Blair promotes Palestinian reform
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain met Israeli and Palestinian leaders yesterday to promote an international conference in London on Palestinian reforms, saying the gathering could lay the groundwork for a resumption of peace negotiations.
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One day ahead of a meeting with visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair, PLO Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) on Tuesday recommitted the new Palestinian Leadership to peace as the strategic option and to late Palestinian leader Yaser Arafatâs legacy
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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.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday offered to host a one-day Middle East conference in the new year to help rehabilitate the battered Palestinian Authority, encourage reform and serve as a bridge to ...
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UK News, British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a personal quest Wednesday to bring peace to the Middle East, detailing plans for a Palestinian statehood conference in London in March.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair offered Wednesday to host a one-day Mideast conference in the new year to help rehabilitate the battered Palestinian Authority, encourage reform and serve as a bridge to renewed peace talks, stalled by four years of violence.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair congratulated Mahmud Abbas on his election as president of the Palestinian Authority and discussed plans to hold a reform conference in March, Blair's office said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday proposed an international conference next year focused on implementing reforms in the Palestinian administration.
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Foreign Minister Jack Straw seeked assurances from Palestinian leaders yesterday that they will reform their security forces to help stop violence and work to revive the Middle East peace process.
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Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei gave a cool response to Tony Blair's plan for a Middle East conference and criticised comments by the British leader during his landmark visit to the West Bank.
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Tony Blairâs visit to Israel comes amid renewed international hopes of lasting peace with Palestine. Mr Blair sees resolution of the conflict as the route to long-term stability in the wider Middle East.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair urged foreign powers to back Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's call for early elections to break the political stalemate and factional violence in the Palestinian territories.
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Tony Blair has urged the lifting of economic sanctions on the Palestinian Authority, so long as a deal on a cabinet of national unity there meets international conditions.
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Chicago Tribune - British Prime Minister Tony Blair met Israeli and Palestinian leaders Wednesday to promote an international conference in London on Palestinian reforms, saying the gathering could lay the groundwork for a resumption of peace negotiations.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has landed in Israel for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on reviving the Middle East peace process following the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Tony Blair is due to meet Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas, after talks with Israel's prime minister.
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Tony Blair should be given a broader role as Middle East envoy, say Palestinian negotiators.