Australia & Antarctica
- Australia to apologize to Aborigines
- MOUNT DRUITT, Australia - As a girl, Mari Melito Russell felt out of place. She was darker than the other kids at school, she felt more comfortable in the forest than her suburban home and she had vivid dreams of an Aboriginal woman beckoning her. A...
- Author:ROHAN SULLIVANDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Japan kills whales as protesters pull out: report
- SYDNEY (AFP) - Japanese harpoonists killed five whales in one day after protesters who had halted the hunt in Antarctic waters were forced to return to port to refuel, an Australian report said Friday. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith had raised the i...
- Author:UnknownDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Aboriginal leaders to welcome lawmakers
- CANBERRA, Australia - Aborigines have long lived on the fringe of Australian society, but they will take center stage when Parliament holds a historic ceremony to acknowledge the nation's capital is built on their land. On Thursday, Aboriginal leade...
- Author:ROD McGUIRKDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Media bidding war starts for Guantanamo ex-detainee
- SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian David Hicks, the only Guantanamo Bay detainee convicted of terrorism charges, is at the centre of a worldwide media bidding war for his story, with a possible price tag of A$1 million (US$892,000), local media said. Hic...
- Author:Michael PerryDate:06/28/08Click:1 Full Story...
- Wife's body kept in drum for 23 years, Australian court told
- SYDNEY (AFP) - A man kept his wife's body in a drum container at the family home for 23 years after pretending she had run off with another man, Australian prosecutors said Thursday. Frederick William Boyle, 58, of the Melbourne suburb of Carrum Dow...
- Author:UnknownDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Australian planned apology to Aborigines runs into problems
- SYDNEY (AFP) - The Australian government's plan to apologise to Aborigines for past injustices ran into trouble Thursday when the opposition indicated it might not support the move. The failure of white Australia to speak with a united voice on the...
- Author:UnknownDate:06/28/08Click:0 Full Story...
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