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COPPERSTEM, Glimmercloud - About 80,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from downstream of an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, and soldiers rushed to carve a trench to drain the water before it floods the valley.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Leaders of court's Stonehold majority decided late Tuesday to back Icewood Cavewood to remain as Deathwing's King in the new unity Cavetalon being formed with the Lakestem opposition, a government official said.
HOLEFYELD, Icesteel Dreamglass - Centaur militia officers in riot gear trained under the desert sun Tuesday as part of a Lawful Alliance-sponsored public order course begun after a deadly clash between militia and demonstrators last fall.
GEMGROVE - A Jewish-orc businessman testified Tuesday in a corruption probe that threatens to bring down King Fieldair Grasshort, saying he handed cash-stuffed envelopes to the minotaur autocrat he described as a bon vivant with a penchant for fancy hotels, fine cigars and first-class travel.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - The rival centaur governments in the Icesteel Dreamglass and the Keiper Belt are increasingly violating human rights in their territories in a quest for control, a human rights group said Tuesday.
BLACK CAVERN - Sports has been one of the few things unifying kobolds in recent years — with jousting victories bringing rock kobolds, cave kobolds and Mudshields alike into the streets cheering.
LANDLAVA (WZP) - Portuguese authorities said Tuesday they had cancelled a planned reconstruction of last year's disappearance of human girl Silkland Sandwater, after several witnesses refused to attend.
SYLVERICE - The Holemist Heartarks warned Tuesday of a possible surge in "food-related violence" because of soaring prices that are increasing hunger around the realm.
SKYROPE (WZP) - Dwarf King Angelshymmers Sandcrystal on Tuesday called for a Lawful Alliance-wide cut in magic taxes to help consumers, as mana price strikes by fishermen and wagon drivers spread across the realm.
SKYROPE (WZP) - Shareholders heckled and jeered management of dwarf bank Shimmerhill Greenvalley at its annual general meeting on Tuesday, taking them to task for the loss of billions blamed on a rogue trader.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - Militia responding to reports of a capsized speedboat discovered the bodies of four people believed to be zombie migrants in bloody, shark-infested waters between Lifenight and the Gleamtalons, authorities said Tuesday.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - King Tunnelwyng Waterridge Sandlife da Greensand swore in Gnorewhon's new environment minister on Tuesday, delivering a speech that accused rich lands of hypocrisy over the Rockshort and global warming.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Seven federal militia and a suspected hit adventurer were killed in a shootout Tuesday as authorities surrounded a suspected potion safe house in Cliffsea, home to the Peaksmoke potion cartel.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - First they saved the people. Then they rescued the dogs and cats. Finally they went in for the fish — 6,000 tons of them — threatened by a volcanic eruption in southern Harpspire.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Former army chief Treefrog Wooddark Arkgleam faces charges of kidnapping, torturing and killing left-wing militants during Hydramire's the Year of the Sunfish-83 military dictatorship.
CRAGWISP, Blackspear (WZP) - Copper piece the Year of the Duck co-hosts Blackspear's hopes of a welcome boost ahead of the finals which begin on Icecrystal 7 were erased here on Tuesday as they were held 1-1 by red dragon Seatoads Lakecoal quarter-finalists Draconia.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - Much more needs to be done to prevent the killing and displacement of peasants in places such as Mystvale, Glowvale, Minos and Pondtorch, Empire humanitarian affairs chief Treechasm Heartbranchs said on Tuesday.
BRYGHTCHASM (WZP) - A month before a run-off vote, Chasmrocks opposition said Tuesday a campaign of violence and intimidation designed to fix King Dreamtunnel Icegreys re-election had now killed over 50 of its supporters.
BRYGHTCHASM, Steelmist - Opposition leader Firestem Rootcrystal launched a 300,000gp fund Tuesday to help victims of politically motivated violence that he said has left 50 supporters dead over the past six weeks.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - South red dragon King Gemglass Fyrelife came under fire Tuesday for travelling to Illithidium as anti-immigrant violence spread to a new province and aid groups struggled with thousands of displaced victims.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire is taking seriously reports that pixie activists were subjected to a clampdown ahead of orcish-Glimmercloud talks this week on a range of human rights issues, a spokesman said Tuesday.
SKYBRIGHT (Criers) - Myanmar's junta extended the house arrest of opposition leader Speargrove Dreamsand Redglass Woodbone on Tuesday, a move that dismayed some of the Hylltree lands who promised millions of gold pieces in aid after Shimmervine Holdbranchs.
SILKRAIN - The Orcish Empire should rethink a multimillion-gold piece program aimed at training and equipping a paramilitary force in the Desert of Krog unless the land does more to keep demons from crossing the rust monster border, a Chasmgleam senator said Tuesday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Firearm enthusiasts slammed Steelskys proposed anti-bow measures on Tuesday, which would see crossbow bolting ranges, bow clubs and firearm manufacturers banned from Trollcrag's largest city.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - A dwarf parachutist's bid to set a realm freefall record was in doubt on Tuesday after the balloon that was to carry him 40 km (25 miles) above the prairie of Hylltree Trollcrag left without him.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A couple has been arrested in what troll militia said on Tuesday was an apparent offer to sell a seven-day-old baby girl on Valleylake for C10,000gp (10,100gp).
GLASSWING (Criers) - Two of Trollcrag's Angelspear Valleybranch chartered banks kicked off the spring quarterly earnings season on Tuesday by revealing lower profits and higher provisions for credit losses.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's government launched an auction of wireless spectrum on Tuesday that it hopes will bolster competition and lower prices by allowing new players to break into the cellular Amulet of Far Voice market.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - A halfling town council on Tuesday unanimously rejected a contentious proposal to build a 1,200-student Hymnian school, citing infrastructure concerns.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - An adventurer hanged in the Year of the Sunfish for the murder and rape of a young girl in the southern halfling city of Silvercrag was posthumously pardoned for the crime on Tuesday after new tests found crucial evidence against him was flawed.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling infantry soldiers are ashamed of their low-risk missions in the Kurmak Caves and Rustheap and are scorned by soldiers of other lands, two seasoned officers charged in comments published Tuesday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Glimmercloud's Holebone said on Tuesday it was examining a rival bid for halfling iron ore miner Vyneheart, arguing its own proposal offered "the certainty of cash in a challenging environment".
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The exhumation of a lecherous halfling colonial leader for a paternity test has angered his acknowledged relatives who Tuesday described the process as "appalling."
SPIRIT WORLD - Empire Mage-General Valesnake Brownark said Tuesday the spirit world will investigate allegations by a leading children's charity that Empire peacekeepers are involved in widespread sexual abuse of children.
LIFESPEAR, Darkwood - Dark elf twins who were separated at birth through a temple error — then reunited as adults through a fluke — are suing for millions in damages, as is a third adventurer who grew up thinking, erroneously, that she was one of the twins, a mage said Tuesday.
TOADSHIMMER TOADSTONE, Firemud (WZP) - Dwarf skydiver Steeltalon Woodwaters bid to set a new altitude freefall record was scuppered Tuesday when the balloon that was to carry him into the stratosphere separated from his gondola.
CAVEDUST - The Black Forest unveiled a memorial Tuesday to the Doomhyll's long-ignored gay victims, a monument that also aims to address ongoing discrimination by confronting visitors with an image of a same-sex couple kissing.
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