UK's Blair defies critics over departure date
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged  an end to speculation about when he will leave office and asked  to be allowed to get on with his job in an interview published  on Friday.
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A court ruling that ministers should rethink nuclear power plans will not change policy, says Tony Blair.
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Tony Blair has hit back at criticism over a decision to drop a Saudi arms inquiry and of "cash for honours" allegations.
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Tony Blair again refuses to name a date for his departure, saying he will not be stepping down at the party conference.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair defended an extradition treaty with the United States shortly before lawmakers began an emergency debate on the issue Wednesday, as three British bankers prepared to be sent to Texas to face Enron-related fraud charges.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair says there was no rift in his Cabinet over his government's handling of the conflict in Lebanon, and a British lawmaker publicly backed him on Sunday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a staunch defence of his record on Iraq Thursday after announcing a major troop withdrawal, and also insisted there is &quot;no planning&quot; under way for an attack on Iran.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair won the backing of his Labour Party on Thursday to keep British troops in Iraq, avoiding a humiliating defeat that would have undermined his premiership.
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Cherie Blair denies claims that her husband considered quitting as prime minister earlier this year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair took a swipe at critics of the British military mission in Afghanistan, five years on from the start of operations to oust the Taliban regime from power there.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair called  for an end to speculation about when he will leave office,  sparking renewed calls on Friday for a departure timetable from  critics within his party.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has 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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British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged   an end to speculation about when he will leave office and asked   to be allowed to get on with his job in an interview published   on Friday.
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Tony Blair tells the BBC he will not give in to pressure to stand down over the cash-for-honours affair.
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LONDON  - Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday passionately defended new pub licensing laws that will allow Britons to drink around the clock and insisted it would not lead to an explosion in booze-fuelled violence.
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The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has avoided a damaging blow at Labour&#39;s annual conference when a motion urging him to set an early date for the withdrawal of British forces from Iraq was defeated.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's government on Monday rejected claims from opposition lawmakers that a redeployment of British troops in Iraq would be a political show of support for the Bush administration before U.S. presidential elections.