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Tens of thousands of people turned out in Hong Kong for a vigil to mark the 25^th anniversary of China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square.  It took place in Hong Kong because that’s the only place in China where it is legal to observe the anniversary.

Instead of being happy that America’s only prisoner of war Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl from the Afghanistan Conflict has been released, conservative critics of the Obama Administration are piling on the discontent – even if they can’t agree on what they’re upset about or if it conflicts with their previous statements on the matter.

A loud, low frequency noise that thumped across the Indian Ocean ‘could’ have been the sound of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 hitting the water or another noise from a crash – but researchers investigating the phenomenon admit it’s only a slim chance.

It’s looking less and less likely that Iran and the six major world powers will reach a long-term deal before the 30 July deadline on curbing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions in return for an end to economic sanctions.  The US and its allies say Tehran is developing nuclear weapons, Iran insists its research is for power and medicine.

South Korea voters could deal the government a steaming bowl of disappointment – A British sailor claims she saw something strange in the sky the night MH370 disappeared – From the lowest caste to the top of the world – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

With just over a week until the first game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the government is offering Federal Police a 15.8 percent pay hike.  And now the union representing the cops has called off a series of planned job actions that were to have taken place “before, during, and after” the tournament.

Police in Nigeria reversed course and now say that protesters are free to demonstrate in the capital Abuja.  This comes after the uproar caused by the police commissioner’s ban on demonstrations calling on the government to do more to recover the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist insurgents.

Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland are under fire after a research revealed that the bodies of almost 800 children were over the years piled into an unmarked, mass grave outside a former home for unwed mothers and their children.

Beijing put extra cops and paramilitary troops on the streets to man checkpoints around Tiananmen Square on 25^th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy student protesters.  The increased security comes on top of heightened restrictions on political activists, artists – including an Australian.

Unfinished stadiums, labor unrest, massive protests, dengue fever – Brazil is having a heck of a time getting it together with just over a week to go before the start of the 2014 World Cup.

Syria’s “sham” election is condemned – The US and Israel split on the new Palestinian unity government – Japan’s SciFi approach to containing Fukushima’s radiation – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

One of Egypt’s most popular political satirists is packing it in and ending his three-year old TV show, which is often and favorably compared to “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” in America.  Bassem Youssef says he’s tired to struggling to get the show on the air and he’s worried about his safety and the safety of his family.

Since the terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 teenage girls from boarding school in Chibok in Nigeria’s northeast, the capital Abuja has seen almost daily protests demanding that the government get off its chair and do something to recover the girls.  So, the government banned demonstrations in Abuja.

Spain’s deeply unpopular King Juan Carlos wants to abdicate in favor of his more popular son Crown Prince Felipe, in order to save the monarchy.  But instead, it appears to have ignited a conversation and demands that the country hold a referendum on whether to continue the archaic practice.

Thailand’s military junta is compiling a list of emergency measures to prop up an economy that was already threatened by recession before the military took over in a coup d’etat last month.  But along with working on the economy, the junta is also stepping up suppression of criticism and dissent.

Senior FIFA officials are reportedly considering what to do about the 2022 World Cup to Qatar after accusations of a massive bribery scandal.  Organizers in the Gulf state are denying any wrongdoing after published reports alleged a shady Qatari official paid A$5.4 Million in cash and goodies to land the tournament.

The release of an American prisoner could get messy, politically – Comfort women demand compensation – Alice the maid is dead – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

French police arrested a suspect in last month’s deadly shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, Belgium – and the suspect has ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the jihadist group so violent it is was criticized and cut loose from the mothership of terrorism, al Qaeda.

Sudan is backtracking over reports that it would release Meriam Ibrahim.  She’s the woman who was sentenced to death for religious apostasy because a Sharia Law court decided that she was a Muslim who married outside her faith – even though she was raised as a Christian.

Doubts over the purported impending release of a Sudanese woman sentence to die to religious apostasy – A reporter is arrested on air – Australia backs away from Thailand – America’s only Afghan War prisoner is freed – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs: