A Plane Crash in Victoria kills one – North Korea’s missing leader shows up on TV – You won’t believe what a British backpacker had living inside her nose – And much more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The pilot of a small plane is dead after it crashed into two houses in Chelsea, VIC, in Melbourne’s southeast.  Witnesses say it nosedived out of the sky and exploded upon impact into the homes.  A woman inside one of the buildings was treated for shock.  Andrew Delaney of the Country Fire Authority says it appears the pilot bravely tried to avoid a crowded shopping strip and children’s park.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has resurfaced.  Without any explanation of where he has been for the past five weeks, North Korea’s state run news agency showed images of Kim walking with a cane, surrounded by his usual entourage of fawning generals and officials.  It seems to cancel out rumors of a coup or serious medical condition.  The cane may confirm rumors of ankle surgery – but it’s North Korea, and no one outside Kim’s circle really knows.

A defense expert testified that Oscar Pistorius should not go to jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, and instead should do some community service that includes mopping floors a couple of days a week.  Prosecutor Gerrie Nel described the suggestion made at Pistorius’ sentencing hearing as “shockingly inappropriate”.  Judge Thokozile Masipa has wide latitude in sentencing the Olympic and Paralympic athlete – she could sentence him to 15 years in prison or suspend a sentence and impose a fine.

Shiite militias in Iraq are kidnapping and killing Sunni civilians – apparently in revenge for attacks from the Sunni militants of Islamic State.  Amnesty International says the previous Iraqi government had supported these militias and allowed them to operate with impunity.  The group is calling on new Iraqi government of Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi to rein in the militias.

The Catalan regional government in Spain is calling off its planned independence referendum.  The non-binding ballot was to take place on 9 November.  But the central government in Madrid opposes it, and the constitutional court has agreed to listen to arguments – a process that could take years.

As recently as 1952, indigenous people were not allowed to stand in Bolivia’s Plaza Murillo in front of the presidential palace, because it was believed they were too dirty.  Today, Latin American leaders are calling to congratulate Bolivia’s first indigenous leader on being reelected to his third term, on a platform of nationalizing Bolivia’s gas industry and to initiate a Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution based on incorporating Bolivia's long-oppressed indigenous majority.  The final tally from the weekend election isn’t in yet, but it is projected to be 61 percent.

A backpacker from Edinburgh had a 7.5-centimeter parasite in her nose and didn’t know it.  24-year old Daniela Liverani suffered from nosebleeds for weeks after a trip to Southeast Asia, but chalked it up to a ruptured blood vessel.  But when the little fellow peeked outside her nostril during a hot, steamy shower, she looked in the mirror and couldn’t ignore it.  Doctors used forceps and tweezers to remove “Mister Curly” – her nickname for the horrible parasite – and gave it back to her in a bag.  Turned out to be a body bag, though, because she boiled the disgusting freeloader and tossed it in a trash bin.

And thus, Daniela’s ordeal is over.  UNLESS IT LAID EGGS.