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Yiddish is well alive

A writer and journalist, the editor-in-chief of the New York newspaper "Forverts" which is published in Yiddish, Boris Sandler, arrived to Australia. He is convinced that the language of huge cultural and historical Jewish heritage continues to play an active role in society.

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What is the message of the new Government and the leading course of the characters?

To get a million Ruble find for a stroll.

Hyde Park in a Moscow-style.

Sorrow not just a memory on Sorry Day

A number of events have been planned to mark National Sorry Day around Australia this weekend. (may 26)

The day serves as a reminder of the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families over 60 years, between 1910 and 1970.

During this time, Indigenous children were put into orphanages or foster homes and placed under the care of non-Indigenous Australians.

A lot has changed since then, but Aboriginal groups say the day is as relevant now as it was when it was first observed 14 years ago.

Feature by Melissa Lahoud

Report recommends better support for overseas trained doctors

Concerns about the quality of overseas trained doctors have not entirely gone away since the imprisonment of the so-called Doctor Death. But neither has concern dissipated about the shortage of doctors in Australia's remotest areas.