Gordon Brown on 'Economic Hurricane'

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that the world is facing "an economic hurricane" that can only be addressed by global cooperation. "Sometimes the reality is that defining moments of history come suddenly and without warning," Brown said in an address to Congress today. "An economic hurricane has swept the world, creating a crisis of credit and of confidence." Brown called the global recession a new priority "for our new times." "I come now to talk of new and different battles we...Full Story