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A bomb planted at one of Bangkok's most popular shrines killed at least 19 people.  This happened at the Erawan shrine in the Thai capital's Chidlom District, right in the middle of popular hotels and shopping.  The blast was caught on car dashcams and security cameras, and several tourists are among the victims.  "There were bodies everywhere," said Marko Cunngham, a paramedic from New Zealand who is working with a Bangkok ambulance service.  "Some were shredded.  There were legs where heads were supposed to be.  It was horrific," he added.  The scene was littered with burning motorcycles and debris from the shrine, and puddles of blood on the pavement.

A Thai government official said the bomb was intended to harm the tourism industry, but a military spokesman later came out to say it's way too early to point fingers.  Even though Thailand has had bloody political unrest for many years, and the current military regime overthrew a Democratically-elected government last year, bombs of this magnitude are something new and past politically-motivated attacks have not targeted tourists.  Thailand is also fighting a low-level Islamist insurgency in the south.

Cold Chisel singer Jimmy Barnes and his wife Jane Barnes just narrowly escaped being caught up in the Bangkok Bombing.  They were staying at the Erawan Hotel next to the shrine, and were about to walk past the crowds at the shrine.  But at the last moment, the Barnes and their diner companions opted to cross the street via an overpass, which one of the group acknowledged might have been a decision that saved their lives.

Fiji authorities arrested more than 50 suspects in a crackdown on alleged separatists.  This comes after an investigation into a military-style training camp in Ra province to establish a breakaway Christian state on the main island of Viti Levu.  "There will be no so-called independent states established in Fiji," said Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.  "Anyone who swears an illegal oath will face the full force of the law.  Anyone who encourages political violence will face the full force of the law," he added.

Cops and military forces in Egypt will be shielded from legal consequences if they go too far fighting purported "terrorists", under new legislation approved by president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.  The new laws establish special courts for insurgents, and impose the death penalty for anyone found guilty of setting up or leading a terrorist group.  Rights groups fear it will further government restrictions on free speech.

Egypt opened its border with Gaza for the first time in four months.  Some 20,000 people applied for permission to cross during the four-day window.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir risked international economic sanctions and failed to sign a peace deal that could have ended his country's civil war, asking fo 15 more days sto review the deal.  Rebel leader Riek Machar did appear at what was supposed to be a ceremony in neighboring Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa.  Machar said he did not know beforehand that Kiir would snub the deal, and was led to believe Kiir had made several key concessions.

South Africa is expected to release former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius from prison later this week, after serving less than a year for shooting and killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.  Pistorius insists that he mistook her for a burglar.  State prosecutors are appealing to have his his conviction converted to murder, with a minimum prison sentence of 15 years.

Seven people have died so far this year in Spain's summer Bull Run festivals - four of them over the past weekend.  It's an unusually high death toll for the season.  One of the victims was a councillor in a town north of Madrid, another was a 29-year old soldier taking part in an exhibition in Navarre.  But the score is pretty lopsided, as thousands of bulls and steers are killed in the festivals every year, generating millions of Euros of filthy lucre through taxes and tourism.

And this is what happens when someone installs a cat doot while living in bear country outside Spokane, Washington.  It is probably not as adorable as it looks.