Brown Will Resign As British Pm by Sept. -- Move Could Clear Way for Labour-Liberal Partnership

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LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a dramatic bid to keep his beleaguered Labour Party in power after it was punished in elections last week, announcing he will resign by September at the latest even if the Liberal Democrats - being wooed by the Conservatives - decide to join his party in government.

The political theater comes as David Cameron's Conservatives - who won the most seats in Parliament but fell short of a majority - struggled in their attempts to win over the third-place Liberal Democrats.

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Brown Will Resign As British Pm by Sept. -- Move Could Clear Way for Labour-Liberal Partnership

Brown's party has been willing to entertain supporting the Liberal...

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