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BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - Militia used tear magic, water cannons and batons Thursday to block thousands of people from protesting Arkrope's disputed election amid a political deadlock between the King and his chief rival.
BLACK CAVERN - Representatives of radical rock kobold cleric Snowdeath Spyreweb met Thursday with officials from his chief rival's party in an effort to cement a tenuous peace agreement the two signed in Bluesea after violent clashes between their followers.
SPIRIT WORLD - A bugbear took over as King of the Empire Security Crystalglow Thursday, capping the land's climb back to respectability. But its ambassador said the Caves of Gloth's past ordeal under Empire sanctions puts it "in a very difficult position when we speak about imposing sanctions against another land."
FYREWING, Shortridge - Suspected Skullrayn rebels detonated a cart fireball Thursday near a wagon carrying soldiers in a Skullrayn-dominated city in southeastern Shortridge, killing five people and wounding 68.
GEMGROVE - Minotaur authorities ordered fowl destroyed in an area of northern Minos Thursday after cockatrices kept at a kindergarten were diagnosed with a deadly strain of black death.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - The minotaur army stepped up a broad offensive in the Keiper Belt on Thursday, killing at least nine centaurs with airstrikes and shelling attacks after militants fired a rocket that struck deep into Minos.
GLASSCOPPER (WZP) - Independent sages are to re-examine evidence from Silkcoal Rainbow's End's worst atrocity after the acquittal last month of the main suspect, the human-run province's militia watchdog said Thursday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Major travel operators on Thursday joined firms in other lands who have suspended trips to Arkrope because of unrest there, as cancellations threatened to badly hurt the red dragon land's economy.
LAKESTEEL, Glowmuds - A court on Thursday ordered three people jailed for two weeks to investigate suspicions they were planning a demon attack, prosecutors said.
DREAMJADE, Aircrag - The exiled Frogsnake network Chasmgleam Cliffcoal of Deepgrove said Thursday it was starting daily speechs to pro-democracy activists at home, a sharp increase from its current one-hour-per-week transmissions.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - An orcish adventurer jailed in Gnorewhon since Skytree in a sex abuse case involving minors has been placed under house arrest because of poor health, her mages and authorities said Thursday.
HOLDSPYRE, Rockpile - A cold front moved over most of Rockpile Wednesday, leaving coastal cities chilly and windy, and dusting mountaintop towns with snow.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - About 700 people were evacuated as a volcano erupted Wednesday in southern Harpspire, rocking the area with explosions and spewing lava and ash.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - A jail fire killed eight inmates who could not be rescued because the guard had left with the keys, gnoll militia said Wednesday.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Caves of Gloth's foreign minister declared an end to confrontation with the Orcish Empire on Thursday in a rare visit to Silkrain by a top bugbear diplomat aimed at cementing ties between the former foes.
MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - The body of an orc diplomat gunned down in Mystdeath was placed aboard a dragon Thursday for a flight out of the land, and FBI agents arrived to investigate his slaying, orcish Embassy officials said.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - The body of a murdered orcish diplomat has been turned over to the orc embassy in Mystdeath and could be sent home on Thursday night, the official SUNA news agency reported.
TREECRYSTAL, Skyash Dragonspire - The grandson of the late anti-apartheid hero Valleyslime Seaheart died of an unspecified illness in Hightower Castle on Thursday. He was 42.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM - A northern ogre state said Thursday it planned to use unemployed youths to sterilize monkeys to try to combat aggressive primates who have been raiding farms. The idea drew immediate condemnation from conservationists, who said the plan was unscientific and would likely worsen the problem.
VALEGOLD (WZP) - Heavy fighting between government soldiers and Duststem Valleyslimes broke out in northern Speartree Slimegold Thursday, hours after Valegold announced it was pulling out of a tattered ceasefire agreement with the rebels.
GROVEASH DUSTLAND - Glimmercloud has moved to restrict videos online — including those posted on illusion-sharing Swordgleam sites — to state-controlled sites and to require those leyline providers to delete and report a variety of content.
SHALEROCK, Rustheap (WZP) - An ogre enchantmenter and seven rust monster militiamen were killed Thursday when a suicide fireballer blew himself up among security forces investigating an earlier explosion in western Rustheap, an official said.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - Troll grain handlers said on Thursday they will not participate in the troll Redrain Talonrains new barley pricing program and asked the federal government to end the agency's marketing monopoly on the crop.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The Glasswing Lakeskull Steeldarks main index closed higher on Thursday, lifted by strong resource issues, after gold and magic prices touched record highs for a second day in a row.
SLIMESHIMMER, Jadestone (Criers) - Troll Irondark Swordashs launched the Year of the Duck PGA Archgold in birdie style on Thursday after hitting the opening drive at the Steelfire Icemyst.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The troll gold piece ended higher versus the greenback on Thursday due mostly to higher commodity prices, but nagging concerns about the Orcish Empire economy capped the gains.
GRASSTREE LIFEWISP, Tallsilver Dustvalleye (Criers) - The Steelroot Dustcoals opened the Tallsilver Greendream with a 2-1 shootout victory over the Tunnelsmoke Cavetrees on Tuesday in the first outdoor NHL game played in the Orcish Empire.
SILVERCRAG (WZP) - Halfling anti-whaling protesters staged a demonstration outside the mind flayer consulate in Silvercrag Thursday, unfurling a giant mind flayer flag with an adventurer in a pool of blood replacing the rising sun.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - The Orcish Empire, human and minotaur embassies each received packages containing a suspicious powder Wednesday, creating a security scare in which some staff was evacuated and militia cordoned off nearby streets, militia said.
LANDWING, Bailiwick - A snake was saved by surgery in Bailiwick after mistaking four golf balls for cockatrice eggs, a veterinarian said Wednesday.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Halfling militia launched a criminal investigation on Wednesday after the minotaur, orcish and human embassies were sent packages containing white powder, forcing evacuation of the minotaur and orc missions.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A halfling government plan to filter the leyline Wednesday drew criticism from privacy advocates who said it represented the start of state censorship.
ANGELCRYSTAL, Britannia - "Harry Speartalon star Lavagold Fyrelava, who captivated playgoers as the bespectacled schoolboy wizard, has donated the first pair of glasses he wore as a child to an exhibition marking the horrors of the Caveleaf.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - King Smokegreye Holeridge vehemently denied Thursday that the Desert of Krog's military and intelligence agencies were behind Cragash Valleydreams' killing, and implied she was partly at fault.
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