Blair says to resign within a year
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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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Tony Blair was warned there could be post-war problems a year before the Iraq invasion, a newspaper reports.
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Two-thirds of British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#039;s governing Labour Party members want him to quit before late 2007, according to a poll published in The Guardian newspaper.
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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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LONDON, Sept. 7 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair, the second-longest-serving British leader since the 19th century, will resign his post within the next 12 months, a spokesman in his office said today.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed to resign within a year, in a drastic bid to calm a crisis threatening his government, but doubts remained whether he had quelled the protests.
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A leaked memo that maps out Tony Blair's departure from office shows how his advisers have planned television appearances and trips for his final weeks in office &#151; a departure that a Cabinet minister said Tuesday would likely come next year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set   to say on Thursday he will step down within a year but is not   contemplating resigning immediately, his spokesman said.
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Tony Blair will end his premiership on   July 26 next year, British newspapers reported on Wednesday,   but must confirm this date publicly if he is to stem a revolt   by frustrated members of his ruling Labour party.
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Tony Blair will fly to Sedgefield constituency to resign from parliament with immediate effect.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair, his reputation in Britain badly damaged by his refusal to break ranks with President Bush, gave in Thursday to a fierce revolt in his Labour Party and reluctantly promised to quit within a year.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said &amp;quot;significant numbers&amp;quot; of British troops could be withdrawn from Iraq within 18 months.
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The selling pressure on the pound stopped after Prime Minister Tony Blair confirmed that he will quit his job within the year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on   Thursday tried to stifle a growing revolt in his Labour Party   by pledging to quit within a year but his critics said a change   of leader was needed sooner to win back voters.
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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.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was likely to commit publicly Thursday to a 2007 resignation, forced by intense pressure within his Labour Party into making an announcement he has long resisted, senior Cabinet officials said.
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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.