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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown used months-old video of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday to boost his beleaguered image before a decisive speech on his future.
The fleeting glimpse of the Illinois senator came during a Labour Party video montage documenting Brown's 15 months in office. The video was played to delegates as a prelude to the keynote speech that was part of an effort to burnish his dour image and stamp out a rebellion from detractors in his governing Labour Party.

"Prime Minister Brown has a clear sense, not only how to rebuild the economy for the people of Britain, but also a broader vision of how we all have to work together," Obama said in previously unreleased comments that were nonetheless typical of platitudes offered by visiting dignitaries.