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Dozens Killed in Pakistan Hospital Bomb
A suspected suicide bomb attack at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills over 60; Japan's Emperor Akihito hints at wish to abdicate; a crocodile backlash in East Timor.
A bomb blast has killed at least 63 people at a hospital in the city of Quetta in south-west Pakistan; Japan's Emperor Akihito hints at wish to abdicate; a crocodile backlash in East Timor.
(Picture: Bystanders comfort a mourner after the killing of a victim in a bomb explosion at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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