A slender lifeline has been handed to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as voters prepare to go to the polls tomorrow to decide who will lead Australia for the next three years.

A NZ woman who complained to Kevin Rudd about the rights of Kiwis across the Tasman has featured in a campaign pamphlet saying she'll vote for him.

Tony Abbott has many fans according to the polls - but few as enthusiastic as Nio Barbaro, who knelt at the Abbott's feet yesterday and planted a kiss on his forehead.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad seemed calm and was surrounded by only light security when he talked to a French journalist this week.

The prospect of air strikes in Syria has grown with political developments driving towards military action.

The graves had run into each other, mounds of red earth washed by the rain, blown by the wind.