Britain’s finance minister visited Israel for talks, only to be recalled to London. Gordon Brown had just landed in Tel Aviv on Wednesday when he announced he had to go back home to support British Prime Minister Tony Blair in a crucial parliamentary vote on counterterrorist policy.
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