Blair to Announce Plan to Step Down in a Year
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The move appeared to be a concession to a growing revolt within his own party.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that a conference on the Middle East would take place in London next year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair looked set on Wednesday to outline a timetable for British troops to start withdrawing from Iraq, with media reports saying 3,000 soldiers could be home by the end of the year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair looked  set on Wednesday to outline a timetable for British troops to  start withdrawing from Iraq, with media reports saying 3,000  soldiers could be home by the end of the year.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said in an interview to be published Sunday that domestic controversy over his backing for Washington over Iraq will end when he leaves office in the coming months.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce on Wednesday that thousands of his country's troops are to begin withdrawing from Iraq in weeks, media reports said.
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Tony Blair will end his premiership on  July 26 next year, British newspapers reported on Wednesday,  but must confirm this date publicly if he is to stem a revolt  by frustrated members of his ruling Labour party.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to   make a statement on his future between 1300 and 1400 GMT on   Thursday, his spokesman said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said   on Thursday he would resign within a year, after a week of   turmoil in his ruling Labor Party, but rejected calls from   former supporters to name an early departure date.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair  appealed for an end to personal attacks within his ruling  Labour Party on Saturday days after being forced against his  will to announce he will leave office within a year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will  on Wednesday announce a timetable for the withdrawal of British  troops from Iraq just as thousands of additional U.S. troops  were arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was likely to commit publicly Thursday to a 2007 resignation, forced by intense pressure within his Labour Party into making an announcement he has long resisted, senior ...
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will   step down from office on May 4, 2007, Sky television said on   Thursday, citing senior Labour Party members.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Bush's closest ally, was likely to announce plans Thursday to resign in the next year, forced by intense pressure within his Labour Party after nearly a decade in power, his spokesman said.
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LONDON Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce on Wednesday a new timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in several weeks, the BBC reported.Comment
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Some 100 governing British Labour Party MPs are preparing to tell Prime Minister Tony Blair to confirm remarks from one of his allies that he will resign in about a year, it was reported.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to vow to resign within a year to stop an increasingly damaging crisis engulfing his government, officials said, but calls for him to go sooner remain.