Indo-Asian News Service: Australia’s prime minister-elect Kevin Rudd has begun preparations to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and attend next month’s climate change talks in Bali, leaving US President George W. Bush isolated in his battle against international action on climate change. This is in marked contrast to outgoing premier John Howard, who sided with the US for 10 years in fighting the international process. Meanwhile, congratulatory messages were flowing in for Rudd from various heads of state or …