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Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, left, welcomes China's Executive Vice-Premier Li Keqiang to "The Lodge", the Prime Minister's official residence, in Canberra, Australia, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009.

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  4. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown poses with Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (R) before a meeting at a hotel beside the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen December 15, 2009.
  5. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives a short TV interview as he arrives for a meeting with Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (not pictured) at a hotel beside the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen December 15, 2009.
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  12. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd arrives at Copenhagen Airport in Denmark, to attend the UN Climate Summit, United Nations Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.
  13. TOKYO - DECEMBER 15: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) shakes hand with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) prior to their meeting at Hatoyama's official residence on December 15, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Rudd visits Japan on the way to attend COP 15 taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  14. TOKYO - DECEMBER 15: (L-R) Co-chairs of International Commission on Nuclear non-Proliferation and Disarmament Yoriko Kawaguchi and Gareth Evans, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd attend the report presentation ceremony at Hatoyama's official residence on December 15, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The report will be issued early 2010, in advance of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, held in New York in May 2010.
  15. TOKYO - DECEMBER 15: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) talks to Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) during their meeting at Hatoyama's official residence on December 15, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Rudd visits Japan on the way to attend COP 15 taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  16. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, second from right, are presented by International Commission on Nuclear non-Proliferation and Disarmament Co-Chairs, Yoriko Kawaguchi of Japan, left, and Gareth Evans of Australia, the commission members' reports during a presentation ceremony at Hatoyama's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. The report will be issued early 2010, in advance of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in New York in May, 2010. Rudd was in Japan on the way to attend U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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