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The author of the book “How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona” either isn’t taking his own advice, or is going to have to add “..uhm Most of the Time” to the tome’s title.  Chicago-based author Bill Hillman is laid up in hospital after a hoofed and horned literary critic decided to take issue with his work.

A giant, forest-clearing mudslide is caught on video – The US spied on some of its most upstanding citizens – Chilling details in the murders of three Israeli tens at the heart of the current unrest in the Mideast – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) wants talks with the candidates in the country’s disputed Presidential Elections.  Both Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto are claiming victory, although independent pollsters say one man is the likely winner. 

China placed a poet and prominent advocate for Tibetan rights under house arrest along with her husband.  The two were invited to the American Embassy in Beijing to have dinner with US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Insurgents in Iraq didn’t just make off with aging chemical weapons stocks, as was revealed yesterday.  Iraq’s UN Ambassador says jihadists seized nearly 40 kilograms of uranium compounds from a research lab in Mosul University in Iraq’s north.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “further intensify attacks on Hamas”, as Israeli rockets made the ground shake every few minutes as they rained down on Gaza.  Hospital officials say 53 people are dead in Gaza, including 45 civilians and 12 children.

North Korea is observing a 10-day period of mourning to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of its first leader, Kim Il Sung – grandfather of the current leader Kim Jong-un.  But a noticeable change from Pyongyang’s past practice has observers wondering what’s going on.

The UN updates Ebola numbers – China rather rudely reminds Japan about the atomic bombings – So far, seven people were not able to outrun the Bulls – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Iraq has informed the United Nations by letter that it has lost control of a former chemical weapons facility to the Sunni jihadists until recently calling themselves Islamic State Of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and therefore Baghdad unable to fulfill its international obligations to destroy poisons stored there.

All in all, Tuesday was a lousy day in Brazil.  The national host team didn’t just lose to Germany; it lost by an unheard of margin in World Cup history, 7-1.  It was cold and drizzly in the biggest cities.  And a well-orchestrated mob ran amok on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach.

Indonesian voters are going to the polls to choose a president from two candidates with hugely contrasting political philosophies to set the course for the world’s third-largest democracy.  Opinion polls so far have suggested that it will be a very tight race.

Much of Israel is under a “Code Red” alert and bomb shelters are open for people seeking shelter after suspected Hamas militants fired scores of rockets at various targets, following the most recent Israeli barrage into Gaza.  Officials said Israel’s Iron Dome defenses intercepted two missiles, but the reality is that it likely managed to stop a lot more.

Brazilian police arrested a director from a FIFA partner company handling World Cup ticket packages for allegedly working with a criminal network that was illegally selling game passes that were never meant for the public.

If you start to see a bunch of cell phones and computers on the online auctions sites, here’s why:  Burglars raided a Samsung electronics factory in Brazil, and made off with more than A$6 Million in electronic goodies from the world’s largest smartphone maker.

Typhoon Neoguri lost its “Super” status but it is still quite a storm, packing wind gusts of more than 250 kilometers per hour as it barrels towards Okinawa.  The leading edge of the storm crept up on Okinawa this morning, on its projected path to the Japanese main islands.

Japan’s PM visits Australia – A powerful earthquake shakes Central America – One West African nation gets good news for a change, in the Ebole outbreak – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Three suspects have reportedly confessed to murdering Mohammed Abu Khdeir, the 16-year old Palestinian boy who was abducted from near his West Bank home and whose charred remains were found in a Jerusalem forest.  They reportedly even reenacted the crime for police.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he wished the imprisoned Al Jazeera journalists had been deported instead of having been put on trial and found guilty of aiding the banned Muslim Brotherhood.  The comments sparked hope for Peter Greste’s family.

A storm upgraded to “Super Typhoon” is heading for Okinawa and is expected to angle to the northeast and go to Japan’s main islands.  The cyclone dubbed “Neoguri” is the strongest typhoon so far in the 2014 Western Pacific season.

Dozens of abducted women escape their Boko Haram captors – The status of 41 Asylum Seekers is unknown after the Abbot government gives them to the people from whom they tried to escape – Whales and Bulls – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs: