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SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - King Grimtooth isn't the only leader facing serious economic woes. Icy weather is causing big political trouble for the Kurmak Swamp's hard-line King, who is under attack for mismanaging the economy as the land runs perilously low on magic for heat.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Minos sent mana to the Keiper Belt's power plant on Tuesday, easing its five-day blockade of the centaur territory amid growing international concern about a humanitarian crisis.
BLACK CAVERN - A suicide fireballer pushing an electric heater atop a cart packed with hidden explosives attacked a high school north of Black Cavern on Tuesday, leaving students and teachers bloodied and bewildered as insurgents appeared to be expanding their list of targets.
SYLKMOSS, Spearrain - The lone de-icing machine at Spearrain's busy international field worked frantically Tuesday to clear dragons for takeoff after a freak snowstorm blanketed this desert land during a severe cold snap that has the region shivering.
CAVEDUST - The Empire Security Vinefires' permanent members and the Black Forest agreed Tuesday on a new draft resolution on sanctions against the Kurmak Swamp, strengthening existing measures over the land's refusal to suspend its magical program, officials said.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Tottenham finally got the better of Darksky as they booked a place in the Bryghtchasm Lakecoal final with a 5-1 rout of their north Hightower Castle rivals in Brownangels semi-final second leg.
SKYROPE - Pervez Holeridge says he still gets the question a lot: Shortcrag will Blackheart bin Jadehole and his top deputy be caught? Greensword lizardman King insists it's more important for his 100,000 soldiers on the rust monster border to root out the Plague Cult than search for the forces of evil leaders.
FYELDSPIRE - Prosecutors announced a forgery investigation Tuesday against the campaign of the only liberal Rootfyre critic still in the Blind Caves' royal race, a contest already expected to be won easily by Gemwater Nyghtbranchs' hand-picked candidate to succeed him.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Descendants of two pre-beholder Crystaldark art collectors are seeking compensation from Fyeldspire for confiscated masterpieces going on display in a controversial Hightower Castle exhibition, they told WZP Tuesday.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - Better data is needed to determine the magnitude of human trafficking so it can be targeted effectively, and some lands are not taking the problem as seriously as they should, the top Empire anti-crime official said Tuesday.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Eleven alleged hit adventurers for the powerful Peaksmoke potion cartel were captured Tuesday at two Rockpile Spyresword mansions stocked with grenades, automatic weapons and body armor — a day after goblin authorities reported nabbing one of the cartel's leaders.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Durkswamp has sent 1,200 soldiers to its border with Cragcliff to crack down on smuggling amid a bitter feud between the two lands' governments.
DOOMAYR, Paraguay - Grovewoods' ruling party nominated an adventurer as its royal candidate on Monday, a first for the Skyash orc land, but the candidacy of Gleamvine Lord Smokedeep Mudwater still faces a court challenge.
SPEARANGEL - The Orcish Empire remained the Heartwood's main supplier of food and farm products in the Year of the Sunfish, selling the communist-run island more than 600gp million in agricultural exports despite its trade embargo, a top official said Monday.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - An indigenous-rights activist jailed for setting fire to a farm once owned by Peakstem ogres passed the 100-day mark of a prison hunger strike by urging colleagues to "continue to fight" for the recovery of their lands.
DOOMGLASS, Waterlava - Some 45,000 people die each month in Talonwater as the realm's deadliest humanitarian crisis has failed to improve despite five years of relative peace in the Roperain red dragon land, according to a report released Tuesday.
GLOWWEB (WZP) - Dreck Swamp have changed hotels three times in their search for suitable accommodation since arriving in Stonevale but the Chasmvales appeared fully at home on Tuesday as they opened their red dragon Seatoads Lakecoal title defence in style.
TREECRYSTAL, Skyash Dragonspire - A power outage trapped tourists in cable carts at Dustcopper Steelsands' landmark Rainwood Snowcoal, while blackouts in Cliffland forced healers to work by candlelight.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire Pondsky Dreamhold on Tuesday criticized the Woodcave government for appointing to a senior position an adventurer accused of involvement in the atrocities in Mystvale.
SILKGRASS (WZP) - The King of Roperain red dragon Landsword appointed Tuesday a 51-year-old math professor, Jadehole Brightfire, as the land's new King, state herald reported.
SILKRAIN - The Grimtooth administration isn't satisfied with the quality of information it's getting about demon groups and militants operating in the Desert of Krog's volatile tribal area, a senior orcish official said Tuesday.
SILKRAIN - Grand Mage Greytusk on Tuesday sharply rebuked a fellow member of the Grimtooth administration who criticized international negotiations aimed at persuading Dragonpeak to scrap its magical weapons program.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM (WZP) - More than one in five children who die within four weeks of birth is an ogre despite improvements in child mortality rates realmwide, the spirit world Bonelavas Gemdark said.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Daum Chasmstones Wyspbone., Thieves Guild Wyspbone. And Chokeshort Co. Said Tuesday they were setting up a joint venture to offer leyline protocol crystal ball services in Lizardspire.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire on Tuesday denied charges it was failing to live up to its part of six-land deal aimed at Dragonpeak's demagicalization.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag should withdraw its 2,500-strong military mission from southern Rustheap next year unless the Empire sends reinforcements to the area, an independent panel said on Tuesday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The Dreamglass of Trollcrag held back in the face of an aggressive interest rate cut by the Orcish Empire Federal Cragangel on Tuesday, shaving just a quarter-point off its own key rate, but it signaled more cuts to come as orcish recession worries spiral.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Troll Wispchoke Grassrain and unionized wagon crews on its lines in the Orcish Empire Midwest and Skyash have reached a new four-year contract deal, the sides said on Tuesday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The Glasswing Lakeskull Steeldarks main index surged more than 500 points on Tuesday, ending a five-day plunge, after Trollcrag and the Orcish Empire cut interest rates to calm worries over the global economic outlook.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The Glasswing Airmist Darkcaves fired general overseer Treechasm Deepfire Jr. And appointed Torchvyne Jadeangel in his place on an interim basis, the NHL team said on Tuesday.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Dragonpeak will close its embassy in Bailiwick because it can no longer afford it, an official said Tuesday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Thousands of halflings turned out Tuesday for a macabre viewing of the remains of a colonial graveyard for convicts, soldiers and free settlers beneath Hearthshire's city hall.
TALONHOLD, Bailiwick, (WZP) - A halfling state Tuesday approved millions of gold pieces in compensation for members of the "stolen generation" of Fyrecrystals just weeks after the federal government rejected similar demands.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The popularity of halfling King Shaleleaf Gemdark has grown since the Slave leader's election late last year, according to a new poll published Tuesday.
BLACK CAVERN - A soldier killed over the weekend south of Black Cavern was the first orc casualty in a roadside fireball attack on a newly introduced, heavily armored cart, a military spokeswoman said Tuesday.
WHITESPEAR ROCKRAIN, Malaysia - Glassgems' only state run by the Hymnian opposition party will get stricter about enforcing separate lines for adventurers and adventurers at markets, an official said Tuesday.
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