Blair seeks statesman's role in Mideast
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Tony Blair says he came to push Mideast peace efforts ahead. But Britain's beleaguered prime minister may be hoping his success eases anger back home over his close ties with the U.S., animosity that led to a rebellion in his own Labour Party.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived back from his diplomatic mission to the Middle East to try to resurrect the peace process. Mr Blair held talks with his Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon, and the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a personal quest to bring peace to the Middle East, detailing plans for a Palestinian statehood conference in London in March.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair began efforts today to boost the Middle East peace process by holding talks in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Ariel Sharon, to be followed by a meeting with Palestinian leaders in the West Bank.
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UK PM Tony Blair begins a regional tour aimed at seeking out ideas for the region's stalled peace process.
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WASHINGTON -- US officials have talked with Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain about taking a role as a Middle East peace envoy after he leaves office next week.
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Tony Blair will take on the role of go-between for the Israelis and Palestinians as he tries to keep up the momentum of the Middle East peace process on a two-day visit to the region starting today.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is in Jerusalem for meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. He&#39;s hoping to get both sides to participate in a Mideast conference in London.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for a new initiative to support the Palestinians and move toward a two-state solution in the Middle East peace process.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair that he intended to meet with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas soon, as the British premier began a Middle East tour.
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Tony Blair said Tuesday he is ready to help bring about a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian issue, amid claims he is to become an envoy to the region after stepping down as British prime minister.
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In his new job as Mideast envoy, Tony Blair will take on a task that has bedeviled many before him &#151; a role complicated by Hamas' takeover of Gaza, the weakness of Palestinian and Israeli leaders, and animosity deepened on both sides by six years of conflict.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair  said on a visit to the Middle East Wednesday that his planned  London conference on reform for Palestinians next year would  help them become a real negotiating partner for peace.
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Tony Blair has spoken to President Bush about a role as a Middle East envoy, a White House official says.
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Tony Blair arrives in Jerusalem for  his first visit as international envoy on Monday, hoping to  help end 60 years of peacemaking failure since Britain handed  Palestine to Jews and Arabs who remain bitterly at odds.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has launched an effort to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict, unveiling plans for a conference to prepare the Palestinians for statehood during a landmark West Bank visit.
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Tony Blair is pushing for a broader mandate in the Middle East that would give him a more direct role in peacemaking, expanding the limited envoy job that world powers gave him last month, diplomats said on Tuesday.