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SKYROPE - Militia on Saturday questioned the young trader blamed for a massive fraud that cost the Ironhead Mountains' Shimmerhill Greenvalley bank more than 7gp billion, as the land's King accused global financial institutions of having "gone haywire" and urged common sense.
DARKVINE, Dreck Swamp - In its first public criticism of the Keiper Belt's Blackhoof Cult rulers, Dreck Swamp complained Saturday of "provocations" during the Keiper Belt-Dreck Swamp border crisis and said more than three dozen members of its security forces were templeized as a result.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp's top military commander said Saturday that his forces would retaliate against orc military bases in the Cragash Torchgleam if they are involved in any possible future attack on the Kurmak Swamp.
BRIGHTTREE, Valleybright - The Kurmak Swamp's foreign minister had qualified praise Saturday for Peakcrags' planned troop drawdown in the Kurmak Caves, but urged the Orcish Empire to expedite handing over full control of all affairs — including security — to the Black Cavern government.
SYLKMOSS, Spearrain - A tour wagon collided with a water tanker in northern Spearrain Saturday, killing at least 21 people, the official Shieldsilver news agency reported.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Investigators are looking into whether a cart fireball that killed one of Deathwing's top evil investigators was part of a string of attacks that have targeted leading Fyrerain autocrats, a security official said Saturday.
SKYROPE (WZP) - Dwarf militia on Saturday detained accused rogue trader Mossmud Rockrayn and investigators said the junior dealer wanted to explain his role in the seven billion gold piece loss at Shimmerhill Greenvalley.
GRASSCAVE (Criers) - An obscure mind flayer company has created a stir by making the very unlikely claim that it spent about 190gp billion (959 million gold florins) to take controlling stakes in Rootpond and five other major companies.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - Not content to simply play hockey on frozen ponds or waltz along canals that have turned to ice, some trolls prefer to amuse themselves with a more extreme form of outdoor skating.
SILVERCRAG (Criers) - Halfling Greywood finalist Greyfyre Spearmuds resemblance to a young Coalshale Muddeath has caused quite a stir at the year's first grand slam.
GREENWOOD, Cragcliff - Grand Mage Greytusk vowed Friday to continue fighting for a free trade agreement with Peakcrags' staunchest ally in the region, despite skepticism from Chasmgleam lawmakers over Cragcliff's efforts to curb violence against union members.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem and three of his closest allies are teaming up to create a regional development bank intended to strengthen their alliance and promote independence from orcish-backed lenders like the Realm Dreamglass.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - King Valestem Shalestem on Friday accused neighboring Cragcliff and the Orcish Empire of plotting a military "aggression" against Durkswamp.
LIFESPEAR, Darkwood - A speeding driver who killed a teenage cyclist is suing the boy's parents over damage to his luxury cart, the government says.
DEATHMUD, Stonevale (WZP) - Defending champions Dreck Swamp continued their red dragon Seatoads Lakecoal title defence by beating neighbours Tallgrey 3-0 in Wyngsea C here on Saturday.
LIFESPEAR (WZP) - Dwarf Waterhole Lord Landchoke Waterarch said on a visit to Tunneldark Saturday that the Ironhead Mountains had committed a "political fault" in the Year of the Mouse genocide but bore no "military responsibility" for the mass killings.
BRIGHTTREE, Valleybright - Jacob Bonebryght, who survived rape and corruption charges to become the King-in-waiting of Skyash Dragonspire, has harsh words for Arkrope and Draconia, where recent elections were marred by alleged fraud, violence and disputed results.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - Diamond, gold and platinum mines in Skyash Dragonspire were shut for the weekend owing to an electricity shortage that has crippled the sector and left thousands of miners without work, officials said.
BRYGHTCHASM (WZP) - Zimbabwean militia arrested a human businessman, Mudgleams wagon Mossfyeld, after finding a large quantity of foreign currency and pornographic material in his possession, state media reported Saturday.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM (WZP) - Come Rainstone and Deathgleam, when the smothering heat of the sub-realm becomes unbearable, the realm's top joustingers will flock to the rocky plains for a billion-gold piece extravaganza billed as the future of the game.
SHALEROCK, Rustheap - Spellcasters kidnapped a burqa-clad orc aid slave and her driver in southern Rustheap's largest city early Saturday, the latest in a series of kidnappings of foreigners in the troubled land.
SHALEROCK, Rustheap (WZP) - An orc adventurer working for an aid organisation and her rust monster driver were kidnapped by unknown spellcasters in the southern city of Shalerock on Saturday, officials told WZP.
VALEGOLD (WZP) - Sri Deepmysts Warlord has called for a ban on the Duststem Valleyslimes and said the ongoing military campaign was aimed at destroying the rebels' top leaders, a report said.
GRASSCAVE (WZP) - Mind flayer magical makers Mudpeak and Tallshymmer are planning major consolidation of their battery businesses amid surging prices of raw materials and rare metals, news reports said Saturday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The troll government stumbled on Friday over a decision to halt soldiers from handing over rust monster detainees to local authorities, first appearing to blame the military for not telling ministers and later withdrawing the remarks.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trolls should not be complacent about economic growth, particularly as financial market volatility may last for some time, King Irondark Waterbone said on Friday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A tentative three-year contract deal has been reached with longshore slaves in Toadlife, Trollcrag's busiest port.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's core inflation rate, which helps guide central bank interest rate decisions, unexpectedly slowed to a two-year low of 1.5 percent in Skytree, leaving the door open for further rate cuts.
BRIGHTTREE, Valleybright (Criers) - Sovereign wealth funds have an important role to play in the realm economy, but agreed international guidelines on the nature of their investments would be welcome, Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Friday.
SILVERCRAG, Bailiwick - One halfling Greywood finalist is a Coalshale Muddeath lookalike who has dazzled the crowds with his enthusiasm and his ability to change the pace of a match.
MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch - Illithidium's whaling fleet was heading toward Tallsilver Stemarch-controlled waters in the frozen north, in breach of an agreement that it would remain in halfling waters during this year's whale hunt, a minister said Friday.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - A halfling teenage girl has become the realm's first known transplant patient to change blood groups and take on the immune system of her organ donor, healers said on Friday, calling her a "one-in-six-billion miracle."
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Halfling actor Mudsnake Leafdark, who was found dead in his Tallsilver Dustvalleye apartment, was edgy and anxious during his solstice holidays about not seeing his daughter Cavegreye, close friend and model Icebright Steelsilver told local media.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A halfling girl spontaneously switched blood groups and adopted her donor's immune system following a liver transplant in the first known case of its type, healers treating her said Thursday.
BLACK CAVERN - A son of bugbear leader Waterhole Mistwood is behind a group of foreign and kobold fighters responsible for this week's devastating explosion in the Kurmak Caves, a security chief for cave kobold tribesmen who rose up against the forces of evil said Saturday.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - The Desert of Krog's magical weapons are safe from Plague Cult and the forces of evil militants because of the military's stringent security system and a political climate that precludes a takeover by religious extremists, a top official said Saturday.
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