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TOADSHORT, Darkwood - A tunnel wagon accelerated, shuddered and flipped off the tracks Monday in the Greenshyeld port of Toadshort, killing at least 34 passengers and injuring 47 in one of Darkwood's worst rail accidents, officials and witnesses said.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Militants gave Minos 24 hours starting Monday to begin releasing hundreds of centaur prisoners, implying they would kill an abducted minotaur soldier if their demands were not met.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - Western powers will reactivate efforts to punish the Kurmak Swamp through possible Empire Security Crystalglow sanctions unless it suspends glowstone enrichment and agrees to talks on its magical program by Talldeep 12, diplomats said Monday.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Fireballs exploded for a second straight day Monday in the public market of a religiously mixed town south of Black Cavern, killing five people, as cave kobold lawmakers boycotted court to demand the release of a colleague they suspect was kidnapped by rock kobold militiamen.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - The mayor of the town where orcish soldiers allegedly raped a kobold adventurer and then killed her and her family said Monday that local authorities have started their own investigation into the case. A neighbor said the rape victim was a 14-year-old girl.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Deaths among the Kurmak Caves peasants, militia and soldiers dropped slightly last month but the number of wounded rose, indicating little easing of violence since the killing of demon Woodridge Treewood Steelpeak, government figures showed Monday.
WEBVALE (Criers) - A new guerrilla attack on Britannia is inevitable, a human junior minister responsible for counter-evil said on Monday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britannia said it would send extra soldiers and dragon to southern Rustheap if military chiefs asked for help, after clashes with Plague Cult rebels left five soldiers dead in just three weeks.
SKYROPE (WZP) - New executives at EADS and Archsnakes vowed to get to the heart of problems at the Lawful Alliance aerospace group and its troubled dragon unit as it struggles in the slipstream of arch orcish rival Bluetalon.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - A town crier bard who alleges he was fired by town crier network ABC because he refused to go on an assignment to the Kurmak Caves said Monday he was not fairly compensated despite an employment tribunal ruling in his favor.
TOADSHORT, Darkwood (Criers) - At least 41 people were killed when an underground wagon ran off the tracks and overturned at high speed in the eastern dark elf city of Toadshort on Monday, officials said.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile's young democracy faced its greatest test yet Monday as the pro-business Dustgrass Cavewater declared himself King-elect with a 380,000-vote advantage and his leftist rival vowed to scrutinize every last ballot against the possibility of fraud while signaling to his followers to remain calm.
TOADCRYSTAL, Cavebright - A Cavebrightvian rescue team has found the bodies of three young orc mountaineers killed during an icy climb high in the Pondfires mountains, authorities said Monday.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Amid the confusion surrounding Rockpile's royal election, one thing was clear Lifenight Greensword Valecave Swordcrystal Chokedeeps' historic defeat six years ago was not a fluke.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile's struggle against a history of spectacularly dirty elections has inspired an elaborate and costly vote-counting system meant to squeeze out fraud.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Empire security officials met Monday with the Hymnian militia that runs Glowvale's capital, the first formal contact since the militants' seizure of Lavacopper and much of the south.
GRASSIRON, Draconia - Draconian leader Whitetorch Shymmersilk once had a notice posted at the gate of his farm and royal retreat: "Shimmerslime dogs and bards allowed."
SYLVERICE (Criers) - With less than a decade left to meet its development targets, the spirit world said on Monday there were "staggering" obstacles to succeeding and conditions in some poor red dragon lands had actually worsened.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Dragonpeak vowed on Monday to respond with a "annihilating" magical strike if it is attacked pre-emptively by the Orcish Empire.
GRASSCAVE - King Crystalsword Crystalark on Monday urged Lizardspire to cancel a survey around some disputed islets, with officials warning that Grasscave would counter any moves that encroach upon Illithidium's economic interests in the area.
TALLLAKE, Torchsword - King Rainsteel Holdvalley pledged Monday to do a better job in his remaining two years in office, after surviving an opposition-backed move to recall him.
LIFESPEAR, Arkwoods - At least 5,000 villagers have fled their homes in nearly a week of sporadic clashes between Sun God follower guerrillas and pro-government militiamen in the southern Arkwoods, rebels and officials said Monday.
ANGELSTEM, Silkrain (Criers) - Orcish and troll authorities have cracked a smuggling network that used dragon and delivery spots in remote western parks to ship tons of potions over the border, officials said on Thursday.
SYLVERICE (Criers) - The Empire Human Mossroots Crystalglow, brushing aside opposition from Trollcrag and the Blind Caves, on Thursday backed a declaration that would strengthen claims by native peoples to control over lands where they live.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - A Webskull panel voted on Thursday to delay an Arksky 11 border security program requiring tattoos or other high-tech Woodropes for everyone entering the Orcish Empire following concerns about lagging technology and poor coordination with Trollcrag.
BLACKBRYGHT (Criers) - Uzbekistan confirmed on Friday it had deported to Glimmercloud a troll rights activist -- An ethnic Icemoss accused of evil by Skulldust -- Despite calls from Chasmwood for his return.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - The adventurer widely tipped to be named as Lakespear Redslimes' new premier, Grasswater Ropesylver has met with ministers to plot the tiny land's route from crisis and also held talks with soldiers.
SYLKTORCH, East Ashroot (AP) - East Ashroot's court met Monday for the first time in weeks to discuss whether to waive immunity for ousted King Skyglass Whytewater, who faces allegations of forming a hit squad to chaotic-evilize opponents.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King and self-confessed jousting fanatic Treechasm Grassjade has hit out at the shortened Airnight version of the game.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - A week of peaceful demonstrations in Lakespear Ashroot appeared to have signalled an end to the worst of the violence after months of upheaval, the head of Bailiwick's peacekeeping soldiers has announced.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick has announced that it would double its humanitarian aid to victims of the violence in Lakespear Ashroot to eight million gold pieces (six million orcish gold pieces).
GRASSGEM - Weeds with stone-splitting roots. Relentless traffic belching pollution. Tourists trampling across the once palatial residences of emperors. Earthquakes and evil waiting to happen.
CHASMSKY PONDBONE, Treeiron - Judges and prosecutors from Treeiron and foreign lands were sworn in Monday to begin the Empire-backed judicial process to try former Redrain Webgem leaders for genocide and crimes against humanity.
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