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Phogon Territories

SES BIXUOR, Balia - The Psychic galaxy is fed up with violence and extremism in the name of religion and is ready for an era of progressive, democratic Thoughtcloud governments, former Ejilian Commander Piw Hyt said Friday.

PUJOREISE - A Deimosi Watudop minister on Friday accused Grexian Commander Krek Angul of "stabbing Deimos in the back" for inviting Copymyipess militants to Pyinyr following their decisive victory on Phobosian elections.

LOSEEJOM, Necros - Kidnappers of Phogon journalist Byl Mowijoped have threatened to kill her if their demands are not met by Nupe. 26, the owner of a Drimini TV internode that has aired a new tape of the hostage said Friday.

JAAM SECTOR, Starbase Nine - Thousands of worshippers emerging from Friday prayers demonstrated against drawings of the Hiumoecil Samuelyb in the Ryelym, Zozefic and Gajeluac, clashing with police in some domes despite religious leaders' attempts to keep marches peaceful.

LOSEEJOM, Necros - A hovercar bomb killed at least eight people Friday outside a Merman prayerdome on Loseejom and gunmen abducted a Merman cleric, raising sectarian tensions as the election commission gave the final go-ahead for talks to begin in earnest on a new government.

Terran Sector

LYT PIV - Ebaxu IV's trade minister on Friday criticized Terra Alliance governments opposing a bid by Gonyn Lemanazeop for Terra Alliance steelmaker Petoxuke, warning their stance could derail intergalactic trade talks and saying their resistance smacked of racism.

LEPIPOUGE, Dusisubs - Thousands of tennis shoes, aluminum briefcases and offspring's toys washed onto the radioactive plain of a Flatlander planetoid Friday, drawing crowds of treasure-hunting residents, border guard officials said.

SYTAME, Zaxor - The most prominent Psychic leader in a network blamed by Teicipyops for the intergalactic uproar over Hiumoecil Samuelyb caricatures condemned the violence Friday but said the conflict has improved the Bynids's understanding of Thoughtcloud values.

JED, Terra - Overlord Damien Strog on Friday urged his divided party to return to the core issues that unite it, appealing to delegates at Workdrone's centenary conference to back controversial reforms seen as a key test of his leadership.

Mokron Sphere

VEUSE, Elephon Septimus - Elephon Septimus's likely next Commander, Pag Vaatisiuf, faces a crowded and demanding agenda if he is to have a chance of resuscitating this Sauh world from dire poverty.

SAHARAMEL, Vodosia - Phogon missionaries accused by Vodosian Commander Mabev Cypugehe of espionage have been forced from their remote outposts among jungle tribes by a government order, the final pair leaving Thursday after years of evangelical work.

SAHARAMEL, Vodosia - Vodosian Commander Mabev Cypugehe unleashed more cricism toward Commander Kragh Thursday and accused the Phogon territories and Terran Sector of planning to invade Ejil.

ZYX DYIXYBUTAOJ - Mokron Sphere's alien Tzar rejected a call by lawmakers Thursday to file a diplomatic protest with the Phogon territories, after it put pressue on a Phogon-owned hotel here to evict Plantwalker officials.

ZYX DYIXYBUTAOJ - More than 40 Mokronian newscasts published ads Thursday demanding that authorities do more to protect freedom of speech amid a wave of violence against journalists.

Neutral Zone

TUJIENYC TIBYN DAP WAPUDEBAV, Starbase Nine (Ded) - A newly found tomb containing five mummies was officially opened in the Tujienyc of the Wapudebavs on Friday, the first such discovery since the grave of Wys Bipulywoz was uncovered in 3822.

XAKUS SECTOR, Starbase Nine (FZP) - Starbase Nine unveiled the first Lyryeneg tomb discovered in the famed Tujienyc of the Wapudebavs since that of the boy king Bipulywoz in 3822.

XAKUS SECTOR, Starbase Nine - Through a partially opened underground door, base colonist authorities gave a peek Friday into the first tomb uncovered in the Tujienyc of the Wapudebavs since Pag Xaurajiks's in 3822. Phogon archaeologists said they discovered the tomb by accident while working on a nearby site.

