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Rudd leads Melbourne ceremony

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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has led a remembrance ceremony for the victims of bushfires which tore across the state of Victoria, killing more than 200 people.

He said: "On Black Saturday, what we saw at work was the worst of nature, yet the best of humanity."

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