A beauty contestant mysteriously vanishes just before her turn on the world stage – The Abbott government inflicts deep cuts on ABC – A Cuban doctor in Sierra Leone tests positive for Ebola – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Police in Honduras are questioning two men in the disappearance of the nation’s “Miss World” pageant contestant.  19-year old Maria Jose Alvarado was last seen a week ago with her sister leaving a party in a car without a license plate.  Police have set up roadblocks and stepped up patrols in the area where the Alvarado sisters disappeared, so far to no avail.  Maria Jose had been due to travel to London on Wednesday in preparation for the Miss World pageant next month.

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull is denying that the Liberals have broken yet another campaign pledge in plans to slash A$254 Million from ABC’s budget.  The ABC warned that a cut that deep – 4.6 percent of the ABC’s budget – could lead to the loss of 500 jobs, the closure of foreign bureaus and the end of the individual state versions of the program 7.30.  Turnbull claims that “all of the savings can be found within operational efficiencies.”

Whoa, check out that great white caught at Bondi!

A Cuban doctor fighting the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone has himself been infected.  Dr. Felix Baer was evacuated to Geneva for treatment. His condition is described as “hemodynamically stable” and he’s not showing any advanced symptoms at this time.  Baez is one of 256 Cuban doctors and nurses in West Africa treating Ebola patients, a commitment that has won international praise as more substantial than contributions from many wealthy countries.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is pledging more than A$6.5 Million to a program treat Ebola patients in Guinea and other affected countries with serum derived from the blood of survivors.  People who survive Ebola build up antibodies that kill the virus, and Doctors have successfully extracted those from survivors to save other lives.  The grant will also be slated to evaluate new experimental drugs.  More than 5,000 people have died in the West African ebola Epidemic, the vast majority of them in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.

Despite public criticism from US President Barack Obama, Myanmar says it will not fix its constitution to remove a ridiculous law that bars opposition leader and Nobel prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from running for president.  The law bans candidates with immediate family members who are citizens of other countries, and Suu Kyi’s sons are Brits.  Myanmar officials say they won’t act on the stupid law until after the elections next year.

The United Nations Human Rights Committee is asking the Security Council to refer North Korea to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for atrocities against its people.  China and Russia both voted against the measure, and they hold veto power in the Security Council.  North Korea denies the human rights allegations, which include an account of a woman forced to drown her own baby, children imprisoned from birth and starved, and families tortured for watching a foreign soap opera.

An Israeli police officer has died in hospital following Tuesday morning’s attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem.  Four rabbis were killed in the attack, six were injured, and cops killed the two Palestinian attackers in the synagogue.  The crime has everyone on edge in Jerusalem. Right wing protesters have been stomping about calling for revenge; police have arrested 23 rioters so far.