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  • July 2008

    • Aussie PM Gains Cachet From Thieving Ancestors

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 31, 08 5:15 PM CDT

      Aussie PM Gains Cachet From Thieving Ancestors

      (Newser) - Australia’s history as a penal colony is no laughing matter, but some Aussies have come to appreciate, and even relish, their hardscrabble beginnings. Case in point: PM Kevin Rudd, whose family tree includes ancestors convicted of stealing sugar (in 1801) and underwear (in 1788). The release of some details today helped boost the head of state's street cred, the Telegraph reports. More »

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • WWII Ship Found After 66 Years

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  Mar 17, 08 11:53 AM CDT

      WWII Ship Found After 66 Years

      (Newser) - A legendary Australian war ship sunk in the Indian Ocean by a German raider during World War II has been found nearly intact after 66 years, the Australian PM confirmed today. The HMAS Sydney sank after a 30-minute battle with the Kormoran in Australia's greatest tragedy at sea. The wreckage won't be disturbed, out of respect for the 645 Australian sailors who went down with the ship. More »

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      Germany  • Australia  • World War II  • history  • discovery  • Kevin Rudd  • Indian Ocean  • sailor  • shipwreck  • sonar

    • Aussies Face Protests Over Kangaroo Cull

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  Mar 17, 08 9:10 AM CDT

      Aussies Face Protests Over Kangaroo Cull

      (Newser) - Australia is planning to cull 400 kangaroos on a military base, and Japan—oft-criticized by Australia for its whaling practices—is jumping at the opportunity to hail its neighbor as hypocritical, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Not so, says Australia’s PM. The whaling issue is subject to "an agreement between many states, and it goes to whether what is occurring is scientific whaling or not," said Kevin Rudd. More »

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      protesters  • whale  • Kevin Rudd  • whaling  • Japanese whale hunt  • kangaroo  • hypocrisy  • cull  • Canberra

  • February 2008

    • Australian PM Pledges Support for East Timor

      Reuters  |  Feb 15, 08 6:53 PM CST

      Australian PM Pledges Support for East Timor

      (Newser) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd jetted to East Timor today, vowing to stand by its neighbor after attacks Monday on its president and prime minister, Reuters reports. "It's by the ballot box, and not by the barrel of a gun, that the decisions for our countries will be made," said Rudd, who boosted Australian troop presence there after the assault. More »

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      Australia  • violence  • Asia  • assassination attempt  • Kevin Rudd  • East Timor  • Jose Ramos-Horta  • Alfredo Reinado  • Xanana Gusmao

    • Aussie PM Apologizes for Aborigine Child Abductions

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  Feb 13, 08 2:50 AM CST

      Aussie PM Apologizes for Aborigine Child Abductions

      (Newser) - Australia's new prime minister made a formal apology to the Aborigines today for "stolen generations" of children the government had taken from their homes. Tens of thousands of Aboriginal children were placed in orphanages or foster homes in a century-long program of forced assimilation. Throngs watched on big screens in front of parliament as Kevin Rudd apologized for the practice and spoke of removing "a stain from the soul of Australia." More »

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      Australia  • Kevin Rudd  • Aborigines  • stolen generations

  • January 2008

    • Australia to Apologize to Aborigines for Stolen Kids

      Times (UK)  |  Jan 31, 08 3:47 AM CST

      Australia to Apologize to Aborigines for Stolen Kids

      (Newser) - More than 100,000 Aborigine children were abducted from their parents and placed in  Australian orphanages and foster homes in a century-long campaign to assimilate them into European culture. Now new Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd will apologize for the abductions, carried out between 1869 and 1969, reports the Times of London. The policy inspired the movie, Rabbit-Proof Fence, which details two sisters' heart-breaking flight from their remote orphanage. More »

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      Australia  • Kevin Rudd  • Queensland  • Aborigines  • New South Wales  • stolen generations

  • December 2007

    • 2007: Asia's Banner Year

      Bloomberg  |  Dec 24, 07 2:19 PM CST

      2007: Asia's Banner Year

      (Newser) - Asia's economies are soaring so mightily that Bloomberg columnist William Pesek is passing out awards for Asia's big players in 2007. They range from a “Money Talks” prize, for Arab and Asian leaders who bailed out Wall Street banks, to the “Howard's End” trophy, for Australian PM Kevin Rudd's brave embrace of the Kyoto Protocol. "Yet the biggest news was a not-so-subtle shift in Asia's role in global markets," Pesek writes. More »

