Blair declines to set date for departure
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Prime Minister Tony Blair declined to set a date for his departure as leader of the government, in an interview with The Times.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced   further pressure on Friday to quit sooner rather than later   after he confirmed he would stand down within 12 months but   refused to set a precise date for his departure.
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Downing Street tonight refused to comment on mounting speculation that Tony Blair would be offered the job of envoy to the Middle East after stepping down from power next week.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has ruled out a state funeral for Margaret Thatcher, the Conservative &quot;iron lady&quot; who governed the nation throughout the 1980s, a spokeswoman said.
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Tony Blair dismisses reports he told Gordon Brown he would quit before the next general election.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s office remained tight-lipped Monday over growing speculation that he will be named as an international envoy to the Middle East after he leaves office this week.
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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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Tony Blair tells the BBC he will not give in to pressure to stand down over the cash-for-honours affair.
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Tony Blair said Tuesday he has made no decisions about his future once he quits as prime minister, amid reports he may leave politics altogether so as not to overshadow his successor.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on has rejected calls for him to step down after being questioned by police as part of a political corruption investigation.
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The British government underlined on Thursday that it will not "cut and run" from Iraq following that country's election this month, denying reports that London is pushing Washington to set a timetable for withdrawing coalition troops.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set   to say on Thursday he will step down within a year, rejecting   growing calls from within his ruling Labour Party for a new   leader to revive its fortunes.
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Indonesia turned down an offer of British troops to help tsunami relief efforts because it felt it didn't need the extra manpower, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday.
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The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has avoided a damaging blow at Labour&#39;s annual conference when a motion urging him to set an early date for the withdrawal of British forces from Iraq was defeated.
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The British Prime Minister believes naming departure date would cause paralysis.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is refusing to fly to the United States to receive a medal bestowed on him by the nation for his support over last year's Iraq war, a London newspaper has reported.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's office has denied claims he showed preference renting two apartments to a defense firm working on government contracts.