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The United States Justice Department announced it would seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the survivor of two brothers accused of planting bombs that killed and maimed spectators watching runners cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon last year.

Embattled by months of acrimonious street protests and increasingly isolated, Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich went on sick leave.  At face value, it either leaves a political vacuum in Kiev or deliberately obscures what decisions are being made at the top.

A United Nations Security Council open debate on the lessons to be learned from war turned into an airing of complaints against Japan for allegedly forgetting what it should have learned from its attempt to control East Asia and the Pacific during the previous century.

Three assaults on journalism – Thailand braces for contentious elections – Snowden is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize – Bieber again – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs.

Face-to-face peace talks with the Syrian government and the coalition of rebels groups are to adjourn on Friday.  And so far, the United Nations’ chief mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has said he does not expect to achieve “anything substantive”.

Ukraine’s parliament approved a law providing amnesty to protesters detained during recent unrest, on the condition that protesters abandon their occupation of government buildings.  Because of that, opposition lawmakers boycotted the vote and many protesters rejected the condition.

Berlin and Washington are still “far apart” on the issue of the US National Security Agency's (NSA) mass surveillance in Germany that included spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own mobile phone.  She says US and British spying “sows distrust” among nations that call themselves allies.

Leaders from 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations met in Havana and pledged to create a regional “Zone of Peace”, respecting and cooperating with each other, without the use of arms and free from the meddling and domineering influence of Washington, DC.

In his annual state of the union address, US President Barack Obama is promising to bypass America’s dysfunctional congress and enact as much economic reform as he is legally entitled. 

A French court has rejected an appeal for residency from the family of a Roma schoolgirl whose humiliating deportation sparked protests across the nation.  15-year-old Leonarda Dibrani was hauled off her school bus and handcuffed in front of her classmates.

A truck driver takes down a pedestrian skyway with deadly results – Hong Kong is culling chickens because of the bird flu – A veteran anti-apartheid fighter might shake up South African politics – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs.

The French ambassador to the United Nations says at least 10,000 troops will be required to put an end to the unrest in the Central African Republic (CAR).  The Security Council approved a resolution for the European Union to send 500 military personnel to assist the French and African Union troops already on the job.

A dig at a former reform school on the Florida Panhandle is unearthing evidence of a possible 20^th century atrocity – They found 55 sets of human remains, almost twice as many as official records say should be there in the area once called “boot hill”.

Ukraine's embattled President Viktor Yanukovych accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, a key demand of anti-government protesters who’ve gridlocked the capital for months.  It came after parliament voted overwhelmingly to annul a controversial anti-protest law.

Italian police are looking for a stolen Roman Catholic relic that contains the blood of Pope John Paul ll – and hunting whoever stole it.

Are the Angry Birds are tattling your sexual preference to the world’s biggest spy agencies? – The US busts two major Bitcoin players – Egypt’s next leader will probably follow that familiar military-to-presidency path to power – Dr Who’s new minimalist costume and a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs.

Mexico is making a radical change in the way it deals with its growing number of “self-defense” groups, essentially legalizing them.  At the same time, authorities arrested one of four leaders of the “Knights Templar” drug cartel, which the vigilantes have fought in recent weeks.

Despite the installation of a new president the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) is getting worse.  The capital is rife with mobs forming to hunt down Muslim civilians in retribution for the months of chaos the nation went through after last year’s Muslim-led coup d’etat.

Ukraine’s president and opposition leaders are agreeing on scrapping the country’s hastily produced anti-protesting law.  It was originally passed on 16 January, after months of streets protests gridlocked the government of President Viktor Yanukovich.

Thinking about calling Tokyo for a JDM engine on that Honda sitting outside?  Or many on the lookout for a deal on a used car from Japan?  Well… Some countries are having problems with Japanese automotive imports and higher-than-normal levels of radiation.