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Saudi Arabian authorities have sentenced prominent Human Rights lawyer Waleed Sami Abu Abulkhair to 15 years in prison for “inciting public opinion”, “undermining the regime and officials”, and “insulting the judiciary”.  Abulkhair is also banned from leaving the country for 15 years after his prison term ends.

A local Catholic Church procession deviated from its planned course in the town of Oppido Mamertina in Calabria, Italy, to pay respects to a mafia leader confined under house arrest.  It’s being condemned by the Italian government and is seen as a challenge to the authority of Pope Francis.

Police in Israel have arrested at least six people in the abduction and grisly murder of a West Bank Palestinian teenager who was apparently set on fire while still alive.  The suspects have not been identified, but Israeli authorities said they had a “nationalist” motives.

Cops with anger management issues are caught on video on two different continents – Ukraine makes major progress against pro-Moscow insurgents – A skydiving trip goes horribly wrong – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Brazil advances without a star player – Rolf’s going to prison – What are grapes worth in Japan?  You’re probably not thinking of a high enough number.. – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Health Ministers from eleven West African nationals are agreeing on a joint strategy to combat the Ebola outbreak in the region, the deadliest outbreak the world has eve seen.  But UN World Health Organization (WHO) officials are warning that the outbreak could last for several more months.

An overnight curfew managed to restore some calm to Myanmar’s second-largest city Mandalay after violent confrontations between Buddhists and Muslims.  Shops in Muslim areas reopened Friday morning, in areas where Buddhist mobs on motorbikes had rampaged.

Rescuers race against the clock to reach trapped miners – Vietnam faces its problem from the north – An African leader delivers a chilling ultimatum – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The United States Air Force grounded all F-35 Fighter while investigators determine what caused a fire that forced a pilot to abort take-off.  No one was hurt, but it casts a shadow on an extremely expensive program that some really want to be at the forefront of military aviation.

A series of demonstrations to mark the anniversary of the Egyptian military coup d’etat that removed the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi from the presidency turned violent, and small bombs were set off.  Egyptian police arrested nearly 200 people in its ongoing crackdown on the Islamists.

Israel sentenced four soldiers to ten days in prison for mouthing off on their social media accounts.  The four demanded revenge for the deaths of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank, killings that investigators believe were carried out by members of the Palestinian group Hamas.

A bridge under construction in the World Cup city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil collapsed into a concrete and steel blanket of death that fell onto a roadway below, crushing the front of a commuter bus and, reportedly, a car.

A 47-year old lawmaker from Western Japan has become an Internet phenomenon for a trainwreck of a news conference in which he cries like a bratty toddler and tries in vain to explain his apparent misuse of public funds for repeated trips to an Onsen, or hot springs resort.

Japan offers concessions to North Korea – The worst-ever Ebola outbreak is still controllable – Sarkozy says a criminal investigation into his presidency is politically motivated – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

More than 300 Spanish Union members are facing charges that could see some tossed in prison for up to three years, and Spain’s major trade unions are fighting back against new laws they saw criminalizes the simple right to strike and be involved in union activities.

Tensions between Palestinians and Israelis escalated with the discovery of the body of a teenage Palestinian boy who was abducted from East Jerusalem.  Israeli investigators say he could have been killed by Israelis or Palestinians.  Palestinian protesters believe the kid was kidnapped and killed in revenge for the deaths of three Israeli teens found earlier in the week.

The Foreign Ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France agreed on a series of steps they hope will bring another cease-fire in eastern Ukraine.  Fighting between government forces and pro-Moscow separatists increased since a ten-day cease-fire declared by Kiev expired on Monday.

A crowd of a hundred anti-immigration protesters gathered in a Southern California town to surround some buses carrying undocumented immigrant detainees, forcing the buses to turn around before the people inside – mothers and toddlers – could be processed at a border control facility.

The Foreign Ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France are meeting later Wednesday in Berlin to look for a way to defuse the tension in eastern Ukraine.  This comes after the cease-fire expired, and government troops brought the fight back to pro-Moscow separatists.

Justice isn’t done with Rolf Harris – You will not believe what an Indian lawmaker threatened at a campaign rally – Plotting to eat people just isn’t enough to keep a man in jail these days – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs: