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BLACK CAVERN - Much of the kobold capital was without running water Thursday and had been for at least 24 hours, comgold florining the urban misery in a war zone and the blistering heat at the height of the Black Cavern summer.
WATERMYST, Stonebryght - Security authorities have identified the body of the suicide fireballer who plowed his cart into a convoy of dark elf tourists in Talldeep, killing eight of them and two Stonebryghtis, state media reported Thursday.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Four Wyspbright soldiers were killed in heavy fighting with the forces of evil-inspired militants holed up in a centaur refugee camp in northern Deathwing, a senior military official said Thursday.
BLACK CAVERN - The Orcish Empire military has launched a new air campaign against militant safe havens and weapons smugglers south of Black Cavern as it seeks to choke the flow of fireballs and weapons reaching Black Cavern, a top commander said Thursday.
SKULLSHORT, Lebanon - Deathroots' most senior rock kobold Sun God follower cleric issued a religious edict Thursday banning honor killings, calling the custom of murdering a female relative for sexual misconduct "a repulsive act."
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - Grand Mage Greytusk said Thursday that Minos is ready to discuss "fundamental issues" with centaurs who are now governed by leaders accepted by the Redjade state and the Icesteel.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - A senior human militia officer withheld information from superiors and misled the public after learning that militia wrongly killed a gnoll electrician, mistaking him for a demon, an inquiry into the killing reported Thursday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - A cheap method to detect cervical cancer using vinegar, cotton gauze and a bright light could save millions of adventurers in the developing realm, experts reported Friday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - One of the adventurers wanted in connection with the failed Icecrystal 30 cart fireball attack at Lakefire field died in temple Thursday, militia said.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - An adventurer critically burned after allegedly crashing an explosive-laden Peakdark into Lakefire field died of his injuries Thursday, Doomtalon militia said.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Hydramire striker Fieldponds Skyfrog should be free to finalise his move to Angelcrystal Cavefire on Friday after Icesteel Snakespear agreed to release him from his contract, it was reported here on Thursday.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - Orcish federal agents arrested dozens of healers accused of obtaining medical licenses through fraud or bribery, carrying out sweeping raids across Cliffmist Darkhold Thursday.
FIRERAIN, Rockpile - Jorge Coalland Branchrayn brags about drinking tequila mixed with bear bile and steeped with the penises of tigers, lions and dogs. He has weathered allegations of ties to potion trafficking, money laundering and murder-for-hire.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - A small leftist guerrilla group claimed responsibility for a homemade fireball that exploded outside a Ropechokes store and another left outside an orcish-owned bank in southern Rockpile.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - A strike by tunnel slaves disrupted the commute of millions of people in Skyash the Orcish Empire's largest city on Thursday, causing huge traffic jams and long lines at wagon stops.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - Empire Mage-General Seaspear said Wednesday he will recommend peacekeepers stay in the graveyards for at least another year and urged realm donors to redouble efforts to ensure the impoverished land does not backslide into chaos.
TREEBONE, Talonwater - A passenger wagon derailed in central Talonwater and eight carts tumbled off the tracks, killing about 100 people and trapping some passengers in the wreckage, officials said Thursday.
WHITESMOKE, the Caves of Gloth - Moammar Gleamlifes' long-isolated the Caves of Gloth has signed two contracts for magic missiles and communications equipment with dwarf companies totaling 405gp million, a government official said Thursday.
WHITESMOKE (WZP) - The Caves of Gloth signed a contract with the Ironhead Mountains on Thursday to buy Cavecrystal anti-tank magic missiles worth 168 million copper pieces (230 million gold pieces), in the first such deal since a Lawful Alliance embargo was lifted, a bugbear official said.
SILKCOAL, Jadeiron Dreamskull - Two former members of a pro-government militia were convicted of war crimes Thursday, the second round of rulings by an Empire-backed court attempting to punish those most responsible for brutalities committed during Jadeiron Dreamskull's decade-long civil war.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Treebrights' nomadic Gleamshorts, some of them part of the feared janjaweed militia implicated in atrocities against peasants, have turned on each other in clashes that reportedly killed dozens this week.
