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CANBERRA - There has been a massive surge in people wanting to have a say in the 2010 election with tens of thousands of Australians added to the electoral roll since Saturday, local media reported on Monday. Wholesale Jewelry . The rush to join the roll ahead of the Monday night deadline was so fierce the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) at lunchtime boosted its call center staff by 200 to 700. Related readings:? Australias Webber adds spice to his Red Bull image Chinese involved in cases of bringing child porn to Australia Australia shrugs off snub of refugee center by East Timor Australia to delay Internet filter plan Bottoms up for ten tables of wine from Australia The AEC website also crashed for almost an hour as Australians rushed to register to vote ahead of the August 21 poll. AEC spokesman Phil Diak said tens of thousands of Australians had been added to the roll since the election was called on Saturday. Weve had a rush on enrollments today, Diak told Australian Associated Press. Theres been an extraordinary number of calls to the national call center and our website has been heavily visited all through the day. Its has been pretty flat strap. While the deadline for registering was set to expire at 2000 (AEST) on Monday, those already on the roll but who want to update their details have until 2000 on Thursday. Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Saturday announced the general election date on August 21. Ryan Howard Replicas Jersey . Amid growing doubts over the identity of this silent woman who mysteriously emerged from the jungles of northeastern Cambodia, the family caring for her insists she is their daughter Rochom Pngieng, who disappeared 19 years ago while guarding a water buffalo. Albert Pujols Authentic Jersey .C. -- The ongoing struggles of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Oakland Athletics Michael Taylor Jersey . 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Earlier, Stuttgart sent Bayern Munich to its second straight Bundesliga loss -- and first home defeat in 11 months -- with a come-from-behind 2-1 win. Kuranyis strikes brought his total to a league-high 17 goals, with both goals coming off passes from Jefferson Farfan. Schalke now has a two-point lead over Bayern with six matches remaining -- and can all but clinch the championship if its beats Bayern next week at home. "If we beat them next week, we have a good chance of winning the title, but we wont be home dry," said Schalkes coach Felix Magath, who won the title with Wolfsburg last season. Schalke now has 58 points, two more than Bayern and five ahead of Leverkusen. "It hurts a lot," Bayern coach Louis van Gaal said of his teams defeat. Leverkusen went a record 24 games undefeated but has lost three of its last four. It sorely missed injured top striker Stefan Kiessling, who has 16 goals. Kuranyi pulled even when he picked up Farfans pass and curled the ball inside the left post and then pulled ahead with a header in the 27th. "We got well into the game and the early goals helped." Magath said. "It was a big win after a strong performance." Leverkusens coach Jupp Heynckes said Schalke had a good chance of winning the title. "They were superior in all aspects, especially in the first half," Heynckes said. After taking the early two-goal lead, Schalke rarely allowed Leverkusen to get close. With 22 goals allowed, Schalke has the stingiest defence. In other games, Werder Bremen beat Nuremberg 4-2, Cologne won 4-1 in Hannover, Wolfsburg was a 2-0 winner in Mainz and Borussia Dortmund drew 0-0 at Hertha Berlin. In Munich, Ivica Olic put Bayern ahead but Christian Traesch and Ciprian Marica scored for Stuttgart to hand Bayern its first loss in 17 home games. Bayerns afternoon got worse when Dutch international Arjen Robben pulled up with a left-caalf injury, an injury that could prove costly ahead of Tuesdays Champions League quarter-final against Manchester United. Deion Sanders Jersey. Van Gaal started with Robben and France playmaker Franck Ribery on the bench after Wednesdays extra-time 1-0 win over Schalke in their German Cup semifinal. Both came on after the break but neither made much of an impact. Stuttgart started brightly against the Bundesliga leaders, Sami Khedira forcing goalkeeper Joerg Butt into a save in the 24th minute. At the other end, Daniel van Buyten came close for Bayern. Olic opened the scoring for Bayern in the 32nd, connecting with a low cross from Croatia teammate Danijel Pranjic to bury the ball into the roof of the net. But Stuttgart was uncowed and Traesch equalized in the 41st when his shot from 20 metres was deflected past Butt and into the net. Stuttgart kept pressing. Timo Gebhart tested Butt, who barely managed to turn away his shot, before Marica scored the winner in the 50th. Bayerns defence failed to clear a corner and Cacau floated a cross to the far post, where the unmarked Marica nodded the ball home. Bayern should have tied it when Miroslav Kloses header off a cross from Philipp Lahm hit Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, but was also fortunate when Zdravko Kuzmanovic narrowly missed the target in the 78th after shaking off Bayern defender Diego Contento. "Stuttgart is a good team and it created chances," van Gaal said. "We conceded an unlucky goal on a deflected shot and we were unlucky in front of Stuttgarts goal." Bayern faces a series of decisive games, with another trip to Schalke on April 3, the return leg at Manchester United, and a visit to third-place Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. Lehmann, the Stuttgart goalkeeper, said Bayern, which lost 2-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt last week, could be feeling the burden of playing in three competitions. "We have only one game a week and maybe we were the fresher team," said Lehmann, whose team won in Munich for the first time since September 1999. "It was time to win here again," Stuttgarts coach Christian Gross said. ' ' '
