Blair wants to avoid Putin 'row'
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Tony Blair wants to avoid a 'stand up row' with Russia's president but will tell him he is being 'counter-productive'.
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Tony Blair denies scaremongering as he puts security measures at the heart of pre-election plans.
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Tony Blair urges Labour to focus on policy and not the race to succeed him at the party's conference this week.
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LONDON, Nov. 28 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday that "there is no diplomatic or political barrier in the way" of investigating the mysterious fatal poisoning of a former Russian spy in London and that he planned to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the matter "at any time...
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair undertook a passionate defence of the transatlantic alliance but called on the United States to &quot;reach out&quot; to its international partners for the sake of world order.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses Britain of having a "colonial mindset" over an extradition row.
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Tony Blair has said he will not bring forward his plans to leave office over the cash-for-honours affair.
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Tony Blair tries to move on from talk about his leadership by explaining plans to tackle problem families.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is heading Wednesday for his swangsong G8 summit, battling to make good on pledges on Africa and climate change at talks clouded by a growing row with Russia.
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Russia said Thursday it would expel four British diplomats in an escalating conflict, but President Vladimir Putin sought to calm what he called a "mini-crisis" over his refusal to extradite a suspect in the murder of a Kremlin critic in London.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair claimed to have defused a potential row with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf over claims that his country's intelligence services are backing Islamist extremism.
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Russia accuses UK of seeking confrontation over Litvinenko case, but stops short of immediate tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair, seeking to repair strained ties between the United States and Europe, on Monday urged Washington to reach out to its allies and not depend on military force alone in the global fight against terrorism.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is eager to argue Turkey's case for EU membership but will not go looking to pick a fight on the issue, his spokesman said in Brussels.
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Tony Blair tells Labour activists the party should focus on policy and not infighting.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair   urged followers on Tuesday to put aside squabbles over who   succeeds him and focus on winning the next election in an   emotional farewell speech to his party.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will Friday meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G8 summit, with tensions between the two countries at a post-Soviet low.