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A grim find on NSW’s far southern coast:  Human remains have been found near the seen where witnesses say a shark took a woman in her 60s who was out for her regular morning swim with a group about 100 meters off the beach.

Even though the earthquake that rattled Northern Chile was a powerful magnitude 8.2 temblor, the human toll was very low.  Six people died, and most of them suffered heart attacks after the quake struck, and the others were crushed by collapsing walls.

Two deaths are attributed to the big earthquake in Chile – A prime opposition leader is banned from Venezuela’s congress – And who crashed that drone? – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The British Nuclear Submarine HMS Tireless, aptly named for the task on hand, has arrived in the Indian Ocean to join the search for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.  The HMS Echo survey ship is also there.  But Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston is cautioning that the search could take weeks.

A powerful magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck off South America’s Pacific coast late Tuesday, creating two tsunamis that already hit the north coast.  Chile’s National Emergency Office is using Twitter, among other things, to request everyone evacuate from the coastline for fear more waves may be on the way.

NATO foreign ministers are suspending most civilian and military co-operation with Russia, because of Russia’s actions in Ukraine, and for massing thousands of its troops just over Ukraine’s eastern border. 

Czech police say it wasn’t a booby-trapped vault that exploded and killed the Palestinian envoy to the Czech republic in his home in Prague earlier this year.  Investigators believe that “mishandling” an explosive device killed Jamal al-Jamal.

A prominent Kenyan Muslim cleric who was accused by the United States and United Nations Security Council of being a recruiter for terrorists has been shoe dead in Mombasa, Kenya.  Abubakar Shariff Makaburi is the third Muslim cleric to be killed in Mombasa since 2012.

The Venezuela army and police have reclaimed the streets of San Cristobal, the city that’s been the center of anti-government demonstrations that have left at least 39 people dead over the past weeks of trouble.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a “partial withdrawal” of troops massed at the border with Eastern Ukraine, although thousands of Russian forces are still in the area.  It comes after Russian officials paid a visit to their newest pals in Crimea.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will travel to Perth tomorrow to visit RAAF Base Pearce, to get a first hand look at the search for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 and to express his nation’s thanks to the international crews taking part.

All’s quiet along the border separating the two Koreas, unlike yesterday – The man who put the board beneath many a Surfer is gone – And what would make a country’s entire football association quit just before the World Cup? – All this and more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Guinea faces an outbreak of the killer viral Ebola Disease on an “unprecedented” scale, according to the medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders.  Guinea’s president is appealing for calm as the regional death toll surpassed 80 lives lost.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague says Japan must halt its controversial annual whale hunt that has killed 3,600 Minke and other whales in the Southern Ocean since 2005, all in the name of biological research.  It’s a hard-fought win for Australia, which brought the case, and conservationists who say the program is just a cover for commercial whaling.

French President Francois Hollande has appointed a new Prime Minister and reshuffled his entire cabinet after his ruling Socialist Party suffered crushing and humiliating losses in local elections over the weekend.  Conservatives and the extremist rightwing made big gains.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held four hours of “frank” talks in Paris about the crisis in Ukraine.  There was no solution to what has essentially become a standoff between Russia and the major world powers.

A vague and disturbing threat from Pyongyang – France’s ruling party gets its clock cleaned – Ebola has officially jumped borders in Western Africa – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Planes are taking off from Perth to rejoin the search for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean off the west coast.  Day 24 will concentrate on finding specific objects spotted earlier that searchers might give some clue as the to fate of the missing 777-200ER.

Cuba's Communist National Assembly has unanimously approved a law to make it easier for foreign investors to do business in Cuba.  The reforms are seen as necessary to protect and grow the island’s struggling economy, still laboring under an economic embargo by its north neighbor, the United States.

Brazilian security forces moved into a slum, or favela, near Rio de Janeiro’s main airport in an effort to drive out the drug gangs that ordinarily rule the streets.  The troops will stay there until after the last game of this year’s World Cup in Brazil.