Blair meets Putin at G8 amid simmering tensions
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G8 summit Friday, with relations between the two countries at a post-Soviet low.
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LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair is talking security with his counterpart from Iraq.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi meets Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as both sides seek to put differences over the US-led war behind them and look ahead to reviving decades-old business ties.
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A clash between the United States and Russia over a proposed missile shield overshadowed a meeting of G8 foreign ministers Wednesday also marred by differences over climate change and Kosovo.
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Tony Blair heads to Germany this week for his last G8 summit as prime minister, hoping to secure greater commitments on aid to Africa and movement on a new deal to tackle climate change.
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President Vladimir Putin is expected to assert a Russian view of global security sharply at odds with that of the United States, when he speaks at a security conference.
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In the early months of his presidency, Vladimir Putin met British leader Tony Blair for a beer at a cozy Moscow restaurant. The setting and the leaders' tentative smiles had the air of a promising date that might bloom into something big for Britain and Russia.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is heading Wednesday for his swangsong G8 summit, battling to make good on pledges on Africa and climate change at talks clouded by a growing row with Russia.
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Gordon Brown on Monday held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in his first overseas visit as Britain&#39;s new prime minister, but the meeting was overshadowed by a gathering diplomatic storm with Russia.
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Leaders from the world's major industrialized nations will try to paper over deep divisions on global warming and a range of foreign policy issues when they meet on the Baltic coast this week for a G8 summit.
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Tony Blair tells MPs he wants good relations with Russia, but says they must be based on "shared values".
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President Vladimir Putin lashed out at Vice President Dick Cheney ahead of this weekend&#039;s G-8 summit, calling his recent criticisms of Russia &quot;an unsuccessful hunting shot,&quot; according to a television interview being broadcast Wednesday.
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Leaders from the main industrial powers are in Germany for a G8 summit overshadowed by US-Russia tensions.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that he plans to have a &quot;frank discussion&quot; with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G8 summit, amid rising tensions between the West and Moscow.
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Tony Blair meets Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to talk about Turkey entering the EU.
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MOSCOW, Jun 7 (IPS) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to  reaffirm his disagreement with Washington's view of Russian  democracy, reiterate objections to the proposed U.S. missile  shield in Eastern Europe and give more meaningful explanations on  the rules of the international community at the Group of Eight  (G8) summit under way in Germany this week, analysts say.
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Tony Blair wants to avoid a 'stand up row' with Russia's president but will tell him he is being 'counter-productive'.