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Finance minister Gordon Brown became the new prime minister of Britain on June 27 as Tony Blair stepped down from the role.

London police find a second car bomb near the busy Piccadilly Circus area where one was discovered early Friday morning.

In Turkmenistan, nearly six million people are still caught in the iron grip of an eccentric dictator who is no longer even alive. Saparmurat Niyazov died last December and was succeeded by his personal dentist. But like so many things in secretive Turkmenistan, little is known about how that happened.

The Palestinian president, aligned with the ousted Fatah movement, creates a new government that sidelines Hamas. The new government is headed by Salam Fayyad, a respected economist who will serve as prime minister, foreign minister and finance minister.

Harriet Miers, former White House counsel, was ordered not to appear for scheduled testimony before the House Judiciary Committee about the firings of federal prosecutors late last year. Earlier this week President Bush invoked executive privilege to prevent her answering questions.

Oversight hearings; questions about secrecy; subpoenas of top advisors: These are new phenomena to the Bush White House. Adjusting to the Democratic Congress is proving to be a challenge for an administration that grew comfortable when Republicans controlled two branches of the government.

Flynn resigned amid allegations he inappropriately talked about U.S. sanctions with a Russian official, and later allegedly misled then Vice President-elect Mike Pence about the conversations.

North Korea's bombastic propaganda and unpredictable leadership have made it a topic of frequent parody. But experts say it's time to take the nation's nuclear capabilities more seriously.

The search for people continues after yesterday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake. Thousands of houses have been damaged or destroyed, as well as schools, hospitals and churches.

The Buffalo Bills returned to the football field Sunday with an emotional game against the New England Patriots. It's the first time the Bills played since safety Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest.