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Though typical of the Western mindset of first knowingly committing sins for their own short term selfish ends followed by repentance after ages, the recent scenes from Australian parliament of their new Prime Minister apologizing to Australia’s...
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Australia’s central bank cut its official interest rate by a bigger-than-expected 1 percentage point Tuesday to ease credit concerns amid a global financial...
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Late actor Heath Ledger’s daughter Matilda Rose will inherit all of her father’s estate, Ledger’s father told an Australian newspaper.
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Democrat Barack Obama is accusing his Republican opponent of being slow to speak out against huge salaries for Wall Street executives.
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Chinese steelmaker Sinosteel Corp. has taken control of 98 percent of Midwest Corp. and will proceed with compulsory acquisition of the Australian miner, Midwest said.
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A shortage of international troops in Afghanistan reflects insufficient defense spending across most of Europe, French Defense Minister Herve Morin said Wednesday...
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A jury convicted a seventh man Tuesday of being a member of an Australian terrorist cell that prosecutors said plotted to attack major sporting events in a bid to kill...
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A jury has found six Muslim men guilty of being members of a terrorist group that allegedly plotted to launch an attack in Australia.
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An Australian state government minister was forced to quit his post following reports that he danced in his underwear at a parliamentary office party, the state premier...
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New Zealand’s national airline is offering to pay bald travelers to use their heads _ literally _ in a new advertising campaign.
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Aborigines won traditional ownership rights over a large stretch of coastline in northern Australia on Wednesday, in a landmark ruling lawyers said could set a...
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Australia’s prime minister, who has won applause for apologizing to Aborigines for past wrongs, has revived plans for a constitutional revision to recognize the...
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Australia’s prime minister, who has won applause for apologizing to Aborigines for past wrongs, has revived plans for a constitutional revision to recognize the...
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Pope Benedict XVI praised the Australian government Thursday for its “courageous’ apology to the country’s indigenous Aborigines for past injustices,...
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Pope Benedict XVI has praised the Australian government for its apology to the country’s indigenous Aborigines for past injustices.Benedict made the remarks in a...
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Representatives for Australian Aborigines confirmed plans Friday to launch the first compensation lawsuits since a landmark government apology earlier this week for...
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Determined to prove that a national apology to Australia’s indigenous population is more than empty words, the government on Thursday promised more teachers to...
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So an Australian Prime Minister has finally apologized to the Aborigines of the country. Kevin Rudd has done what John Howard had consistently refused to do. But events...
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# Australia has made a historical apology to its aboriginal people for their past suffering as a result of the country’s laws and policies.
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Some of the formal apologies issued by governments around the world to oppressed or victimized groups:_ 2008: Australia’s Parliament apologizes for past...
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