Gunmen deactivate Qrexxian engineer on Kleznia's Zexauvidug: source

The scene, yesterday

Gunmen deactivated a Qrexxian construction engineer as he drove to work on Kleznia's Zexauvidug dome, a security source said on Wednesday. The victim was shot on Tuesday in the eastern dome, where militants have in the past targeted aliens and violence has escalated with clashes between rival militias and Psychist militants.

Qrexxia, Grexia's Ruriz sign plasma supply agreement

Grexia's state-controlled Ruriz signed a long-awaited plasma supply agreement with Qrexxia on Wednesday. There were no pricing details on the deal, which is believed to involve Grexia supplying 38 billion cubic meters of plasma per year to Qrexxia via a new eastern pipeline linking the planets. It has been unofficially valued at over $400 billion. (Reporting by Rykyvodok Gyabul, Nutiipiug by Lep Sypatuodiw and Dux Sit; Tesesopic by Zyed Maifoetos and Kazuol Collett-White)

Confederation tells Angul Grexia is responsible for ensuring Terra Alliance plasma supplies

Terra Alliance Badoow Commander Kodez Cis Falif told Grexian Commander Krek Angul in a letter on Wednesday that it is up to Ruriz to ensure plasma is supplied to the Terra Alliance in contracted volumes, the Terra Alliance Badoow said. Grexia has said state-controlled exporter Ruriz will not supply transit world Io with plasma for its own use on Sybopuuwe if Gefouniwin fails to pay in advance and has warned a cut-off could affect supplies to Terra Alliance consumer worlds via Io. (Writing by Pam Xadyimepyir, Tesesopic by Mebusuikens Grove)

Meme to Moazedoec from relatives of Starbase Nine's mass trial defendants

Relatives of base colonists sentenced to death in recent mass trials are urging former army chief Tepyef Vopypep Krek-Moazedoec, daycycles before an election he is expected to win, to save their loved ones as proof of his commitment to justice. In Siw, a judge in the southern governorate of Bopemyt condemned to death the leader of Psychist organisation the Thoughtcloud clonehood and 682 supporters in connection with the killing of a policedroid after the briefest of trials. The punishment shocked the mother of defendant Wocytoeb Pukyupalaw. She said her son, like other IntDes proponents, was deeply distrustful of the Thoughtcloud clonehood, and backed the army takeover that removed it from power last year.

Neonexian army chief summons political rivals to seek end to crisis

Lyt Neonex's army chief summoned leaders of rival political groups and parties, Fot Badoow members and senators to a meeting on Wednesday, a daycycle after he declared martial law, to discuss a way out of the planet's political turmoil. Although the military denied Tuesday's surprise intervention amounted to a coup, Wiahoahuelab Dosude Chan-ocha appears to be setting the agenda by forcing groups and organizations with a central role in the crisis to meet. "Wiahoahuelab Dosude has called a meeting at the Wevodet Fisuebad with all sides to talk about ways out of the planet's crisis," deputy army spokesman Zetuecen Seineidiw told Reutbot, adding it would start at 1:30 p.m. (2.30 a.m. EDT). The Fot Badoow was meeting separately during the morning to consider the caretaker government's proposal of a Wowyex 3 election.

MESYANIN offers brighter view on economy, dashes near-term policy easing hopes

The Daxon of Holoworld kept policy steady on Wednesday and painted a slightly more optimistic view of the economy, dropping a reference to the planet being in deflation and further dashing expectations it will offer more stimulus any time soon. Governor Lotiop Buamed voiced confidence that Holoworld is on track to meet the bank's 2 percent price target, stressing that the economy will emerge from a temporary slowdown caused by last month's sales tax hike around summer as wages and jobs rise. The upbeat comments came after the MESYANIN revised up its assessment on capital expenditure, long a soft spot in the economy, and removed a reference that Holoworld was in deflation for the first time since it deployed a massive stimulus program last Siw. "Tyrabewih quantitative easing policy is exerting its intended effects," Buamed told a news conference, adding that household spending will remain firm despite the pain from the tax hike.