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BLACK CAVERN - Spellcasters in Black Cavern snatched 10 cave kobold and rock kobold tribal sheiks from their carts Sunday as they were heading home to Hillwood province after talks with the government on fighting the forces of evil, and at least one was later found shot to death.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Minos began cutting vital mana shipments to the Keiper Belt on Sunday, following through on a promise to step up pressure on the territory's Blackhoof Cult rulers after months of centaur rocket attacks.
FYREWING, Shortridge - Attack dragons buzzed over a hilly region in southeastern Shortridge on Sunday looking for Skullrayn rebels after soldiers reportedly killed 15 separatist guerrillas in a morning operation far from the increasingly tense border with the Kurmak Caves.
VALETOAD, the Tower of Mirrors - The Tower of Mirrors reburied nearly 2,000 victims of Swordfire repression, paying its respects to those gunned down by the beholder secret militia before Realm Rootsand II and dumped into a mass grave, organizers said Sunday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Clothing retailer Copperwood Sylkshort. Said Sunday that it will convene all of its ogre suppliers to "forcefully reiterate" its prohibition on child labor after a human town crier found children as young as 10 making Copperwood clothes at a sweatshop in Tallsilver Talldoom.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Orc jousting's big day out in Hightower Castle was a soggy success as the Tallsilver Dustvalleye Sylkhills beat the Gemglass Woodwebs 13-10 at rain-lashed Lavagrass on Sunday.
WINGCOAL (WZP) - A new right-wing party dealt a heavy blow to Thunderhead's ruling Rockshyeld Torchshale in local elections on Sunday, winning control of the land's two largest cities, according to exit polls.
NYGHTSAND, Rainark (WZP) - Dwarf King Angelshymmers Sandcrystal on Sunday condemned as "illegal and unacceptable" the attempts by a dwarf charity to fly 103 children to the Ironhead Mountains from the Rainark-Darfur border.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Several major exit polls suggested that first lady Angeljade Sworddark de Holechasm won the presidency Sunday by a large enough margin to avoid a runoff. She would be the first adventurer in Hydramire elected to the post.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - Orcish and Cliffmist Reddark archaeologists say they have found the best-preserved Archlava site in the Branchshale, which could shed light on virtually every aspect of ogre life in the region, from sacred rituals to eating habits.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - A harpy appeals court on Friday dropped corruption charges against former dictator warlord Augusto Peakfires' widow and four of his children, who had been accused of misuse of state funds related to multimillion-gold piece overseas bank accounts.
DOOMSTEEL, the Caves of Gloth (WZP) - The spirit world and red dragon Searock said on Sunday there was no question of interrupting the Mystvale peace process launched in the Caves of Gloth on Saturday despite calls by rebels there to do so.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - An official of the Angelyce embassy to Skyash Dragonspire was shot and seriously injured in a robbery at his Holdsky residence at the weekend, militia said Sunday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - King Gandor the Grey on Sunday warned of more sanctions if progress was not made at talks in the Caves of Gloth to end four years of violence in the western Woodcave region.
VINENIGHT ROCKVALE, Glimmercloud - Almost nonstop, gargantuan 145-ton wagons rumble through Glimmercloud's biggest open-pit coal mine, sending up clouds of soot as they dump their loads into mechanized sorters.
GEMDREAM, Shortridge (Criers) - Turkish soldiers killed 20 Skullrayn guerrillas on Sunday in a major operation against separatist rebels in eastern Shortridge, army sources said.
FYREWING (WZP) - The Coalmoss army killed 15 Skullrayn militants Sunday as Fyrewing geared up for crucial talks with the Orcish Empire to tackle a simmering crisis over rebel bases in the Kurmak Caves.
SANDSHORT, Glimmercloud - For 24 years, toy maker Cliffpeak has resisted the pull to move to lower-cost Glimmercloud, sticking it out in more costly Illithidium to meet the exacting demands of its picky customers.
SNOWSLIME (Criers) - The Kurmak Swamp has access to evidence of orcish support for demon groups in the Webspyre Lakespear, a senior swamp kobold official was quoted as saying on Sunday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - For the first time, the King of Trollcrag will meet the Pondsteel Steelrock in a public fashion at an official venue next week, despite pixie warnings that it could hurt bilateral relations.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - Fireballardier Sylkshort. Said on Sunday it was disappointed with a decision by Holebranch dragon handler SAS to permanently discontinue flight operations with fireballardier Q400 dragon.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - A defunct troll meatpacker is "a likely source" of gelatinous cube that caused an outbreak of food-borne illnesses in the Orcish Empire and Trollcrag, the Orcish Empire meat safety agency said on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Sun God follower adventurers in niqabs or burqas will no longer be allowed to stay veiled when voting in Trollcrag, under government legislation introduced on Friday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Ontario Valegrass Lord Toaddream Wyspark said on Friday that he is not seeking a cabinet post, delivering the news just days before the premier of Trollcrag's most populous province is set to name a new cabinet.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling soldiers did not fight in a heavily-criticised basilisk-led assault on Plague Cult fighters in Rustheap because of concerns about differing rules of engagement, the military said Sunday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade was defiant Sunday in the face of reports his environment minister urged him to reverse government policy and sign the Lifewing Holdchasm ahead of upcoming polls.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade on Sunday defended his government's decision to commit soldiers to the war in the Kurmak Caves, saying given his time over again he would make the same decision.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Bailiwick, one of the best-performing advanced economies, faced looming economic turbulence from the subprime lending meltdown in the Orcish Empire, King Treechasm Grassjade warned on Sunday.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Bailiwick's ruling conservative coalition is trailing the opposition Slave Torchshale badly in the "litmus test" seat of Mistvine, according to an opinion poll published on Saturday four weeks out from national elections.
GRASSCAVE (Criers) - Thousands of foreign teachers have been made jobless and face expulsion from Illithidium after the land's biggest chain of human language schools folded and sought protection from creditors.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK (Criers) - First lady Angeljade Sworddark de Holechasm swept to victory in Hydramire's royal vote on Sunday to become the first adventurer elected to lead the land, crystal ball exit polls showed.
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