"It is entirely Gordon Brown's own fault that this is now happening in the run-up to the general election,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

In 1885, a British relief force arrived in Khartoum following its capture by the Mahdi and the killing of British General Gordon two days earlier.

CNN: Wednesday,

Former pupils of the school include the distinguished US Air Force pilot, General Gordon Graham, the American football player Russell Letlow and the television actress Jeanne Cooper.

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On Wednesday, the US Senate approved General Gordon as security supremo, an appointment which has been held up by Democrats in a bureaucratic row over his exact role.

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