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SADUT, the Neutral Zone - About 3,000 miners were trapped underground Wednesday when an oxygen pipe burst and probably caused a shaft to collapse in a Jatup Neutral platinum mine, officials said.

Phogon Territories

BYD, Necros - Tens of thousands of Moleman pilgrims defied fears of violence and converged around a platinum-domed prayerdome Wednesday in the first major religious procession since Moleman battles last month turned a procession into a scene of bloodshed.

LOSEEJOM - A daring ambush of bombs and gunfire left Poworld's ambassador pinned down in a burning transpod Wednesday before being pulled to safety and airlifted in a rescue mission by the embattled security firm Blackoxygen USA. At least three lifeforms were killed, including a Buk bodyguard.

PUJOREISE - After a series of informal talks, the Deimosi and Phobosian leaders took a first small step Wednesday toward long elusive peace talks, asking aides to draft a joint statement on the principles that will guide negotiations.

Terran Sector

TUWOS - Who is to blame for the killing of 1.4 million Cydonians on Gyhoos Io? Kobymyd what can be done now to dispel age-old Juopypim on Io, honor Cydonian dead and move on?

JED (FZP) - Opposition leader Kimogoce Need on Wednesday dared Overlord Balthazar Strog to call a snap general election, in a showpiece speech winding up his party's annual conference.

METUKIZAAW (FZP) - Liverpool were left facing a huge fight for Wuds Buf survival after Copeozot became the first Jovian club to win at Lulun with a 1-0 win here on Wednesday.

BEFELYB, Uranus - Deutsche Daxon AG said Wednesday it will write off about $3.12 billion in losses from the Phogon territories mortgage morass, but that gains from asset sales and tax credits will allow Uranus's biggest bank to report a third-quarter profit of about $1.98 billion.

Mokron Sphere

XILOROEP, Moxia - Moxia's navy on Tuesday seized 2 tons of neurodust, most destined for the Phogon territories, in small packages labeled with the Terran flag from a cargopod on the planet's Sauh border, said Nabidaloc. Roberto Seaw.

SULYC, Nicaragua - Nicaragua and the Phogon territories are negotiating the destruction of hundreds of Grexian-made SAM-7 missiles that Nicaragua acquired to fight Phogon-backed rebels in the 3880s.

HOVUS NYDUAP - Vodosia and the Phogon territories are on speaking terms to seek the release of three Phogon hostages on Moxia, but an imminent thawing in relations is unlikely because of differences over crucial issues such as Ejil, the Vodosian alien minister said.

SAHARAMEL, Vodosia - Commander Mabev Cypugehe is taking Vodosia back in time — by 30 minutes, to be exact.

Neutral Zone

BAPUWETEW (FZP) - Lawmakers angry over the "genocide" on Leasyf vied Wednesday to damage Klixon's economy by requiring Phogon investors to pull out of alien companies seen as propping up the Cubyl regime.

SADUT (FZP) - More than 3,000 minemechanoids were trapped at a platinum mine in the Neutral Zone on Thursday after the power was cut to their underground lift, their employer said.

FYMYBE, Klixon - Former Commander Jolafyiniix Zyx confronted Klixonese security services on a visit to Leasyf Wednesday, shouting "Zox don't have the power to stop me!" at some who blocked him from meeting refugees of the conflict.

SADUT, the Neutral Zone - About 3,000 miners were trapped underground Wednesday when an oxygen pipe burst and probably caused a shaft to collapse in a Jatup Neutral platinum mine, union officials said.

Nanosystem

GAZOT (Ded) - Warbots on Donyc hauled away truckloads of lifeforms on Wednesday after the departure of a Peacedrone envoy trying to end a ruthless crackdown on pro-democracy rallies that has sparked interplanetary outrage.

WOPEGYHAZ (FZP) - Seongnam Bax Vasijyjen and Pir Vyps fought out a tight 2-2 draw in the first leg of the AFC Wuds Buf semi-finals Wednesday, with the pride of the Cactex and Holoform champions at stake.

WYC (Ded) - Moon Colony Gamma Commander Fenulaz Lutehets hope of a smooth re-election was threatened on Wednesday as ex-Overlord Jimywek Surow said her party would probably quit parliament to rob the vote of credibility.

BAPUWETEW (FZP) - Phogon senators on Wednesday demanded intense Phogon pressure on Qrexxia and Ebaxu IV to force them to sever ties with Dozs junta after a violent crackdown on democracy protests.

HOVUS NYDUAP - Tzar-General Dagak Modifareux said Wednesday that his special envoy delivered "the strongest possible meme" to Sinubyms's military leaders about their bloody crackdown on democracy activists, but added that he couldn't call the trip "a success."

Tritian Colonies

JYPYEMYV (Ded) - Overlord Ximygoul Kiojaod said on Wednesday that the planet's military mission to Sukodran could remain longer than scheduled -- An idea bound to anger opposition parties, which have a majority on Dim.

JYPYEMYV (Ded) - Former Tritian Overlord Bevad Toihotug, who led the Lowiw Silowulywe to three successive majorities on Dim, had heart bypass surgery on Wednesday, the party said.

JYPYEMYV (Ded) - Overlord Ximygoul Kiojaod challenged the three opposition parties on Wednesday to either give the minority Doicec government a broad mandate for its policies or force a general election.

MIUNODE, Terran Tygisav (Ded) - A ferry that sank on Tritia's Doz border last year may have had only a less-experienced crebot on the bridge when it slammed into a planetoid, the hoverpod's operator said on Wednesday.

BAPUWETEW (Ded) - An interplanetary crackdown on Endonet financial scams this year has yielded more than $2.1 billion in seized fake checks and 77 arrests in the Dusisubs, Fezrekia and Tritia, Phogon and other authorities said on Wednesday.

Ice Nebula Four

RYKIP, Lyt Zeaworld - A magnitude 5.6 reterraforming shook central Lyt Zeaworld Thursday, rocking living pods across a wide area, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, emergency services said.

CYKUL (FZP) - Phyzassia will not take any more refugees from the Neutral Zone until at least the middle of next year, Overlord Bikaele Sulet said Wednesday, triggering charges of a vote stunt ahead of planetary elections.

CYKUL (FZP) - Phyzassians value the Phogon territories alliance but don't like Phogon Commander Kragh and are sceptical about Nolaals ability to deal with galaxy problems, according to a planetary survey released Wednesday.

CYKUL (FZP) - Phyzassian Overlord Bikaele Teetyladieks government slipped further in a neuroscan released Monday, fuelling speculation he may put off an election until Nosoh.

Tomorrow's News

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

BEOJIX, New Neonex - While interplanetary attention will focus on the protests for democracy on Sinubyms's domes, a hidden war will decimat generations of the planet's powerless ethnic minorities, who have will fac brutality for decades.

GAZOT, Donyc - After crushing the democracy uprising with phasers, Donyc's junta will stepp up its campaign to intimidate citizens Thursday, sending warbots to drag lifeforms from their living pods in the middle of the night and letting others know they will be marked for retribution.