Blair: Being ally of U.S. sometimes hard
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Prime Minister Tony Blair faced his party for the last time as its leader on Tuesday, saying that it is sometimes hard to be the United States' strongest ally.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will  stress the need for Europe and the United States to put  differences over Iraq behind them and work together to tackle  issues such as Middle East peace in a speech on Monday.
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Tony Blair defended his close ties with George Bush today as he prepared to fly to Washington for a meeting with the US President.
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Washington&#39;s closest ally in Iraq was horrified by the beheading of a British hostage there and Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Britons not to let it undermine their support for continued involvement in the country.
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The "anti-American feeling" of some European politicians is "madness", UK Prime Minister Tony Blair says.
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A British minister suggested a shift in  foreign policy away from the United States, telling an audience  in Washington that a country&#39;s strength depended on making  global alliances rather than military might.
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President Bush's first postelection meeting with a foreign leader comes this week when British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a staunch ally on Iraq, is due for two days of discussions at the White House, officials said Saturday.
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LONDON, Sep 11 (IPS) - It was not perhaps the best day for British Prime  Minister Tony Blair to talk peace in Lebanon. The date was a  reminder how closely Britain led by Blair has backed the U.S. led  'war on terror' since those attacks in New York and  Washington five years back.
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Tony Blair warned the United States last night not to go it alone as the world&#39;s policeman as he urged America and Europe to unite behind a new doctrine that would allow the
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will seek this week to use his support for President Bush in Iraq as a lever for greater U.S. commitment to the quest for peace in the Middle East.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday that NATO's battle with Afghan insurgents has been more difficult than anticipated but must continue.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair shrugged off criticism of his close alliance with US President George W Bush on Thursday ahead of a visit to Washington, calling such links &quot;part of the job&quot;.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair, a key ally of US President George W. Bush in last year&#39;s invasion of Iraq, has put a brave face on an inspectors&#39; report that concluded Iraq had no illegal weapons.
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If the presidential poll is hard to predict in the United States, it's an equally tough call in Britain to fathom who Tony Blair wants to see in the White House.
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Senior members of Tony Blair&#39;s  government suffered &quot;severe moments of doubt&quot; about whether to  back the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the former prime  minister&#39;s closest aide said on Monday.
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TONY Blair is a well-established world leader, but it seems his recent trip to Italy placed him in the premiere league of football hard tacklers.
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French President Jacques Chirac has said Tony Blair has got little in return for supporting the US over Iraq. Mr Chirac also told reporters it was difficult for the UK or anyone to be a go-between for Europe and the US.