Mideast mediators appoint Blair as envoy
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UNITED NATIONS AP) &#151; The United Nations, United States, European Union and Russia announced the appointment Wednesday of Tony Blair as their representative to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
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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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Palestinian negotiators have called on the Middle East Quartet to give the grouping&#39;s new envoy, Tony Blair, a wider role that included the responsibility for policing Israeli obligations, The Guardian reported on Thursday.
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Israel on Monday for his first trip as the international community's Mideast envoy.
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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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International mediators meeting in Jerusalem were expected to name the British prime minister, Tony Blair, as the senior envoy in the region.
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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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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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Outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that a two-state solution is the &quot;absolute priority&quot; to bring peace to the Middle East amid speculation he is to become an envoy to the region.
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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 is seeking a broader role as Middle East envoy that would give him more direct involvement in peacemaking, expanding the limited mandate world powers gave him last month, diplomats said on Tuesday.
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JERUSALEM -- Tony Blair is seeking a broader role as Middle East envoy that would give him more direct involvement in peacemaking, expanding the limited mandate world powers gave him last month, diplomats said yesterday.
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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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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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Tony Blair begins his first visit to  the region as Middle East envoy on Monday, hoping he can help  turn around 60 years of peacemaking failures since Britain  ended its mandate over Palestine.
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Gordon Brown will receive the keys to 10 Downing Street on Thursday, as outgoing UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is appointed as a peace envoy to the Middle East. (Full story)
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The White House is pushing for British Prime Minister Tony Blair to be made a special envoy to work on forming a Palestinian state in the unstable Middle East after he steps down, reports said Thursday.