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Far-right Jewish extremists are suspected of vandalizing and setting fire to an Arab-Jewish school in Jerusalem, where Palestinian and Israeli children study together in Hebrew and Arabic.  “Death to Arabs” had been scrawled on a schoolyard wall.

China might just have delivered an ominous warning to its neighbors – Germany honors a murdered hero – Brazil comes up with one solution to the marriage gap – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Uruguayan Leftist candidate Tabare Vazquez has easily won the presidential runoff election, extending the winning streak of the ruling Broad Front Coalition.  It’s the second time Vazquez has been elected President of Uruguay and gives a mandate to some incredibly progressive policies.

Hong Kong police made another charge at the main pro-democracy camp near the government center on Monday.  Sunday night, saw violent clashes between demonstrators and police.  Several people were injured including four police officers, and at least 45 people have been arrested.

Are the Victoria elections a shot across Tony Abbott’s bough? – Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak skates on 239 murder charges – Immigration vs the Environment – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Two Australians die in a wreck in New Zealand  – Boko Haram is suspected of slaughtering worshippers at a Nigeria mosque – Protesters seek justice on “Black Friday” – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Thailand’s military junta says elections won’t take place until 2016, instead of late 2015 as previously promised by coup leader and phony baloney Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.  And the reason sets up doubt that whatever elections might take place will actually be democratic.

Tragedy for Phil Hughes – The situation in Ferguson, Missouri damages America’s credibility on Human Rights – Green groups say Satellites prove Brazil is wrong about fighting deforestation – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Greece is mounting its biggest and riskiest rescue effort in many years, towing a crippled freighter filled with 500-700 would-be immigrants to the island of Crete.  The Navy had to move in after getting a distress signal from the ship when its engines broke down.

Hong Kong authorities arrested seven police officers who were caught on video last month beating up a pro-democracy protest leader.  The two inspectors and five junior officers had already been suspended from the forc

Anti-polio vaccination programs are on hold in the southwest Pakistan city of Quetta after gunmen murdered three female Polio Vaccination workers and their male driver.  No group has claimed responsibility, but previous attacks have been attributed to the Taliban.

Prosecutors in Venezuela say they will charge opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for alleged involvement in a plot to murder President Nicolas Maduro.  Machado was one of the leaders of the three months of protests against Venezuela’s democratically elected government earlier this year.

Iran’s supreme leader is defiant on nuclear talks – A deathtrap collapses in Cairo – Is Angus sounding lukewarm on Phil Rudd? – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hong Kong police regained control of the streets at the pro-democracy protest camp in the Mong Kok district.  What started out as an unopposed clearance operation turned into clashes as straggler demonstrators tried to hang on to the streets.

Pope Francis has delivered the first Papal address to the European Parliament in a quarter of a century, using it to berate the “elderly and haggard” EU for its treatment of immigrants and multitudes of unemployed young people who really need jobs.

Two suicide bombers set off explosives at a crowded marketplace in northeastern Nigeria, killing as many as 78 shoppers and merchants, including some whom witnesses said were decapitated by the blasts.  Suspicions immediately fell on the Boko Haram Islamist separatist group.

France is suspending delivery of the first of two Mistral-class helicopter carrier warships to Russia, halting what was the largest sale of arms from a NATO nation to Moscow.  President Francois Hollande is blaming the unrest in eastern Ukraine, which NATO and the West is the product of Russian meddling and support of rebel groups against Kiev.

Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebels released two soldiers who were taken prisoner during fighting two weeks ago, as the first step that may lead to the resumption of suspended peace talks to end five decades of war and bring the Leftist groups from the bush and into the political process.  The group is promising to release a captured general and two others before the weekend.

Iran and the six major world powers failed to reach a deal over Tehran’s nuclear program by Monday’s deadline, but did manage to agree on a seven-month extension to the talks.  Iran and the US now say they are confident of a confirmed deal before the new deadline of 1 July 2015.

Islamic State (IS) has received as much as US$45 million in ransom payments in the past year.  It’s one of a number of fundamentalist terrorist groups that have turned to kidnapping as their main sources of revenue.