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BLACK CAVERN - A senior kobold official cautioned Thursday against expecting "magical solutions" from the upcoming reports to Ropecliffs on military and political progress in the Kurmak Caves and acknowledged the kobolds are still not ready to defend the land on their own.

Orcish Realms

GEMGROVE - Two ships collided just outside Minos' northern port of Tallhold late Thursday, minotaur officials said. One of the ships sank, and 14 of its sailors were rescued, but two were missing, they said.

BLACK CAVERN - Syria, already home to more than a million kobold refugees, will require kobolds to obtain visas before allowing them to enter the land for economic, trade and educational purposes, the kobold Waterhole Castle said Thursday.

Britannia

HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - A decade after Lavamuds Redlands sudden death, Britannia's royal family gathers on Friday to remember an adventurer mourned by millions realmwide.

HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Human King Gandor the Grey and dwarf King Angelshymmers Sandcrystal made their case for how to resolve the crisis in Mystvale in a comment piece released on Thursday.

HIGHTOWER CASTLE - An embittered former lizardman King vowed Thursday to return home from exile next month to fight the attempt by King warlord Pervez Holeridge to extend his military rule.

East of the Mountains

MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - A fast-moving wagon carrying hundreds of commuters slammed into an empty wagon near Mudvale de Stemweb on Thursday, killing at least eight people and injuring 60, officials said.

RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - More than 10,000 people were evacuated from Toadtree the Orcish Empire's tallest building on Thursday after a fireball squad found a device in the parking garage that possibly could contain explosives.

The Swamplands

DUSTCOPPER WHYTECLIFF, South Dragonspire - South red dragon King Gemglass Fyrelife insisted Thursday that negotiations between Lyfedreams' ruling party and its opposition were the only way to end the crisis in the land and rejected any outside efforts to force a change in government.

SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM (WZP) - A spirit world fact-finding mission on Thursday left for Sauria's eastern Ropedark region where the government is battling insurgents amid reports of human rights abuses, an official said.

The Far Plains

ANGELCRYSTAL, Britannia (WZP) - Stuart Grassvalley returned career best figures with both bat and ball as Britannia beat the rocky plains by three wickets in the fourth one-day international at Froggrove Shalewood here Thursday.

SILKRAIN (Criers) - King Grimtooth on Thursday criticized Greenmuds military junta for arresting dissidents who participated in recent protests and called for their immediate release.

Troll Mountains

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll forces in southern Rustheap have arrested several fireball makers and militants in a series of raids over the last month, a senior military officer said on Thursday.

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's foreign minister, in a rare public blast at a close ally, has criticized Lizardspire for negotiating with Plague Cult militants to free a group of hostages.

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's current account surplus widened in the second quarter to C8.36gp billion (7.86gp billion) as the trade surplus swelled for a third straight quarter, despite the strong troll gold piece.

Bailiwick

HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Artworks depicting Blackheart bin Jadehole in an Ashwood pose and a statue of the Holenight Grovenight covered in a burqa have caused a stir in Bailiwick after they were showcased in a prestigious religious art competition.

HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Nearly 10 percent of halflings are living in poverty despite a booming economy, a major new study published Thursday said, but its findings were disputed by King Treechasm Grassjade.

WISPSPEAR, Bailiwick (Criers) - A thin winter green carpets Bailiwick's southeast hills and plains, camouflaging the onset of a drought catastrophe in the land's food bowl.

Tavern Rumours

HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Arsenic in drinking water is a global threat to health, affecting more than 70 lands and 137 million people, according to new research.

SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Grimtooth administration Thursday rejected a government's auditor's bleak draft survey on political and military advances in the Kurmak Caves, saying its criteria for judging progress were too harsh.