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