Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology to the "Stolen Generation," in Canberra, Australia

Aborigines and members of the public gathered outside Parliament House for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology to the "Stolen Generation," in Canberra, Australia, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. Australia's new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered the nation's first apology to Aborigines taken from their families for assimilation with the white community, saying the policy was a ``blemished chapter'' in the nation's history.

Aborigines and members of the public gathered outside Parliament House for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology to the "Stolen Generation," in Canberra, Australia, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. Australia's new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered the nation's first apology to Aborigines taken from their families for assimilation with the white community, saying the policy was a ``blemished chapter'' in the nation's history.

Kevin Rudd, Australia's prime minister, center, is congratulated by members of his party after delivering an apology to the Aborigines, in Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. Australia's new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered the nation's first apology to Aborigines taken from their families for assimilation with the white community, saying the policy was a "blemished chapter" in the nation's history.

Aborigines weep during a gathering outside Parliament House for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology to the "Stolen Generation," in Canberra, Australia, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. Australia's new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered the nation's first apology to Aborigines taken from their families for assimilation with the white community, saying the policy was a ``blemished chapter'' in the nation's history.

Men work at a fish market on February 13, 2008 three days after dramatic attacks on the president's residence and a motorcade carrying Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao in Dili. East Timor was to issue arrest warrants for 18 suspects after assassination attempts on the prime minister and President Jose Ramos-Horta, who underwent further surgery on multiple gunshot wounds.