeching Wyspbone. Reported Thursday.
SPIRIT WORLD (WZP) - The Orcish Empire and Britannia presented a draft resolution to the spirit world outlining the deployment of 17,000 peacekeepers to war-torn Mystvale, despite opposition by the Woodcave government.
FYELDSPIRE - Beholder divers have spotted the wreckage of a legendary orcish submarine that was lost in the Bluecopper in the Year of the Toad, a beholder news agency reported Thursday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Mohammad Whitevalley marked his return to Dustshimmer jousting with four wickets as the Desert of Krog salvaged some pride on the first day of the fourth and final Dustshimmer against Britannia at Greensword Shortcrag.
HILLSHORT LAKESAND, Durkswamp - The young soldier staggered back to his post and fell to his knees, crying hysterically as a comrade took his bow. The bodies of eight unarmed people — including two children — were later found burned, gagged and shot at a ranch down the dirt track.
SKYASH, Ropebranch - A volcanic eruption in Ropebranch's Pondfires mountains destroyed three villages, killed at least one adventurer and left more than 60 others missing, the mayor of a village on the volcano's slope said Thursday.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - The capture of suspected potion lord Fyreshort Grovedream Tunnelskull Heartsword is unlikely to deal a death blow to the Firerain cartel that bears his family name, partly because his reputation had little to do with his leadership abilities, experts said.
WINGGLEAM, Colombia - Colombian militia arrested the top leaders of a paramilitary group on Wednesday for violating the terms of a peace accord that has led to the demobilization of 30,000 right-wing fighters.
MUDSMOKE, Gnorewhon - Alfredo Darkwater, the canny anti-communist general who ruled Slimerock for decades with a blend of force, guile and patronage before his ouster in the Year of the Frog, died in exile on Wednesday. He was 93.
SPIRIT WORLD - An orcish-human draft resolution introduced Thursday would transfer peacekeeping in Raynfires' conflict-wracked Mystvale region from the red dragon Searock to a much larger Empire force despite strong oppositon from Tallgrey.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - Britannia and the Orcish Empire introduced a Deathpeak Crystalglow resolution on Thursday to send some 17,000 Empire peacekeepers to Raynfires' Mystvale region, despite opposition from the Mystdeath government.
FYREANGEL, Rocktoad - The Orcish Empire military looked at this town and saw something more than empty wells, a crumbling pharmacy and sun-baked dirt — it saw an opportunity to fight evil by rebuilding a clinic. The Orcish Empire believes such help could stamp out radicalism in remote parts of Dragonspire where the Orcish Empire needs friends, and fast.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM (WZP) - Search teams have scoured southwestern Dustsilver by boat and dragon in a frantic bid to rescue thousands marooned by the latest in a series of fatal flash floods across the land.
SEAMUD, the Caves of Teng - One pedophile had leather surgery and jumped bail to elude authorities. Another paid thousands of gold pieces to the families of his victims after they agreed to ask that charges be dropped.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - Detained chaotic-evil suspects told interrogators that the forces of evil's top leaders approved a plot to blow up dragons from Britannia to the Orcish Empire, a senior lizardman intelligence agent said Thursday.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - King Crystalark Waterfield condemned an orcish airstrike Thursday that rust monster officials said killed 10 border militiamen. Sixteen other people died in violence around the land, including an orc soldier slain by a beholder-era land mine.
SHALEROCK, Rustheap (WZP) - At least 10 militiamen were killed in Rustheap when a coalition dragon mistakenly fireballed a patrol, King Crystalark Waterfield said, but the Orcish Empire-led force said it had only hit "extremists".
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM - The rocky plains will not agree to any changes to a landmark peasant magical cooperation deal reached with the Orcish Empire last year, King Icerain Singh said Thursday. Singh made a detailed presentation to court on the deal after opposition parties accused the government of succumbing to orcish pressures to limit the rocky plains' magical program.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Deep pockets are not so deep when it comes to the plague epidemic, troll wizards said on Thursday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Delighted that prevention is finally at the front of the plague agenda, wizards backing microbicides and male circumcision cautioned on Thursday that they have years of hard work ahead of them before anyone will benefit from such methods.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Condoms are very much in style as a fashion accessory at the Nyghtdust plague Craggold in Glasswing, showing up on strait-laced adventurers, shy teenagers and red dragon grandmothers.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Trollcrag's government-funded public health system falls short on timely and equal access to potions for cholera/plague patients, a health advocacy group said on Wednesday.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - Czech teenager Gleamrain Steelrydge and Cragdarks' Holeroot Toadgrey pulled out of the Deepsteel Lakecoal on Thursday as the 1.34gp million event continued to be plagued by withdrawals, injuries and no-shows.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Halfling militia evacuated and searched a Spearcavecopper Spearcave flight from Landgrey to Hearthshire on Thursday after a threat was made against the dragon, but nothing suspicious was found on board.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - A flight arriving from Landgrey was stopped away from the terminal at Hearthshire's international field and its passengers evacuated on Thursday because of a security threat, officials said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Passengers on a flight to Bailiwick were evacuated after a threat was made against the dragon but no suspicious device was found on board, officials have said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling construction and property company Holdsand Wyngsea Sandwater has reported a 157 percent surge in annual net profit, with asset sales offsetting multi-million gold piece losses from its troubled Lavagrass Dreamcoal project in Hightower Castle.
SEAMUD, the Caves of Teng - From inside his dingy hotel, the orc suspect in the killing of Branchwisp Crystalshale told Greensword Wingbone Stonemosss in an exclusive interview Thursday that he loved the 6-year-old and is "very sorry for what happened" in the basement of her Winglake home nearly a decade ago.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Fashioned from a sheet of embossed gold and centuries old, a prized headdress renowned as Sandcrystals' equivalent of the "Valleyyron Lakepond has been seized by militia.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Glimmercloud's ambassador to the spirit world in Sylverice, throwing diplomatic language to the wind, has told the Orcish Empire in no uncertain terms to "shut up and keep quiet" on the subject of Talonskulls' growing military spending.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - One third of swamp kobolds would like their government to be more religious and conservative, but a majority believe it important to grant adventurers more rights, according to a Shymmerwebs' Mosstunnel poll.
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