43 women go missing on Canadian highway in 30 years
June 10th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 10 (IANS) Mystery surrounds one of the remotest stretches of highway in Canada after nearly 50 women have gone missing in past 30 years, it was reported here.Many ... Read more...
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Girls as young as 9 selling sex for drugs, says Oz politician
February 24th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 24 (ANI): An Australian politician has said that girls as young as nine are selling sex for drugs and alcohol.Araluen MLA Robyn Lambley told Northern Territory Parliament that young children ... Read more...
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Aboriginal people viewed comets as portents of doom
October 19th, 2010 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct 19 (ANI): A new study of Aboriginal astronomy has found that Australia's first people viewed comets as portents of doom.Writing on the pre-press website arXiv.org, Duane Hamacher from Sydney's Macquarie ... Read more...
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Oilsands put into spotlight by Cameron
September 28th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 28, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): James Cameron, the acclaimed Hollywood director, would be going to Alberta this week so as to take a tour of the oilsands. Is he just visiting ... Read more...
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Oz to face UN committee over ‘racist’ Northern Territory intervention allegations
August 10th, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Aug 10 (ANI): Australian officials would face a UN Committee on the 'Elimination of Racial Discrimination' in Geneva on Tuesday amid allegations from human rights activists that the Northern Territory intervention ... Read more...
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UN expert expresses need of culturally adequate reforms for indigenous in Australia
March 10th, 2010 - 5:19 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – An independent United Nations expert expressed his concern for Indigenous people in Australia on Tuesday.James Anaya, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental ... Read more...
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UN envoy blasts Australia for breaching rights of indigenous population
February 25th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb.25 (ANI): The UN Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples, James Anaya, has blasted Australia for breaching its international human rights obligations by imposing welfare restrictions and alcohol and pornography bans in ... Read more...
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Australian cricket legends to meet at Imparja Cup
February 7th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 7(ANI): Retired Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie will captain a group of Australian cricketing legends to play against some of the country's best indigenous players in Alice Springs this week.Gillespie, ... Read more...
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UN says racism entrenched in Australia
August 27th, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug.27 (ANI): THE United Nations special rapporteur on indigenous rights has said there is "entrenched" racism in Australia.James Anaya didn't pull any punches after his two-week visit of the country, saying ... Read more...
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Aussies fatter and drunker than ever before
June 24th, 2008 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 24 (ANI): They might be known to have longer life expectancy, but a majority of Oz people are fatter, drunker and have more sexually transmitted diseases than ever before.Obesity ... Read more...
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Aborigine children actively using marijuana, having sex
June 21st, 2008 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 21 (ANI): The Australian Crime Commission has said that it has handed to police and welfare agencies hundreds of cases of criminal conduct and neglect allegedly perpetrated in Aboriginal ... Read more...
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Aboriginal girls being given contraceptive implants
April 16th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Apr.16 (ANI): Australian Government health officials are implanting aboriginal girls as young as 12 with long-lasting contraceptive devices.
Queensland Health today confirmed the practice in which girls are implanted with devices ... Read more...
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Aborigines in Australia killing boredom by hunting camels
February 11th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by admin
London, Feb 11 (ANI): Aborigines in Australia's arid desert interior have found a new way to overcome boredom and substance abuse - hunting camels.Aborigines living in Kintore decided to take up the ... Read more...
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