Australia Apologizes for Treatment of Aborigines - Details

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Title:	Australia Apologizes for Treatment of Aborigines - http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/13/asia/13aborigine.php
Description:	In a historic parliamentary decision, Australia's government apologized for past policies that "inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss" on its Aboriginal people and stated its commitment to eradicating the gap between mainstream Australia and its indigenous people. The apology was aimed particularly at members of the "Stolen Generations," the tens of thousands of Aborigines who were forcibly taken from their families as children under now abandoned assimilation policies. New Prime Minister Kevin Rudd read the widely televised apology, which he hopes will help mend racial divisions in Australia and herald a new era of healing for the country.
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Date Added:	February 13, 2008 11:41:00 AM
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