Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives at Downing Street in central London, for the weekly cabinet meeting, on June 9, 2009. Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought Tuesday to draw a line under his most tumultuous week since taking office, after facing down angry rebels threatening to oust him. A smiling Brown gathered his newly reshuffled cabinet for its first weekly meeting, having survived a showdown with his own Labour Party's lawmakers in the wake of two humiliating poll defeats. Getty Images logo Getty Images 32 months ago

Britain's Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw arrives at Downing Street in central London, for the weekly cabinet meeting, on June 9, 2009. Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought Tuesday to draw a line under his most tumultuous week since taking office, after facing down angry rebels threatening to oust him. A smiling Brown gathered his newly reshuffled cabinet for its first weekly meeting, having survived a showdown with his own Labour Party's lawmakers in the wake of two humiliating poll defeats.

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