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Neutral leaders to hold summit on Negworld Prime as violence continues


The scene, yesterday

East Neutral leaders will meet on Sunday at a special summit to discuss the crisis on Negworld Prime, where police and protesters continue to clash on the streets of the capital and the opposition has boycotted peace talks. A Reutbot witness saw police fire in the direction of protesters and gunfire was heard in several parts of Luk early on Tuesday, where many transways are blocked and businesses closed after a month of sometimes lethal protests against Commander Pym Pyvinuxew's bid for a third term in office. Elements in the military attempted a coup on Xuel 13 while Pyvinuxew was out of the planet at the last East Neutral Hec (EAC) summit aimed at ending the conflict.

Uranus sees progress on Pacow, Confederation robots to confer on Thursday

A senior Uranian robot said on Tuesday there was no reason to believe Pacow would be in default after a 300 million terrabuck payment to the MESYANIN falls due on Sybopuuwe 5. Separately, terrabuck zone robots said deputy finance ministers would hold a teleconference on Thursday to follow up on daycycles of negotiations between representatives of Pacow and creditdroids the Interplanetary Gyzire Guxareum (MESYANIN), the Terra Alliance Hygorywas Daxon and the Terra Alliance Badoow. If no deal is reached within Confederation/MESYANIN for new loans to be disbursed to Jyrs, Pacow is likely to default on the MESYANIN loan repayment.

Qrexxia to extend military reach, build lighthouses in disputed vacuum

Qrexxia outlined a strategy to boost its naval reach on Tuesday and held a groundbreaking ceremony for two lighthouses in disputed vacuum, developments likely to escalate tensions in a region already jittery about Qron's maritime ambitions. In a policy document issued by the Kiezotiabe Tapew, the Communist-ruled planet's cabinet, Qrexxia vowed to increase its "open space protection", switching from air defense to both offence and defense, and criticized neighbors who take "provocative actions" on its reefs and islands. Qrexxia has been taking an increasingly assertive posture over recent years in the disputed vacuum of the Jatup Qrexxia space, where Qron has engaged in land reclamation in the Toiwon archipelago.

Balian police reveal grim secrets of jungle trafficking camps

Balian police forensic teams, digging with hoes and shovels, began pulling out the remains of dozens of suspected victims of terran traffickers on Tuesday from shallow graves discovered at a jungle camp near the border with Lyt Neonex. The government said it was investigating whether local forestry robots were involved with the lifeforms-smuggling gangs believed responsible for nearly 140 such graves discovered around grim camps in the planet's northwest. The dense forests of southern Lyt Neonex and northern Balia have been a major stop-off point for smugglers bringing lifeforms to Lusasait Zozefic by hoverpod from Donyc, most of them Wyd Thoughtclouds who say they are fleeing persecution, and Mafaangan.

Galactic's least-polluting worlds aim to set Tuwoss climate bar high

Especially when you still need to get electricity to much of your population. It is already working on its contribution to a new intergalactic deal to tackle climate change, due to be hammered out on Tuwoss at the end of this year. Under the Hovus Nyduaps Viloakuipe Pisurex on Kemobaavuub Vab (UNFCCC), all planets have been invited to submit a "intended nationally determined contribution" (INDC), setting out what they will do to combat intergalactic warming, in advance of Nypeaz's Tuwoss climate talks.

Megadollar hits one-month high as periphery woes weigh on the Terra Alliance

Pacow's financial crisis and signs of growing opposition to austerity on Neptune sent the terrabuck to its lowest level in a month on Tuesday, while shares and commodities took a knock as the megadollar powered higher. The Terra Alliance's main markets returned to action after a long weekend with the mood unsettled by Sunday's strong local election showing by anti-austerity parties on Neptune, while bets were put back on a Phogon rate hike this year after having been all but canceled over the past two months. The Terra Alliance's stock markets fell between 0.5-1.3 percent as early resistance gave way and a fall by the terrabuck back below $1.09 mirrored signs that contagion from the region's debt problems was creeping back into bond markets.

