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U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown Shakes Up Cabinet In Hopes of Hanging on to Power

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown shook up his Cabinet on Friday in hopes of hanging on to his job in the midst of a scandal over lawmakers' expenses, a string of top-level resignations and catastrophic results expected in local elections.Brown promoted key allies to his inner circle as he tried to crush efforts to oust him within his Labour Party. Some legislators view Brown as the key obstacle to the party's hopes of avoiding defeat in the next national election, which must be held by June 2010.Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell, a 39-year-old fast-rising star in Brown's government, dramatically quit late Thursday and urged Brown to step aside. "I now believe your continued leadership makes a Conservative victory more, not less likely," he told Brown in a resignation letter.Defense Secretary John Hutton, who was regarded as one of the Cabinet's best performers, announced Friday he was quitting his post — the sixth surprise resignation in four days. But he offered Brown his s...

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  6. British PM Gordon Brown : No Election This Year

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  7. Clegg keeps stardust in 2nd British debate, holds own against Labour and Conservative rival

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  8. Shaken by polls, Britain's Brown taps Elvis lookalike to stir UK election campaign razzmatazz

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  9. News of the World Still Under Attack

    Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown accuses newspaper of using criminals to obtain confidential info about his family

  10. British PM to Propose 'Global New Deal' to Rescue World's Economy

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  11. Obama's call for taxing highest earners could result in diminishing returns

    While President Obama campaigns hard for Congress to raise taxes on America's highest earners — insisting on no deal to resolve the looming fiscal crisis without it ...

  12. Gordon Brown Resigns

    British prime minister travels to Buckingham Palace to offer formal resignation to Queen Elizabeth

  1. Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he's 'very cheerful' as backbench lawmaker

    LONDON (AP) — Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he's looking forward to the future after his Labour party's loss in Britain's recent election.Brown spoke with ...

  2. New British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Picks New Cabinet Team

    Britain's new leader chose his senior circle of ministers on Thursday, picking David Milliband , the youngest foreign secretary in decades and a rising star who voic...

  3. George Clooney Meets British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to Talk About Darfur

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  4. Former PM Gordon Brown accuses Rupert Murdoch of lying under oath to UK media inquiry

    Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown lambasted Rupert Murdoch before Britain's media ethics inquiry on Monday, claiming the media mogul had lied under oath to the inqu...

  5. Should Britain's Gordon Brown Break His Silence About Lockerbie Bomber's Release?

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  6. Gordon Brown to resign as British prime minister in bid to keep defeated party in power

    LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a dramatic bid to keep his beleaguered Labour Party in power after it was punished in a national election, ann...

  7. Gordon Brown Backs Tony Blair for EU Presidency

    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is backing Tony Blair's candidacy for president of the European Union.He says he would be "very happy" to support Blair if the fo...

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