Middle East mediators discuss Blair appointment
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he was ready to free about 250 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to help President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah faction.
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If the proposal goes forward, Tony Blair would represent the âquartetâ of world powers in talks between Israelis and Palestinians.
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The Quartet of Middle East mediators gathers for the first time with Tony Blair as special envoy on Thursday at a meeting expected to focus on a U.S. push to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace moves.
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Middle East power brokers should appoint a special envoy to lay the groundwork for a Palestinian state, Washington said Wednesday, amid speculation outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair would take up the job after he retires this month.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon give a press conference after their meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Dec.
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Leaders of the Middle East Quartet on Thursday met Tony Blair in his new role as the group&#39;s special envoy, with the United States insistent on taking the lead in the search for peace.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair began talks with Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon on Wednesday about steps to revive Middle East peacemaking after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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HOPES of progress towards Middle East peace rose last night after Israel and the Palestinian Authority backed Tony Blairâs call for a London conference that could be a step towards the opening of negotiations on a final settlement.
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Middle East mediators held talks that could clear the way for the appointment of Tony Blair on Tuesday as their envoy to try to revive peace prospects after Hamas Islamists seized control of the Gaza Strip.
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Tony Blair has spoken to President Bush about a role as a Middle East envoy, a White House official says.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is holding talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas with tensions running high between rival factions over plans for early elections.
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Tony Blair, former prime minister and now special envoy of the international Middle East Quartet, will visit Jordan briefly on Monday to meet Foreign Minister Abdel Ilah Khatib, officials said.
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Tony Blair will take on the role of go-between for the Israelis and Palestinians as he tries to keep up the momentum of the Middle East peace process on a two-day visit to the region starting today.
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The quartet of Middle East mediators is expected to back U.S. plans to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace moves and hear from new special envoy Tony Blair when it meets in Portugal on Thursday.
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Palestinian negotiators have called on the Middle East Quartet to give the grouping&#39;s new envoy, Tony Blair, a wider role that included the responsibility for policing Israeli obligations, The Guardian reported on Thursday.
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There is a brewing dispute in Israel over British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s proposal for an international peace conference on the Middle East in January or February after the Palestinian elections, to grant the new Palestinian Authority leadership
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Tony Blair was to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday as he continued his fact-finding maiden visit to the region as the new envoy for the Middle East peace Quartet.