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[00:00.48]Thai officials say this week's deadly bombing
[00:05.36]at a Bangkok shrine  was likely planned by at least 10 people,
[00:10.81]including some foreigners.
[00:13.32]But officials did not believe the bombing was linked to international terrorism.
[00:19.68]A spokesman for the country's ruling military
[00:23.20]delivered a televised statement Thursday.
[00:26.84]He said, "Chinese people were not the direct target."
[00:31.40]Erawan shrine, the target of the bombing,
[00:34.80]is especially popular with Chinese tourists.
[00:38.84]Late Thursday, officials in Bangkok told reporters
[00:42.96]that two of the suspects turned themselves in for questioning.
[00:47.68]They said that they were not involved in the bombing.
[00:51.32]But few other details were made available.
[00:55.92]North and South Korea have exchanged artillery fire
[01:00.36]along the countries' western border,
[01:02.72]officials in Seoul said Thursday.
[01:06.08]The South's defense ministry said
[01:09.04]North Korea fired shells at South Korean military positions.
[01:14.44]And the South responded by launching several
[01:18.12]155-millimeter artillery rounds at the North.
[01:23.16]A South Korean news agency
[01:26.00]reported that artillery fired by North Korea
[01:30.20]appeared to have landed in a mountainous area
[01:33.24]near a South Korean military base.
[01:36.48]No deaths have been reported so far.
[01:39.80]Relations between the two Koreas have been tense.
[01:43.84]Earlier this month,
[01:45.36]the South accused the North of planting the landmines
[01:49.80]that wounded two soldiers.
[01:52.68]A group connected to the so-called Islamic State
[01:56.48]claimed responsibility for a large car bomb attack in Cairo.
[02:01.68]The attack outside a state security building
[02:05.00]early Thursday injured several people,
[02:08.32]including at least six policemen.
[02:12.24]The bomb severely damaged the government building
[02:15.48]and broke windows of surrounding buildings
[02:18.56]in the Shubra residential neighborhood.
[02:22.12]Witnesses said the bombers parked the car outside the government building
[02:27.00]before escaping in another car.
[02:30.92]Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter says
[02:34.28]tests on a mass removed from his liver reveal he has melanoma.
[02:41.08]The disease, usually a type of skin cancer,
[02:44.76]has spread from his liver to his brain.
[02:48.20]He will begin radiation treatment today.
[02:51.60]The former president spoke to reporters in Atlanta, Georgia.
[02:56.44]He first announced he was battling cancer on August 12.
[03:01.16]He told reporters he feels
[03:03.40]"surprisingly at ease" as he fights cancer.
[03:07.84]Mr. Carter also spoke to reporters about his "full life"
[03:12.40]and said he had no regrets about his life post-presidency.
[03:17.68]However, his presidency was partly defined by American hostages held in Iran.
[03:25.12]The former president had this to say
[03:27.72]on the failed military mission to rescue them.
[03:31.44]"I wish I'd sent one more helicopter to rescue the hostages."