Britain gets ready to enter the bombing of terrorist targets in Iraq – Another grim milestone from the West African Ebola Epidemic – Horror, as a cancer patient is buried alive – Why is Kim Jong-un walking funny? – And much more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

British Warplanes are poised to strike at Islamic State (IS) targets in Iraq, after Parliament overwhelmingly back the US-led military action.  The measure does not approve British action in Syria, leaving that part of the mission to the Americans.  The Pentagon says the air strikes are having the intended effect on IS, but a 15,000-strong army drawn from the “moderate” Syrian opposition will be required to defeat IS in a ground war.  Meanwhile, Spanish and Moroccan police arrested nine people suspected of belonging to a militant cell with links to the extremist group Islamic State. 

Ebola’s death toll in the West African Epidemic is now more than 3,000 out of some 6,500 infections, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO).  Liberia is by far the worst affected, with some 1,830 deaths and a serious undercount of cases in the slums of Monrovia.  Those numbers keep doubling every few weeks, and the fear is that more than 20,000 people could be infected by early November.

A strange story out of Greece – A grieving family is contemplating a lawsuit after a woman was reportedly buried alive.  The cancer patient’s funeral had just ended and the family had walked away.  But residents near the cemetery in Pereia heard her screaming for help and pounding on the inside of the coffin.  Local media reports they dug her up, but not in time – the woman suffocated inside the coffin.  A doctor at the scene denied the story.

A contract worker at the US Federal Aviation Administration control center near Chicago set a critical computer on fire and attempted suicide, plunging one of the world’s busiest air corridors into chaos.  Hundreds of flights were grounded at O’Hare Airport was at a stand still for hours.  The worker was allegedly upset that he was about to be transferred from the Chicago-area (which is cold and bleak during winter) to Hawaii.  You read that right, he was upset about being sent from a frozen wasteland to a tropical paradise.  Instead, he faces up to 20 years of in a federal prison.

The UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution condemning the American hedge funds that are demanding some A$1.5 Billion in payments on Argentine government bonds they own.  It’s a major diplomatic victory for Argentina, which calls them “vulture funds”.  “The resolution not only condemns vulture’s activities, but also urges the UN to investigate their behavior and analyze their effect over sovereign economies,” explained Argentina Foreign Minister Hector Timerman.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s pre-election surge in the polls now gives her a lead over Green challenger Marina Silva in the expected second round of voting.  The Datafolha survey said Rousseff has 47 percent voter support compared with 43 percent for Silva.  Technically, that’s within the margin of error, but Dilma has the momentum before the 5 October firs round.  The race is Socialist versus Green, and the conservative pro-marketeer is in a distant third place.

Hong Kong cops arrested more than a dozen pro-democracy protesters who brought their protest inside the government headquarters.  It's a small preview of what might happen next week as the pro-democracy side plans to occupy the financial district.  This civil disobedience campaign comes after Beijing went back on its democracy promises and said only candidates vetted by a government panel will be allowed to run for Hong Kong chief executive.

Indonesia’s outgoing conservative parliament pulled a dirty trick in incoming Prime Minister Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the nation:  It passed a law eliminating direct elections for mayors, district chiefs and governors.  It’s widely seen as an attempt to stop Jokowi’s reform allies from winning any more offices.  But the opposition alliance holds 68 percent of the seats in the new parliament that convenes next week, and Jokowi doesn’t take office until 20 October.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for three weeks, and Pyongyang is admitting he’s having some sort of medical problem.  The government says only that Kim is suffering an “uncomfortable physical condition”.  There is speculation that he’s got a spell of gout, and others note he is a heavy smoker with a weakness for cheese.  But even a month before the last time he was seen on TV, he was noticeably heavier and limping in obvious discomfort.