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Questions over leaked Rudd video

Senior Labor party figures are scratching their heads this morning as to who leaked an embarrassing video of Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd swearing in absolute frustration on YouTube.

The video, entitled Kevin Rudd is a happy little vegemite, was posted on YouTube on Friday.

It features selectively edited footage apparently designed to embarrass the Foreign Minister, including Mr Rudd swearing while trying to pre-record a message in Chinese several years ago while he was prime minister.

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Arrested: inside my Egyptian nightmare

Traffic was light on the road out of Cairo. We were on our way to Mahalla El Kubra, to spend February 11 รข€" the first anniversary of Mubarak's fall - with one of town's better known union organisers and political activists, Mr Kamal Elfayoumi.

Our plan was to conduct an interview. Instead we were faced with a terrifying ordeal of interrogation and injustice.

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Just In

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Survivors gather to mark Darwin bombing

War veterans, civilian survivors and their families have gathered in the Northern Territory to mark the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin.

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World

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Syrian forces open fire on activist funeral crowds

Witnesses say Syrian forces have opened fire at the funeral of three youths killed in protests in Damascus, wounding at least four people.

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Business

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Australians overdoing gloom: Treasury head

The head of the Federal Treasury says Australian consumers are too pessimistic about the future and he is surprised at the low levels of consumer and business confidence.

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Politics

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Roxon backs Gillard amid leadership rumblings

Attorney-General Nicola Roxon has declared Julia Gillard a better prime minister than Kevin Rudd and urged the now-Foreign Minister to end leadership rumblings.

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Sport

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AFL new boys almost pull off Giant upset

The AFL new boys from Greater Western Sydney held their own in two narrow losses to open their preseason campaign on Saturday night.

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Science and Technology

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Government introduces R18+ bill

The Federal Government has introduced legislation to establish an R18+ category for computer and video games in Australia.

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Environment

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Whalers lose case against Sea Shepherd

A US judge has refused a request to stop the Sea Shepherd activist group from disrupting Japanese whalers.

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