Egypt’s fate appears to be in the hands of competing street rallies – The Driver of the derailed Spanish train is refusing to answer questions – Russia is talking about leaker Edward Snowden behind his back, and to what could be his greatest threat.  Good Morning Australia, all that and more is waiting in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians are flooding the streets in competing rallies for and against the military intervention that toppled President Mohammed Morsi from power.  Seven people have been killed in clashes between Mirso friends and foes in Alexandria.  Defense minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi called for the pro-military rallies in a speech on Wednesday, saying a large turnout would give him a mandate to “combat terrorism”; the pro-military turnout appears to be the biggest since the rallies that led to Morsi’s outster.  Egypt’s Interior Minister says the anti-military protests would be ended.

Tunisian opposition politician Mohammed Brahmi was killed with the same gun used to assassinate his opposition coalition leader Chokri Belaid earlier this year.  The killings have angered thousands, plunging the country into crisis with mass demonstrations against the Salafists believed responsible for the murders and the Islamist government seen as having enabled them.

The driver of the Spanish train that derailed and crashed killing 78 people is refusing to answer questions posed by investigators.  It’s believed Francisco Jose Garzon Amo was going too fast when the train hit the bend at Santiago de Compostela.  Police say the case against Garzon should go to the courts.

The American accused of raping and imprisoning three women in his home for a decade has taken a plea deal.  Ariel Castro will spend the rest of his life in prison with no hope of pale after admitting to abducting the women in 2002 – 2004.  The judge says Castro’s house of horrors will likely be torn down.

Russia has said that fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden wouldn’t be extradited back to the US, in part because of the death penalty.  But America’s top prosecutor, Attorney General Eric Holder, has taken that off the table saying Snowden would not face capital punishment for any future conviction.  Spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated President Vladimir Putin’s pledge not to turn snow over, but Moscow admits the American FBI and Russian FSB security services have held talks about Snowden.

A military jury has begun deliberating the fate of America’s other great whistleblower, Army Private Bradley Manning.  The defense offered its closing arguments earlier, denying prosecution claims that Manning somehow was seeking fame when he released information about US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan to WikiLeaks.

A group of international scientists says United Nations Peacekeepers were to blame for the Cholera Epidemic in Haiti that has killed more than 8,100 people.  These are the same scientists who two years ago concluded no group or individuals were to blame; but this time, they were given access to advanced microbiological evidence that shows what many suspected all along, that the Cholera was brought in to Haiti by troops from Nepal.  Cholera had not existed in Haiti for decades before this outbreak.  The new ruling could bolster a multi-million dollar civil suit victims are pursuing against the UN.

South Africa’s retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he would not worship a “homophobic God” and would rather to go to hell.  Homosexual acts are still a crime in dozens of African countries.  Although sex-same relationships are decriminalized in South Africa, murderous anti-LGBT violence is a persistent problem.  Tutu condemned the used of religious doctrine to justify anti-LGBT violence, and says he’s just as passionate about this as he was about ending apartheid – activism which earned him his Nobel Prize.

The world’s oldest person might be living in South Africa.  Although the Guinness Book of World Records lists Japan’s 115-year old Misao Ogawa as the oldest, she may have a few years to go to catch up.  Johanna Mazibuko has documents showing she was born in 1894, making her 119 years old.  Ms, Mazibuko reportedly cooks, dresses herself, does the laundry, and watches television.