Dickey: Blairâs a Bad Pick for Mideast Job
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The former British prime minister has now begun his new career as a Mideast envoy. How could anyone think heâs the right man for the job?
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LONDON, Sep 11 (IPS) - It was not perhaps the best day for British Prime  Minister Tony Blair to talk peace in Lebanon. The date was a  reminder how closely Britain led by Blair has backed the U.S. led  'war on terror' since those attacks in New York and  Washington five years back.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s Mideast peace push suffered a setback on the eve of his visit when Israel said it would not attend the Mideast conference he&#39;s proposing
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The White House is pushing for Prime Minister Tony Blair to be made a special envoy to work on forming a Palestinian state in the unstable Middle East after he steps down, reports said Thursday.
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Palestinian group Hamas pours scorn on former UK PM Tony Blair's appointment as Middle East peace envoy.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's foreign  policy has failed because of his inability to influence  Washington and his successor must carve out a leading role for  Britain within Europe instead, a report said on Tuesday.
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Western powers struggled on Tuesday to finalize a role for outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair as Middle East envoy in their bid to revive peace prospects after Islamist Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip.
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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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Tony Blair is expected to step down as a Labour MP if he gets the role of a Mid-East envoy, the BBC learns.
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Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei gave a cool response to Tony Blair's plan for a Middle East conference and criticised comments by the British leader during his landmark visit to the West Bank.
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Tony Blair, on his maiden voyage to the Middle East as special envoy for the peace Quartet, Monday tapped Jordan on efforts to revive the moribund peace process ahead of visits to Israel and the West Bank.
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There is a brewing dispute in Israel over British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s proposal for an international peace conference on the Middle East in January or February after the Palestinian elections, to grant the new Palestinian Authority leadership
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LONDON -- He shows up for work in famously drab ties with his nails bitten to the quick. He hates networking, and didn't marry until he was 49. He's the glowering figure often seen harrumphing on the bench behind his preternaturally poised boss, Prime Minister Tony Blair, in the House of Commons.
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The Quartet of Middle East mediators considers naming Tony Blair for a top peacemaking post.
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Tony Blair's visit to the Middle East and his plans for a 2005 London conference on reform in the Palestinian Authority get a muted welcome in the regional press.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's foreign policy has failed because of his inability to influence Washington and his successor must carve out a leading role for Britain within Europe instead, a report said on Tuesday.
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Middle East power brokers should appoint a special envoy to lay the groundwork for a Palestinian state, Washington said Wednesday, amid speculation outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair would take up the job after he retires this month.