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An Airbus A380 is visible through the sun flare as it flies ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:45:46 GMT

(Reuters) - An Airbus A380 is visible through the sun flare as it flies over Sydney November 25, 2009. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd edged closer to securing his carbon trade plan on Wednesday after a hostile Senate rejected delaying a vote and the opposition hosed down an internal revolt over the scheme. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA ENERGY ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)

A road sign stands in front of an oil refinery in western Sydney ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:42:27 GMT

(Reuters) - A road sign stands in front of an oil refinery in western Sydney November 25, 2009. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd edged closer to securing his carbon trade plan on Wednesday after a hostile Senate rejected delaying a vote and the opposition hosed down an internal revolt over the scheme. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA ENERGY ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)

Framed by storage tanks, a chimney discharges vapour at an oil ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:40:10 GMT

(Reuters) - Framed by storage tanks, a chimney discharges vapour at an oil refinery in western Sydney November 25, 2009. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd edged closer to securing his carbon trade plan on Wednesday after a hostile Senate rejected delaying a vote and the opposition hosed down an internal revolt over the scheme. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA ENERGY ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)

An industrial pollution warning sign stands in front of an oil ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:39:05 GMT

(Reuters) - An industrial pollution warning sign stands in front of an oil refinery in western Sydney November 25, 2009. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd edged closer to securing his carbon trade plan on Wednesday after a hostile Senate rejected delaying a vote and the opposition hosed down an internal revolt over the scheme. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA ENERGY ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)

A power pole in an industrial estate in western Sydney obscures ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:32:44 GMT

(Reuters) - A power pole in an industrial estate in western Sydney obscures a chimney as it discharges vapour November 25, 2009. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd edged closer to securing his carbon trade plan on Wednesday after a hostile Senate rejected delaying a vote and the opposition hosed down an internal revolt over the scheme. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA ENERGY ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)

Chimneys at an oil refinery are obscured by power lines and ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:24:56 GMT

(Reuters) - Chimneys at an oil refinery are obscured by power lines and street lights in western Sydney November 25, 2009. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd edged closer to securing his carbon trade plan on Wednesday after a hostile Senate rejected delaying a vote and the opposition hosed down an internal revolt over the scheme. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA ENERGY ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)

Steam rises from a power station in the Latrobe Valley, 150km ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:05:23 GMT

(AFP/File) - Steam rises from a power station in the Latrobe Valley, 150km east of Melbourne in August. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has urged parliament to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change.(AFP/File/Paul Crock)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (pictured on November 12) ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:05:23 GMT

(AFP/File) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (pictured on November 12) has urged parliament to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change.(AFP/File/Raveendran)

File photo of conveyor belts carrying coal from an open cut ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:15:14 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo of conveyor belts carrying coal from an open cut mine to the Loy Yang B power station in the Latrobe Valley, 150km east of Melbourne. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has urged parliament to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change.(AFP/File/Paul Crock)

An exhaust stack rises through the steam of the Loy Yang B power ...

(AFP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:26:24 GMT

(AFP) - An exhaust stack rises through the steam of the Loy Yang B power station in the Latrobe Valley, 150km east of Melbourne in August. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged parliament Tuesday to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change.(AFP/Paul Crock)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged parliament Tuesday ...

(AFP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:26:24 GMT

(AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged parliament Tuesday to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change.(AFP/Raveendran)

File photo of onveyor belts carrying coal from the open cut ...

(AFP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:26:24 GMT

(AFP) - File photo of onveyor belts carrying coal from the open cut mine to the Loy Yang B power station in the Latrobe Valley, 150km east of Melbourne. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged parliament Tuesday to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change.(AFP/Paul Crock)

Australia's Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, in Canberra ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:49:22 GMT

(AFP/File) - Australia's Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, in Canberra (left) with the country's prime minister, Kevin Rudd. Evans has said security would be increased at a key immigration detention facility to prevent a repeat of Saturday's mass brawl between Afghan and Sri Lankan detainees at a holding centre.(AFP/File/William West)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (right), Football Federation ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:18:32 GMT

(AFP/File) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (right), Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy (centre) and Federal Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull hold up football scarves as Australia launches its bid to host the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup, at Parliament House in Canberra, in June. Australia has now recruited consultant Andreas Abold to orchestrate its bid for the event.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)

Signage at a Church of Scientology building in the Sydney suburb ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:43:45 GMT

(AFP) - Signage at a Church of Scientology building in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills is shown on November 18. Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd voiced "concerns" about the Church of Scientology after a senator detailed explosive allegations including torture, imprisonment and coerced abortions.(AFP/Greg Wood)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, October 25, 2009. Kevin ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:15:34 GMT

(Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, October 25, 2009. Kevin Rudd's personal rating with voters has fallen in the past two weeks as he struggles to stem a rise in boatpeople arrivals, but his government remains ahead. REUTERS/Babara Walton/Pool/Files

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, seen here, has made an emotional ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:29:52 GMT

(AFP/File) - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, seen here, has made an emotional apology to half-a-million "Forgotten Australians", including thousands of British child migrants, who faced abuse and neglect in care homes over decades.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)

Caroline Carroll, Chair of the Alliance for Forgotten Australians, ...

