Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks during a reception at Parliament House in Canberra, February 13, 2008. Rudd had delivered an historic apology to the Aboriginal people for injustices committed over two centuries of white settlement. "We apologize for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians," said Rudd. (Xinhua/AFP) |