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UK Defence minister resigns

London, UK - Premier Gordon Brown is working to a government reshuffling

Chaos following expenses scandal goes on in the UK. Just as prime minister, Gordon Brown, is working to a government reshuffling, today Defence secretary John Hutton resigned, officially for personal reasons. He is the fourth member of Brown's cabinet to stand down, after Interior minister Jaqui Smith, Work minister John Purnell and Communities minister Hazel Blears. "I'm standing down from the...

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Rome, Italy, 06/05/2009 15:04
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