Recuperating Blair returns to work amid buzz of battle to succeed him
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After a weekend in the English countryside to rest up from a minor heart operation, Prime Minister Tony Blair returns to work Monday amid a battle to succeed him that may hurt his ruling Labour Party in the next general election.
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BRIGHTON, England  - Tony Blair will urge his  party on Tuesday to reunite for an election fight, seeking to  heal rifts over Iraq even as two more British soldiers die in  Basra and a hostage remains under threat of death.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was back at work Saturday after successful heart surgery but his vow to hold on to power for five more years has sparked fevered speculation about who might succeed him and when.
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AFTER one of the most important speeches of his life, British Prime Minister Tony Blair was still fighting to reunite his New Labour Party yesterday as the war in Iraq continued to haunt his leadership.
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The man most likely to succeed Prime Minister Tony Blair could face another challenger, after two ex-ministers called Wednesday for a debate about the future of the governing Labour Party.
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Tony Blair returns to No 10 amid criticism for failing to end his holiday early to deal with the Asian tsunami crisis.
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Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif launched another phase of his roller-coaster political career on Monday, returning home to challenge the army chief who ousted him eight years ago.
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True to his conviction that reactivating Israeli-Palestinian talks is the world&#39;s most pressing political challenge, Tony Blair yesterday offered a bridge back to that goal.
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Tony Blair was yesterday recovering from a relatively minor procedure to correct his recurring abnormal heart beat. He was back at home in Downing Street hours after undergoing the treatment having been expected
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Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose popularity crashed in the wake of the Iraq war, sought Sunday to reconnect with the British public and appealed to voters for a third term in office.
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Tony Blair looks "fresh and alert" as he restarted work after his hospital treatment, says Downing Street.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday he would reshuffle his senior ministerial team later this week and tried to play down new speculation about a power struggle at the heart of his government.
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The British and Irish Prime Ministers, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern, at talks in London, appear to have pushed Northern Irelandâs reluctant politicians some way to a restoration of devolved government in Belfast.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was recovering Saturday after successfully undergoing treatment to correct an irregular heartbeat -- but speculation about who will succeed him raged in his party.
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Britain&#39;s Tony Blair faces one of the trickiest speeches of his career today, seeking to win back his Labour party after rifts over Iraq and spell out new policies to set up next year&#39;s re-election bid.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair strives this coming week to rally his Labour Party to fight and win a general election, widely expected in 2005, despite his inability to shake off Iraq as a hot-button issue.
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GATESHEAD, England -- Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose popularity crashed amid the Iraq war, appealed to voters yesterday for a third term in office.