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David Cameron becomes British prime minister, ending conservatives’ 13 years as minority
LONDON – David Cameron finally took office as British premier Tuesday, ending his Conservative party’s 13 years in opposition and vowing to form a “strong and stable” coalition after cliff-hanger polls. The 43-year-old  who becomes Britain’s youngest prime minister for some two centuries, with a pregnant wife  was…
British PM Brown stepping down as Labour leader
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Monday he will stand down as Labour leader by September, and that his party is to hold formal talks on a power-sharing deal with the Liberal Democrats. Brown said he would “ask the Labour party to set in train the processes needed for its…
Depressed Blair ‘wanted to quit after Iraq war’: report
Tony Blair was so depressed after the Iraq war that the then British premier told Gordon Brown he would quit the following summer, only to renege on his pledge, a newspaper reported Sunday.…
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