Blair and Chirac pledge unity
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Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac today promised to work together on restoring stability in the Middle East while drawing a line under their past differences over the war in Iraq.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and his right-hand man Gordon Brown insisted they were on the same wavelength over the Asia tsunami disaster and poverty in Africa, deflecting suggestions of tensions between them.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Iraqi counterpart Iyad Allawi vowed to crush terrorism in Iraq and looked ahead to the country staging successful elections in January.
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French President Jacques Chirac, continuing his official visit to Britain, hailed &quot;a very strong historical link&quot; between London and Paris, while arguing his case for a &quot;multipolar and interdependent world&quot;.
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MANCHESTER, England -- Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain yesterday handed over leadership of the Labor Party to his finance minister, Gordon Brown, who pledged that Britain would "meet our international obligations" in Afghanistan and the Middle East but called for going beyond military solutions to combating terrorism.
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Marking the 100th anniversary of the diplomatic agreement that ended centuries of war and conflict between France and Britain, President Jacques Chirac of France yesterday began a two-day visit with Prime ...
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Prime Minister Tony Blair today continued his efforts to draw a line under his differences with French President Jacques Chirac over the Iraq war.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on a  visit to Beirut marked by protests and snubs, pledged on Monday  to help strengthen Lebanon's security forces as they deploy in  the south after Israel's war with Hizbollah.
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As a sign of their continuing co-operation, the leaders of Britain and France are scheduled to hold a meeting in London on 18 November.
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Sarkozy is ready to endorse Blair's demands in Europe - a move that may finally pave the way for agreement on replacing its constitution.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was scheduled yesterday to try to bind up the personal and political wounds dividing Labour and join forces with Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, to unite their party ...
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair says there was no rift in his Cabinet over his government's handling of the conflict in Lebanon, and a British lawmaker publicly backed him on Sunday.
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President Jacques Chirac called for national unity on Tuesday over France's hostage crisis in Iraq, after a bid by self-appointed mediators failed to free two journalists held by Islamist militants.
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French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair sought to downplay strains in their relationship over the war in Iraq and pledged Thursday to make every effort to revitalize the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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Britain and France held &quot;positive&quot; talks Tuesday aiming to narrow differences ahead of a crunch European Union summit, while admitting that significant divisions remained.
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President Jacques Chirac appealed for national unity Tuesday to try to stem criticism of France&#39;s failure to secure the release of two French journalists held in Iraq and restore faith in French diplomacy.
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The French president hails the "true friendship" with the UK,  but mentions "differences" over Iraq as his visit ends.