Blair 'to become Mid-East envoy'
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has been offered the job as Middle East envoy, says Irish PM Bertie Ahern.
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The Quartet of Middle East mediators will discuss a job as envoy for Tony Blair at talks in Jerusalem.
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President Bush has spoken to UK PM Tony Blair about him becoming a Mid-East envoy, a White House official says.
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Major Western powers agreed on Wednesday on the mandate for a new Middle East envoy and are expected to name Tony Blair to the position after he steps down as British prime minister.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would very much welcome Britain&#39;s Tony Blair as a new Middle East envoy, a spokeswoman said on Friday amid growing speculation he could be up for the job.
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Tony Blair was named the international envoy to the Middle East to spearhead efforts to create a Palestinian state, hours after stepping down as British prime minister.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit Israel next week for talks with his counterpart Ariel Sharon.
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The former British prime minister has now begun his new career as a Mideast envoy. How could anyone think heâs the right man for the job?
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Tony Blair is pushing for a broader  mandate in the Middle East that would give him a more direct  role in peacemaking, expanding the limited envoy job that world  powers gave him last month, diplomats said on Tuesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Tony Blair said on Tuesday he saw "a sense of possibility" in the Middle East in his first visit to the region as an international envoy but cautioned against expecting any peace breakthrough soon.
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Leaders of the Middle East Quartet meet former British prime minister Tony Blair here Thursday, with the focus on his role as their new special envoy against a backdrop of a renewed US push for peace.
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Middle East envoy Tony Blair is  developing a plan that would spell out practical steps that  Israeli, Palestinian and business leaders would gradually take  to try to boost peace prospects, officials said on Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that a conference on the Middle East would take place in London next year.
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Middle East mediators held talks on Tuesday that could clear the way for the appointment of Tony Blair as their envoy to try to revive peace prospects after Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip.
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President Bush has talked with British Prime Minister Tony Blair about taking a role as a Middle East peace envoy after he leaves office next week.
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The Bush administration expects  Western powers to agree to name Tony Blair as their Middle East  envoy soon after he steps down as British prime minister on  Wednesday, diplomats said.
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JERICHO, West Bank  - Middle East envoy Tony Blair, seeking to bolster Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking efforts, said on Wednesday it was critical to expand the capabilities of Palestinian security forces.