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  Superpowers fight and bite for chunks of Antarctic ice

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  New Zealand and Australia are concerned about activities of other countries in the Antarctic region. It appears that we are now witnessing the beginning of the fight for the riches of the frozen continent. A number of international agreements ban economic activities in the unique region, but someone already tries to work there

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• Britain May Lose Green Continent After Queen's Death

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  Britain may soon lose one of its major jewels - Australia. The Prime Minister of this country, Julia Gillard, announced the possible abolishment of the British rule over the continent. The head of the Australian government released the controversial statement four days before the parliamentary elections. Australia, Gillard said, could become a...

• Australia's New Ptime Minister To Face Severe Unfeminine Problems

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  There was a change of power in Australia. For the first time a woman (Julia Gillard) became the nation's Prime Minister. She managed to win against Kevin Rudd, the person who was regarded as perhaps the most popular head of government in the history of the country. Until now, Australia fully supported the U.S. policy. It supported the war in...

• Australia Turns Its Back on USA After So Many Years of Friendship

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  Australian Defense Minister John Faulkner stated that the government was about to make a decision about the withdrawal of Australian military men from Afghanistan. "I don't want to see Australian troops in Afghanistan a day longer than is necessary," Faulkner said in his recent interview. About a third of the Australian military...

• Australia apologizes to the ‘lost generation’

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  "We apologize for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians." The apology is directed at tens of thousands of Aborigines who were forcibly taken from their families as children under now abandoned assimilation policies.