European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page 11 in the world Brown takes party reins from Blair in by Rob Harris the associated press England Gordon Brown vowed to change Britain to meet new priorities As he took Over leadership of the la Bour party from Tony Blair on Days before he becomes prime the Treasury who will succeed Blair As British Leader on pledged sweeping re forms to tackle poverty and improve health care and said he recognized Glo bal extremism would not be Defeated by Mili tary Force our for eign policy in the years ahead will reflect the truth that to isolate and defeat terrorist extreme Brown tary Brown told a Confer ence of party members in making his first speech As it is also a struggle of ideas and ideals that in the coming years will be waged and won for hearts and minds Here at Home and round the he Brown said key to that work would be what becomes daily More urgent a Middle East settlement upholding a two state Solu Tion for Israel and the Palestin ism now involves More than Mili Justice minister Harriet har Man who has called for the government to apologize for mistakes Over the Iraq War won a vote among of million party and labor Union members and was named Browns Deputy party Lead beating a Challenge from five fellow formally handing Over the told the Confer ence Brown would give his Best in the service of the country i know his Best is As Good As it the men vied to Lead the party in 1994 but Brown was persuaded to stand sparking an often turbulent relationship be tween the duo at the Pinnacle of British politics for 10 but Brown later praised Blairs saying his work was historic and the 56yearold Scot faced no Challenge from fellow legislators to replace and an opinion poll for the observer newspaper on hinted his appoint ment would boost the Ting labour ahead of the opposition conservatives for the first time since Britain sunday times reported Brown is considering a rever Sal of one of his predecessors most contentious policies plan Ning to restore the right of protest ers to demonstrate freely outside 1 Reserve pre Monsoon storm in Pakistan kills hundreds Pakistan a pre Monsoon thunderstorm knocked Down severed electrical cables and killed 228 peo ple in Pakistan Southern port City of officials said the toll from saturdays High winds and rain Rose after 185 More bodies were counted in the City said Sardar minis Ter of health for Singh 43 deaths were Lebanon blast kills 5 peacekeepers Lebanon a bomb apparently targeting peace keepers exploded by the Side of a Road in Southern Lebanon on Sun killing five Spanish troops and injuring at least a senior Leb anese military official the senior official in Beirut said a mine May have caused the expo but another Security official based in Southern Lebanon said a bomb detonated at the Side of a Road about 4 Miles North of the israeli Border town of israeli aircraft hits car in Gaza one dead Gaza strip the israeli military said late sunday that an israeli aircraft targeted at a car in Gaza the first such attack since the islamic group overran Gaza earlier this one person was killed and two Hospital officials the attack took place in the Eastern part of Gaza a known Hamas Israel has frequently targeted Gaza militants in say ing the goal is to prevent daily rocket barrages from Gaza at israeli Border is Rael had stayed on the sidelines during this months lightning Hamas sweep through when the islamist forces overran Headquarters of Security forces linked to the rival Fatah of pales Tinian president Mahmoud from the associated press