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The Federal Government is threatening to block US whistleblower Chelsea Manning from visiting Australia for a speaking tour that was to begin on Sunday with a major event at the Sydney Opera House.  But the government sent her a "Notice of Intention to Consider Refusal under s501 of the Migration Act", a vague section that allows officials to close Australia's doors to people who don't pass "the character test".  The Home Affairs department didn't comment, nor did newly installed Immigration Minister, David Coleman.  Former soldier Ms. Manning served seven years of a 35 year prison term in the US for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, including information about atrocities committed in the Iraq War.

Sections of a report showing that one of South East Queensland's largest koala populations is likely to decline until it is non-viable were removed from the publicly-released document.  Gold Coast City Council officials told the ABC it was because information was repeated in different parts of the report.  But part of the 17-pages struck out dealt specifically with predictions of catastrophic declines in Koalas:  "What it shows is that modelling suggests that population is likely to be declining over the next 50 years, maybe getting down to around 150 koalas in 50 years," said Associate Professor Jonathan Rhodes from the University of Queensland, who led the state's expert koala panel and has examined the section of the report that was withheld from the public.  "Maybe down to 100 or as low as 50 koalas," he added.  Koalas are under pressure from development taking their habitat, as well as deaths from car strikes, disease, and dog attacks.

The United Nations is demanding Nicaragua immediately halt the the crackdown on anti-government protesters and disarm the masked gangs who are suspected of murdering and illegally detaining government opponents.  Since April, more than 300 people have been killed in violence that grew out of protests against plans to reduce pensions.  The reports from the the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights details illegal arrests, torture and closed trials.  Doctors, professors, and judges who have spoken out or protested have been dismissed from their jobs.  

Russian President Vladimir Putin is backing down a bit from plans to raise the country's retirement age, which caused uncharacteristic protests.  Putin said the new plan will increase the retirement age for women from 55 to 60, instead of to 63.  But the five-year increase for men's retirement age to 65 would stay.  That's still kind of a lousy deal, especially for Russian men whose life expectancy is only 66-years - for many, it's still a "work until you die" situation.  The UN World Health Organization says the life expectancy for Russian women is 77 years.

Britain and Nigeria signed a defence pact in which the UK will supply weapons and training to Nigerian troops who, despite impressive gains against the terrorist army Boko Haram in recent years, have been unable to deal the deal and declare victory.  On a one-day visit to Nigeria as part of her African tour, British PM Theresa May said the countries will work together on "shared security threats like Boko Haram and human trafficking".  Critics say Nigerian forces often overstep their mandate and abuse people and detainees; the Nigerian military denies it.

Brits who were sent away by their own government to live in places like Australia, Canada, and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) are now suing the British government over the abuse and neglect they suffered.  These state-approved programs started in the 1700s and lasted until 1970; the plaintiffs are among the last of those poor or orphaned children cast off to make things easier on UK social services while populating the former colonies with white workers.  The lawyer for 100 of them, Alan Collins, said: "I'm hoping that common decency and humanity will kick into play and the UK government will do right by these people," noting that they are elderly and their numbers "are sadly reducing".

Hong Kong police arrested a professor a day after his missing wife's decomposing body was found inside a suitcase in his campus office.  Hong Kong University mechanical engineering associate professor Cheung Kie-chung had claimed that his 52-year-old wife walked out after an argument.  Security video from their apartment did not see her leave, but did capture him exiting with a large box.  Although an autopsy will be performed, the corpse was found with an electric wire around her neck - suggesting strangulation.