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NA211-Gillard to be sworn in as Australia's first woman prime minister - CNN.com

Gillard to be sworn in as Australia's first woman prime minister - CNN.com

Australia's new prime minister, Julia Gillard, said Thursday that she had respect for the leadership of her predecessor, Kevin Rudd, but moved to replace him because "I came to the view that the government was losing its way."

The 48-year-old lawyer made her remarks after the Labor Party caucus declared vacant the positions of leader and deputy leader and then chose Gillard to take the helm, ending Rudd's two and a half years as prime minister.

 
 

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