Brown takes over as British PM

LONDON, June 27: Gordon Brown became British prime minister Wednesday, promising new priorities, after Tony Blair resigned after a decade in power. Brown, the former Treasury chief, smiled broadly following a meeting at Buckingham Palace during which Queen Elizabeth II asked him to form a new government in the traditional transfer of power. Having arrived in a modest sedan, Brown and his wife Sarah departed from the palace in a prime ministerial limousine. —AP