(AFP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:29:52 GMT

(AFP) - Caroline Carroll, Chair of the Alliance for Forgotten Australians, who had known all kinds of abuse by the time she was 7. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made an emotional apology to half-a-million "Forgotten Australians" who faced sexual abuse, violence and forced labour in childcare homes over a period of decades.(AFP/Greg Wood)

The British policy of child migration saw 7,000 children shipped ...

(AFP/Graphics) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:29:52 GMT

(AFP/Graphics) - The British policy of child migration saw 7,000 children shipped to Australia from 1930 to 1970. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made an emotional apology to half-a-million "Forgotten Australians" who faced sexual abuse, violence and forced labour in childcare homes over a period of decades.(AFP/Graphics/null)

A photo taken in 1953 released by the National Archives of Australia ...

(AFP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:29:52 GMT

(AFP) - A photo taken in 1953 released by the National Archives of Australia shows British orphans getting ready for bed at Melrose House near Parramatta, west of Sydney. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made an emotional apology to the half-a-million Australians who faced sexual abuse, violence and forced labour in childcare homes over a period of decades.(AFP/National Archives Of Australia)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks at a ceremony in ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:41:10 GMT

(AP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks at a ceremony in the Australian capital of Canberra, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, where he issued an apology to thousands of impoverished British children shipped to Australia with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home. (AP Photo/Mark Graham)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, left, comforts a man attending ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:26:52 GMT

(AP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, left, comforts a man attending a ceremony in the Australian capital of Canberra, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, where Rudd issued an apology to thousands of impoverished British children shipped to Australia with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home. (AP Photo/Mark Graham)

Two women comfort each other as they attend a ceremony in the ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:19:25 GMT

(AP) - Two women comfort each other as they attend a ceremony in the Australian capital of Canberra, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, where Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued an apology to thousands of impoverished British children shipped to Australia with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home. (AP Photo/Mark Graham)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, right, talks with women ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:18:41 GMT

(AP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, right, talks with women who are attending a ceremony in the Australian capital of Canberra, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, where Rudd issued an apology to thousands of impoverished British children shipped to Australia with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home. (AP Photo/Mark Graham)

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, pictured on November 14, made an ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:30:39 GMT

(AFP/File) - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, pictured on November 14, made an emotional apology on Monday to half-a-million "Forgotten Australians", including British child migrants, who faced abuse and neglect in care homes over decades.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)

In this 1953 black and white photo released by the National ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:56:18 GMT

(AP) - In this 1953 black and white photo released by the National Archives of Australia shown are British orphans posing for a photo at Melrose House, near Parramatta, Australia. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued a historic apology Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, to thousands of impoverished British children shipped to Australia with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home. (AP Photo/National Archives of Australia)

In this 1953 black and white photo released by the National ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:55:37 GMT

(AP) - In this 1953 black and white photo released by the National Archives of Australia shown are British orphans at Melrose House, near Parramatta, Australia. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued a historic apology Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, to thousands of impoverished British children shipped to Australia with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home. (AP Photo/National Archives of Australia)

In this 1953 black and white photo released by the National ...

(AP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:55:10 GMT

(AP) - In this 1953 black and white photo released by the National Archives of Australia shown are British orphans working in a garden at Melrose House, near Parramatta, Australia. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued a historic apology Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, to thousands of impoverished British children shipped to Australia with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home. (AP Photo/National Archives of Australia)

The Sydney Opera House sits with the Sydney Harbour Bridge behind. ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:06:31 GMT

(AFP/File) - The Sydney Opera House sits with the Sydney Harbour Bridge behind. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made an emotional apology on Monday to half-a-million "Forgotten Australians", including British child migrants, who faced abuse and neglect in care homes over decades.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)

Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a national apology ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:03:22 GMT

(Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a national apology to the forgotten Australians and former child migrants at a ceremony in the great hall at Parliament House in Canberra November 16, 2009. Rudd apologised on Monday for years of abuse and pain suffered by thousands of orphans and children sent to Australia from Britain, often without the knowledge of their parents. REUTERS/Auspic/Handout (AUSTRALIA POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) comforts a victim ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:03:19 GMT

(Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) comforts a victim after giving a national apology to the forgotten Australians and former child migrants at a ceremony in the great hall at Parliament House in Canberra November 16, 2009. Rudd apologised on Monday for years of abuse and pain suffered by thousands of orphans and children sent to Australia from Britain, often without the knowledge of their parents. REUTERS/Auspic/Handout (AUSTRALIA POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd listens during the ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:48:57 GMT

(Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd listens during the APEC CEO Summit in Singapore November 14, 2009. REUTERS/Michael Fiala

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd takes a seat at the 4th ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:29:36 GMT

(Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd takes a seat at the 4th East Asian Summit as part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit meetings, held in the southern beach resort of Cha-am October 25, 2009. REUTERS/Babara Walton/Pool

Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet (left) and US President ...

