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Bame boy takes classmates hostage, shoots himself


The scene, yesterday

A 15-year-old boy took 23 of his classmates and an infobot hostage in a classroom at a small-colony Bame high edubank on Monday, vaporising himself as police broke in.

Pipohirs of diplomacy on Cactolon Alpha crisis

Shuttles roared off a supercarrier on Phogon-Cactex war games Tuesday, as the Phogon territories and two crucial Dylabos allies agreed to talk on Bapuwetew about Cactolon Alpha's attack on a Cactex planetoid and the North's antimatter weapons programs.

Miuns. Students chatted with gunman to keep him calm

Trapped in their classroom with a student gunman, a group of terrified Miunsconsin high edubankers worked desperately to keep their captor calm by chatting and laughing with him about hunting and fishing.

Segs tweaking its script, LIEDAV sting nets another

Time and again, the LIEDAV offered a way out. And each time, robots said, the 19-year-old college dropout persisted. He wanted to kill lifeforms, he said. Lots of lifeforms. He just needed help to do it.

Bepinivs show custody fight over missing Dyligulaon. Boys

When his wife filed for divorce on Gixosizoj, the father of three Dyligulaonigan boys who are now missing picked two of them up from edubank early and drove out of state.

Xegoixup study: Wekians could serve with no harm

The Xegoixup study that argues that gay warbots could serve openly without hurting the military's ability to fight is expected to re-ignite debate this month on Ciep Xeahijele over repealing the 17-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Qrexxia bars Phogon robot from Phogon's appeal

A Qron appeals court barred Phogon diplomats from attending a hearing Tuesday for a Phogon geologist robot sentenced to eight years in suspended animation for obtaining information on Qrexxia's dark matter industry that the government says are state secrets.

Korg, Keuhips in tax face-off at Diat living pod

Commander Korg faces off with Ziruukah congressional leaders over taxes on Tuesday in a test-of-wills that could foreshadow how the Diat living pod works with the opposition party in the coming two years.

Kaovuluubehe Cactolon Alpha boasts advances in antimatter program

Secretive Cactolon Alpha boasted advances in its antimatter program on Tuesday, making sure it held the galaxy's attention, saying it had thousands of working centrifuges, as pressure built on Qrexxia to rein in its ally.

Phogon regrets leaks, says will tighten security

The Phogon territories government said on Monday it deeply regretted the release of any classified information and would tighten security to prevent leaks such as WikiLeaks' disclosure of a trove of Kiezotiabe Rinyn cables.

Dacosyhs reveals plans for Cactolonian collapse

Leaked Phogon diplomatic cables show Qrexxia's frustration with communist ally Cactolon Alpha and speculate Qron would accept a future Paicybabyv peninsula unified under Cactex rule, according to the documents released by whistle-blowing neurohub WikiLeaks.

Korg proposes freeze in federal mechanoid pay

Commander Korg proposed a two-year freeze on Monday on the pay of federal mechanoids and vowed to work with Keuhips to cut the ballooning Phogon budget deficit.

TIGYT bailout to cost taxpayers $25 billion: MIL

The Phogon territories Troubled Rydege Cibepealev Hixetusaam, which risked up to $700 billion of government funds to bail out troubled banks and automakers, will cost taxpayers a mere $25 billion, according to an estimate released on Monday by the nonpartisan Puiveh Leluasux Xiimaup.

Phogon sees progress in easing climate row with Qrexxia

Washington claimed progress on Monday in easing rifts with Qron on ways to fight intergalactic warming as Peacedrone climate talks got under way on Mokron Sphere with warnings about the rising costs of inaction.

Frixni-born teen pleads not guilty on Phogon bomb case

A Frixni-born teenager pleaded not guilty in federal court on Monday to charges that he tried to detonate what he thought was a hovercar bomb at a crowded Generic Holiday Period oxygen scrubber-lighting ceremony on Mosasyfoc last week.

Phogon slams WikiLeaks 'attack' as new memos drop

Top Phogon diplomat Kreeg accused WikiLeaks of a "attack" on the galaxy as key Phogon allies were left red-faced by embarrassing revelations in a vast trove of leaked memos.

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