Envoy Blair heads to Middle East
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Tony Blair heads to the Middle East to take up his role as special envoy for the international community.
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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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British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched his quest to bring peace to the Middle East, unveiling plans for a conference to prepare the Palestinians for statehood, during a landmark West Bank visit.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a personal quest to bring peace to the Middle East, detailing plans for a Palestinian statehood conference in London in March.
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Tony Blair landed in Israel on Monday for his first visit as an international envoy, hoping to help end 60 years of peacemaking failure since Britain handed Palestine to Jews and Arabs who are still fighting over it.
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International mediators meeting in Jerusalem were expected to name the British prime minister, Tony Blair, as the senior envoy in the region.
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Tony Blair, former prime minister and now special envoy of the international Middle East Quartet, will visit Jordan briefly on Monday to meet Foreign Minister Abdel Ilah Khatib, officials said.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has been offered the job as Middle East envoy, says Irish PM Bertie Ahern.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair spent his last full day in office Tuesday facing growing speculation that he will be named as an envoy to the Middle East.
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The Quartet of Middle East mediators will discuss a job as envoy for Tony Blair at talks in Jerusalem.
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Tony Blair arrives in Jerusalem for  his first visit as international envoy on Monday, hoping to  help end 60 years of peacemaking failure since Britain handed  Palestine to Jews and Arabs who remain bitterly at odds.
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Middle East would top the agenda of British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s upcoming trip to the United States as Blair is trying to revive the peace process in the region, Downing Street said on Monday.
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Leaders of the Middle East Quartet meet former prime minister Tony Blair here 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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Tony Blair continues his first Mid-East visit as the Quartet's special envoy by meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that a two-state solution is the &quot;absolute priority&quot; to bring peace to the Middle East amid speculation he is to become an envoy there.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has left Cairo to continue a regional tour aimed at rekindling the Middle East peace process.
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Outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that a two-state solution is the &quot;absolute priority&quot; to bring peace to the Middle East amid speculation he is to become an envoy to the region.