Australia’s handling of Asylum Seekers gets in the way of mending relations – Tension builds in Ukraine after the fiery deaths of pro-Russian separatists – Imprisoned Aussie journalist Peter Greste lambasts Egypt – And a lot more in Part One of your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Labor is demanding an explanation and the Greens are calling Prime Minister Tony Abbott an international embarrassment for abandoning a trip to Bali to try and repair relations with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY).  This, after it emerged Australian authorities were trying to force an asylum seeker boat back to Indonesia.  Relations have been strained since revelations that Australian spies were tapping SBY’s phone, as well as his wife’s and those of members of SBY’s inner circle.

Australian journalist Peter Greste says his ordeal in Egypt is a “massive injustice”.  A judge in Cairo refused bail for Greste and his fellow al Jazeera journos, who are charged by the interim military authorities with making Egypt look bad in their reports.  The decision came on World Press Freedom Day.  Greste remains in jail until at least 15 May, when the case resumes.

There is growing anger in Odessa after the deaths of dozens of pro-Russian militants on Friday night, killed in a fire started during clashes with pro-Ukraine protesters.  Both sides returned to the streets on Saturday.  Fighting continued in the east as the Ukrainian army continued to oust pro-Russia rebels, and the government says its forces recaptured Kramatorsk.  This prompted Moscow to complain to the US, demanding Washington put pressure on Kiev to stop the offensive.

A group of European military observers is free after being held hostage by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine for more than a week.  “It is happiness, a deep relief,” said German Colonel Axel Schneider outside Donetsk, before boarding a jet for Kiev and then on to Berlin.  No details of their release were given, but the rebels had demanding that some of their comrades be released from Ukrainian custody in exchange for the Europeans.

Dozens of apparent agricultural fires are burning in North Korea, and the west only knows that because of NASA satellites that keep a regular eye on the secretive dictatorship.  Also visible is vast deforestation, possibly from burning out woodlands for farms.  Other recent satellite shots of North Korea show the rogue state’s energy woes – a nighttime view shows North Korea almost completely dark while its rapidly developing neighbors glow in the dark with lights.  It’s an indication of the widespread poverty faced by North Koreans under Pyongyang’s control.

The al Qaeda-linked terrorist group al Shabaab is suspected in bombings in Somalia and Kenya.  At least six people were killed in Mogadishu in a blast targeting an official in the Somali capital.  Down the coast in Kenya, a terrorist lobbed a grenade onto a bus in Mombasa, killing three people and injuring several more.  But later, sharp eyes spotted an abandoned package in a bathroom at a coastal hotel, and people cleared out – no one hurt in that blast.

The head of al Qaeda is trying to get his insurgents to stop battling each other in Syria.  An audio message believed to be from Ayman al-Zawahiri urges al-Nusra Front and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to end their terrorist intramurals, and get back to trying to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Shi’a muslim allies.  There are estimated to be more than 7,000 foreign jihadis running amok in the Syrian Civil War.

More accountability is coming to the Catholic Church in regards to the clergy sexual abuse scandals.  Boston's Cardinal Sean O’Malley says a commission advising Pope Francis on the crisis will recommend that negligent clerics be held accountable – regardless of their rank in the Church.  Victims’ groups have long demanding that the Vatican hold bishops – who either shielded abusers or otherwise failed to protect children – be held to account, along with abusers themselves.