http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Kevin_RuddFind stories, videos, and photos about Kevin Rudd from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:12:56 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Kevin_Rudd14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Kevin Rudd from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/australia.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/australia.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologized on Monday to thousands of adults who, as impoverished British children, were brought to Australia with the promise of a better life but found abuse and forced labor.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:46:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/09/20/rudd.world.economy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/09/20/rudd.world.economy/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the world needs a "new, sustainable growth model for the future" to reduce "massive financial imbalances" between consumer-driven economies in the West and developing economies in the East.Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/papua.new.guinea.plane.wreck/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/papua.new.guinea.plane.wreck/index.html#cnnSTCTextAll 13 people aboard a small plane that crashed in Papua New Guinea were killed, the airline said Wednesday.Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/indonesia.hotels.explosions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/indonesia.hotels.explosions/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndonesian police have recovered a laptop they believe belonged to one of the bombers of Friday's hotel attacks in Jakarta, the country's official news agency said Sunday, although police would not confirm the report to CNN.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/07/arctic.explorer.climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/07/arctic.explorer.climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCTextI'm writing this blog from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a cold katabatic wind is blowing off the ice onto the deck of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise.Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/australia.india.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/australia.india.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called for calm Wednesday, assuring the Indian community that his country was still one of the safest study destinations in the world despite a series of attacks on Indian students in Sydney and Melbourne.Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/29/australia.afghanistan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/29/australia.afghanistan/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralia will boost its troop commitment in Afghanistan by 450 soldiers to help in the international fight against a resurgent Taliban, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Wednesday.Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/17/rudd.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/17/rudd.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralia's prime minister Friday slammed those engaged in human trafficking after an explosion aboard a boat carrying Afghan refugees killed three people and injured more than 40 others near Ashmore Reef, off Australia's northwest coast.Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:27:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/world_soccer/04/07/australia/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/world_soccer/04/07/australia/index.htmlIn the same week in late February that the fourth season of Australia's A-League reached its climax with the showpiece Grand Final between the Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United, Football Federation Australia moved offices. The common timing of the two events is not entirely coincidental nor insignificant.Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:59:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/03/g20.media/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/03/g20.media/index.html#cnnSTCTextInternational media reaction to the G-20 summit in London ranged from wary to upbeat Friday, as the world digested details of the $1 trillion plan to tackle the economic crisis.Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/19/australia.bushfire/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/19/australia.bushfire/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe death toll from bushfires in southeastern Australia has risen to 208, the Australian Red Cross said Thursday.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:34:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/02/13/australia.economy.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/02/13/australia.economy.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralian leaders passed a $42 billion (US $26.5 billion) stimulus package Friday in response to the global recession.Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:47:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/australia.bushfire/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/australia.bushfire/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice were questioning a man taken into custody Friday in connection with one of the many wildfires that have laid waste to parts of southeastern Australia. No other details were immediately available.Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:50:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/australia.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/australia.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCTextWinds whipping across southeastern Australia's countryside continued to fan deadly brushfires Wednesday, spreading flames through rural towns and ravaging scores of homes.Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:27:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/australia.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/australia.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCTextInvestigators in Australia believe some of the deadly wildfires ravaging dry southeastern bushland may have been set, a conclusion prompting Australia's prime minister to call such acts "mass murder."Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:44:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/08/newzealand.pm.cast.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/08/newzealand.pm.cast.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Internet auction to sell off the plaster cast that New Zealand Prime Minister John Key wore when he broke his right arm has raised close to NZ$ 20,000 for charity.Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:46:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/02/02/australia.economy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/02/02/australia.economy/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Reserve Bank of Australia on Tuesday cut its cash rate, or overnight money market interest rate, by 1 percent to 3.25 percent in an effort to stimulate demand and cushion the nation's economy amid a global recession.Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:09:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/australia.armstrong/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/australia.armstrong/index.html#cnnSTCTextHours after meeting cycling champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced his government would devote about $3.8 million in new funding to cancer research.Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:33:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/australia.banking/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/australia.banking/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Sunday that his government will guarantee all deposits in the country's banks and financial institutions for the next three years.Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/australia.sheep.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/australia.sheep.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralian animal protection activists repeated their calls Tuesday for an end to the long-distance transport of livestock after 400 sheep died in a wreck.Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:15:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1834011,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1834011,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged the United States on Tuesday to take more action on climate change and become more involved in the global debate on the issueTue, 19 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/australia.