All’s quiet along the border separating the two Koreas, unlike yesterday – The man who put the board beneath many a Surfer is gone – And what would make a country’s entire football association quit just before the World Cup? – All this and more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

So far, so good today along the tense border separating North and South Korea.  Yesterday, the world’s worst neighbors traded artillery shells after the North’s pre-announced live-fire drill strayed into South Korean waters, and the South fired back.  Residents of the border island Baengnyeong were rushed into shelters, and no one is believed to have been hurt on the south side.

Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf entered a “not guilty” plea to treason charges coming from his suspending the constitution and instituting “emergency rule” in 2007.  Musharraf told the court he is not a traitor and the country prospered under his rule.  He faces the death penalty if convicted.

At least six people are dead and as many as 25 are injured after three suspected hand grenades were thrown in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.  The blasts targeted food stalls and restaurants in the Eastleigh neighborhood, known as “little Mogadishu” for its large Somali population. Most of the victims were believed to have died in one of the restaurants.

Amnesty International says Nigeria’s army killed 600 people after Boko Haram Islamist militants attacked its barracks on 14 March.  Detainees who escaped from custody in the battle were rounded up and summarily executed.  The Boko Haram insurgency has resulted in at least 1,500 deaths in Nigeria so far this year.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has reportedly ordered an investigation into the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood amid speculation the Egyptian group might be plotting terror attacks in England.  A Downing Street source says the review was prompted by allegations the Muslim Brotherhood murdered three tourists on a bus in February, as well as the conclusion that the government doesn’t know enough about the Muslim Brotherhood’s activities in Egypt, where it is banned, and in Britain.

The entire board of Uruguay's Football Association has resigned because of a crisis of violence at soccer games, and it could get the country kicked out of the World Cup.  The government withdrew police protection at matches involving the country's big clubs Penarol and Nacional because of violence by their “barras bravas” hardcore fans.  That led to the players association refusing to play.  The board realized it can’t handle the problem, and resigned.  But now Uruguay’s two leading newspapers say the government’s decision could be interpreted as interference, which is against FIFA’s rules.  Uruguay is supposed to play in Group D.

Did you see this police chase in Brisbane yesterday?  The two geniuses in the red ute led police around for 18 kilometers, but they got caught.  They always think they’ll get away.

China’s anti-corruption dragnet has caught a former senior military official in what could be a climpse at the largest scandal to envelop the armed forces.  Lieutenant General Gu Junshan is charged with bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.  President Xi Jinping is trying to strip the military of kickbacks, pet projects, and patronage networks, and turn it into a fighting force more adept at projecting power abroad.

The father of modern surfing is dead.  Hobie Alter invented the lightweight, mass-produced, foam surfboard in 1958 and was cranking them out as fast as they’d sell just before Hollywood released the movies that would turn surfing into a worldwide sport, “Gidget” and the “Beach Party” series.  The large, heavy wooden boards Polynesians used for centuries were suddenly obsolete.   A few years later, he invented a small, lightweight sailboat that could be hauled on the roof of a car and easily dragged through the sand to the surf – the Hobie Cat, which liberating sailing from those who could afford dock fees and opening the wind and waves to working people.

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