Anti-Shi’a violence claims more lives in Iraq, FIFA appears to be scaling World Cup ticket prices to the locale, and don’t you just hate it when you go in the drive-through and they mess up your order by giving you bags of cash instead of your Tacos?  I can’t stand that.

A suicide bombing has killed 22 people in Iraq.  This happened at the funeral of a police officer at a Shi’a mosque in the Iraqi town of Muqdadiyah, northeast of Baghdad.  The officer was killed in an earlier roadside bombing.  The United Nations says more than 2,500 Iraqis have been killed in violent attacks since April.

FIFA is slashing ticket prices for next year’s World Cup in Brazil.  Secretary-General Jerome Valcke says tickets will be the “cheapest ever” when prices are announced later this month.  70 percent of the matches would cost less than in previous events.  FIFA was one of the targets of nationwide protests as Brazilians complained that Soccer’s world body was profiting from massive investment of public funds on the world cup that the people say would have been better spent on hospitals and schools.

The two largest armed revolutionary groups in Colombia are in “unification talks”.  The FARC and ELN groups met at an undisclosed location and announced that past squabbles have been overcome.  The Colombian government is involved in separate, landmark talks with the FARC over possibly bringing in the Marxist group from the cold and involving it in the nation’s political process.  But the ELN has been left out of those discussions.  Colombia’s internal conflict resulted in 600,000 deaths over the past five decades.

Add Hong Kong to the list of places having mass protests.  Tens of thousands of demonstrators braved scattered rain to demand China honor promises to hold fully democratic elections in 2017.  Hong Kong's top official is currently chosen by a group of 1,200 electors.

You know how some elderly people complain that their children never call or visit?  Well, trying pulling that in China and the grown children can face fines or even jail time.  China’s new “Elderly Rights Law” came into effect this week, mandating adult children care about their parents “spiritual needs” and “never neglect or snub elderly people”.  Critics wonder how such a law can be enforced, especially among families separated by vast distances.

South Africa is planning a national birthday party for the ailing former President Nelson Mandela, who will turn 95-years old on 18 July.  He was admitted into hospital last month with a long infection and remains critically ill. President Jacob Zuma put out a statement reading, “We must all be able to do something good for humanity on this day, in tribute to our former president.”

Three customers in a car in the Taco Bell drive-though in the American state of Michigan drove away with a big surprise, and didn’t realize it until they were several miles away.  Instead of their order, they were handed a bag full of cash.  A lot of cash, US$3600.  Kennidi Rue, Luke Postma, and Grant Kruse admit they had that moment of temptation but opted to do the right thing.  Luke says when they went back to return the money, the lady behind the counter “on the spot, just like losing it.  She was crying. She was I guess, pretty happy.”  And then Taco Bell finally got their original order right.