Blair off to Middle East for Palestine and Iraq talks
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Tony Blair will visit the Middle East this week to explore ways of dealing with the two apparently intractable problems in the region, the Israeli- Palestinian conflict and the upsurge in violence in Iraq.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will fly to Washington this week to hold talks with US President George W. Bush about Iraq and how to drive forward the Middle East peace process, Blair&#39;s office said.
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Foreign secretary Jack Straw is today beginning two days of talks in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Mr Straw will meet Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon before travelling on to the West Bank for
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Tony Blair is holding talks with leaders of the United Arab Emirates on the final leg of a regional tour aimed at boosting peace efforts in the Middle East.
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Tony Blair on Tuesday evoked a &quot;moment of opportunity&quot; in the Middle East as he held exploratory talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on his inaugural tour as international envoy.
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Tony Blair is holding talks with his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon in an attempt to get the Mid East peace process back on track.
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Tony Blairâs visit to Israel comes amid renewed international hopes of lasting peace with Palestine. Mr Blair sees resolution of the conflict as the route to long-term stability in the wider Middle East.
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Convinced that the road to Jerusalem doesn't run through Baghdad, British Prime Minister Tony Blair is trying to turn President Bush's attention from Iraq to the stalled Mideast peace process.
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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair is meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders today, raising the level of international efforts to revive Middle East peacemaking following Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is due to meet with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem late Saturday.
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Tony Blair on Tuesday evoked a &quot;sense of possibility&quot; in the Middle East as he held exploratory talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders at the start of his mandate as special envoy.
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WASHINGTON -- US officials have talked with Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain about taking a role as a Middle East peace envoy after he leaves office next week.
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Outgoing British 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 there.
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Tony Blair, the new special envoy for the Middle East peace Quartet, will meet Palestinian and Israeli leaders on Tuesday during his first visit to the region in his new role, officials said.
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JERUSALEM -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair held talks Wednesday with Israeli and Palestinian leaders that were notable less for what was said and done than for sending a message of the West&#39;s desire to re-engage with the Middle East peace process.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives in Israel to try and restart peace talks, after meeting British soldiers in Iraq.