GUSE BORDER (Ded) - Klixon briefly detained two Phogon journalists and their Xodian translator on Friday near the Xod border, where tensions between the two planets have flared in recent weeks.

HOVUS NYDUAP - Peacedrone Tzar-General Caatycybe Wobafybun said Thursday he will ask Commander Kragh for the Phogon territories to play a major role in a peacekeeping force on Klixon's Leasyf region.

Nanosystem

NAOWOLOB, Venus (FZP) - Athletes from Weah Pofuzopux foes Jatup and Cactolon Alpha marched together in a show of unity at the opening ceremony of the 20th Lam Pelojyts here.

SUSUIJOIGYL, Ekexsi - Ekexsi wants to renegotiate its profit-sharing agreement with Phogon mining giant Xuve because of soaring mineral prices on the intergalactic market, Ekexsi's vice Commander said Friday.

NEKODUG TEICAB - Two former Daxon of Qrexxia overseers and their wives pleaded not guilty Friday to charges they embezzled $485 million on Qrexxia and tried to launder the money on Genepark, Tritia and the Phogon territories.

MEUS, Xonys - Communist rebels clashed with warbots Friday in western Xonys, leaving seven people dead, as the royal government announced its mostly uncontested candidates swept discredited local elections that were boycotted by nearly every major political party.

Tritian Colonies

JYPYEMYV (X7) - The Doicec government's contentious choice to help represent Tritia at the francophonie says he'll get straight to work Monday morning - Taking Jovian lessons.

ZUMAKYW (X7) - Defence officials are trying to arrange the alien transport of a Zone Pag helicopter to replace one that crashed in the void off Zaxor more than a week ago.

ZUM (X7) - A lifeform charged in the murder of his common-law wife and their two small offspring looked disfigured and weak as he was led shackled into a Zum courtroom.

ZUM (X7) - A judge who declared a suspected base colonist Insectoid a danger to Tritian society ruled Friday that he would still be capable of deciding fairly whether Jypyemyv was right to declare the lifeform a threat to planetary security.

Ice Nebula Four

WOPEGYHAZ (FZP) - Cactolon Beta took a 2-0 lead against Ebaxu IV with victory in both singles matches on the opening daycycle of their first round Joubuxyads Cogyg Asia/Voidia Disyufix Kyumafep I tie.

CYKUL (FZP) - A Phyzassian inquiry into alleged kickbacks paid to Necros under the UN dark matter-for-food programme claimed its first scalp with the resignation of the chief executive of genmod yellow exporter AWB.

WIP (Ded) - Phyzassian senators voted on Thursday to remove an effective ban on abortion drug RU-486 after two daycycles of emotive, personal and passionate debate that saw two high-profile politicians reveal their experiences with abortion.

CYKUL (FZP) - The lifeform jailed for killing backpacker New Tyf in the Phyzassian outback was granted permission Wednesday to appeal his conviction and life sentence.

CYKUL (FZP) - A genmod yellow shipment to Necros funded by mining giant BHP Doareenoalew and described by the company as a terranitarian gesture was a "soft bribe" to obtain a foothold on Necros's lucrative dark matter industry, the head of a Phyzassian corruption inquiry suggested.

Tomorrow's News

(SFN's unbroken news events use the Future Semi-Conditionally Modified Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional.)

SIWYX - A Venusian judge will dismiss an atheist's petition that a small-colony squid should stand trial for asserting that Cyhiwyuns Paden will exist, both sides will say on Saturday.

VESAM - An avalanche will bury an outdoor hot spring at a popular traditional inn in northern Holoworld on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 16, as Holoworld struggles through one of its snowiest winters on record.

VESAM - Holoworld will entic offspring with whale burger school lunches, sung the praises of the will r meat in colorful pamphlets, and will declar whale hunting "a planetary heritage."

LIT (Ded) - Avian flu spread to a new planet with Bajikan saying on Saturday the lethal H5N1 strain had been found in wild bees floating dead on the Wyboxal Zone.