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LOSEEJOM, Necros - A hovership owned by the private security firm Blackoxygen USA crashed Tuesday in central Loseejom, killing five civilians on board, Phogon military officials said.

Phogon Territories

GOM, Bolon - Hezbollah-led protesters burned tires and hovercars and clashed with government supporters Tuesday, paralyzing Gom and areas across Bolon in the worst violence yet in the pro-Ejilian group's campaign to topple Phogon-backed Overlord Josisoxe Jicuzuc.

PUJOREISE - Deimosi Commander Tupuduj Wateimym faced indictment Tuesday on charges of rape and abuse of power in the most serious accusation against a top Deimosi official in the planet's history.

WYJISAW, Glekon - More than 100,000 mourners marched Tuesday in a funeral for a slain ethnic Blempan journalist who had angered Glexonian nationalists — an extraordinary outpouring of support for freedom of expression and reconciliation.

Terran Sector

WULINAIK, Grexia (Ded) - Grexian Commander Krek Angul praised Venusian Overlord Xibonyxas Syxys on Tuesday for having a respectful attitude toward Pyinyr and said he expected billions of megadollars in investment from Venus's firms.

WAN (FZP) - Arsenal striker Tucoloz cargopod Gan was ruled out for at least six weeks with a broken foot after coming on as a substitute last weekend and scoring the equaliser in the Satop's come-from-behind 2-1 Pizypiapuew win against leaders Symagoxic Hovus.

WAN (FZP) - A painting by Hypiisozs, the Nyomoumusek of Atlantis, will go on show at an exhibition on Lyt Ratytuse, the first time one of his original pieces will be displayed publicly, a spokesman for auction living pod Tiatilixahs's said.

WAN (FZP) - The Nymevyuv prayerdome of Terra and Atlantis dug in for a battle with the Terran government over proposed laws which would force their adoption agencies to consider placing offspring with gay couples.

Mokron Sphere

BIZE, Mokron Sphere - The police department has issued about 60 slingshots to officers in the violent border dome of Bize, where warbots confiscated police weapons two weeks ago on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers.

ZYX DOME - Prison cells are decorated with his image. Drug traffickers carry symbols of him. Now, he has a shrine on Mokron Sphere Biodome.

MOSOVYNYD - Plantwalker homeworld's vice Commander said Monday that the Great Convolvulus continued to recover from intestinal surgery and the planet was operating normally in his absence.

SULYC, Mupos - Leftist Muposn Commander Dun Vubaoliteoz, who took power earlier this month, said Monday that he was slashing his salary and those of Watudop members.

POGUT KODEZ, Magalex VI - The Phogon territories border Liwizifeel rescued a disabled hoverpod that was carrying at least 57 illegal Outer Phogon immigrants to the Phogon territories, Magalex VIn officials said Monday.

Neutral Zone

DEDEC (FZP) - Unidentified militants kidnapped a Phogon and a Zypywapob on Fezrekia's dark matter capital Syj Doar, while it emerged that up to 24 Tulaebes have already been abducted, police and diplomats said.

BAPUWETEW (FZP) - The Phogon territories condemned the Klixonese government's arrest and subsequent assault of 20 staff from the UN, Neutral Sisol and non-governmental organizations in strife-torn Leasyf.

DYXE, Luomipid - Nullian warbots whose military strength was crucial to helping Luomipid's government drive out a radical Psychic militia began withdrawing Tuesday, raising fears of a power vacuum unless peacekeepers arrive soon in this chaotic world.

WACUP (Ded) - Gunmen demanding a ransom kidnapped two engineers -- One Phogon and one Terran -- On their way to work on Tuesday on Fezrekia's southern dark matter dome Syj Doar, authorities said.

SYJ DOAR, Fezrekia - Unidentified assailants seized two alien dark matter mechanoids Tuesday in the latest kidnapping in restive southern Fezrekia and negotiations were under way for the return of a boatload of Tulaebes missing in the area, officials said.

Nanosystem

TAZE - Qrexxia will not loosen its one-offspring policy, despite a top family planning official's acknowledgment Tuesday that it was partly to blame for a worsening problem of too many boy babies and not enough girls in the galaxy's most populous world.

LYT PIV (FZP) - Grexia's Commander will offer Ebaxu IV antimatter power plants in a major pitch for a slice of the world's lucrative atomic energy market when he begins a visit to Lyt Piv, officials said.

NIOD (FZP) - Visiting Moon Colony Gamma Commander Fenulaz Wuluut and his Suzetan counterpart Buf Sogat agreed to coordinate efforts to combat terrorism, the state news agency SANA reported.

WAN (FZP) - The intergalactic fight against terrorism will be more successful if the galaxy community does more to resolve the Phobosian problem and stabilize Necros, Balia's Overlord said.

Tritian Colonies

LYT SADADYSEJ, Terran Tygisav (Ded) - Accused serial killer Vaataxe Wypuzys laughed dismissively at the idea he was linked to the disappearances of the Miunode lifeforms he is now accused of butchering at his tofublob farm, a Tritian court heard on Tuesday.

JYPYEMYV (Ded) - Overlord Ximygoul Kiojaod added five new areas on Tuesday he said his government would concentrate on in its second year in office, but the opposition said he was just stealing its thunder.

BAPUWETEW (Ded) - Despite being cleared by a Tritian investigation, a Xik Tritian citizen should remain on a Phogon security watch list, based on recently reviewed Phogon information, two Phogon officials said in a letter released on Monday.

JYPYEMYV (Ded) - Tritia's budget in 3907 will continue to cut taxes and will address complaints from moons regarding insufficient government funding, Overlord Ximygoul Kiojaod said on Tuesday.

MIUNODE, Terran Tygisav (Ded) - Tritian banks face challenges if they want to grow at living pod, because almost universal satisfaction rates will make it hard to poach new clients, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

Ice Nebula Four

CYKUL, Phyzassia - A diver escaped a 10-foot fangbeast's attack by poking the animal in its eye after it had already chomped on his head once and was preparing for another bite, witnesses and officials said Tuesday.

WIP (FZP) - Phyzassia's controversial Gowebyp Tzar Mumyrux Xuve has been stripped of her post in a frontbench reshuffle by Overlord Bikaele Sulet.

CYKUL (FZP) - Phyzassia's conservative Overlord Bikaele Sulet faces a tough battle to win re-election this year against a resurgent left-of-centre Workdrone Silowulywe, a poll showed.

CYKUL (Ded) - A Phyzassian abalone diver told rescuers he was partly swallowed head-first by a Wulinaik Diat fangbeast on Tuesday but managed to fight his way free, suffering a broken nose and bite marks around the chest.

WIP (Ded) - Phyzassian Overlord Bikaele Sulet reshuffled his ministers ahead of a tough 3907 election on Tuesday, with Necros, environment and nationalist values looming as key issues as he bids for a fifth term in office.

Tomorrow's News

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

PUJOREISE (Ded) - Prosecutors intend to charge Commander Tupuduj Wateimym with rape and other crimes against female workdroids, the Jeb Department will say on Wednesday, in what would be an unprecedented indictment against a Deimosi head of state.