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Against the backdrop of unrest in Brazil, police got into a massive shoot out with alleged drug dealers in a Rio de Janeiro Favela, resulting in nine deaths.

American Whistleblower Edward Snowden is in Russia.. kind of.  President Vladimir Putin confirmed that Snowden is in the pre-immigration international transit area of the airport, and Putin’s not going to honor US requests to send him back.

An American businessman could be allowed to go free soon, after his employees held him inside a factory on the outskirts of Beijing in a pay dispute.

So.. where IS Edward Snowden, anyway?  The whereabouts of the whistleblower and former employee of a private contractor used by America’s ginormous spy apparatus are a mystery.

Amnesty International is warning that homophobic attacks in sub-Saharan Africa has reached “dangerous levels”, validated by a number of countries passing draconian laws against “homosexual acts”.

A child born a boy but who identifies as a girl gets important validation from a civil rights panel; Pakistan plans to put its former dictator in trial for treason; German cops capture a man they say was terrorizing autobahn drivers for years.

The BBC is accusing the Turkish government of waging a campaign of intimidation against its journalists.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is “listening to the streets”:  She’s pledging an investment of more than A$27 Billion to improve public transportation, and proposing a referendum on a broad package of reforms to placate more than a week of widespread protests.

An Italian court sentenced former Prime Minister Sylvio Berlusconi to 7 years in prison and banned him from ever holding public office again for having sex with an underage prostitute and abusing his power to cover it up.

The Supeme Court could put the US on a radically different course with rulings due Monday; Polls show Brazilians overwhelmingly back the concerns of the protesters; And we could learn if Sylvio Berlusconi’s next “Bunga Bunga” party will be held in prison.

Researchers in China and Hong Kong say the Beijing government should use this time to prepare for a likely return of the H7N9 Bird Flu that caused deaths and illness earlier this year.

In a major slap to the United States, the government of Hong Kong allowed whistleblower Edward Snowden to leave on a flight to Moscow, even though the US had cancelled Snowden’s passports two days earlier.

Japan is expected to bring a spirited defense when Australia takes its anti-whaling case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague this week.

The army has begun a countdown in Egypt to avoid a “dark tunnel”, giving the government of President Mohammed Morsi a week to come to some accord with the opposition, before 30 June protests aimed at forcing out the president.

Islamic militants disguised as police murdered nine international mountain climbers who went to Pakistan to scale one of the world’s highest peaks.

Despite recent reports of Nelson Mandela’s condition improving, it’s now know that the anti-apartheid hero is in critical condition in hospital in Pretoria.

Good Morning Australia!  We have scary extraditions, new revelations about spying in China, secret trainings of Syrian rebels, and links to terrifying video of deadly crashes at Le Mans and a Middle American air show.  These are your World News Briefs:

America unveils the criminal case against the man who revealed its broad eavesdropping and spying program; Brazil’s President will address the nation after days of unrest; And the death toll from incredible flooding in North India grows.

Hello, Australia!  One million are on the move against a government they believe is inattentive to their needs in Brazil; One of the world’s highest-paid athletes is accused of tax evasion; Breathing isn’t so easy in Singapore;  And just a reminder, 7-year olds are NOT designated drivers.

Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of the G8 Summit going on in Northern Ireland, to discuss Syria.  And they didn’t agree on how to deal with the bloody civil war, as they back opposing sides.