BRITISH PM GORDON BROWN"S NEW CABINET ARRIVES FOR FIRST MEETING
Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling arrives at No.10 Downing Street his first Cabinet meeting with the new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on June 29, 2007. (UPI Photo/Hugo Philpott)
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