Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown (R) talks with Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson before the launch of Europe's first biodiesel blend train in scheduled passenger service at Euston Station in central London.

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Dinings Restaurant in London.

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Pilar Ordovas, from Christie's, checks Lucien Freud's painting of journalist Bruce Bernard, dated 1992, ahead of the auction on 20 June, London, U.K.. U.K. painter Lucian Freud, who's famous for his naked Kate Moss portrait, is heading for a 5.5 million-pound ($11 million) record with a work that Christie's International displays in London.

Scotland 's first Asian MSP Bashir Ahmed gestures in the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ahmed, who is originally from Pakistan, and all the newly elected MSP's attended the swearing in ceremony at Holyrood.

Scottish Election.

Britain 's Prime Minister Tony Blair gestures to supporters as he departs from Trimdon Labour Club in Trimdon, northeast England. Blair said he will quit on June 27, 10 years after winning power.