Hello, Australia! – The Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl is invincible – Did Tony put Australia in violation of human trafficking laws? – Mexico pretty much kind of sort of legalizes marriage equality – Tourists skate on accusations of using nudity to cause an earthquake – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Dave Grohl is recovering after falling off of the stage at Friday night’s Foo Fighters concert in Gothenburg, Sweden, breaking his leg in the process.  It happened during the performance of “Monkey Wrench”, which was only the second song of the set.  “Ladies and gentleman, I love you too motherf**ers,” Grohl told the audience, “Now look, I think I just broke my leg.  I think I REALLY broke my leg.”  And while he was taken away for treatment, drummer Taylor Hawkins took over lead vocals for a series of cover songs.  Eventually, Grohl reappeared on stage in a wheelchair with a bandaged leg.  “I may not be able to walk or run, but I can still play guitar and scream,” proclaimed Grohl, and the Foo Fighters finished the show.

Four western tourists have pleaded guilty to charges related to posing for a nude group photo atop Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu.  Superstitious local s and elected officials actually blamed the act for causing the earthquake that killed 18 people.  The judge – possibly with an incredible migraine caused by incredible embarrassment – told the two Canadians, one Brit, and one Dutch that local customs are conservative and should have been respected, and sentenced them to the three days they already spent in jail.  The four were ordered out of the country.

The former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been acquitted of “aggravated pimping” at his trial in Paris, and most of his 13 codefendants were found not guilty as well.  DSK steadfastly denied knowing that women who took part in orgies he attended were prostitutes.  Frequenting sex workers is not illegal in France, but pimping is a felony.  Prosecutors failed to prove their claim that DSK played a key role in procuring women to attend the sex parties.

An international law expert says that if accusations of Australian Navy officials paying off human traffickers are true, it could open the nation to possible accusations of people smuggling.  “If a state such as Australia is making that payment that would be seen as tantamount to people smuggling,” said Australian National University Professor of International Law Don Rothwell.  Prime Minister Tony Abbott steadfastly refused to deny an Indonesian police official’s story that the Navy intercepted a ship with 65 immigrant, and paid off the traffickers to betray the desperate group and take them to Indonesia.  Two senior ministers did reject the claim, while MP Philip Ruddock settled for saying the allegations are unproven.

The Dalai Lama is visiting Uluru on Saturday, and let’s hope he fairs better than that tourist from Taiwan who needed to be airlifted from the big red landmark.  After spending some 27-hours trapped on the rock with a broken leg, rescuers winched the man to safety.  He was taken to hospital in a critical condition.

Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that individual states cannot ban Gay Marriage.  But the ruling is structured in such a way that gay couples denied the right to wed would have to turn to the courts individually.  And then when that happens, judges would have to rule in favor of Gay Marriage, because it can’t be banned.  So, almost there.  Same sex marriage is legal in Mexico City and the northern state of Coahuila.

Pakistan ordered the NGO “Save the Children” out of the country, accusing it of “anti-Pakistan activities” with backing from the US, Israel, and India.  Save the children denies the allegations. 

US President Barack Obama lost a big political battle when his fellow Democrats voted against a trade bill backed by the White House on Thursday.  It would have allowed the president to negotiate trade bills and limit congress’s role to approval or rejection, with no mechanism for changing said deals.  The Democrats are under pressure to slow or stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is vehemently opposed by unions and environmental groups.