by Monitor
GORDON Brown took over from Tony Blair as Britain's prime minister and quickly announced a new Cabinet in which some sitting ministers changed their jobs, new names were brought in and several old hands left; Mr Brown decided not to appoint a deputy prime minister to succeed John Prescott. Within 24 hours Mr Blair had moved into a new job, of roving envoy for the Middle East peace process; his appointment got a mixed reception.The US Department of Justice announced an investigation into the UK armament company BAE Systems following allegations of corruption in the multi-million pound contract for the supply of 70 Eurofighters to Saudi Arabia. President Bush had a bad week: his Immigration Bill was defeated for a second time in Congress and he failed to get an extension of Congressional agreement to fasttrack international trade deals. The latter setback seemed likely to spell the end of the already stalled Doha round of trade negotiations. FIFA climbed down from its ban on World Cup games being played in high-altitude countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, Bolicia and Peru.
THE WEEK THAT WAS
01/07/2007 00:00
Also in Holiday
- Important information for British travellers arriving at Palma airport from April
- Passengers advised to head to Mallorca airport three hours before flights
- Mallorca restaurant concerns about lack of Easter bookings
- Former England, Newcastle and Liverpool star a winner in Mallorca
- Rafa Nadal expands his property empire
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