Egypt pushes back against militants – Rare simultaneous storms wreak havoc on both coasts of Mexico – And a brave Tasmanian girl sparks the justice system into jailing a loathsome pedophile.

Egyptian troops have stormed a town in the country’s south that was occupied by Islamist militants in the two months since president Mohammed Morsi was deposed.  This happened in Dalga, where the Islamists attacked Coptic Christian churches earlier in the strife.  It’s a demonstration of the interim government’s resolve to beat back extremists in the wake of Morsi’s ouster.  Troops are also going after militants on the Sinai Peninsula where attacks on security forces have grown more frequent and more deadly.

America’s new ambassador to Brazil touched down in Brasilia, just as that country’s president is considering blowing off an important visit to her counterpart in the White House.  President Dilma Rousseff is reportedly angry over revelations of the US National Security Agency (NSA) spying on her and other Brazilians.  Ambassador Liliana Ayalde did not directly respond to reporters questions about the spying scandal, but said she hopes to strengthen US-Brazil ties.

Police raided a bar in Bogota, Colombia, setting off a stampede for the door that left six people dead and five injured.  More than 180 people were crammed into the small club, a brawl broke out, cops moved in, tragedy.  Victims were either crushed or smothered.

Mexico is getting battered on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.  At least 34 people are dead, and damage is widespread.  Tropical depression Ingrid, formerly a full-fledged hurricane, is swamping the east cost just south of Texas.  And Tropical storm Manuel caused flooding that closed the main highway from Mexico City to Acapulco, while power outages shut the resort city's main airport.

Japan is picking up after the massive Typhoon Man-Yi went right up the main island’s spine.  The storm dumped as much as 8 centimeters of water per hour in some parts.  Flash flooding and swollen, shallow rivers forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate their homes from Kyoto to Fukushima.  The Tokyo Electric power Company (TEPCO) says it was forced to release rainwater with low levels of radiation into the Pacific Ocean.

It’s rare for anyone to try to cross from South to North Korea, and a really bad idea in so many ways.  The two are still technically in a state of war.  So when a man jumped into the Imjin River and swam north while ignoring the repeated warnings of South Korean border guards, they shot and killed him.  Officials say the swimmer ignored warning shots, too.  His passport identified him as Nam Young-Ho, who had recently been deported from Japan.

A lion mauled his zookeeper to death in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Adaba.  Officials say 51-year old Abera Silsay entered the cage to clean it, but failed to properly close the cage door separating him from Kenenisa the lion, which bit the man on the neck and mauled him.  Guards tried to scare the beast off with shots fired in the air, but it was too late.  The zoo was closed for the rest of the day.  The 15 endangered Abyssinian Lions are due to be moved to a more spacious, grassy exhibit in the next 13 months.

A pedophile has been sentenced to 14 years in a brutish prison for posing as teen singing sensation online, and talking kids into performing strip teases and sex acts on video for that which they thought was their hero.  In fact, it was disgusting, bald, paunchy 35 year old Robert Hunter of Middlesbrough, UK.  The creep used the videos into blackmailing the kids into doing more.  A Tasmania girl stood up to his threats and informed police, leading to the prosecution that will keep this louse locked up in a cage where he belongs.  You know how journalists are supposed to be impartial?  Yeah, not on stories like this.