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      US economy  • subprime mortgages  • India  • Australia  • Thailand  • Asia  • Kevin Rudd  • Chinese economy

    • Japan Backs Down on Whaling

      AFP  |  Dec 21, 07 7:35 AM CST

      Japan Backs Down on Whaling

      (Newser) - In its first-ever turnaround on whaling, the Japanese government has dropped its plans to hunt humpbacks. The about-face is a victory for Kevin Rudd, the new Australian prime minister, who had objected strenuously and ordered a patrol of the humpback hunt. Tokyo said, however, that the fleet currently en route to the Antarctic Ocean will hunt almost 1,000 whales of other species, including the giant fin whale. More »

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      Japan  • Australia  • whale  • Kevin Rudd  • whaling  • humpback whale

    • Australia PM 'Disgusted' by Rape Case

      The Australian  |  Dec 11, 07 8:41 AM CST

      Australia PM 'Disgusted' by Rape Case

      (Newser) - Nine men and teens in Australia who raped a 10-year-old girl from a remote Aboriginal community have gone free, a verdict that has caused an uproar in the nation. Six of those who pleaded guilty were under 17 and got probation; the others got suspended sentences. New PM Kevin Rudd said he was "disgusted and appalled." The prosecutor described the sex as consensual "childish experimentation," reports the Australian . More »

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      Australia  • rape  • Kevin Rudd

    • New Aussie PM Urges US to Back Kyoto

      Associated Press  |  Dec 5, 07 11:46 AM CST

      New Aussie PM Urges US to Back Kyoto

      (Newser) - Two days after ratifying the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse-gas emissions, Australian PM Kevin Rudd says the US should, too. Like the US, Australia had previously refused to join the agreement, which sets binding limits on emissions. But Rudd says he wants Washington on board, as “all developed and developing countries need to be part of the global solution.” More »

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      George W. Bush  • climate change  • Australia  • greenhouse gases  • diplomacy  • Kevin Rudd  • Kyoto Protocol

    • Australia To Pull Troops From Iraq

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 1, 07 9:56 AM CST

      Australia To Pull Troops From Iraq

      (Newser) - Australia’s new leader says the nation's combat troops will be out of Iraq by mid-2008, the Guardian reports. Kevin Rudd will make good on a campaign promise to pull out troops, a move that marks a sharp shift from the polices of his predecessor, John Howard, a key Bush ally. Rudd will meet the US ambassador soon to discuss the pullout. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Australia  • Iraq pullout  • Kevin Rudd  • John Howard

  • November 2007

    • Rudd Inherits Red-Hot Economy

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 26, 07 2:57 PM CST

      Rudd Inherits Red-Hot Economy

      (Newser) - New Aussie PM Kevin Rudd inherits a booming economy, but that doesn't mean it's going to be an easy ride for his center-left government, the Wall Street Journal warns. Demand for Australia's natural resources is feverish and inflation is already uncomfortably high. Rudd has vowed to pump about $48 billion into benefits and tax cuts for Australians, which could seriously overheat the already torrid economy. More »

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      Australia  • Kevin Rudd  • Kyoto Protocol  • John Howard  • Australian Labor Party

    • New Aussie PM Vows to Go Green, Mum on Iraq

      Associated Press  |  Nov 25, 07 8:59 AM CST

      New Aussie PM Vows to Go Green, Mum on Iraq

      (Newser) - New Australian PM Kevin Rudd, who won in a landslide over conservative John Howard yesterday, spoke with President Bush by phone but remained mum on his immediate plans for 500 Aussie combat troops in Iraq, reports Reuters. Rudd, a cerebral, Chinese-speaking ex-diplomat, said he’d travel to next month’s climate summit in Bali and make ratifying the Kyoto Protocol a priority. More »

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      environment  • Kevin Rudd

    • Labor Takes Australian Elections

      Reuters  |  Nov 24, 07 5:30 AM CST

      Labor Takes Australian Elections

      (Newser) - Former Diplomat Kevin Rudd is poised to become Australia's new prime minister after his Labor Party claimed victory in yesterday's elections. Labor expects to take at least 83 of the 150 seats in Parliament, Reuters reports. Meanwhile, current PM John Howard faces the possibility of losing his own seat in Sydney. More »

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