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The United Nations Security Council was given a ghastly tour through the Syrian Civil War via images smuggled out of the country by a defector from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.  The purport to show victims of the government, tortured, beaten, and mutilated.

New York gives up a controversial surveillance program – The son of a cop is arrested in one city’s worst-ever mass murder – North Korean agents apparently roam the world defending their leader’s haircut – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Attackers suspected to be from the Islamist group Boko Haram abducted around one hundred students from a girl’s school in northeastern Nigeria.  The militants easily overpowered soldiers who had been sent to provide extra security at the girl ahead of annual exams. 

Ukraine’s interim President Olexander Turchynov says the armed forces have commenced an “anti-terrorist operation” aimed at dislodging pro-Russian separatists from government buildings and police stations in the eastern part of the country.  Russian president Vladimir Putin reportedly phoned German Chancellor Angela Merkel to say Ukraine is “on the verge of civil war”.

Japan is giving off mixed signals about whether it will resume its loathed Southern Ocean whale hunt.  Officially, Tokyo insists it has made no decision on whether to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean next year.  But an ocean away from Tokyo, there’s an indication of what’s really in the works.

Oscar Pistorius is due for another day of bruising questions at his murder trial – The worst techer in the world loses her job – Does Pakistan have a Zombie problem?  And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

US and local authorities in Kansas say they will pursue hate crime charges against the avowed anti-Semite and former Ku Klux Klan leader who allegedly shot and killed three people outside a Jewish community center and a Jewish retirement home. 

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan visited outskirts of the capital, Abuja, where a terrorist bomb exploded, killing at least 71 people.  He suggested the Islamist militant group Boko Haram was responsible, although there’s been no claim of responsibility.

A Russian fighter jet repeatedly buzzed a US Navy guided missile destroyer while it sailed in international waters in the Black Sea.  The Russian SU-24 ignored several warnings from the USS Donald Cook while a second Russian fighter circled overhead.

CNN is reporting that the unmanned underwater vehicle Bluefin 21 has already aborted its first day of attempting to search for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean of Australia’s west coast, and come back to the surface.  The reason was that the ocean was apparently much deeper in the search area than originally believed.

Only four people survived the fiery crash of a bus into the back of a broken down truck on a highway in southeastern Mexico.  The truck parked in the road’s beltway without any signal or warnings for oncoming vehicles.  36 people were killed.

Environmentalists hope to stop oil drilling before it can destroy a sensitive jungle – A macabre discovery in a garage leads to multiple murder charges – If can’t beat’em, eat’em – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs. 

Authorities have arrested an elderly, bearded, white man for a deadly shooting rampage at two Jewish facilities in Overland Park, Kansas, right in the middle of America’s heartland.  They’re investigating it as a Hate Crime, as the suspect repeated yelled “heil Hitler” as he was arrested and taken away.

Pro-Russian separatists have until tomorrow morning to disarm and walk away from the government and police offices they’ve occupied in the Eastern Ukraine, or face a “full-scale anti-terrorist operation” by Ukraine’s armed forces.  If an armed confrontation does go down, Kiev risks a military confrontation with Russian forces poised over its eastern border.

Argentina is accusing the UK of “provocation”, because of this week’s planned military exercises in the Falkland Islands, which Buenos Aires says will include missile launches.  Argentina also claims the islands and calls them “Las Malvinas”.

At least 12 people are dead when a bush fire spread into the port city of Valparaiso, destroying thousands of homes in the process.  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet put the military in charge of evacuating more than 10,000 residents whose homes are in harm’s way.

A big quake strikes the South Pacific – Russia says it doesn’t want to annex any more of Ukraine, but Moscow’s surrogates suggest differently – An outbreak of common sense occurs in the case of a 9-month old baby charged with attempted murder – And say G'Day to the Pizza Capital of the World in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Rio police go to war and thousands are homeless as a result – Pope Francis asks for forgiveness for the church sex abuse scandal – Iran’s new UN ambassador can’t get past the airport in New York – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

It’s well known that fruit is an expensive commodity in Japan.  However, the sale price of a pair of Mangoes so revered that they were christened Taiyou No Tamago – “The Eggs of the Sun” – might well have set a new standard in absurdity. 

Charges are filed in one of the worst atrocities of “The Troubles” – A man escapes a bloody attack only to be gunned down by cops – You won’t believe Brazil’s brazen bandits on the Boulevards – And much more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs