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Good Morning, Australia! – A shoot out with crossdressers at the gates of America’s most secretive spy agency – More pieces of a very damning puzzle in the Germanwings 9525 crash – Video captures a Rhino on the loose in an Asian city – Jon Stewart’s replacement on The Daily Show is announced – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

China has suspended anti-piracy patrols south of the Arabian Peninsula, and diverted the ships to Yemen to rescue hundreds of Chinese nationals from the growing conflict.  It’s only the second time that Chinese military assets have been used for this purpose.

Hello, Australia! – Oz tightens cockpit security – Fire destroys a notorious church – Violence mars Nigeria’s election – Did a former James Bond actor really put a racial barrier on the role? – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Good Morning, Australia! – Tunisia shows solidarity against terror – New details of the Germanwings pilot’s desperate attempt to regain control of the plane from a suicidal copilot – At least one person is taking this Top Gear thing too seriously – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

A number of warning signs apparently preceded the deliberate downing of Germanwings Flight 9525 – A racecar flips at a famous track and kills a spectator – Nigeria’s presidential election isn’t going too smoothly – China has petty reasoning for putting five women at risk – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The co-pilot who apparently crashed the Germanwings Flight in the Alps hid a serious problem from his employer – Italy’s highest court clears an American in a notorious murder case – Saudi bombs in Yemen aren’t working – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Antarctica’s floating ice shelves are thinning at a faster rate than previously believed, and the situation really started getting worse in the previous decade.  Scientists came to this realization by studying 18 years of satellite data from the European Space Agency (ESA).

US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents in Colombia had “sex parties” with prostitutes hired by the very drug cartels the agents were supposed to be terminating.  This is according to a report released by the Justice Department’s watchdog.

Hello, Australia! – What possessed a co-pilot to allegedly crash a passenger jet into the French Alps – Hamas is accused of war crimes – Argentina’s favorite conspiracy theory fails another court test – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Good Morning, Australia! – The cause of the crash of Germanwings plane crash is unthinkable – The co-pilot of the ill-fated once spoke of “burn out syndrome” – A country running out of potable water prepares for desalination plants – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

It’s just amazing that this is going on in 2015.  The panel advising Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a highly sensitive statement to be delivered in a ceremony marking the 70^th anniversary of the end of World War II is squabbling over how to describe Japan’s past military actions.

Hello, Australia! – One of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit prior to Germanwings crash – The Saudis commence military operations in Yemen, WTH is going on in the world? – Thailand’s dictator threatens to execute reports – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The UN Human Rights Watchdog is crediting Chile with making “extraordinary progress” in poverty reduction, but cautions that it also has the widest gap between rich and poor among the 34 nations of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Good Morning, Australia! – One of the black boxes from the Germanwings plane crash is yielding some information – Yemen’s government is again retreating from advancing rebels – Clarkson’s out – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Troops from Niger and Chad liberated the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak from Boko Haram, but have come to a horrible realization:  More than 400 women and children cannot be accounted for, and it appears the Islamist militants have kidnapped them.  The boys are apparently being turned into child soldiers.

Hello, Australia! – Two Aussies are among the dead of the Germanwings plane crash – An American teen is sentenced for killing an Australian athlete – The UN stops Russia’s anti-gay maneuvering in its tracks – I want to believe that the truth is out there, again! – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The controversial Jeremy Clarkson is to be sacked from the world’s most popular TV show about cars, BBC’s Top Gear, according to a published report.  He was apparently already on his last warning when he got into a physical altercation with one of the show’s producers earlier this month.

Good Morning, Australia – 150 people are killed in a plane crash in the French Alps – Israel denies spying on the US – Indian cops can no longer arrest people for their social media comments – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

There are fresh signs of the strain between the White House and Israel.  US President Barack Obama’s top aide Denis McDonough told attendees at a pro-Israel conference that Israel must bring an end to almost five decades of occupation and get out of the way of an independent Palestine.

Hello, Australia! – New concerns over the cost of ferrying Government officials around for questionable trips – The world’s largest Zoo group is accused of flaming hypocrisy – Bibi apologizes to the voters he demonized – There’s gold in that brown stuff – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs: