Blair sets out on Middle East &quot;Mission Impossible&quot;
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Tony Blair begins his first visit to  the region as Middle East envoy on Monday, hoping he can help  turn around 60 years of peacemaking failures since Britain  ended its mandate over Palestine.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Tony Blair said on Tuesday he saw possibilities in his first visit to the Middle East as an international envoy but cautioned it was too early to tell whether they could be translated into concrete results.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has landed in Israel for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on reviving the Middle East peace process following the death of Yasser Arafat.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair began efforts today to boost the Middle East peace process by holding talks in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Ariel Sharon, to be followed by a meeting with Palestinian leaders in the West Bank.
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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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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking for the first time in the Mideast as its peace envoy, urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders Tuesday to take advantage of a new "sense of possibility" in the region.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for an initiative to jumpstart the dormant Middle East peace process as he offered support for Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas over his controversial call for early elections.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has launched an effort to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict, unveiling plans for a conference to prepare the Palestinians for statehood during a landmark West Bank visit.
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Tony Blair begins his first visit to the region as Middle East envoy on Monday, hoping he can help turn around 60 years of peacemaking failures since Britain ended its mandate over Palestine.
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LISBON -- Tony Blair waded headlong into the murky world of Middle East peacemaking yesterday, dismissing concerns that he would fail like so many before him and announcing that he would travel to the region.
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Tony Blair is seeking a broader role as Middle East envoy that would give him more direct involvement in peacemaking, expanding the limited mandate world powers gave him last month, diplomats said on Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair flies to the United States on Friday for talks with President George W. Bush on Israel and Lebanon as international efforts increase to resolve the conflict.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives back from his diplomatic mission to the Middle East to try to resurrect the peace process.
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Tony Blair, on his maiden voyage to the Middle East as special envoy for the peace Quartet, Monday tapped Jordan on efforts to revive the moribund peace process ahead of visits to Israel and the West Bank.
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Tony Blair makes his maiden voyage to the Middle East as special envoy for the peace Quartet this week amid a flurry of   diplomatic activity aimed at reviving the moribund peace process.
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Tony Blair began his first visit to the Middle East as international envoy on Monday, meeting Israeli leaders who promised to try to revive the long-stalled peace process with the Palestinians.
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Tony Blairâs visit to Israel comes amid renewed international hopes of lasting peace with Palestine. Mr Blair sees resolution of the conflict as the route to long-term stability in the wider Middle East.