BRITISH PM GORDON BROWN"S NEW CABINET ARRIVES FOR FIRST MEETING
Minister for Transport Ruth Kelly arrives at No.10 Downing Street her first Cabinet meeting with the new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on June 29, 2007. (UPI Photo/Hugo Philpott)
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