Canberra, Nov. 13 : Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd''s social networking site has crashed after the number of people registering for his “Twitter” campaign exceeded the permissible limit.

Rudd’s spokeswoman said the Prime Minister had 670 Twitter followers late last night, but he lost most of them when the page crashed due to high demand.

Having witnessed the power of the web in the US presidential election campaign, Rudd and Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull are engaged in a high-tech race to win the hearts and minds of switched-on Australians.

Sydney- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was asked not once but four times Tuesday to deny that he or his staff had deliberately tried to embarrass US President George W Bush by telling reporters that the leader of the free world had asked him, "What's the G20?" during a private telephone conversation this month.

Rudd's repeated refusals to do so were characterized by opposition Liberal Party leader Malcolm Turnbull as a "serial and eloquent plea of guilty."

Sydney  - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday chided Wall Street investment banks for their "obscene failures" and promised to provide the world with a new set of rules for corporate governance.

"As a government and as a nation, we must respond to the twin evils which are at the root of this malaise - greed and fear," Rudd said.

He offered to draw up new banking regulations that could become "a template for the rest of the world" in dealing with what he called "extreme capitalism."

The prime minister also pledged to limit the pay of bank bosses.

Sydney - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday chided Wall Street investment banks for their "obscene failures" and promised to provide the world with a new set of rules for corporate governance.

"As a government and as a nation, we must respond to the twin evils which are at the root of this malaise - greed and fear," Rudd said.

He offered to draw up new banking regulations that could become "a template for the rest of the world" in dealing with what he called "extreme capitalism."

The prime minister also pledged to limit the pay of bank bosses.

Sydney - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's year-long honeymoon with Australian voters ended messily Monday with an opinion poll showing a warm embrace of new opposition Liberal Party leader Malcolm Turnbull.

The numbers reflect disquiet in the electorate over Rudd's frequent travels abroad and his desire to play the global statesman.

Satisfaction with Rudd fell to 50 per cent, its lowest level since he ousted veteran conservative John Howard in a Labor landslide in November. Dissatisfaction with the