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What Happens When An Aid Group Sees Abuse, But Is Sworn To Secrecy?

8:16pm August 25, 2016

Save the Children had to sign confidentiality agreements to work at a migrant detention camp run by Australia in Nauru. The group's Mat Tinkler discusses what they did and didn't say about abuses.

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A closeup satellite image of the Australian-run detention camp on the Pacific Island nation of Nauru taken in July 2013.

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Ex-Aid Worker: Abuse Of Refugee Children On Nauru Was Mostly Ignored

2:39pm August 24, 2016

Viktoria Vibhakar, formerly of Save the Children Australia, says little was done to protect refugee children who alleged abuse on the island nation of Nauru, where Australia has kept refugees.

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Paleoartist Peter Schouten's reconstruction of Microleo attenboroughi prowling along the branches of rain forest trees in search of prey.

Extinct 'Micro Lion' Is Named For Sir David Attenborough

2:54pm August 23, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Microleo attenboroughi was a tiny, marsupial lion that lived some 18 million years ago. Paleontologists in Australia said they named it after the famed naturalist "for his dedication and enthusiasm."

A view of facilities at the Manus Island Regional Processing Facility in Papua New Guinea in 2012. For years, the facility has been used to indefinitely detain asylum-seekers; Australia and Papua New Guinea have now agreed to close it.

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Australia, Papua New Guinea Agree To Close Refugee Detention Camp

9:11am August 17, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The camp on Manus Island has been criticized by human rights advocates, and was declared unconstitutional by Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court.

A closeup satellite image of the detention camp in Nauru taken in July 2013.

Australia's Immigration Minister Plays Down Claims Of Abuse On Refugee Island

4:17pm August 11, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

Peter Dutton was reacting to a report in The Guardian newspaper that found shocking allegations of abuse against children on the island nation of Nauru.

The web page of the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that the online census form is unavailable.

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Cyberattack Halts Australia's First Online Census

3:16pm August 10, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

The Australian Bureau of Statistics says no data was stolen. Users faced error messages after the system was overpowered by what the government said was multiple denial-of-service attacks.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks at the government offices in Sydney on July 10. On Tuesday, Turnbull called for an investigation into allegations that teenagers were abused at a juvenile detention center in the northern part of the count

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Disturbing Images Of Juvenile Prisoners Being Abused In Australia

1:49pm July 26, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Australia's prime minister asked for an investigation into how teenage prisoners are treated after a national news program broadcast video of young people hooded and shackled.

Fedor Konyukhov waves to spectators before lift off from the Northam Aero Club on July 12 in Northam, Australia.

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Russian Balloonist Circumnavigates The Globe, Claims World Record

2:18pm July 23, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A 65-year-old Russian adventurer has piloted a balloon around the world solo and non-stop in 11 days, braving air too thin to breath, below-freezing temperatures, storms and barely any sleep.

Fedor Konyukhov prepares for liftoff from the Northam Aero Club on July 12 in Northam, Australia. For the past eight days, he has had little sleep in an open gondola hurtling at high speeds through below-freezing air that is too thin to breathe.

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Russian Adventurer Seeks To Break Record In Round-The-World Balloon Flight

6:07pm July 20, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

For the past eight days, Fedor Konyukhov has had a tiny amount of sleep in an open gondola hurtling at high speeds through below-freezing air that is too thin to breathe. And he has four more to go.

Jamala representing Ukraine performs the song "1944" at the Ericsson Globe on Saturday in Stockholm, Sweden.

A Heavy Dose Of Glitter, Pyrotechnics and Politics At Eurovision 2016

2:59pm May 15, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Ukraine's Jamala is this year's winner with a haunting song about the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars during World War II. Politics are never far from the surface at the European song contest.