An indigenous Australian couple react as Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivers an apology to the Aboriginal people for past mistreatment at the Australian Parliament in Canberra February 13, 2008. Australia apologised for the historic mistreatment of Aborigines on Wednesday, moving many aborigines to tears and prompting cheers from huge crowds gathered in cities across the nation. Rudd told parliament that past policies of assimilation, under which aboriginal children were taken from their families to be brought up in white households, were a stain on the nation's soul. REUTERS/Andrew Sheargold/Pool (AUSTRALIA)