UK's Blair "to be replaced" within a year
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Tony Blair will be replaced as British   Prime Minister by the end of July 2007, newspapers reported on   Wednesday, signaling the start of a leadership battle which   some fear may paralyze government for months.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's   pledge to quit within a year failed to heal rifts on Friday as   his likely successor came under fire from a respected Labor   Party heavyweight.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair   pledged on Thursday to quit within a year but declined to give   an exact date to mutineers in his Labour Party who want a   speedy change of leader to revive its fortunes.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set   to say on Thursday he will step down within a year, rejecting   growing calls from within his ruling Labor Party for a new   leader to revive its fortunes.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair planned to dismiss Gordon Brown and break up his power base at the finance ministry after the 2005 general elections, according to a leaked document published Sunday.
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Tony Blair is expected to outline plans to leave office after a wave of resignations from the government.
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Tony Blair will carry out a reshuffle of his ministerial team by the end of the week, he confirmed today. The Prime Minister was speaking less than a day after the surprise resignation
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will  step down from office on May 4, 2007, Sky television said on  Thursday, citing senior Labour Party members.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair   pledged on Thursday to quit within a year but declined to give   an exact date to mutineers in his Labor Party who want a speedy   change of leader to revive its fortunes.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said   on Thursday he would resign within a year, after a week of   turmoil in his ruling Labor Party, but rejected calls from   former supporters to name an early departure date.
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Gordon Brown is set to take over as UK prime minister on Wednesday, ending Tony Blair's 10 years in power.
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Tony Blair has won widespread praise for an emotional farewell to his ruling Labour Party, but the fate of his successor will only be decided in the crucial months ahead.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair aims   to quit next year after 10 years in office but the announcement   of a likely departure date failed to quell growing opposition   to his leadership within the government.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said   on Thursday he would quit within a year but refused to give an   exact date to placate Labor Party mutineers who want a speedy   change of leader to revive their fortunes.
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LONDON: A close ally of British Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday it was inevitable that Blair should be less popular now than when he took office in 1997.
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&quot;The announcement by Tony Blair that next year&#39;s election campaign will be his last is a disaster ... The reality is that the prime minister will have to hand over the reins of power long before this government reaches the end of a third term .
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair looked   set to bow to intense pressure from disgruntled loyalists on   Thursday and lay out a timetable for his departure within a   year.