Blair presses allies over Afghan forces at EU summit
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday that he had pressed his fellow EU leaders to bolster troop contributions for Afghanistan, but would not be drawn on whether any offers had been made.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair told soldiers fighting a resurgent Taliban that success in Afghanistan would be a step toward global security, and on Monday pledged Britain's commitment to the war-torn country "for as long as it takes."
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NATO's top operational commander wants more troops to help crush an expected Taliban offensive in Afghanistan but is facing widespread reluctance among allies to come forward, alliance officials said on Tuesday.
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MUNICH, Feb. 10 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates challenged European military leaders and lawmakers Sunday to bolster support for the war in Afghanistan, warning NATO members that an unwillingness to shoulder the burdens of war equally "would effectively destroy the alliance."
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday called for greater international support to bolster the African Union peacekeeping force on the second leg of a farewell tour of the continent.
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British forces in Afghanistan will be provided with whatever resources they need, the prime minister says.
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The United States raised  pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to rush more troops to  Afghanistan to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the  coming weeks would be key in battling the insurgency.
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Tony Blair and Gordon Brown closed ranks yesterday to warn their EU allies that Europe must move further and faster towards economic reform if it is to help sustain the global recovery as oil prices rise.
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The United States will urge European allies to help speed up a long-promised expansion of Nato's peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan at a meeting of defence ministers starting Wednesday, diplomats said.
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NATO pressed its allies at a summit Tuesday to deploy more troops to Afghanistan's volatile south, but Germany resisted any permanently expanded presence and Canada complained of bearing the brunt of an increasingly bloody mission.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has appealed to his EU counterparts to apply heavy pressure on the Sudanese government and rebels to stop the civil war in Sudan's western Darfur region.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is hopeful that his NATO allies will pledge to do more to help British-led troops in southern Afghanistan at an alliance summit in the Latvian capital.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, seeking to repair ties between the United States and Europe, urged Washington yesterday to reach out to its allies and not depend on military force alone in the global fight against terrorism.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, seeking to repair ties between the United States and Europe, urged Washington yesterday to reach out to its
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Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga urged NATO countries to &quot;whole-heartedly&quot; commit their resources to strife-torn Afghanistan, as alliance leaders gathered in Riga for a summit.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates made a direct appeal to Europeans on Sunday to support the war in Afghanistan, warning that violence and terrorism could surge worldwide if NATO was defeated there.
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World leaders at the Nato summit in Riga, Latvia, today, with Tony Blair on the far right.Comment