Good Morning, Australia! – Tunisia shows solidarity against terror – New details of the Germanwings pilot’s desperate attempt to regain control of the plane from a suicidal copilot – At least one person is taking this Top Gear thing too seriously – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Thousands marched in Tunis in an anti-terror march, chanting, “Tunisia is free!  Terrorism out!”  This was in response to the attack at the Brado Museum almost two weeks ago in which 21 international tourists and one Tunisian were killed.  Islamic State claimed responsibility.  Hours before the march, Tunisian authorities claimed to have killed the alleged leader of the attack.  Lokman Abu Sakhra was described as one of the country’s “most dangerous terrorists”.

The Arab League took the first steps on forming a military coalition, signing an agreement at a meeting in Sharm al-Sheikh.  The joint force will eventually take on the growing threat of religious extremists like Islamic State and Al Qaeda, who’ve caused chaos in Iraq, Syria, and Libya, and which are part of the problem in Yemen.  As the leaders signed, the roots of that coalition – a ten-nation, Saudi-led task force – carried out bombing runs against Yemen’s Houthi militias, described as “stooges of Iran” by Yemen’s president-in-exile.

An Air Canada plane skidded off of the runway at Halifax Airport in snowy Nova Scotia.  Of 137 passengers and crew, 23 were slightly injured, but the plane is a wreck.

The captain of Germanwings Flight 9525 yelled, “For God’s sake, open the door!’ and, “open the damned door!” as he tried to enter the cockpit of the descending plane.  But Germany’s Bild newspaper reports Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz – who authorities believe deliberately crashed the plane – ignored Captain Patrick Sondheimer as he ignored the automatic alarm that warned, “Ground.  Pull up.  Pull up.”  Bild reports that last sound on the cockpit voice recorder was that of the passengers screaming.

Some guys can’t catch a break.  The flooding in northern Chile has claimed the home of Victor Zamora – one of the Chilean miners who was trapped underground for 69 days in 2010.  Zamora told reports, “It’s a tragedy,” noting that he lost everything.  He’s among hundreds who’ve lost their homes during the deluge in the normally arid region.  Ten people are confirmed dead and around 20 people are missing.

Russia’s culture minister sacked a regional opera director whose modern staging of the Wagner opera “Tannhauser” offended the powerful Russian Orthodox Church.  The announcement was made to thousands of conservatives protesting the opera, some holding Russian flags adorned with President Vladimir Putin’s smirking mug.  The courts had already found that the opera did not violate any laws, but local prosecutors vowed to appeal.  The Orthodox in recent years has forced cancellations of a Picasso exhibit and a Marilyn Manson concert.

London Metro police are investigating death threats made to the head of the BBC after the firing of Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, who was dropped because he had punched a producer.  The BBC refused to comment on “security matters”.  More than a million people signed a petition urging the Beeb to keep Clarkson, but Lord Tony Hall ruled that rules must apply to all – even wealthy, popular TV stars. 

Western Mexico’s Colima Volcano goes boom.

On America’s East Coast, a four-year old Philadelphia girl shocked a bus driver and passengers when she hopped on the coach at 3:00 AM, sat down by herself, and merrily told them she was going to get her favorite treat – a slushie.  The driver pulled over and called for cops, who took the precocious Pennsylvanian for a check up at hospital, where she was reunited with her poor parents.  They didn’t know that she slipped out in the middle of the night for a sugar bomb.