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PRIME MINISTER WATCH GORDON BROWN"S SPEECH

Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) and David Blunkett (R) watch the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown deliver his keynote speech at Labour's party conference in Brighton, England on Monday September 26 2005.Mr. Brown is widely accepted to succeed Tony Blair as the new leader of the Labour party before the end of Labour's term in government...(UPI Photo/Hugo Philpott)

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