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The splinter group from the Pakistani Taliban says it carried out a suicide bombing at a hospital in Quetta that killed at least 70 people.  The terrorists targeted a rally of lawyers protesting the murder of prominent attorney Bilal Kasi on Monday.  The "Jamaat-ul-Ahrar" claimed responsibility for that as well.  "No-one will be allowed to disturb the peace of the province," said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.  "The people, policy and security forces in Balochistan have given sacrifices for the country," he added, referring to the southern province where Quetta city is located.

Around a hundred people were killed in clashes with security forces in the capital Addis Ababa and other parts of Ethiopia, according to Amnesty International.  Protests are growing in frequency as Ethiopians tire of political and economic marginalization by what they see as a government growing distant from the people.  More than 400 people have been killed in protests since last November, but this latest round is a marked escalation in violence.

Rio De Janeiro police arrested 22-year old Namibian Olympic boxer Julian Jonas for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a hotel maid.  He's the second Olympian to be accused - a judge already ordered Moroccan boxer Hassan Saada to be detained for 15 days, pending an investigation into similar allegations against him.

China's Olympic team has lept into lead in the medal count:  China now has four Golf, two Silver, and three Bronze; The US is second is with three Gold, six Silver, and four Bronze; Australia dropped into fourth place with three Gold and three Bronze. 

China's Olympic war of words with Australia is getting wackier:  The state-run Global Times newspaper described Australia as a former "offshore prison", and referred to Aussie Gold Medalist Mack Horton as "immoral";  this comes after Mack said, "I don't have time or respect for drug cheats," in reference to Chinese and South Korean Olympians Sun Yang and Park Tae-Hwan and their past doping scandals.  "I'm clean. I've proved I'm clean. I don't think we need to concern ourselves with the Australian's mind tricks," said Mr. Sun.  To that, we can only reply:  "These aren't the droids you're looking for."  But this is the bottom line: Australia's Olympic chef de mission Kitty Chiller says there will be no apology over Mr. Horton's comments about Mr. Sun.

Japanese Emperor Akihito gave a rare televised address to tell his people that he is old, tired, and fearful that he will not be able to carry on with his public duties as the symbol of the state.  The 82-year old couldn't come right out and say that he wants to abdicate and retire, because those words aren't in Japan's post-war constitution and saying so could have been interpreted as interference in democratic rule.  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indicated he is open to discussions about changing the law.  Wait a minute.. that's an oddly non-committal response.

So, what's going on between the lines?  "Simple and direct" are words that don't exist in Japan's political system.  Observers say that Akihito is launching his last weapon against right-wing nationalist Prime Minister Abe, who wants to change the pacifist constitution to allow more foreign military adventures for the first time since World War II.  Akihito and his son and successor-apparent Naruhito have signaled in recent speeches that they are against this - but again, they cannot directly interfere with the political process.  Japanese politics is so passive-aggressive, that it takes seasoned analysts to decipher everything that's happening, but many consider the Emperor's address as the first strike against the re-militarization of Japan.

The family of the "clock kid" Ahmed Mohamed is suing his former school in Texas.  Ahmed was racially profiled when he brought his science class project - an alarm clock - to school at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas.  But later in the day, his English teacher claimed it looked like a bomb and called police.  Rather than stop the bleeding early on and admitting a racist mistake, cops arrested him (eventually dropping charges) and the school suspended the kid for three days for doing his homework.  The case attracted the attention of President Obama who invited the family to the White House.  The family eventually grew weary of the constant threats from vile scumbag racists, and Ahmed accepted a scholarship to go to a school on Doha, Qatar and took a break from the stupidest state in crazy, racist, violent America.