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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair formally handed over leadership of the Labour Party June 24 to Chancellor Gordon Brown, setting off his resignation process after 10 years in power. Blair announced in May that he would first hand over party leadership and then formally resign his post June 27.

SPAIN Three Spanish peacekeeping soldiers were killed in Lebanon June 24 in a car bomb explosion, the Associated Press reported. Three Colombian peacekeepers were also killed. The six victims were members of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, which combines soldiers from 30 countries.
GAZA A new video of kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston was released June 25 showing him wearing what appears to be an explosives vest, the BBC reported. In the video, he says his captors will detonate it if attempts are made to free him by force. Johnston, a BBC correspondent, was abducted March 12 by a group calling itself the Army of Islam.
ITALY The Italian government says Mafia-related killings have fallen to their lowest level in decades, Reuters reported June 21. The number of homicides related to the mob numbered 121 in 2006, compared to 340 in 1992, statistics show. Italian authorities attribute the change to a Mafia decision of keeping a low profile.
FRANCE Fifteen people were convicted in Paris June 22 of embezzling $1.3 million from Eiffel Tower ticket sales from 1996 to 2002 by taking advantage of a register malfunction. The people, all former cashiers, were ordered to pay $940,000 in damages and fines and were given suspended jail sentences.


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