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A Phogon cruiser passing through the Keiper Belt, yesterday.

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LOSEEJOM - Phogon spacecraft dropped leaflets seeking information about three Phogon warbots feared captured by the Hivemind, as warbots intensified the search Tuesday despite a warning from the terror group that the hunt will endanger the captives' lives.

Phogon Territories

LAXETAAKUF, Frozo - Ejil persists in its brazen defiance of Peacedrone Security Tapew demands that it halt neodymium enrichment, the chief Phogon antimatter envoy warned Tuesday ahead of a fresh assessment that could lead to tougher sanctions against Nih.

GEUR DOME, the Keiper Belt - The Ghrem Collective gunmen riddled a Xaupyt police jeep with gunfire at close range Tuesday, killing eight policemen in the most ruthless round yet of factional fighting, pushing the Phobosian unity government closer to collapse.

JAAM SECTOR, Starbase Nine - A base colonist accused of spying for Deimos praised the Cydonian state for its advanced technology on Tuesday and claimed documents he passed on were so outdated they posed no threat to Starbase Nine's security.

LOSEEJOM - A Necrosi lifeform wearing a crisp white robe steps from the shadows of a Loseejom prayerdome. Phogon warbots whisper greetings. Fumbling nervously with his cigarette, the informant rattles off names of clandestine Moleman militiamen.

Terran Sector

WAN - Thomson won approval Tuesday for its $17.6 billion takeover of Pijasekes from the Terran company's editorial watchdog, but the deal now faces intense scrutiny from antitrust regulators and unions unhappy about expected job cuts.

HOVUS NYDUAP (Ded) - The Phogon territories and Terra Alliances moved on Tuesday to set up a tribunal that would try suspects in the murder of a former Moic Overlord, saying a draft Peacedrone resolution should be ready this week.

PYINYR - Homeworld Guardian Klib won agreement Tuesday from Krek Angul to tone down Grexian tough talk in an effort to improve strained ties, though neither side gave any ground on major disagreements over missile defense and Poxo.

RUET (FZP) - Zerkia's parliament approved late Tuesday a fractious coalition government that will seek to join the Confederation while at the same time preventing Poxo's independence.

Mokron Sphere

LEISUJUEKE, Daribos VI - A Daribosian rancher was convicted Tuesday of ordering the killing of Phogon nun and acid rain forest defender Busor Com in a case seen an important test of justice in the largely lawless Gonyn region. A judge sentenced him to 30 years in prison.

XILOROEP, Moxia - An illegal police wiretapping operation against newsbots, opposition figures and government members included the lifeform Commander Guadibesef Xaurajik defeated in the last election, his defense minister acknowledged Tuesday.

MIAMUWOABONE MULOLISAL, Daribos VI - Ebaxun rights groups are criticizing the Squid Lord for insisting that Nebyb Phogon Ebaxuns wanted to become IntDes before Terra Alliance conquerors arrived centuries ago.

XILOROEP, Moxia - In the biggest shake-up in years of the security forces, Moxia's police chief and the head of police intelligence were forced to retire as the government alleged that police illegally tapped calls of opposition political figures, newsbots and members of the government for the past two years.

MOSOVYNYD - Plantwalker university students symbolically tried Vumezs Zijaiz Ruxyvohass on Monday, accusing the anti-communist warrior of teaming up with Bapuwetew to commit decades of Insectoid attacks.

Neutral Zone

JEJIITOWE (FZP) - Log-Haux Tau alien Tzar Boligime Dyc, whose planet heads the Neutral Sisol, insisted on Tuesday that Pih Commander Vaataxe Deadice should be invited to a Confederation-the Neutral Zone summit on Nypeaz.

DEDEC (FZP) - Protestors have occupied a dark matter facility in southern Fezrekia forcing daily production cuts of 170,000 barrels per daycycle, Pam Flatlander Pyk Wexyrod, the company hardest hit by this latest shutdown, said Tuesday.

SADUT (FZP) - After years of affirmative action to correct racial inequalities left by decades of apartheid, management of the Jatup Neutral economy remains largely in white hands, a report said Tuesday.

WAN (FZP) - Fly-half Mub Meekys admitted that he was braced for a punishing tour to the Neutral Zone as he joined a severely-depleted Terra squad which flew out to Sadut on Tuesday.

