Kevin Rudd
Politician and Country Leader
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Financial crisis hitting neediest in their bellies...disasters. Australia yesterday became the first country to provide funding to the WFP under a partnership agreement that followed a discussion between Ms Sheeran and Kevin Rudd at the G8 meetings in L'Aquila in July. The Foreign... In this article: WFP, Stephen Smith, Kevin Rudd, Australia, L'Aquila, Sydney, and Canberra |
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | July 08, 2009
Merkel warns on climate-change progress at G8
...December. Mrs Merkel issued her call for caution during a joint press conference with the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, after an hour-long meeting on the eve of G8 talks in L'Aquila, in the earthquake-devastated Abruzzo region. Both spoke...
In this article: Angela Merkel, G8, Climate change, Global warming, Copenhagen, US, L'Aquila, and China
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The Australian | July 15, 2009
Skid marks of Utegate overrun carbon fight
...then the outcome at Copenhagen won't see us doing much at all. Rudd himself has told us an agreement is unlikely, even if he didn't mean his candid assessment to become public. Yet he wants the Senate to pass his carbon reduction scheme into...
In this article: Climate change, Malcolm Turnbull, Carbon, Greg Combet, Coal, Carbon dioxide, Copenhagen, and Al Gore
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | July 12, 2009
Italy agrees to return Aboriginal remains
The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd and his Italian counterpart, Silvio Berlusconi, held bilateral talks at the end of the Group of Eight meeting in L'Aquila and signed a memorandum of understanding after years of controversy. The joint...
In this article: Italy, Australia, Oxford University, Silvio Berlusconi, L'Aquila, South Australia, and Rome
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | July 03, 2009
Rudd promises to match earthquake funds
Mr Rudd, the patron of the Australia-Abruzzo Earthquake Appeal Fund, heads off overseas on Monday for meetings in Malaysia and Germany before he meets world leaders attending the 17-nation Major Economies Forum in L'Aquila. He said...
In this article: Australia, Supreme Court, Italy, L'Aquila, Sepp Blatter, James Gobbo, Bruno Grollo, and Galileo Galilei
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GlobalPost | July 11, 2009
On climate, it's Washington v. Beijing
On climate, it's Washington v. Beijing Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and U.S. President Barack Obama make a statement on the environment at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, July 9, 2009. (Jason Reed/Reuters) The Major Economies...
In this article: G8, Kyoto Protocol, Global warming, L'Aquila, Barack Obama, U.S., China, and Unenforceable
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | July 09, 2009
Rudd meets IMF, World Bank chiefs
...L'Aquila on Thursday. The prime minister urged Mr Zoellick to get the World Bank to do more to help Pacific island nations steer their way through the economic crisis and deal with the impacts of climate change. "They agreed that...
In this article: World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Bob Zoellick, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Australia, Pacific, Climate change, and L'Aquila
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | July 07, 2009
PM shouldn't lobby for saint: priest
...her during a visit to Australia in January 1995. Mr Rudd's meeting with Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday follows a short visit with FIFA to discuss Australia's World Cup soccer bid for 2018. The meetings are part of a week-long whirlwind...
In this article: Pope Benedict XVI, Australia, FIFA, World Cup, Pope John Paul II, and Penny Wong
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USATODAY.com | July 09, 2009
Obama, Australian leader announce climate institute
...USA TODAY L'AQUILA, Italy President Obama and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced Thursday the creation of a new institute to research how best to capture and store carbon emissions that are heating the globe. Making the best...
In this article: Barack Obama, Carbon, Climate change, Global warming, Italy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, U.S., and Robert Gibbs
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | July 04, 2009
Rudd off to climate, soccer, saint talks
...Blessed Mary MacKillop. Mr Rudd will also meet Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Rome before attending the MEF in the town of L'Aquila, north-east of Rome, which was hit by a severe earthquake in April. At the MEF, Mr Rudd will...
In this article: Climate change, Malaysia, Rome, Copenhagen, L'Aquila, Berlin, Kuala Lumpur, FIFA, and Sepp Blatter
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Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is the 26th and current Prime Minister of Australia and federal leader of the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP). Under Rudd's leadership, the Labor Party won the 2007 federal election on 24 November against the incumbent centre-right Liberal/National coalition government led by John Howard (see Howard Government). The Rudd Ministry was sworn in by the Governor-General, Michael Jeffery, on 3 December 2007.
- Birth Date:
- September 21, 1957
- Birthplace:
- Nambour, Queensland, Australia
- Religion:
- Anglican
- Spouse:
- Thérèse Rein
- University Attended:
- Australian National University
- Occupation:
- Diplomat
- Political party:
- Australian Labor Party
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