Blair seeks broader Middle East role: diplomats
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Tony Blair is pushing for a broader  mandate in the Middle East that would give him a more direct  role in peacemaking, expanding the limited envoy job that world  powers gave him last month, diplomats said on Tuesday.
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Tony Blair in the Middle East faces more questions on his leadership after calling for an end to infighting in his party.
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US support is crucial for progress on the Middle East peace process and on problems in the wider region, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said, defending London's close ties to Washington.
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JERUSALEM -- Tony Blair is seeking a broader role as Middle East envoy that would give him more direct involvement in peacemaking, expanding the limited mandate world powers gave him last month, diplomats said yesterday.
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Pledging to make headway where others have failed, Tony Blair made his debut as the new Middle East envoy at a meeting in Portugal yesterday with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and representatives of the European Union and Russia.
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BRITISH Prime Minster Tony Blair called for new efforts to revive the Middle East peace process today after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and just hours before he sets off to visit US President George W. Bush.
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday kicked off his first visit to the Middle East as the international community's new envoy to the region, hoping to add new momentum to fledgling peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Tony Blair said on Tuesday he saw a "sense of possibility" in his first visit to the Middle East as an envoy of the international Quartet of peace brokers.
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Tony Blair, the new special envoy for the Middle East peace Quartet, will meet Palestinian and Israeli leaders on Tuesday during his first visit to the region in his new role, officials said.
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Middle East mediators held talks on  Tuesday that could clear the way for the appointment of Tony  Blair as their envoy to try to revive peace prospects after  Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip.
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Tony Blair begins his first visit to the region as Middle East envoy on Monday, hoping he can help turn around 60 years of peacemaking failures since Britain ended its mandate over Palestine.
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Tony Blair continues his first visit to the Middle East as the Quartet's special envoy by meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking for the first time in the Mideast as its peace envoy, urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders Tuesday to take advantage of a new "sense of possibility" in the region.
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JERICHO, West Bank  - Middle East envoy Tony Blair, seeking to bolster Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking efforts, said on Wednesday it was critical to expand the capabilities of Palestinian security forces.
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Tony Blair begins his first visit to  the region as Middle East envoy on Monday, hoping he can help  turn around 60 years of peacemaking failures since Britain  ended its mandate over Palestine.
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Leaders of the Middle East Quartet were to meet former prime minister Tony Blair Thursday, with the focus on his role as their new special envoy against a backdrop of a renewed US push for peace.
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The White House Thursday added duties to its job description for a new Middle East envoy, amid growing speculation Prime Minister Tony Blair could be up for the job.