Good Morning, Australia! – We now know the real name of the terrorist called “Jihadi John” – An Argentine judge knocks down a dead prosecutor’s conspiracy case against the president – South Korea steps into the 21st Century – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

A judge in Argentina dismissed the conspiracy case against President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) that was originally brought by a prosecutor who was later found shot to death.  This is the second judge to rule that there’s no evidence CFK tried to shield Iranian officials from responsibility for the deadly bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires back in 1994 to protect a trade deal.  CFK blames rogue intelligence agents for concocting the allegations, which she calls “absurd”.  Earlier, Argentina’s congress passed CFK’s bill to dissolve the country’s spy agency and replace with one more responsible to the elected government.

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British media are now identifying the Islamic State (IS) terrorist dubbed “Jihadi John” as Mohammed Emwazi.  UK intelligence had previously declined to identify him.  They now acknowledge that Emwazi was born in Kuwait in 1988, came to London at some young age, lived a typical middle class life, and was educated in British schools including the University of Westminster – which accounts for the distinctive West London accent.  MI5 agents first noticed him in 2010 while monitoring suspected extremists.  Since last August, Emwazi has been seen in a series of IS videos as the masked terrorist beheading Western and other hostages.

There is very fierce fighting going on in Iraq’s Anbar province, where IS has reportedly retaken a strategically located bridge over the Euphrates River linking the town of Baghdadi (not the capital) and Haditha.  The Iraqi military has recently opened a secure corridor into the area to evacuate the families of military members.  This is all close to Ayn al-Asad airbase, where hundreds of American forces are training their coalition partners to fight IS.  Iraqi defenders repulsed a suicide attack on the case earlier on Thursday.

Disgusting:  Islamic State released a video showing scumbag militants inside a museum in occupied Mosul, using sledgehammers to smash ancient artifacts.  IS says the priceless statues – essential artworks from the earliest civilization dating back 3,500 years or more – were “idols” that must be destroyed.  Islamic extremists have done this before, attacking religious icons and statues in conquered areas – most famously, when the Afghani Taliban blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001.

The main challenger to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in next month’s election says he is not interested in negotiations with the Islamist extremists of Boko Haram.  72-year old Muhammadu Buhari asks, “Boko Haram is not interested in peace – if they are interested in peace how can they kill 13,000 Nigerians?”  Buhari was military dictator from 1983 through 1985, but many see him as being able to take a tougher line on Boko Haram than Jonathan – under whose presidency the terrorists have been able to take over much of Borno state.

Kiev says Ukraine’s army is now withdrawing some heavy weapons from the front line in the restive east as part of the truce agreed to almost two weeks ago.  The military says the pullout of 100-millimeter caliber artillery “is the first step” and will be monitored by foreign observers.  The Moscow-backed rebels say they, too, are pulling back heavy weapons, but that has not yet been confirmed.

An unexploded British bomb from World War II forced Germany to evacuate an area including the main football stadium in Dortmund.  Borussia Dortmund has suspended some operations while the bomb squad defuses the thing.

Shares in South Korean condom makers and birth control pills surged on Thursday after the country’s highest court struck down a 1953 law criminalizing extra-marital affairs.  The horribly sexist and oppressive law survived decades of military dictatorship, but critics said it had no place in a modern society where rapid modernization has often clashed with traditional values.  “The law is unconstitutional as it infringes people’s right to make their own decisions on sex and secrecy and freedom of their private life, violating the principle banning excessive enforcement,” read the majority opinion of the Constitutional Court justices.