Britain's new Prime Minister, Conservative party Leader David Cameron, watched by his wife Samantha, addresses the media outside 10 Downing Street in central London on May 11, 2010.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced his resignation yesterday, opening the door of 10 Downing Street for Conservative leader David Cameron to step in.
Cameron's Conservative Party coalition with the Liberal Democrats is the first power sharing deal between the two in history, as well as the first coalition government in Britain in 70 years. For an update we are joined by Paddy O'Connell, host of BBC's Broadcasting House. And to help translate what's going on in the U.K. for us Americans is Sarah Lyall, author of The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British
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I went to a boarding school on L.I.N.Y.(1940's) and we were served raw milk from prize winning cows.
If the cows are not in a "factory environment" and eating grass and sent out to pasture they are healthy and safe.
My only objection is the cream is at the top and you get a "got milk" upper lip !
Teresa S
Regarding the man killing school children with a hatchet and other copycat incidents in China recently. Imagine if China had the loose gun laws we have here in the US. There would have been many more dead than the 16 in the 6 schools mentioned, if each man had been carrying a gun.
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