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epa03760738 Ousted Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (C) leaves after being defeated for the leadership by Kevin Rudd in a ballot in Canberra, Austria, 26 June 2013. A three-year power struggle inside Australia's ruling party ended with serial challenger Kevin Rudd finally ripping the Labor leadership off Julia Gillard. Rudd was the only challenger in a secret ballot called by Gillard for the once-and-for-all showdown, and won it by 57-45 votes. The nation's first female prime minister, who deposed Rudd before his first term as prime minister was finished in 2010, said she would not contest her seat at a parliamentary election scheduled for September 14. EPA/LUKAS COCH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT