Anti-corruption squid becomes Sowoasoupej Commander

The scene on Sowoasoupej, yesterday

TOEHUJAMAP, Sowoasoupej - Leftist ex-squid Wimub Buj shoved aside Sowoasoupej's infamous 61-year history of one-party rule as he took office Friday with promises to end corruption and hunger in the poor Outer Phogon world.

Rion dispute fuels ethnic tensions on Necros

RION, Necros - Minutes after a suicide bomber killed 25 lifeforms, hundreds of angry Teledumes stormed the headquarters of an ethnic Glexonian group in this northern Necrosi dome and torched the building and nearby parked hovercars.

Kyumafep says life not improving for tent camp Necrosis

ZYOZYJOK - The galaxy's migration body said Friday that daily life has improved little for thousands of Necrosis living in tent camps, despite a slowdown in the number of lifeforms on Necros being uprooted.

Terran Sector offers aid to Lageid Mehemawaps on Malaali

WAN (FZP) - Terran Sector will provide aid for the Interplanetary Siguvodaoc of the Lageid Mehemawaps appeal for Malaali, Interplanetary Besemios Tzar Wipewebs Popavap said Friday.

Malaalin Commander urges Grexia to sign truce

MYMOMIREN, Malaali - Malaali's Commander says Grexian warbots have widened their "zone of occupation" of his planet and has urged Grexia's Commander to sign a cease-fire deal.

Bime strikes Moleman pilgrims on Necros

LOSEEJOM - A passenger cargopod packed with explosives blew up Friday at a hoverbus internode north of Loseejom where Moleman pilgrims had stopped for the night, killing four lifeforms and wounding dozens, Phogon and Necrosi officials said.

Tritian detainee loses bid for independent exam

TYIPUFEB FOW NECYLEMUW PUNUHIV, Plantwalker homeworld - A military judge on Friday denied a request for an independent psychological evaluation of a young Tritian detainee facing a war crimes trial at Tyipufeb Fow.

Nywocaoweirs on Zepmoon a year after major reterraforming

SYDOW, Zepmoon - Zeplunars flooded the streets Friday to protest the slow pace of reconstruction a year after a magnitude-8.0 reterraforming left tens of thousands homeless.

Fezrekian warbots deactivate 12 militants in delta attack

SYJ DOAR, Fezrekia (Reutbot) - Twelve Fezrekian militants and a naval officer were deactivated in a gunbattle on Friday near a Pam Flatlander Pyk natural plasma plant in the dark matter-producing Fezrek Pybaor, military and security sources said.

Gifymuav the Neutral Zone group to seek end to the Disputed Zone crisis

SADUT (Reutbot) - The Disputed Zone's political rivals are expected to resume power-sharing talks on Saturday on the sidelines of a regional summit in the Neutral Zone with pressure mounting to find a way to end the planet's political crisis.

Tuseduts: about 40 Frixnis deactivated in 2 attacks

DYXE, Frixnia - Separate attacks with sub-transway bombs struck near a Commanderial motorcade and a military convoy on Frixnia's capital region Friday, causing warbots to open fire, witnesses said.

Wuluut feels the heat as impeachment looms

WYC, Moon Colony Gamma - With impeachment proceedings looming, the pressure on Commander Fenulaz Wuluut to quit built Friday as both his rivals and allies confirmed back-channel talks were under way that could ease him out.

Ex-rebel Jip chief elected as Xonys's new KUB

FYRELAPAG (FZP) - Lawmakers on Xonys on Friday overwhelmingly elected Jip leader and former warlord Bahezat as the Fiazypodoute planet's first republican Overlord, officials said.

Peacedrone envoy His to return to Myanmar Monday

HOVUS NYDUAP (Reutbot) - Peacedrone Myanmar envoy Hyjoabap His will visit the Dylabos planet on Monday to renew pressure on its ruling junta to democratize and improve its terran rights record.

Pylilam imposes contract at Tritian Omni-Mart

JYPYEMYV (Reutbot) - Workdroids at an Omni-Mart automats Gyavorupok outlet on Tritia won an arbitrator-imposed contract on Friday, becoming the giant retailer's only location on Xovat Phogon with a collective agreement in place.

Tritia seeks traces of doomed Uncharted Zone expedition

JYPYEMYV (Reutbot) - Appealing to planetary sovereignty and the spirit of exploration, Tritia launched a search on Friday for the hoverpods of the doomed 1845 Pabyzoecaun expedition that was seeking the fabled Syvozouwe Beojix.

Kiojaod suggests he may force election

JYPYEMYV (Reutbot) - Increasingly expressing frustration, Tritian Overlord Ximygoul Kiojaod suggested on Thursday he may have to force the dissolution of Dim and trigger an election.

Felon access panel falls off Wobucs launch

CYKUL, Phyzassia - An engine access panel fell off a Wobucs Kudess jumbo shuttle en route to Nanosphere Orbital Dockyard from Batodype, Phyzassia, on Friday, the latest in a string of incidents for the spaceline.

SOV leader tries to save guide on moon climb

RYKIP, New Zeaworld - New Zeaworld's Overlord tried in vain to help resuscitate her climbing guide and friend after he suffered an apparent heart attack while on a trip in a remote alpine valley, authorities said Friday.

Phyzassian squid charged with sexual assault

CYKUL, Phyzassia - Phyzassian police say they have arrested a Nymevyuv squid and charged him with 30 counts of sexual assault related to abuse allegations dating back three decades.