Tributes flow as Blair leaves on high note with EU deal
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Prime Minister Tony Blair ended his swansong appearance on the international stage on a high note Saturday, helping clinch a deal for a new EU treaty and trumpeting that Europe was turning Britain&#39;s way.
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European Union citizens are overwhelmingly happy with life -- and that's official.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday paid tribute to his predecessor Tony Blair, in a keynote speech three months after taking office following years of strains between the two.
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Last weekâs European Union summit offering Turkey talks on membership finished with hugs, kisses and a toast to a decision of historic moment.
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The presidents of Sierra Leone and Liberia on Wednesday praised British Prime Minister Tony Blair for sending troops to the former British colony and helping bring peace and stability to the wider region.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair left his Downing Street official residence for the last time Wednesday, heading for Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation after a decade in office.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has congratulated Shinzo Abe on his nomination as Japan's prime minister in waiting, saying he hoped they could continue strong bilateral ties.
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LONDON -- Tony Blair ended his decade as Britain's engaging but increasingly beleaguered prime minister yesterday in an emotional farewell to the House of Commons that ended with the installation of Gordon Brown as the new head of government.
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By Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor and Toby Helm, Chief Political Correspondent. Tony Blair won public endorsement from President George W Bush last night for his plan to hold an international Palestinian
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European Union citizens are  overwhelmingly happy with life -- and that's official.
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The Vatican on Saturday bid farewell to Tony Blair as British prime minister, wishing him well on what it said were his plans to work for Middle East peace and interreligious dialogue.
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Former British prime minister Tony Blair is one of hundreds of well wishers across the globe who have sent gifts to anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela for his 89th birthday on Wednesday.
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Celebrations to mark the centenary of the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France took a musical turn Saturday with a big concert in London bringing together stars from both sides of the Channel.
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Family and friends of murdered Iraq hostage Ken Bigley came together to remember him today in a dignified ceremony that rose above the arguments surrounding his death.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain endorsed Tony Blair to be the first to fill a recreated European Union presidency.
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"I heard it was very successful"  The Vatican on Saturday bid farewell to Tony Blair as British prime minister, wishing him well on what it said were his plans to work for Middle East peace and interreligious dialogue.Blair held long talks with Pope Benedict XVI, with the Vatican stop on his farewell tour fueling rumors that he plans to convert to Catholicism. The two men met privately for 25 minutes and then were joined for further talks by English Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor.A Vatican press office called the audience a normal meeting between the pope and a government leader. Blair leaves office on Wednesday. Read more
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Tony Blair secured unequivocal endorsements from the Palestinian leadership and Israel yesterday for a US-backed conference that is designed to ensure the Palestinians enforce