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1. Sydney woman jailed for stabbing murder of housemate.

Sydney woman Katherine Abdallah has been sentenced to a maximum of 11 years jail for stabbing her 21-year-old cousin and housemate, Susan Sarkis, to death in February 2013.

Abdallah, 33, was found guilty of manslaughter, but not murder.

Judge Christine Adamson found Abdallah’s decision to take two knives from a knife block in the kitchen after a fight broke out between her and Ms Sarkis was a “wholly unreasonable response” which “escalated the conflict” and caused “disastrous and irreversible consequences,” the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

“To endeavour to resolve a dispute or disagreement with violence is reprehensible and, in the circumstances of this case, particularly senseless since Ms Sarkis posed no real threat to Ms Abdallah,” the judge said.

Abdallah received a minimum term of eight years and three months and will be eligible for parole in March 2023.

2. Adorable puppies solve store robbery.

A pair of puppies with a nose for justice have helped solved the mystery of a pharmacy theft in New South Wales.

Police in Orange will allege that a man entered a local pharmacy on May 6, and demanded drugs from the safe.

After he was given the drugs, he reportedly fled the scene on a push bike.

At the time of the robbery, two dogs were seen inside the pharmacy, as captured on CCTV footage.

The two dogs then followed the man on the bike afterward.

Police later spotted the dogs in a local park and followed the animals to the alleged assailants home, where a search was executed and the items believed to be stolen were recovered.

A 36-year-old man was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery.

3. Out-of-control Russian spacecraft burns up in Earth’s atmosphere.

An out-of-control spacecraft has burnt up as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere, the Russian space agency says.

According to BBC, a few fragments were expected to hit the sea after the vessel re-entered over the Pacific Ocean.

Contact with the unmanned cargo ship, which was headed with supplies to the International Space Station, was lost shortly after it was launched from Kazakhstan on 28 April.

4. Government asked for damning asylum seeker mental health data to be cut from report.

Damning mental health data on asylum seekers was not reported at the request of the immigration department, documents reveal.

The Guardian reports that in July 2014, Dr Peter Young – then the medical director for mental health at International Health and Medical Services (IHMS) – told the Human Rights Commission the immigration department “reacted with alarm” at data that revealed significant mental health deterioration in detained children.

Dr Young said the department requested that IHMS withdraw the figures from quarterly reporting.

Then secretary of the department, Martin Bowles, denied knowledge of this request.

But new documents released under freedom of information laws reveal the department conceded it had asked IHMS to withdraw the figures.

5. Simon Gittany’s ex settles defamation lawsuit.

Rachelle Louise, the woman who dated Simon Gittany, has settled her defamation lawsuit out of court.

Ms Louise accused the Daily Telegraph of defaming her and falsifying stories, including saying she worked as a stripper.

Today, the Daily Telegraph admitted to being wrong about the stripper comments, and offered a sum of money to Ms Louise.

While this amount is undisclosed, Fairfax reports it is around $180,000.

Ms Louise frequented headlines when her boyfriend Simon Gittany was on trial for throwing his then-girlfriend, Lisa Harnum, off an 15th floor balcony in the Sydney CBD.

6. Men wear high heels and march against domestic violence.

About 100 men and women from Adelaide have marched in high heels to raise awareness of domestic violence against women.

The Walk a Mile in Their Shoes SA march, arranged by Harcourts a real-estate agency and raised money for White Ribbon.

Co-founder of the Zahra Foundation Australia, Arman Abrahimzadeh, was in attendance. Mr Abrahimzadeh’s mother was killed by his abusive father, ABC News reports.

“Because it’s happening in a domestic setting, it somehow makes it (violence) okay,” Mr Abrahimzadeh said.

“We’re trying to get out there that it isn’t okay, and that regardless of what relationship you have with your partner, abuse is never okay.”

Upon the conclusion of the walk, Harcourts presented White Ribbon with a $100,000 donation.

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