Blair heads off to Africa on trip aimed at securing legacy
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Freshly recovered from a heart operation, Prime Minister Tony Blair was scheduled to fly to Ethiopia on a personal aid mission which he hopes will also provide a restorative boost to his own place in history.
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British Prime Minister leader Tony Blair launched his farewell tour of Africa in Libya on Tuesday, seeking to seal the rehabilitation of relations with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and build support for action on Darfur and climate change.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday called for greater international support to bolster the African Union peacekeeping force on the second leg of a farewell tour of the continent.
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Tony Blair, the British prime minister, wants Africa to be the &quot;top priority&quot; for a new European Union military force that could be deployed in crisis areas at short notice.
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Freshly recovered from a heart operation, British Prime Minister Tony Blair was scheduled to fly to Ethiopia on a personal aid mission which he hopes will also provide a restorative boost to his own place in history.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was in Ethiopia on Thursday to chair a summit he hopes will turn Africa's problems into a global priority.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to arrive in Sudan on a landmark visit during which he is to demand immediate action from the country's leaders over the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn western region of Darfur.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair wrapped up a farewell tour of Africa on Friday with a call for fellow G8 leaders to &quot;step up to the plate&quot; and do more to alleviate the misery of the world&#39;s poorest continent at their upcoming summit.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to say Thursday that the time for excuses on Africa is over as he chairs a meeting in Ethiopia he hopes will turn the continent's problems into a global priority.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was to hold talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday on the last day of his farewell African tour, with Zimbabwe set to figure high on the agenda.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is preparing for a gruelling trip to Africa just days after undergoing heart treatment.
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JOHANNESBURG, Jun 2 (IPS) - Opinions appear divided about outgoing British  Prime Minister Tony Blair's legacy concerning Africa -- this  as the leader ended his last official visit to the continent  Friday. The five-day trip took him to Libya, Sierra Leone and  South Africa.
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Tony Blair, the British prime minister, is in Ethiopia to chair a summit he hopes will turn Africa&#39;s problems into a global priority.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair, who steps down in a month after 10 years in power, is leaving a legacy for Britain that has &quot;exasperated and frustrated&quot; Queen Elizabeth II, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Tony Blair is due to hold talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki in Pretoria.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is to travel to Germany this weekend to brief Chancellor Angela Merkel on the outcome of his trip to Africa, his office said Friday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair moved from the crisis in Sudan to addressing the roots of conflict and poverty Africa, the only continent to have grown poorer in the last quarter century.