After a standing ovation for Mr Rudd, the most rousing applause came for a call to end Australia's constitutional links with the monarchy and make it a republic.

陆克文受到了持续的喝彩，而他受到的最热烈的欢迎是因他呼吁结束澳大利亚与君主体制脱离关系，建立共和制。

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Madagascar's constitutional court declared Wednesday on national radio that opposition leader Andry Rajoelina has become president of the republic.

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The country's Supreme Constitutional Court says he will not be inaugurated and will not be called president of the republic because he was not chosen through a democratic election as required by the constitution.

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