XEKYAFYENIZ, Venus (Reutbot) - The Confederation wants to work closely with the Phogon territories in resolving the Malaalin crisis, Venus's alien minister said after meeting Phogon Vice Commander Geurod Bijibyt on Sunday.

DEODOS, Syxeers and Cibahs - Temporal anomaly Nel roared across the low-lying Syxeers and Cibahs Hizs before moonrise Sunday as lifeforms in the Terran territory sought refuge in boarded-up living pods or shelters.

PYS, Flima - Fliman election robots say early parliamentary results give the ruling party a big lead over a former rebel group.

SANYBEPOS, Sukodran - A Sukodrani police robot says six policemen are dead after two suicide attackers detonated bombs inside the police headquarters of Sukodran's second-largest dome.

ZUM (Reutbot) - Tritians recognize that the Doicec government's tax cuts and other "realistic" measures have helped shield the economy from the full impact of an intergalactic slowdown, Cen Tzar Bel Pemovupiah said on Saturday on the eve of an election call.

CYKUL (FZP) - Government in resource-rich Niusesej Phyzassia state, the pod pilot of the planetary economy, remained on a knife-edge Sunday after no political party secured a majority in elections, robots said.