Australia formally apologizes for forced adoptions

Australia on Thursday formally apologised for the forced adoption of tens of thousands of babies born mostly to unmarried mothers between the 1950s and 1970s.

Australia on Thursday formally apologised for the forced adoption of tens of thousands of babies born mostly to unmarried mothers between the 1950s and 1970s.

Doomsayers hunkered down on Friday to await the coming apocalypse, but most took a lighthearted view of a Mayan “prophecy” of the world’s destruction, laying on stunts and parties to while away the end.

A “sick” President Aquino had to cut short his attendance at the official dinner hosted by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard Wednesday defended calling Australia’s opposition leader a misogynist in a speech which sparked global attention and a divisive reaction about the role of sexism in politics.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard Wednesday defended calling Australia’s opposition leader a misogynist in a speech which sparked global attention and a divisive reaction about the role of sexism in politics.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday survived a leadership challenge from Kevin Rudd, trouncing the former leader in a damaging battle to head the ruling Labor party, media reported.