Deal to name Blair as Middle East envoy delayed
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Western powers struggled on Tuesday to finalize a role for outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair as Middle East envoy in their bid to revive peace prospects after Islamist Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip.
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Middle East mediators held talks on  Tuesday that could clear the way for the appointment of Tony  Blair as their envoy to try to revive peace prospects after  Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip.
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The four powers sponsoring the stagnant Middle East peace process met on Tuesday for the first time since Hamas seized Gaza, amid mounting speculation they could anoint outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair as their envoy.
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Tony Blair was to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday as he continued his fact-finding maiden visit to the region as the new envoy for the Middle East peace Quartet.
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The four sponsors of the stagnant Middle East peace process met Tuesday for the first time since Hamas seized Gaza, amid mounting speculation that outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair could be anointed their new envoy.
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Tony Blair is expected to step down as a Labour MP if he gets the role of a Mid-East envoy, the BBC learns.
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The Bush administration expects  Western powers to agree to name Tony Blair as their Middle East  envoy soon after he steps down as British prime minister on  Wednesday, diplomats said.
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The international coalition pushing for Middle East peace awaited an update Sunday from its envoy, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and considered developments after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent trip to the region.
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WASHINGTON -- In his new role as Middle East envoy, Tony Blair will be charged with shoring up Palestinian institutions, but not with trying to nail down a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians because Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of state, is handling that job herself, administration officials said yesterday.
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The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan postponed until July 25 their first visit to Israel on behalf of the Arab League to revive a long-stalled Arab peace initiative, officials said on Tuesday.
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The Quartet of Middle East mediators considers naming Tony Blair for a top peacemaking post.
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Downing Street tonight refused to comment on mounting speculation that Tony Blair would be offered the job of envoy to the Middle East after stepping down from power next week.
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The Christian Science Monitor - The tapping of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who stepped down from his post on Tuesday, as special envoy for the Middle East has generated mixed emotions from the Middle East and observers.
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The Bush administration expects Western powers to agree to name Tony Blair as their Middle East envoy soon after he steps down as British prime minister on Wednesday, diplomats said.
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Middle East power brokers should appoint a special envoy to lay the groundwork for a Palestinian state, Washington said Wednesday, amid speculation outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair would take up the job after he retires this month.
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Tony Blair, former prime minister and now special envoy of the international Middle East Quartet, will visit Jordan briefly on Monday to meet Foreign Minister Abdel Ilah Khatib, officials said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair postponed his summer vacation Friday to stay in London and help develop a U.N. resolution on the Middle East crisis.