Blair opens way for fight to succeed him: newspapers
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has undermined hopes for his powerful chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, to succeed him and may have opened up the leadership battle to a new generation, newspapers said.
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Tony Blair says he came to push Mideast peace efforts ahead, but Britain's beleaguered prime minister may be hoping his success eases anger back home over his close ties with the U.S., animosity that led to a rebellion in his own Labour Party.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair dodged questions Sunday about who he favors to succeed him, saying the public was angry with his Labour Party for getting bogged down in political intrigue rather than running the country.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair,   determined to pull his Labour Party out of an unseemly   leadership battle, is expected to urge members on Tuesday to   focus on reforms in order to win the next election.
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Tony Blair urges Labour election candidates to make themselves accessible to voters.
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LONDON, June 12 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair said  Tuesday that the news media, driven by increasing competition and pressure from fast-changing technology, have largely abandoned impartial reporting in favor of sensation, shock and controversy, which he said demoralizes public servants and badly...
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Prime Minister Tony Blair sought to dispel the assumption he will easily win a third consecutive term in office later this year, predicting the election would be a "tough, tough fight". "This election, when it ...
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BRITAIN&#39;S Prime Minister Tony Blair hoped to switch attention from the unrelenting bloodshed in Iraq to his campaign for a third term in office with his address today to the Labour Party&#39;s annual conference.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair   faced a key test of his ability to hang on to power on Sunday   as finance minister Gordon Brown sought to allay doubts about   his suitability to take over from Blair.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair called on his party's activists to campaign from the centre in the build-up to a spring general election which many expect the Labour leader to win easily.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair defended the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and rounded on the media Tuesday for acting like a &quot;feral beast&quot; ripping reputations apart.
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Alleged comments by Cherie Blair overshadowed Gordon Brown's key speech staking his claim as Britain's next leader on the front-pages of newspapers.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair   will urge his ruling Labour Party on Tuesday to focus on   winning re-election, hoping to end a succession row that has   overshadowed its annual conference.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered a rousing defence of his time in office, including the divisive Iraq war, but warned his Labour Party it must work hard to win future elections without him.
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With the days remaining in Prime Minister Tony Blair's premiership down to single digits, the opposition Conservative party declared political war on his successor, saying Monday that a new battle for Britain's electorate was about to begin.
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European papers show continuing interest in British Prime Minister Tony Blair's address to his Labour Party conference in Brighton.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair may call general elections in February 2005 instead of in May, as had been widely expected, two newspapers reported Sunday.