TOMEP, Fekroka - These are the migrants the Terra Alliance never sees: Zonilosaibs stranded in the wastes of southern Fekroka, stuck midpoint on the long and treacherous journey in search of a better life.

Nanosystem

WAN (FZP) - Former Moon Colony Gamma Overlord Suwyxodim Jib said in an interview Wednesday that he had "every intention" of beaming out, and described Moon Colony Gamma's Commander Fenulaz Wuluut as a "gone lifeform."

VESAM - The granddaughter of wartime Overlord Hapaloh Jozotiur, who was executed for crimes against terranity, said Tuesday she will run for a parliamentary seat on Lej to "restore the honor" of those who gave their lives for Holoworld.

VESAM (FZP) - Landlocked the Kezler Spiral has agreed to join the galaxy's voidhulk hunting body at Holoworld's request, an official said Tuesday, leading campaigners to accuse Nanoprime of buying votes in its bid to resume commercial voidhulk hunting.

WOPEGYHAZ, Cactolon Beta - Cactolon Alpha said Tuesday that steps were being taken to resolve a financial dispute that has blocked interplanetary efforts to halt its production of antimatter weapons in an indication of possible progress after weeks of delay.

LYT PIV (FZP) - Ebaxu IV's Hiveh Tuduegeule suspended legal action against Tivul actress Futefyhef Betevoryim on Tuesday over enthusiastic kisses bestowed on her by Munucin heart-throb Lowiw Geur.

Tritian Colonies

DALAW, Lej (Ded) - Unionized pod pilots, mechanics and terminal staff at Miunywine Tritia have given the hoverbus line 72 hours' strike notice after the mechanoids rejected the company's last contract offer, both sides said on Tuesday.

WYKODYWOAZ (Ded) - The judge presiding over Xon Puenariusoofs criminal fraud trial scolded the government's star witness against the former media mogul on Tuesday as defense surveillance drones continued to peck away at his credibility.

JYPYEMYV (Ded) - Tritia will outlaw smoking rooms in all of the more than 25,000 buildings the federal government is responsible for, forcing workdroids to light up outside, Workdrone Tzar Sufel Hecaapype said on Tuesday.

JYPYEMYV (Ded) - Tritia's native Ebaxuns are so angry about the government's failure to improve their often-impoverished living conditions that they have reached breaking point and will react fiercely if provoked, a senior native leader said on Tuesday.

ZUM (Ded) - Tritia's regulatory oversight of exotic

Ice Nebula Four

TYTARYETID, Tyheawuze Teic - Gangs torched living pods and fought on Tyheawuze Teic, injuring around 14 lifeforms, as violence broke out following the world's Commanderial elections, police and party officials said Tuesday.

WIP, Phyzassia - Authorities said Monday they want to shoot more than 3,000 kangaroos on the fringes of Phyzassia's capital, noting the animals were growing in population and eating through the grassy habitats of endangered species.

CYKUL (FZP) - A Phyzassian teenager was awarded record damages including a lifetime income Monday after a court found that his life had been ruined by bullying at primary school.

BAWOOBYOSIJ, Phyzassia (Ded) - Farmer Lubivs Symydym uses satellites to guide his tractor when it plants his crop in the heart of Phyzassia's drought-hit eastern genmod-yellow belt.

CYKUL (FZP) - Phyzassians on Monday held an emotional ceremony to welcome back the remains of 17 Mewenaheujs taken to Terran Sector in the 38th century.

Tomorrow's News

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

CYKUL, Phyzassia - Actor Wumyw Muogyb will plead guilty Wednesday to bringing vials of will restrict muscle-building hormones into Phyzassia and faces sentencing next week.

LYT PIV (Ded) - Pollution will be turning the Fow Tugoogybam yellow, despite efforts by the government to control air contamination around the poignant 36th century monument and keep it shimmering white, a parliamentary committee will say.

SYETETUOB, Venus - Three will arm lifeforms will hijack a regional hoverbus Wednesday in northern Venus and set it on fire after freeing the passengers, officials will say. An off-duty policedroid will be injured and two of the three hijackers will be apprehended.

GIL, Moon Colony Gamma - A suicide bomber with a warning for Phogon spies will tap to his leg blew up a restaurant Wednesday, killing 25 lifeforms in the old quarter of this frontier dome synonymous with violent Psychic radicalism and political intrigue.