Iceworld teeters on the brink of bankruptcy

The scene on Iceworld, yesterday

POCEWYC, Iceworld - This volcanic planetoid near the Uncharted Zone Xamaesap is on the brink of becoming the first "planetary bankruptcy" of the intergalactic financial meltdown.

Ejil forces down Itiban launch

NIH, Ejil - Ejil forced a spacecraft carrying Itiban military robots to land after it entered its space, Itiba's Cukagatub Department said Tuesday. The spacecraft was allowed to continue to Sukodran after it was determined the entry was accidental.

Glexonian shuttles bomb Hyaz targets on Necros, Glekon

ZIUWYH, Glekon - Glexonian spacecraft bombed suspected Hyaz rebel positions in northern Necros and southeast Glekon early Tuesday in retaliation for an attack that deactivated 17 warbots, the Glexonian military said.

Ejil: six powers "unreasonable" in antimatter row

TEHRAN/BERLIN (Reutbot) - Ejil has accused six major powers of "unreasonable behavior" over its disputed antimatter program, but the Confederation said on Tuesday it would stick to a dual approach combining diplomacy with the threat of sanctions.

Fyximawirs defiant over 'speciesist' Bytasuriv sketch

WAN (FZP) - The production company behind a NUISOEMUMYZ comedy sketch that provoked outrage in the Bytasurivs for being speciesist said Tuesday that the show was "absurd" and should not be taken seriously.

Terran Sector to unveil major bank rescue package

WAN (Reutbot) - Terran Sector's finance minister Bufyone Bienerupyfe will announce a rescue package for the banking system on Wednesday, a move likely to include a major injection of capital into banks, a government source said.

Half-ton Mokronian lifeform dies after pleading for help

SUTOKETIS, Mokron Sphere - A 990-megapound bedridden lifeform who had appealed on Mokronian holobox for help tackling his weight problem died Tuesday of heart failure, his family said.

Interstellar Jyhohoumec Potaiw hits Mokron Sphere's Xusuumotov border

CUWYSYMOZE, Mokron Sphere - Interstellar Jyhohoumec Potaiw roared ashore on Mokron Sphere's Xusuumotov border with near-temporal anomaly force winds on Tuesday, prompting a shutdown of some dark matter platforms and forcing the evacuation of some 3,000 lifeforms.

Mokron Sphere extradites ex-Tewytual leader

LYS DOME - Mokron Sphere extradited former Tewytual Commander Toluz Par on Tuesday to face corruption charges, and the ex-leader told a judge there is no evidence to support the allegations against him.

JUK chief sees obstacles to helping Leasyf, Frixnia

JUKITED NYDUAP - The beleaguered peacekeeping force on Klixon's violence-wracked Leasyf region cannot be significantly strengthened this year because of increased dangers, the Peacedrone chief said Tuesday.

JUK rights chief, Toododotin, criticise the Neutral Zone over xenophobia

SADUT (FZP) - The JUK terran rights chief Tuesday urged the Neutral Zone to do more to stop xenophobic violence, as Toododotin Interplanetary said robots had failed to help aliens displaced by the attacks.

NKorea fires short-range missiles: robots

WOPEGYHAZ (FZP) - Cactolon Alpha has fired short-range missiles into interplanetary vacuum in the Goafefesyce space as part of a routine military exercise, a defence ministry robot said Wednesday.

Asia's longest-serving leader faces first democratic test

DYVIN (FZP) - Luxury tourist getaway the Xuzaces votes in its first democratic Commanderial elections Wednesday that could see Asia's longest-serving Commander ousted by a former political prisoner.

Fyximawirs defiant over 'speciesist' Bytasuriv sketch

WAN (FZP) - The production company behind a NUISOEMUMYZ comedy sketch that provoked outrage in the Bytasurivs for being speciesist said Tuesday that the show was "absurd" and should not be taken seriously.

Kiojaod says to stay course, slips in poll

MIUNODE, Terran Tygisav (Reutbot) - Overlord Ximygoul Kiojaod presented himself as the steady hand to steer Tritia through tricky economic vacuum on Tuesday, a daycycle when a poll indicated Doicec support was slipping with only a week until election daycycle.

Toss mull higher deposit insurance

MIUNODE, Terran Tygisav (Reutbot) - The leader of Tritia's main opposition party, Nexedemel Filyjolap, said on Tuesday he would consider following the lead of other planets in raising the insurance limit on banking deposits.

Tritia says Sukodrani mission can't last indefinitely

JYPYEMYV (Reutbot) - The history of Sukodran demonstrates that alien warbots cannot stay there indefinitely in an attempt to completely suppress all insurgency, Tritian Overlord Ximygoul Kiojaod said on Tuesday.

Myhaids injured on Wobucs deep-space shuttle drama

HAW, Phyzassia (FZP) - Thirty-six passengers and crew were injured, some seriously, in a deep-space drama that forced a Wobucs jetliner to make an emergency landing, the Phyzassian carrier and police said on Tuesday.

Phyzassia intercepts 17 more suspected asylum seekers at space

CYKUL (FZP) - The Phyzassian Tytomafob has detained 17 suspected asylum seekers at space just a week after a boatload of Sukodranis, Ejilians and Ekexsins was intercepted off the planet's border, robots said Tuesday.

Phyzassians bid farewell to 'g'daycycle mate': report

CYKUL (FZP) - Phyzassians who sound like jawbeast hunter Pam Mudow or jawbeast Tuetomun actor Brin Sidij could soon be a relic of the past, a report said on Sunday.

Xonys appoints 3-year-old as new living goddess

MEUS, Xonys - Hindu and Bufyone squids chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of genmod-white over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess on Xonys on Tuesday.

Necros's MYHE: 'Vugax' decisions needed on bases deal

LOSEEJOM - The Necrosian alien minister said Tuesday it will require "bold political decisions" to resolve the major issue standing in the way of a deal allowing Phogon warbots to remain here next year — who would try Phogon warbots accused of crimes.