From Taliban target to rubbing elbows with world leaders, a young lady from Pakistan delivers an eloquent plea for education for all;  Diplomatic consequences take shape after the grounding of a South American leader’s airplane;  Edward Snowden tries to make nice with Vladimir Putin;  And there are really good reasons not to mess with an angry bull.  Australia, your weekend begins right after these CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The girl who survived being shot in the head at point-blank range by the Pakistani Taliban nine months ago, bested her attackers once again:  Malala Yousafzai marked her 16th birthday delivering an address before the United Nations General Assembly, imploring world leaders to introduce “free, compulsory education” for all children across the globe.  This incredible young lady says she gets inspiration from “Muhammad, the prophet of mercy, and Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha”, and people like Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Mohandas Gandhi and Mother Teresa.

Four South American nations are recalling their ambassadors from the European countries that had a hand in grounding the presidential airplane of Bolivia’s Evo Morales, in what turned out to be a fruitless search for Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.  At a summit in Montevideo, the leaders of Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, and Uruguay accused the Europeans of violating international law.  Envoys will be recalled from France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.  The Europeans have claimed it was a misunderstanding.  France apologized, while Spain says it was given bad information.

Snowden came up for air at a Moscow Airport, now formally asking for asylum in Russia after speaking with WikiLeaks lawyers and human rights advocates.  But a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin says the condition remains the same:  Snowden must stop leaking the secrets he pilfered from US National Security Agency computers before he went on the run.  Snowden says he still hopes to make it to Latin America, but right now American pressure is making that impossible.

Three people were gored at the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.  Doctors had to remove the horn-damaged spleen of an American tourist.  The bull apparently caught that guy while he was trying to hold on to his camera (instead of taking seriously the big, giant beast with the sharp horns).  San Fermin festival organizers ban bull run participants from bringing cameras but many ignore the rule.  Two Spanish men were also left bleeding, and three more people were transported to hospital.  The festival runs for two more days.

At least six people are dead and 192 are injured in a train derailment and crash south of Paris, France.  The electric inter-city train plowed through a commuter station at a minimum of 120 kilometers per hour.  Injuries ranged from blunt trauma to electric shocks.  It took some time to free people trapped inside the crumpled carriages.  This occurred just as many were getting out of the city for the Bastille Day holiday weekend.

Shares of Boeing had their biggest drop in two years, because of problems with two 787 Dreamliners in Britain, one of which actually shut down Heathrow Airport.  First, a fire aboard an Ethiopian Airlines 787 prompted officials to halt take-offs and landings for an hour at Europe’s busiest hub.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.  A second Thompson 787 had to cancel its scheduled flight to Florida and return to Manchester with mechanical issues.

A third victim of last weekend’s plane crash at San Francisco airport has died.  Hospital officials identify her only as a girl who had been in critical condition since Asiana Flight 214 came in too low and too slow, clipping the seawall at the airport and crashing off the runway.

Dr. Amar Bose has died at age 83.  He was the founder of the Bose Corporation, maker of groundbreaking audio products for the home, business and concert stage.  Currently, the most famous Bose products are the noise-canceling headphones and those extreme high-end clock radios.  Two years ago, Bose gave his majority of shares in the company to his alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to fund education.