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/australia.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralian forces have completed combat operations in Iraq, ending a five-year commitment to the war.Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:17:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Dalai Lama Friday rejected a series of allegations from the Chinese government, saying he does not seek the separation of Tibet and has no desire to "sabotage" the Olympic games.Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:53:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextBaghdad was on virtual lockdown Friday as a tough new curfew ordered everyone off the streets of the Iraqi capital and five other cities until 5 p.m. Sunday. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/australia.warship/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/australia.warship/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe wreck of an Australian navy battle cruiser has been found off the nation's western coast, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced Monday, ending one of the country's most enduring maritime mysteries.Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/11/japan.dolphins/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/11/japan.dolphins/index.html#cnnSTCTextMention a dolphin to someone in the United States and they'll think about a trip to Sea World or the 1960s-era TV program "Flipper."Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/east.timor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/east.timor/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralian Prime Minster Kevin Rudd on a one-day visit to the East Timorese capital Dili Friday pledged his nation's continued support in the aftermath of this week's assassination attempts on the prime minister and president.Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:34:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/australia.aborgines/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/australia.aborgines/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Australian government apologized Wednesday for years of "mistreatment" that inflicted "profound grief, suffering and loss" on the country's Aboriginal people.Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:44:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/australia.text/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/australia.text/index.html#cnnSTCTextPrime Minister Kevin Rudd introduced a motion in the Australian national parliament Tuesday, apologizing for past mistreatment of the country's Aboriginal population. Here is the full text of that apology:Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:29:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1709198,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1709198,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe government finally apologizes to Aborigines forcibly taken from their families over the course of six decades. But don't ask for compensationFri, 01 Feb 2008 20:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/12/28/cricket.tour/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/12/28/cricket.tour/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralian cricket officials say that they have no immediate plans to cancel their tour of Pakistan next year despite the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto at a election rally on Thursday.Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:08:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/22/afghanistan.sarkozy.rudd.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/22/afghanistan.sarkozy.rudd.visit/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralia's new prime minister assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday that his country's troops intend to be in Afghanistan "for the long haul."Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:18:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/21/australia.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/21/australia.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd paid a surprise visit to Baghdad Friday, and vowed again that his country's troops in Iraq will be withdrawn by mid-2008.Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:23:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/17/australia.afghanistan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/17/australia.afghanistan/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralia's new defense minister warned U.S. and NATO allies over the weekend that they risk losing the war in Afghanistan without a sharp shift in military and reconstruction efforts there, according to his office.Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/12/australia.rape/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/12/australia.rape/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe attorney general in the Australian state of Queensland said Wednesday he is ordering an appeal of the sentences given to nine indigenous Australians who admitted gang-raping a 10-year-old girl but were not sent to jail.Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:27:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/australia.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/australia.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralian opposition leader Kevin Rudd greeted jubilant supporters Saturday night, as he promised changes in environmental, education and workplace policies as Australia's new prime minister.Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:26:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1687276,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1687276,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe country throws out the government of John Howard after 11 years but hopes there won't be too much changeSat, 24 Nov 2007 14:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/australia.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/australia.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolls suggest that more than 11 years of conservative rule in Australia looks likely to come to an end this Saturday as the nation votes on whether Prime Minister John Howard deserves another term.Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:07:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/australia.videos/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/australia.videos/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour-term Australian Prime Minister John Howard faces his most popular challenger ever at elections on November 24, with polls signaling a big swing toward the opposition but the outcome to be decided in a few key districts. Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/22/australia.rudd/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/22/australia.rudd/index.html#cnnSTCTextIf, as seems quite possible, Kevin Rudd becomes Australia's new prime minister after national elections on Saturday, the world can expect to see key changes in Australian policies on international issues such as Iraq, climate change and uranium sales to India.Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:08:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/22/rudd/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/22/rudd/index.html#cnnSTCTextAustralians are voting in a federal election on November 24, in what many analysts predict will be a tight race. Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:55:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1687075,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1687075,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWhy strip club-visiting, ear wax-tasting Kevin Rudd is expected to oust long-serving PM John HowardThu, 22 Nov 2007 17:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/06/australia.bush.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/06/australia.bush.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush engaged in high-stakes talks Thursday with Chinese President Hu Jintao, the leader of one of the world's fastest-growing economies and one of its most formidable military powers.Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/30/australia.bush.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/30/australia.bush.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. President George W. Bush said in an interview broadcast Friday that he would be concerned about China's military if the country ever turned hostile, and he urged U.S. allies to complete the work still left in Iraq and Afghanistan.Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:25:00 EDT