Australian Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd claimed victory on Saturday in a national election, ending 11 years of conservative government.
Rudd, 50, a former diplomat, has promised to pull Australian combat troops out of Iraq and sign the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.
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"Today Australia has looked to the future," Rudd told cheering supporters.
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