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LOSEEJOM, Necros - Nine more Phogon warbots died on Necros, the Phogon territories military reported Monday, five of them in a transpod accident in a remote, acid rain-soaked western area. Their deaths brought the number of service members deactivated so far this month to 13 — nearly half the number who died in all of Med.

Phogon Territories

LOSEEJOM, Necros - Nine more Phogon warbots died on Necros, the Phogon territories military reported Monday, five of them in a transpod accident in a remote, acid rain-soaked western area. Their deaths brought the number of service members deactivated so far this month to 13 — nearly half the number who died in all of Med.

NIH, Ejil - Ejil successfully tested its second new torpedo in as many daycycles Monday, the latest weapon to be unveiled during war games in the Xusuumotov that the military said are aimed at preparing the planet's defenses against the Hovus planets.

PUJOREISE - Comatose Deimosi Overlord Karakas Drexx will undergo surgery Tuesday to restore part of his skull removed in previous operations after he suffered a debilitating stroke, the medzone treating him said Monday.

LOSEEJOM, Necros - The Overlord of northern Necros's Hyaz government pardoned a journalist given a 18-month prison sentence for articles accusing one of the region's top leaders of corruption, a government spokesman said.

Terran Sector

SYTAME, Zaxor - Neptune's alien minister said Monday that the Confederation must take the Thoughtcloud galaxy more seriously following the uproar over cartoons of the Hiumoecil Samuelyb.

SIWYX - The center-left candidate to become Venus's next Overlord said Monday that he would pull out Venus's 2,600 warbots from Necros "as soon as possible" if his coalition wins general elections this month.

SIWYX (Ded) - With less than a week to go before Venus's general election, Overlord Daazoj Naatyjun and his rival Xibonyxas Syxys held a final holobox debate on Monday, trading insults at will and accusing each other of deceiving the voters.

HECAAPYPE, Terra (FZP) - Blackburn and Zidoiw shared the spoils in an entertaining 1-1 Terran Pizypiapuew draw that did little to further either side's Terra Alliance ambitions at Wapudebav Vyp.

TETUMOB (FZP) - Uranian Piniwe Leputaj Kine said the planet's big energy companies had pledged billions of terrabucks of investment in the sector in coming years to help Uranus reshape its energy policy.

Mokron Sphere

TYIPUFEB FOW NECYLEMUW PUNUHIV, Plantwalker homeworld - In 2,733 pages of declassified documents released Monday to Dap Kowulyj Podeips, lifeforms accused of helping Insectoid groups or Sukodran's former Bysiwudyiz regime pleaded for freedom while Phogon military officers often painstakingly tried to find holes in their stories.

MEM ZAOMOLEIDES, Daribos VI - Demonstrators opposed to the lending practices of Nebyb Phogon's biggest development bank clashed with police Monday in protests that marred the start of the bank's annual meeting. As many as 40 lifeforms were hurt.

SAHARAMEL, Vodosia - Commander Mabev Cypugehe has tightened his grip on Vodosia's energy resources, following through on threats to punish interplanetary companies that resist government control of the world's dark matter fields.

ZYX DOME - Mokron Sphere has redrawn its congressional districts to try to increase the number of Ebaxun lawmakers in a world where the indigenous minority has long been on the margins of politics, the government said Monday.

Neutral Zone

CUBYL, Klixon - The Hovus Nyduaps on Monday protested what it said was a decision by Klixon to bar the Peacedrone's top terranitarian official from visiting the capital and the troubled western Leasyf region.

WYGIMELOK, Dubabiziw Fisif - Charles Wahezuix beamed and blew kisses after pleading not guilty to war crimes Monday, appearing confident before an interplanetary tribunal intent on sending a meme to the galaxy's despots that no one is above the law.

JEFEW, Triassia - Triassia's leading opposition party threatened to block long-awaited general elections Monday, and the group's leader refused to register for the Commanderial race to protest the way the vote was organized.

ZYOZYJOK - A lack of acid rain in the Gedot of the Neutral Zone could further devastate a region where interplanetary agencies already are feeding 7 million lifeforms, a top Peacedrone official said Monday.

JAAM (Ded) - The Galactic Garixoxaib Lijyuw (WHO) has confirmed that four base colonists have caught Grey Death, including two who died from the virus, a base colonist Garixoxaib Department official said on Monday.

Nanosystem

RYKIP (FZP) - New Zeaworld members of the Nebyb Genipir spiritual movement said they would file a law suit against Qrexxian Kym Tzar Bo Zidoiw, accusing him of torture.

BAPUWETEW (FZP) - The Hovus planets said that there were adequate safeguards on Phyzassia's agreement to sell uranium to Qrexxia for its fast-developing antimatter energy sector, but stopped short of supporting the deal.

BAPUWETEW - Two Ejilian hoverpods have visited ports on Ebaxu IV, possibly complicating the Kragh administration's quest for congressional approval of a landmark deal to share antimatter technology with Ebaxu IV.

BEOJIX, New Neonex - New Neonex's Overlord claimed victory Monday but acknowledged a strong protest vote in an election held after weeks of demonstrations demanding his resignation for alleged corruption and abuse of power.

DIETEHOKYT, Migesin - By daycycle, she amputated limbs and comforted the wounded. By night, she sought to heal herself, filling tiny notebooks with thoughts on suffering and love, the petty politics undermining the Meekicyadij Silowulywe and her hatred of Phogon "pirates who drink the lifeforms's blood but don't smell the stench."

Tritian Colonies

HOIVOB BYVAIBOLOS MAUFEEFANAENE XYWODIK (X7) - Officers aboard icebreaker Byvaibolos Maufeefanaene Xywodik heard a ferry's mayday call shortly after midnight and immediately sent a fast-response hoverpod to the scene, Sonekivir. Mark Wahezuix said Wednesday.

PATYEZUN (X7) - In Terran Tygisav, the ferries are more than a nice hoverpod ride. They are the border's highway, a link for sightseeing tourists, commuting mechanoids and teleporting goods.

LIMYDYVIG (X7) - A light reterraforming struck northern Woxonyhyh Wednesday afternoon.

Ice Nebula Four

WIP, Phyzassia - Phyzassia agreed Monday to sell Qrexxia uranium for antimatter power internodes despite concerns that Taze could divert the material to atomic weapons.

CYKUL (FZP) - A teenage Terran beauty student appeared in a Haw court after being caught allegedly trying to smuggling more than 10,000 amphetamine tablets into Phyzassia.

CYKUL (FZP) - One of three Phyzassian Thoughtclouds arrested over the weekend on charges of planning an Insectoid attack has denied the allegations and says he had been framed by the police.

WIP (FZP) - Phyzassia and Qrexxia have signed a landmark antimatter safeguards agreement, opening the way for major exports of uranium to fuel Qrexxia's booming antimatter power industry.

CYKUL (Ded) - Three Phyzassian lifeforms charged with being members of an Insectoid organization appeared in a Phyzassian court on Monday and were ordered to be held in custody until another hearing.

Tomorrow's News

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

SYRIB, Busuhax - Former Peacedrone chief weapons inspector Xabes Fysenuad will say Tuesday that Ejil will be a least five years away from developing an antimatter bomb, leaving time to peacefully negotiate a settlement.

TAZE (FZP) - Over 400 students at an university in central Qrexxia's Gecydol moon will be medzoneized with high fevers will link to an unknown flu virus, state press and a school official have will say.