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Australia’s prime minister, Kevin Rudd, addresses the media after calling a general election in Canberra on August 4, 2013. Rudd named September 7 as election day, hoping to complete a stunning political comeback by keeping the center-left Labor Party in power three years after it ousted him. (AFP PHOTO)
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