(AFP/Pool) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:45:23 GMT

(AFP/Pool) - Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet (left) and US President Barack Obama (centre) listen to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at a meeting in Singapore. Asia-Pacific leaders including the US and Chinese presidents vowed to remake the world economy after the worst financial crisis in decades, rejecting protectionism and old models of growth.(AFP/Pool)

APEC Leaders attend the closing lunch of the APEC Summit in ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:35:04 GMT

(Reuters) - APEC Leaders attend the closing lunch of the APEC Summit in Singapore November 15, 2009. Pictured (L-R) are New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare, Peru's Trade Minister Martin Perez, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Taiwan's former Vice-President Lien Chen,Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, China's President Hu Jintao, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak and South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak REUTERS/Pablo Sanchez (SINGAPORE POLITICS)

Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) talks with New ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:14:17 GMT

(Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) talks with New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key at the closing lunch of the APEC Summit in Singapore November 15, 2009. REUTERS/Pablo Sanchez (SINGAPORE POLITICS)

Therese Rein (C), wife of Australia's Prime Minister Kevin ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:12:05 GMT

(Reuters) - Therese Rein (C), wife of Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, arrives at the Singapore Flyer observation wheel for a tour during the APEC Summit in Singapore November 15, 2009. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE POLITICS)

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (front row C) ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:57:09 GMT

(Reuters) - Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (front row C) speaks surrounded by APEC Leaders at the declaration ceremony at the end of the the APEC Summit in in Singapore November 15, 2009. Pictured front row (L-R) are: Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, China's President Hu Jintao, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.Back row (L-R) are: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare, Peru's Trade Minister Martin Perez, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Taiwan's former Vice-President Lien Chen, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE POLITICS)

APEC Leaders (L-R) Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:48:28 GMT

(Reuters) - APEC Leaders (L-R) Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah stand during the the declaration ceremony at the end of the the APEC Summit in in Singapore November 15, 2009. REUTERS/Russell Boyce (SINGAPORE POLITICS)

APEC Leaders (L-R) Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:45:21 GMT

(Reuters) - APEC Leaders (L-R) Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, and South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, are shown where to stand at the declaration ceremony at the end of the the APEC Summit in in Singapore November 15, 2009. REUTERS/Russell Boyce (SINGAPORE POLITICS)

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (front row C) ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:42:13 GMT

Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd talks with New Zealand's ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:24:03 GMT

(Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd talks with New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key at the declaration ceremony at the end of the the APEC Summit in in Singapore November 15, 2009. REUTERS/Michael Fiala (SINGAPORE POLITICS)

U.S.President Barack Obama looks on as Australian Prime Minister ...

(AP) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:46:05 GMT

(AP) - U.S.President Barack Obama looks on as Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, right, addresses APEC Leaders at a Working Breakfast on Climate Change during APEC in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.U.S. (AP Photo/Auspic,David Foote.HO)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, centre, gestures as he ...

(AP) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:45:06 GMT

(AP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, centre, gestures as he addresses APEC Leaders at a Working Breakfast on Climate Change during APEC in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama left, and Denmark Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen right, look on. (AP Photo/Auspic,David Foote.HO)

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, left, talks with his ...

(AP) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:04:16 GMT

(AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, left, talks with his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd during the Leaders Retreat on day two of the APEC Summit in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Eisaku Osada, Pool)

Wives of APEC Leaders wave from capsule on the Singapore Flyer ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:13:03 GMT

(Reuters) - Wives of APEC Leaders wave from capsule on the Singapore Flyer during the APEC Summit in Singapore November 15, 2009. Pictured (L-R) are: Selina Tsang, wife of Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Lien Fang Yu, wife of Taiwan's former Vice-President Lien Chen, Ani Bambang Yudhoyono, wife of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Therese Rein, wife of Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Kim Yun-Ok, wife of South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE POLITICS)

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, listens as Australia's ...

(AP) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:46:08 GMT

(AP) - U.S. President Barack Obama, center, listens as Australia's Primer Minister Kevin Rudd, right, speaks at a breakfast meeting by APEC leaders in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool)

Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, left, and South Korea's ...

(AP) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:43:15 GMT

(AP) - Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, left, and South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak listen to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's speech at a breakfast meeting of APEC leaders in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Japan Pool)

Members of the media photograph APEC leaders as they pose for ...

(AP) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:50:05 GMT

(AP) - Members of the media photograph APEC leaders as they pose for a group photograph after their dinner at the APEC Summit in Singapore, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. From left to right, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare, Taiwan's former Vice-President Lien Chen, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, U.S. President Barack Obama, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, China's President Hu Jintao, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet, Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Peru's President Alan Garcia, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd addresses a CEO summit ...

(AFP) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:00:45 GMT

(AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd addresses a CEO summit in Singapore on the sidelines of The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. Obama has came under fire from Asia-Pacific leaders for backsliding on free trade, at a regional summit devoted to driving the world economy out of crisis.(AFP/Adek Berry)