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Europe sees a full-scale war building up in Ukraine – Ebola spreads to a fifth country – Kim Jong-Un’s banker has escaped North Korea – Bill Kerr is dead at 92 – And much, much more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Militants are on the rampage in the Syrian Civil War – Is Abe-nomics sputtering out? – Two stunning decisions advance LGBT rights in South America – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

For the second time this year, there’s been a violent attack on a protector of Africa’s oldest wildlife park, Virunga in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  A ranger who confronted suspected poachers is recovering after being attacked with a rocket-propelled grenade.

Health Ministers holding an emergency Ebola summit in Accra, Ghana agree that travel restrictions that were put in place to combat the spread of the killer virus should now be lifted, because they actually cause more difficulty combating it.

Members of labor unions in Argentina are expected to return to their jobs today after a 36-hour strike that caused some disruptions in Buenos Aires and beyond.  The strike exposed a rift in the Argentine labor movement, those that support President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and those that oppose.

Now that the military is in full control of the Thai government, a criminal court in Bangkok has dropped murder charges against the former Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister who ordered the deadly crackdown on pro-Democracy “Red Shirt” protesters in 2010.

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has cancelled a working visit to Turkey because of “Russian troop deployments” in the country’s east.  Two columns of Russian tanks and armored vehicles fired Grad missiles at a border post in southeastern Ukraine, and then rolled into the country, taking a coastal town.

Qantas stuns the world with its losses – Japan’s PM can’t seem to quit the War Criminals – Video proof of Russian tanks in Ukraine, has an invasion already begun? – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The Syrian Civil War is a cesspool of war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to UN investigators.  Both the Syrian government and Sunni militants with the terrorist group Islamic State are guilty, apparently locked in a contest of which can be worse.

A court in Quito sentenced six police officers to twelve years in prison apiece for attempting to kill President Rafael Correa during the attempted coup d’etat in 2010.  Correa famously faced down that mutiny in which eight people including one of his bodyguards were killed.

Brazilian Federal Police say they are dismantling a criminal gang they believe is the “biggest destroyer” of the Amazon rainforest in that South American country.  Authorities say the gang has caused more than A$237 Million in damage to the rainforest.

The Police Commissioner in the northern English town of Rotherham had been under pressure to step down after a devastating report saying that at least 1,400 children in the town were sexually exploited between 1997 and 2013.  Instead, Shaun Wright is quitting his political party and attempting to keep his job.

A World Health Organization staffer has arrived in Germany for treatment after contracting Ebola in a United Nations lab in Sierra Leone.  The unnamed Senegalese patient was ferried on a specially-equipped private airline, taken to hospital in a police convoy, and checked into the brand-new isolation ward at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, which specializes in treating contagious diseases.

Ebola’s discoverer blasts the world’s slow response to the current outbreak in West Africa – The operator of the Fukushima reactors must have for a woman’s suicide – One of Colombia’s worst killers is freed from prison – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko held their first meeting since June, resulting in two hours of late-night talks to work on an urgent ceasefire plan to defuse the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine.

The UN World Health Organization shut one of its only two laboratories in Sierra Leone and evacuated the staff after an epidemiologist was infected with the deadly Ebola virus.  It underscores the extreme danger that health workers face in trying to contain the West African Ebola Outbreak that has killed more than 1,427 people.

An American man killed in combat in Syria last weekend was a member of Islamic State, the latest evidence of the terrorist group’s ability to recruit lost souls and religious zealots from pretty much anywhere in the world.

Would have ever thought that handing a loaded Uzi machine gun to a nine-year old child would have unexpected consequences?  Because of America’s insane obsession with shooting things, a firearms instructor is dead and a 9-year old girl will have to live with her role in killing the man.

Hamas say they have reached a long-term truce to end the seven-week war that has killed 2,134 Palestinians and 64 Israelis.  There was no immediate comment from Israel.  The Egypt-brokered deal reportedly includes an easing to the Gaza blockade to allow relief supplies and reconstruction materials.

US President Barack Obama has authorized surveillance flights over Syria, a precursor to potential airstrikes against Islamic State positions.  The White House is trying to find a way to target the Sunni extremists without helping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.