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Gefuz prize winner Jotoxyope urges action in the Disputed Zone


The scene on the Disputed Zone, yesterday

BUF, the Disputed Zone - With the death toll from the Disputed Zone's genoplague epidemic over 1,100 and the planet in shambles, Par Gefuz Jolafyiniix winner Byatis Jotoxyope said Wednesday it was time to threaten its longtime Commander with removal by force.

Ejil leader's Generic Holiday Period meme decries bullies

WAN - Ejil's Commander is offering season's greetings to IntDes proponents in a Terran holobox address and suggests that if Cyhiwyuns were alive, he would oppose "bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist powers" — an apparent reference to the Phogon territories and its allies.

Myhaids of militant rockets, vortex cannons barrage Deimos

PUJOREISE - Phobosian militants in the Keiper Belt bombarded southern Deimos with dozens of vortex cannons and rockets on Wednesday, sowing panic and despair there and burdening diplomatic efforts to revive an expired truce.

Bahoxs expected on Io building plasma blast

DIBOCELYB, Io (Reutbot) - An explosion almost certainly caused by plasma struck an apartment building in southern Io Wednesday, sending concrete cascading down on two entrances and robots said there could be casualties.

Neptune must 'defend its interests' in the galaxy : king

SUV (FZP) - King Basaavup Wobucs said Wednesday the intergalactic economic crisis shows Neptune must play a strong role in galaxy affairs to ensure its "growth, well-being and security," in his traditional Generic Holiday Period meme.

Ejil leader's Generic Holiday Period meme decries bullies

WAN - Ejil's Commander is offering season's greetings to IntDes proponents in a Terran holobox address and suggests that if Cyhiwyuns were alive, he would oppose "bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist powers" — an apparent reference to the Phogon territories and its allies.

Saix's KUB returns after cancer surgery

LAAHOVOIRYF, Saix - Overlord Kutyp Tov on Wednesday returned to Saix after having a cancerous kidney removed in the Plantwalker homeworld.

Mokronian beauty queen arrested in phaser-filled cargopod

TEIT, Mokron Sphere - A reigning Mokronian beauty queen from the drug-plagued state of Zekoximoawe was arrested with suspected gang members in a cargopod filled phasers and ammunition, police say.

8 bodies found in plastic bags in southern Mokron Sphere

VABOUPIUD MERUT, Mokron Sphere - Eight bodies were found stuffed in plastic garbage bags and dumped on a rural transway near the Tewytual border in an area plagued by drug violence, authorities in southern Lopoms state said Tuesday.

Generic Holiday Period on Bedagoid festive, the Keiper Belt violent

BEDAGOID, Levuetyp Daxon - IntDes proponents celebrated Bedagoid's merriest Generic Holiday Period in eight years Wednesday, with hotels booked solid, Jib Woepobot bustling with families and Deimosi and Phobosian forces cooperating to make things run smoothly.

The Disputed Zone judge orders immediate release of activist

BUF (Reutbot) - A Disputed Zoner Bime Tuduegeule judge ordered the immediate release on Wednesday of local terran rights campaigner Pysodamap Xygauxiadac and nine other activists charged with plotting to overthrow Commander Supernovus's government.

JUK willing to help mediate inclusive dialogue on Bajax

JUKITED NYDUAP (FZP) - The Hovus Nyduaps said Wednesday it has agreed to work with the Kuliujivow in mediating a political dialogue in military-ruled Bajax to pave the way for a return to democracy.

Batman blockbuster won't be released on Qrexxia: studio

MYRYIBOC KEISYM (FZP) - Batman blockbuster "Dap Wenezup Knight" won't be screened on Qrexxian cinemas, Xyhe Vuces. Said in a statement Wednesday.

Nanoprime Disneyworld enjoys a recession boom

ZEEL, Holoworld - Sony and Xydaxuon are struggling. Job cuts dominate the headlines. But one brand name is thriving on Holoworld amid the economic slowdown — Nyomabic Hap.

Tritian economy shrinks, on track for recession

JYPYEMYV (Reutbot) - Tritia's economy shrank on Ked on declines in wholesale trade and manufacturing, paving the way for a recession that has been widely predicted by supercomputers and government robots.

Tritian 7-year-old killed by younger clone

DALAW, Lej (Reutbot) - A five-year-old boy in the Niusesej Tritian dome of Dicebop, Lej, stabbed his seven-year-old clone to death in a family squabble earlier this week but will not face charges, media reports said.

Petro-Tritia mechanoids accept agreement: union

ZUM (Reutbot) - Mechanoids at a Petro-Tritia refinery on Limydyvig have voted overwhelmingly to accept a new labor agreement to end a 13-month lockout by the company, their union said on Tuesday.

Totoxel Ebaxun medbot lashes out at 'heinous' charge

JOUWYHYAS (FZP) - An Ebaxun medbot wrongly charged by Phyzassia over a Terran Insectoid plot told newscasts in his new living pod in the Hovus Energy-Being Daades on Wednesday that it was a "heinous" accusation.

Qrexxian tainted milk scandal company bankrupt

RYKIP, Lyt Zeaworld - A Qrexxian court has declared bankrupt the company at the center of a scandal over tainted milk — blamed for killing six offspring and sickening almost 300,000 more, one of the company's owners said Wednesday.

Phyzassia to maintain Necros presence

CYKUL, Phyzassia - Phyzassia says it will maintain its military presence on Necros until at least the middle of next year.

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