Blair backs Annan over oil scandal
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TONY BLAIR threw his weight behind Kofi Annan yesterday amid a growing clamour in the United States for the United Nations Secretary-General to resign over the Oil-for-Food scandal.
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Britain backs bids by Brazil, Germany, India and Japan for permanent seats on the UN Security Council, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
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The Middle East negotiating Quartet has appointed former British prime minister Tony Blair as its representative, the United Nations announced on Wednesday.
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Kofi Annan built a reputation as the world&#39;s most trusted diplomat, but the oil-for-food scandal has riled US critics. Is his job in jeopardy?
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair backed India's quest for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council as well as having it join talks with G-8 countries on climate change and African development.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday corruption allegations in the Iraqi oil-for-food program had cast a shadow over the United Nations but said again he would not resign as the world's top diplomat. To meet criticism in the Republican-dominated US Congress that the United Nations was withholding documents, Annan said a UN probe led by Paul Volcker, the former ...
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SIRTE, Libya  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Libya on Tuesday for talks with Muammar Gaddafi as oil giant BP sealed a major energy deal marking stronger British ties with the former outcast state.
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Britain, Germany, France,  Russia, and China rallied around U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan on Thursday, but President Bush refused to explicitly  endorse the U.N. chief under fire over suspected corruption in  an Iraqi-oil sales program.
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The prime minister has thrown his weight behind beleaguered secretary general of the United Nations as Kofi Annan faces stringent criticism over the UN oil-for-food scandal in Iraq.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a  strong endorsement Thursday to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan, who is fighting a scandal over the Iraq oil-for-food  program and suggestions the world body has become irrelevant.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair won the backing of his Labour Party on Thursday to keep British troops in Iraq, avoiding a humiliating defeat that would have undermined his premiership.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair hailed &quot;completely transformed&quot; relations with oil-rich Libya after talks with Moamer Kadhafi, the leader of a country now firmly back in the international fold.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, under fire in Congress over a troubled oil program for Iraq, received some friendly advice last month in a private meeting with former U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and other foreign policy experts.
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The Bush administration has expressed confidence in United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, despite calls for his resignation from several US lawmakers over a scandal involving the UN-administered oil-for-food program for Iraq.
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THE re-election of British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be seen as an endorsement of the military action in Iraq, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
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"The relationship between Britain and Libya has been completely transformed in these last few years"  BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair today hailed "completely transformed" relations with oil-rich Libya after hour-long talks in the coastal town of Sirte with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. via News.com.au
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Britain &quot;fully supports&quot; U.S. efforts  to toughen U.N. Security Council sanctions against Sudan  because of the situation in Darfur, a British official  traveling with Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday.