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Convicted killer and former Olympic Athlete Oscar Pistorius will likely be out of prison in August, after serving less than ten months for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.  This is out of a five-year sentence for “culpable homicide”, a slap on the wrist which the prosecution is attempting to appeal.  Reeva Steenkamp’s parents say ten months is not enough for taking another person’s life. 

A grand jury indicted a white police officer for murdering a black man.  The video of now-former officer Michael Slager shooting 50-year old Walter Scott in the back on 4 April went viral, highlighting America’s terrible problem with police racism and brute force excesses.  Slager was also seen planting his taser weapon near Scott’s body, later claiming to his superiors that Scott attempted take it from him. 

US President Barack Obama is admitting that his administration’s strategy for dealing with Islamic State’s rampage in Iraq is not “complete” yet.  After meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Germany, Mr. Obama noted that training Iraqi military recruits “requires commitments on the part of Iraqis as well about how recruitment takes place, how that training takes place”.  Although Obama faces criticism from political opponents on his handling Iraq, this is classic Obama – he will not be pressured into making rash decisions, even if the process seems painfully slow.

The leaders of the Group of Seven nations in closing their summit in Germany’s Bavarian Alps pledged to end the use of fossil fuels by the end of the century.  Which is pretty pathetic, considering that most of the real bad stuff associated with global warming is supposed to happen before then, such as polar ice melting and catastrophically rising sea levels.  Still some environmental groups are taking what they can get.  “Elmau delivered,” enthused Greenpeace, referring to the summit’s location.  The group’s statement added, “The vision of a 100 percent renewable energy future is starting to take shape.”  Yep, all we got to do now is live through what’s coming. 

An Aussie Greenpeace campaigner found himself turned out of India and on a plane back to Oz, after the Indian government refused him entry.  Aaron Gray-Block had a valid business visa and all necessary documents, and yet Indian officials refused to say why he was deported – in fact, they won’t even use the word “deported” to describe their actions.  Posited Greenpeace India’s program direction Divya Raghunandan, “We are forced to wonder if all international staff of Greenpeace will now be prevented from entering the country?”

The biggest supermarket chain in Eastern Africa has pulled Maggi noodles off of the shelves in five countries, following the Indian government’s decision to ban sales. Nakumatt says the noodles have been withdrawn from shops in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and South Sudan.  This comes after tests conducted in India showed the popular instant noodles have unacceptably high levels of lead, prompting the government to label the product “unsafe and hazardous”.  Parent company Nestle denies this and says the noodles are safe.

Malaysia has arrested a European mountain climber for allegedly stripping and urinating on Mount Kinabalu, prior to last week’s killer earthquake.  The 38-year old is believed to be part of a group of foreigners who posed for a nude photo atop the mountain, an act that apparent multitudes of superstitious Malaysians blame for causing the earthquake.  The European is charged with causing a public nuisance.  This follows two Canadian brothers being banned from leaving the country because they are suspected of being part of the group.  16 people died in the Kinabalu quake.