Blair defies pressure to set date for departure
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has defied growing pressure to set a date for his departure from office, including mounting calls from within his own Labour Party.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has no intention of cutting short his family holidays in Egypt after the tsunami disaster in Asia, his office said.
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Pressure grows on Tony Blair as seven government members quit over his refusal to name an exit date.
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Tony Blair has said he will not bring forward his plans to leave office over the cash-for-honours affair.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has refused to publicly back finance minister Gordon Brown as his successor, as the Labour Party conference opened with calls for unity and fresh focus.
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LONDON -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair tried yesterday to stifle a growing revolt in his Labor 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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Tony Blair will leave office on July 26,  the Sun reported in its Wednesday edition, as the increasingly  unpopular prime minister faced growing pressure to quit from  within his own Labour Party.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is attempting to win back political support by recalibrating his policy in the Middle East, but it is likely to prove too late to save his job.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair tried   on Thursday 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 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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Prime Minister Tony Blair is facing a new claim that he agreed to resign before the end of his second term to make way for Treasury chief Gordon Brown, but then decided to stay on. He denies it.
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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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PM refuses to be drawn on prospect of early election.
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A continual undercurrent of discontent suggests that some legislators are not satisfied with Tony BlairÂs refusal to be pinned down on a firm departure date.
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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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British Prime Minister Tony Blair denied  that he offered to resign before the next election as media  reports about a rift with his finance minister Gordon Brown  intensified Sunday.
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Tony Blair vows not to buckle to anti-war protests at Labour's conference and denies claims he considered quitting.