Blair May Become Special Mideast Envoy
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The Bush administration is laying the groundwork for an announcement of Tony Blair's appointment as a special Middle East envoy for Palestinian governance and economic issues after he steps down as Britain's prime minister, following two months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, according to U.S....
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair spent his last full day in office Tuesday facing growing speculation that he would be named as an international envoy to the Middle East.
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Tony Blair on Monday kicks off his maiden voyage to the Middle East as special envoy for the peace Quartet amid a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at reviving the moribund peace process.
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The Quartet of Middle East mediators gathers for the first time with Tony Blair as special envoy on Thursday at a meeting expected to focus on a U.S. push to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace moves.
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President Bush has spoken to UK PM Tony Blair about him becoming a Mid-East envoy, a White House official says.
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World powers named Tony Blair as  their Middle East peace envoy on Wednesday, handing the  outgoing British prime minister a daunting new challenge on a  day Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday kicked off his first visit to the Middle East as the international community's new envoy to the region, hoping to add new momentum to fledgling peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians.
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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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President Bush has spoken to UK PM Tony Blair about him becoming a Mid East envoy, a White House official says.
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The White House Thursday added duties to its job description for a new Middle East envoy, amid growing speculation Prime Minister Tony Blair could be up for the job.
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Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to be named as a Middle East envoy as early as on Wednesday, a U.S. official said.
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JERICHO, West Bank  - Middle East envoy Tony Blair, seeking to bolster Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking efforts, said on Wednesday it was critical to expand the capabilities of Palestinian security forces.
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President Bush has talked with British Prime Minister Tony Blair about taking a role as a Middle East peace envoy after he leaves office next week. Assistant Secretary of State David Welch, the State Department's top diplomat for the Middle East, talked with Blair in London on Wednesday, while the White House and State Department spoke glowingly about the prime minister's credentials but said there was nothing to announce yet.
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The United States and its allies in the international "Quartet" that oversees the Middle East peace process are expected to announce tomorrowthat Prime Minister Tony Blair has accepted the position as their new special envoy, according to U.S. officials.
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The Quartet of Middle East mediators will discuss a job as envoy for Tony Blair at talks in Jerusalem.
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Western powers have agreed to name  outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair as Middle East  envoy, as a bid to revive peace prospects after Islamist  Hamas&#39;s takeover of Gaza, an official in Washington said on  Tuesday.
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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.