Hello Australia!! - Somalia raises the death toll in the beachfront attack - Federal cops bust up a drug smuggling operation - Authorities charge an Airline Pilot for allegedly flying while drunk - South Africa manages to slow the rate of Rhino poaching - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Somali police now confirm that more than 20 people were killed in the Islamist assault on the Lido beachfront area in Mogadishu.  It's not clear if that numbers includes any of the Al Shabaab terrorists who set off car bombs at two restaurants and fired on the people inside.  This attack began at dusk, but gunfire could be heard throughout the night as security forces regained control of the area, room by room.

The Border Force and the Federal Police say they seized nearly 160 kilos of methamphetamines being smuggled into Australia hidden in bar stools shipped from Ningbo, China.  Another 340 kilograms of ephedrine - an ingredient of methamphetamine - was hidden in packets of powdered soup.  This haul is believed to be worth more than A$107 Million.  The Border Force found the stuff in three shipping containers, and the AFP monitored addresses in Kingsgrove, Penshurst, and Narwee NSW that were listed as the destinations.  Four people are charged: A 57-year old Australian woman, two Chinese men aged 45 and 50, and a 26-year old man whose nationality isn't clear.  "We're continuing to pursue a number of lines of inquiry and there is definitely potential for further arrests and/or further seizures," said AFP Commander Chris Sheehan.  

Haitian President Michel Martely says the runoff election to pick his successor will go on this weekend, despite days of violent protests and threats from the opposition candidate to boycott the poll.  Jude Celestin hasn't formally withdrawn, but he hasn't campaigned, either.  Celestin insists that the process is rigged to favor the government-backed candidate Jovenel Moise.  Former defense minister Patrick Elie puts the blame for what he described as "mock elections" on Martelly's administration:  Once the government's candidate is elected - and he will be because the people don't have any choice - there will be tremendous opposition," Elie said.

Three days of clashes over youth unemployment are spreading in cities and towns in Tunisia, birthplace of the Arab Spring in 2011.  A police officer died on Thursday after his car was overturned, and 59 officers were hurt.  More than a third of young people are unemployed. "We have been waiting for things to get better for five years and nothing has happened," said 30-year old Yassine Kahlaoui, "We're tired of broken promises."  Prime Minister Habib Essid is cutting short his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos to go to the city that spawned the new protests this weekend, Kasserine.

Amnesty International is strongly condemning Turkey’s crackdown on Kurdish rebels,calling it "collective punishment" on the people living in the predominantly Kurdish southeast.  The human rights right campaigner says Turkish forces are are using reckless force with little disregard for civilians lives in military operations against the Kurdish militant group the PKK, killing "young people, old people" who are "clearly not fighters".  Ongoing military assaults have created "severe cuts to water including drinking water, and electricity".  That means that people are "unable to access emergency health care, not even able to leave their house to get their food," said Amnesty's Turkey researcher Andrew Gardner.

South Africa is says fewer Rhinos were killed by poachers in 2015 compared to the previous year.  There were 1,175 animals killed for their horns last year, compared to a peak 1,215 in the previous year.  South Africa's Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa credited anti-poaching policies:  "Considering that this is despite escalating poaching pressure, and in the face of an increased and relentless rise of poaching activity into protected areas, this is very, very good news," she said.  But even with the drop, current situation of more than 1,000 animals getting killed every year is way above 2007, when only 13 were poached.  Most cases occurred at the Kruger National Park near the border with Mozambique, where as many as 9,300 white rhinos live.

US prosecutors in California filed charged against a former Alaska Airlines pilot for allegedly flying while drunk.  60-year old David Arntson allegedly registered a blood alcohol content (BAC) of between 0.134 percent and 0.142 percent, prosecutors charge.  A BAC of 0.08 percent will get a person popped for drink driving in Cali.  Mr. Arnston denies the charges. "Those in command of passenger jets, or any other form of public transportation, have an obligation to serve the public in the safest and most responsible way possible," said prosecutor Eileen Decker.  "We cannot and will not tolerate those who violate the trust of their passengers by endangering lives."