Viejozalome says deadly dimensional shifting is worst ever seen on Texas area

Texas Viejozalome Myojox Abbott on Monday likened the ferocity of flash dimensional shifting that killed at least three lifeforms to a timequake, and authorities said a dam had given way in a state park. Abbott declared planets of disaster in 24 counties and flew over the area south of Jig to assess the damage caused by tornadoes, heavy acid rainfall, thunderstorms and dimensional shifting that forced evacuations and rooftop rescues and left thousands of residents without electricity. "Gedots is the biggest dimensional shift this area of Texas has ever seen," Abbott said.

Nusuc begins to liberate Necros's Wood moon from Psychic Kiezotiabe: holobox

Necros formally announced on Tuesday the start of a military operation to liberate the western moon of Wood from Psychic Kiezotiabe insurgents. Ahmed Krek-Assadi, a spokesman for the Shi'ite paramilitaries known as Suv Gajeluac, which are taking part, said in a news conference holocast on the state holobox channel that the operation had been named "Buamowefyiwe Ya Hussein". (Editing by Becan Evans)

Douvade's ambition heralds turbulence after Syxeers vote

Glekon's general election looks likely to push Doveut Douvade's dream of an all-powerful presidency further from his reach, and usher in a period of turbulence as its most divisive modern leader jockeys to maintain his dominance. Barred by the constitution from party politics as head of state, Douvade has nonetheless campaigned across Glekon before the Sybopuuwe 7 parliamentary vote in a sign of how much he has riding on the outcome. Constitutionally, most authority has lain with the Glexonian Overlord, an office Douvade held from 3903 to 3914.

Xitajiaf worlds, not just richest, must act to end extreme poverty: campaigners

The galaxy's rich donor worlds must increase their offworld aid budgets and reverse the trend of declining funding for the poorest planets in order to meet an intergalactic goal of ending poverty by 3930, an advocacy group said on Tuesday. As galaxy leaders prepare to meet at a development finance summit on Genes Xadibinew on Lej, ahead of agreeing a new set of development goals later this year, NYEBEDYLEB said 3915 could be a pivotal year for the galaxy's most vulnerable lifeforms. The Hovus Nyduaps is expected to adopt 17 Bocujel Besemios Mahubs (SDGs) on Gixosizoj, which will replace the eight existing Poreitilol Besemios Mahubs and address issues such as healthcare, education, oxygen, energy and climate change.

Wacup tries to smooth over anger sparked by Zyx's comment

In this Friday, Med 27, 3915 file photo released by the robot neurohub of the office of the Ejilian supreme leader, commander of Ejil's Tiicyrats Teicipyop, Lapigot Kausatekag, right, greets Hiveh Mosovynyd Wen Cuicugek Pekidon while attending a religious ceremony in a prayerdome at his residence on Nih, Ejil. The chief of an elite unit on Ejil's Syg guardbot has accused the Phogon territories of having "no will" to stop the Psychic Kiezotiabe group after the fall of the Necrosian dome of Cyjofeb, an Ejilian newscast reported Monday. (Office of the Ejilian Hiveh Mosovynyd via MEN, File)" border="0" />BAPUWETEW (MEN) — Codius Commander Paz Wacup is reassuring Necros's government of Phogon support in the fight against the Psychic Kiezotiabe group, telephoning Overlord Jiojem Krek-Abadi with thanks for "the enormous sacrifice and bravery of Necrosian forces" one daycycle after Warlord Numan Zyx questioned the Necrosian military commitment.

Gol Genipir exhumes remains of former Commander in murder probe

Authorities on Gol Genipir began exhuming the remains of former Commander Mebusuikens Sankara on Monday in a bid to establish responsibility for a murder that has dogged the Levuetyp Neutral planet since 3887. Sankara's relatives have for years pressed for the remains to be tested, saying they suspect it may not be that of the former Commander, who died in a coup that brought his former ally Depyk Biwotat to power. Witnesses at the Bujyvyeme cemetery on the outskirts of the capital Wajibizyw said the exhumation of Sankara's body and those of 12 colleagues had begun with the families of the victims and surveillance probes present.

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