Blair to quit within a year
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By Paul Majendie and David ClarkeLONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set to say on Thursday he will step down within a year, rejecting growing calls from within his ruling Labour Party for a new ...
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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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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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Tony Blair wanted to quit as Britain's prime minister a year before the Iraq war after a fall in his poll ratings, his former chief media aide Alastair Campbell said on Sunday.
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BusinessWeek Online - The nearly 10-year reign of British Prime Minister Tony Blair is coming to an end. The longtime leader of the Labour Party has been publicly humiliated by members of his own party and government. On Sept. 6, eight junior figures in his government resigned. "It is with the greatest sadness that I have to say that I no longer believe that your remaining in office is in the interest of either the party or the country," wrote one, Tom Watson, a non-Cabinet-level defense minister.
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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 moved   to end a growing revolt in his Labour Party on Thursday by   pledging to quit within a year but failed to silence critics   who say a speedy change of leader is needed to win back voters.
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Tony Blair will leave office on July 26,  the Sun reported in its Wednesday edition, as the increasingly  unpopular prime minister faced growing pressure to quit from  within his own Labour Party.
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Tony Blair admits he created "uncertainty" for the Government when he revealed he would be quitting later this year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's   pledge to quit within a year failed to heal rifts on Friday as   his likely successor came under fire from a respected Labour   Party heavyweight.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set   to say on Thursday he will step down within a year but is not   contemplating resigning immediately, his spokesman said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to withdraw nearly half of Britain's troops from Iraq by the end of 2007, British media reported early Wednesday.
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Tony Blair will step down in a year, a  close ally said on Tuesday after newspapers reported that once  loyal legislators had called on the increasingly unpopular  British Prime Minister to quit.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was to announce on Wednesday the government will begin withdrawing thousands of troops from Iraq within weeks, according to media reports.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was to announce on Wednesday that his country will begin withdrawing thousands of troops from Iraq within weeks, according to media reports.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair tried   on Thursday to stifle a growing revolt in his Labour Party by   pledging to quit within a year, but his critics said a change   of leader was needed sooner to win back voters.
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LONDON: Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce that Britain will start to withdraw its troops from Iraq within weeks, media said.Comment