The Nairobi Mall Seige IS in a fourth day – North Korea is up to something, according to satellite photos – And we will find out how thousands of horses could become orphans, in today’s CareerSpot World News Briefs.

As Tuesday morning rolled around to Nairobi, more gunfire and explosions could be heard from the Westgate mall, despite government claims of success on retaking the building from a group of terrorists who burst in on Saturday, killing at least 62 civilian shoppers and injuring more than 170.  Security forces were seen carrying a body out of the mall, which remained on fire, with flames and smoke visible.

Voters in Switzerland’s southern Italian-speaking region have voted to ban the full-face veil worn by some Muslim women.  Similar restrictions have already been passed in France and Belgium.  The referendum still needs to be approved by the federal parliament in Bern before becoming law.

Satellite photos indicate North Korea is testing more long-range rocket engines.  The 38 North Blog run by the School of Advanced International Studies at the US Johns Hopkins University released the photos, pointing out the burned vegetation around a launch pad.  North Korea faces a very long list of sanctions for its past provocative behavior that runs from missile launch tests to nuclear tests.

China says Typhoon Usagi has so far killed 25 people, slamming into the southern coast on Sunday night.  The storm veered away from Hong Kong at the last moment, but swamped the roads around the city, and shut shipping and ferry lanes.  The main airport cancelled some 370 flights.  International traffic is now being restored.

Mexico fared much worse in a week of tropical weather:  The death toll is revised up to 123 lives lost from Tropical Storm Ingrid and Hurricane Manuel, the latter of which hit the isthmus nation twice.  Almost 60 thousand evacuees are making their way back to their homes, some of which are complete covered in mud. 

Venezuelan authorities arrested nine people including three National Guard soldiers for allegedly attempting to smuggle 1.4 tons of cocaine from Caracas to Paris in 31 suitcases on an Air France flight.  Washington is blasting Caracas, saying the episode demonstrates that Venezuela has become an illegal drugs shipping point.  Venezuela is suggesting airline complicity, since 1.4 tons of blow in 31 suitcases would mean that each bag would weigh in at around 40 kilos:  Way more than the usual maximum weight for checked baggage.

A court in Argentina has rejected the appeal by a convicted molester priest to serve house arrest; Father Julio Cesar Grassi is beginning his 15-year sentence four years after being convicted of sexually abusing a teenage boy.  The priest maintains he was wrongly convicted.

The Connecticut state Supreme Court in America’s northeast will hear an appeal to a lower court ruling that labeled horses a “naturally vicious” species.  Yeah, seems pretty weird.  “Vicious” herbivores.  It began with the unfortunate incident in 2006 when a boy tried to pet a horse named “Scuppy” and it bit him, causing some damage.  The parents sued and lost, then appealed and won, thus now the state’s high court gets to decide.  But here’s the rub:  If horses are ruled a “vicious species”, they would be uninsurable, and thousands of thousands of Connecticut horse owners could lose their protections and be forced to give up their animal friends.