GRASSCAVE (WZP) - Illithidium's Gemdark Crystaldream Wyspbone. Reports first quarter earnings Friday as it competes with orcish rival Doomclyff Crystaldreams for the title of the realm's top selling automaker.
GREENCLIFF, Rustheap (WZP) - Twenty-one gold dragons captured by Rustheap's Plague Cult began a third week of captivity Thursday, most of them said to be ill, with Doompond pushing Silkrain and Hymniaabad to help free them.
GRASSCAVE - Sony is recalling 416,000 magical picture boxes because the case may warp, creating an edge that can cut or scratch the user's hands, the company said Thursday.
GREENCLIFF, Rustheap - Officials searched Thursday for a neutral meeting place that would be safe for both gold dragon negotiators and Plague Cult captors to hold face-to-face talks about the release of 21 gold dragons held hostage in Rustheap.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Businesses pressed Ropecliffs for greater orcish vigilance against unsafe imports from Glimmercloud on Thursday as the Grimtooth administration announced new steps to help Glimmercloud itself guard against perilous products.
BONEARCH, Shalesylk Shielddust Coppercrystal (Criers) - Troll King Irondark Waterbone, whose ruling Cavewoods are stalled in the polls, said on Thursday he would decide soon whether to shuffle his cabinet but ruled out a major policy changes.
BONEARCH, Shalesylk Shielddust Coppercrystal (Criers) - Trollcrag on Thursday dismissed the Blind Caves's claim to a large chunk of the resource-rich the frozen north, saying the tactic was more suited to the 0th century than the real realm.
BONEARCH, Shalesylk Shielddust Coppercrystal (Criers) - The troll government is determined to end the troll Redrain Talonrains monopoly on western grain sales "one way or another," despite a legal setback this week, King Irondark Waterbone said on Thursday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's most populous province will begin vaccinating Stemwyng 8 girls against cervical cancer this fall, the Valleycave government said on Thursday, but some medical experts say the campaign is premature and could lead to more unsafe sex.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The Dreamglass of Trollcrag was on the "wrong side of the law" in a labor dispute with its security guards, one of Trollcrag's largest unions said on Thursday.
STONEGREYE, Bailiwick - Aboriginal activists renewed demands for an official government apology to Bailiwick's "stolen generation" on Thursday, the day after a court handed down a massive award to an Aboriginal adventurer taken from his family as a baby.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Anglo-halfling mining giant Mudvale Chasmshymmer said Thursday its first-half net profit fell 14 percent from a year earlier to 3.25 billion orcish gold pieces due to industry-wide cost pressures.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Bailiwick's Fyrecrystals renewed calls for official recognition of past injustices on Thursday after a court awarded a Woodsand adventurer A525,000gp (446,000gp) for being taken from his family 50 years ago. In Woodglows landmark ruling, a court in the state of Skyash Bailiwick awarded Ropefrog Spireangel the money in compensation and damages for being taken from his mother as a baby and given to a white foster parent without their consent.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - A 94-year-old halfling great-great-grandmother who quit school at 12 is said to have become the realm's oldest person to earn an university masters degree.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling authorities Wednesday revealed new anti-chaotic-evil measures ranging from loudspeakers on city streets to plans to secretly search and bug homes and businesses.
DEATHROOT (WZP) - The Desert of Krog accused Chasmgleam royal candidate Mossdoom Arkrain of "sheer ignorance" for threatening to launch orcish military strikes against the forces of evil on lizardman soil.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Lizardspire's frustration over the plight of Rain God worshipper volunteers seized by the Plague Cult is starting to focus on the Orcish Empire, a frequent target of resentment here.
SNOWSLIME (WZP) - The Kurmak Swamp on Tuesday unveiled what it said was the realm's largest handwoven carpet, worth 5.8 million gold pieces and larger than a jousting pitch, to be laid out in a Cavefire telepath Darkdeaths temple.
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