Good Morning, Australia! – A massive airliner skids at landing and stops less than a meter from plunging into New York City’s Flushing Bay – The family claims to have proof an Argentine Prosecutor was murdered – Boko Haram takes indirect revenge on Chad – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The family of Argentine Prosecutor Alberto Nisman claims to have proof that his death was not a suicide, but murder.  Nisman’s ex-wife and federal judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado claims a team of private experts came to the conclusion based on his autopsy and existing forensic evidence.  Argentine authorities have not reached one conclusion or the other, but early on officials said the scene inside Nisman’s apartment looked like a suicide.  Nisman was found dead of a bullet to the head shortly after accusing President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of a conspiracy involving a 20-year old terrorist bombing.  Since then, his accusations have twice been tossed out of court due to lack of evidence.

The latest revelations from the Snowden Documents say that New Zealand is spying on its Pacific neighbors, and sharing the information among the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance of Oz, NZ, UK, US, and Canada.  The Kiwi Government Communications Security Bureau’s (GCSB) Waihopai base in the South Island is reportedly running “full take” interceptions.  That means it was retaining content and metadata of all communications, not just that of specific targets.  PM John Key disputed the report, but didn’t provide specifics.

A massive snowstorm from Middle America to New York City is causing all sorts of problems.  In Kentucky – a state unaccustomed to heavy accumulations – National Guard Troops are racing to rescue hundreds of drivers stranded on a mountain pass.  In New York, a Delta Airlines jet skidded off the runway at La Guardia Airport and crashed through the barrier fence, leaving the nose peaking out over Flushing Bay.  It could have been a lot worse, but the berm stopped the plane from going further, and passengers and crew suffered only bumps and bruises. 

Thousands of people are stranded in Nepal because of the Turkish Airlines plane that skidded off the runway in the nation’s only international airport at Katmandu.  No one was seriously hurt, but such a tiny country was hardly prepared to remove a derelict passenger jet blocking the runway.  The airport has been closed since the accident Wednesday morning, and it likely won’t be open until Friday morning arrives in the Himalayas, at the earliest.

Boko Haram killed dozens of people in its latest attack in northeastern Nigeria, specifically targeting people from the same ethnic group as Chadian forces that have dealt major blows to the Nigerian Islamic extremists.  The Shuwa Arab community is spread out over the border between Chad and Nigeria, and met with Boko Haram’s selective slaughter.  Members of the Kanuris – the group to which most Boko Haram fighters belong – were spared in the latest raids.  Hundreds of kilometers to the south, another band of Boko Haram militants attacked Muslims in a mosque during morning prayers, slitting the throats of at least 68 men and boys.

North Korea’s news agency praised the razor knife attack on US Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert, who suffered gruesome wounds to his face and wrist, reportedly suffering sensory problems to both areas.  The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) referred to the attack as a “righteous punishment” and “shower of justice” for joint US-South Korean military exercises now underway.  A 55-year old goofball Korean nationalist was arrested at the scene.

Brazilian lawmakers passed a bill recognizing “feminicide”, or the killing of a woman because of her gender.  The country has had 50,000 women murdered over the past decade.  The new law gives prosecutors more tools to go after domestic abusers and other criminals engaged in gender-based violence.