Brown set to appoint first female home secretary
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Jacqui Smith likely to take charge of new-look department under Gordon Brown's premiership.
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Britain's "men in tights" have their first female chief.
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Gordon Brown is to announce junior appointments, as opponents allege a lack of substantial change.
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Jacqui Smith is home secretary and David Miliband foreign secretary in Gordon Brown's revamped Cabinet.
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Sarah Brown, the discreet and grounded wife of Britain&#39;s next prime minister, offers a stark contrast to Tony Blair&#39;s high-profile spouse Cherie -- and could help soften her husband&#39;s dour image.
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Britain&#39;s finance minister Gordon Brown arrived Sunday at a conference centre in northwestern England where he was to be confirmed as the governing Labour Party&#39;s new leader.
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Gordon Brown is set to take over as UK prime minister on Wednesday, ending Tony Blair's 10 years in power.
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Britain's new leader Gordon Brown was appointing his senior circle of ministers Thursday after he ended a decade-long wait to become prime minister, stepping from Tony Blair's shadow determined to repair divisions over the unpopular Iraq war.
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Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair on  Wednesday, becoming Britain&#39;s 52nd prime minister at the head  of a Labour government suffering in polls because of Iraq and  in need of new life if it is to secure a fourth consecutive  term.
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Unemployed people living in social housing should actively seek work or risk losing their homes, the new housing minister is expected to say in her first major speech Tuesday.
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The British government has announced plans to send a top Foreign Office representative to North Korea in September. Junior Minister for East Asia Bill Rammell will become the first British minister to visit
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Gordon Brown is to be confirmed as the new leader of the UK's ruling Labour Party.
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Chancellor Gordon Brown, long tipped to take over from Prime Minister Tony Blair, is finally to move into 10 Downing Street -- even if he hasn't got the top job yet, officials have said.
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Britain&#39;s incoming prime minister Gordon Brown said Sunday he was &quot;ready to serve&quot; as he was crowned leader of the governing Labour Party, three days before taking over from Tony Blair as premier.
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Gordon Brown is due in Belfast Monday morning for the first time since becoming prime minister to meet with his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern and the leaders of Britain&#39;s various devolved governments.
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India's governing coalition chose a woman as its presidential candidate Thursday, setting the stage for her to become the country's first female president.
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There is no shortage of challenges awaiting new Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he gets set to start his first full day as the country&#39;s leader, newspapers said Thursday.