Australia says 'sorry' to Aborigines
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised to Aborigines Wednesday for past injustices, saying he wanted "to remove a great stain from the nation's soul."
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An Australian government rethink of its welfare system for Aborigines sparks widespread controversy.
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Long-awaited apology for 'profound suffering, grief and loss' inflicted on Aboriginal population
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PM reveals full text of apology, expressing regret at 'indignation and degradation' suffered by Aborigines
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The Australian government Monday rejected Aboriginal demands for hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for the "stolen generation" of indigenous children taken from their parents.
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Australia will issue its first formal apology to the country's indigenous people on Feb. 13, a senior minister said Wednesday.
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Comment is free: Richard Flanagan: The apology to the Stolen Generations may not alter the lives of Aboriginal people. But it is a crucial step for all Australians
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Prime Minister Tony Blair condemned the African slave trade and expressed deep sorrow for Britain's role &#151; but stopped short Monday of offering an apology or compensation for the descendants of those victimized by it.
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The Australian government will take the historic step of offering a formal apology to Aborigines "as early as possible" in the new parliament, Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin said Monday.
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Aborigines fear police and troops will seize their children as part of a controversial clampdown aimed at preventing widespread sexual abuse, the Australian government acknowledged Tuesday.
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Australia's government Monday sharply condemned a popular Internet video claiming its citizens oppose Japanese whaling because of racism, while brutally killing animals such as kangaroos and dingoes.
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Pope Benedict XVI has called on Australians to do more towards racial reconciliation between settlers and the country's Aborigines, many of whom live impoverished and marginalised lives.
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Australia's Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson has called for an apology from an independent MP who had accused him of bribery.
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Aborigines organized breakfast barbecues in Outback communities, giant TV screens went up in state capitals, and schools planned assemblies so students can watch the telecast of Australia's government apologizing for policies that degraded its indigenous people.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set for a rocky appearance before Australia's parliament with war veterans on Tuesday calling for an apology over Japanese war crimes and environmentalists demanding an end to whaling.
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Once again, Australia's Aboriginal community has been forgotten as the country prepares for a general election, according to its only indigenous senator, Aden Ridgeway.
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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 tackle widespread illiteracy in Outback Aboriginal communities.