Blair's Mideast Mission Impossible
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He owes his new job to President Bush, but the former British leader's only chance of easing tensions may be to chart a very different course than Washington would like
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Tony Blair, on his maiden voyage to the Middle East as special envoy for the peace Quartet, Monday tapped Jordan on efforts to revive the moribund peace process ahead of visits to Israel and the West Bank.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's silence over Israel's violence and land grab is wiping out any hope of a two-state peace settlement, a leading peer has said.
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Just hours after a surprise visit to Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Israel to launch a new push for peace. Blair met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Tel Aviv.
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Tony Blair says he came to push Mideast peace efforts ahead, but Britain's beleaguered prime minister may be hoping his success eases anger back home over his close ties with the U.S., animosity that led to a rebellion in his own Labour Party.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived back from his diplomatic mission to the Middle East to try to resurrect the peace process. Mr Blair held talks with his Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon, and the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to redouble his efforts to make progress towards peace in the Middle East, saying he would view it as a &quot;personal failure&quot; if the process did not move forward.
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JERUSALEM -- Tony Blair is seeking a broader role as Middle East envoy that would give him more direct involvement in peacemaking, expanding the limited mandate world powers gave him last month, diplomats said yesterday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair offered Wednesday to host a one-day Mideast conference in the new year to help rehabilitate the battered Palestinian Authority, encourage reform and serve as a bridge to renewed peace talks, stalled by four years of violence.
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Tony Blair's visit to the Middle East and his plans for a 2005 London conference on reform in the Palestinian Authority get a muted welcome in the regional press.
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Tony Blair begins his first visit to the region as Middle East envoy on Monday, hoping he can help turn around 60 years of peacemaking failures since Britain ended its mandate over Palestine.
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Tony Blair in the Middle East faces more questions on his leadership after calling for an end to infighting in his party.
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Tony Blair accused Iran of being an obstacle to peace in the Middle East and urged moderate countries in the region to form an alliance to oppose its support for extremism.
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UK PM Tony Blair begins a regional tour aimed at seeking out ideas for the region's stalled peace process.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for an initiative to jumpstart the dormant Middle East peace process as he offered support for Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas over his controversial call for early elections.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's foreign policy has failed because of his inability to influence Washington and his successor must carve out a leading role for Britain within Europe instead, a report said on Tuesday.
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Ariel Sharon announced yesterday that Israel would not attend the Middle East conference Mr Blair plans to host in London after next month&#39;s Palestinian presidential election.