Britain&#39;s Blair in Libya at start of Africa tour
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair flew in to oil-rich Libya on Tuesday on the start of a three-nation African tour less than a month before he leaves office.
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SIRTE, Libya  - British leader Tony Blair held talks with Muammar Gaddafi in a tent in the Libyan desert on Tuesday as BP sealed a big energy deal with Tripoli in a boost to the West's ties with the once-isolated African state.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived back in Britain after a three-day trip to Africa, Downing Street has said. Mr Blair attended the second meeting of his Commission for Africa in Ethiopia where he vowed
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin is heading off on a pre-Christmas trip to Libya.
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Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to visit Africa this week, in his last trip to the continent he has championed during his 10 years in power, his office said Tuesday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair makes a farewell trip to Africa this week, after using his decade in power to try to rally the world's richest countries to help ease the plight of the world's poorest.
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British finance minister Gordon Brown  visited one of Africa's largest slums Wednesday at the start of  a tour of the continent aimed at making the fight against  poverty a top priority for the world's richest nations.
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SIRTE, Libya  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Libya on Tuesday for talks with Muammar Gaddafi as oil giant BP sealed a major energy deal marking stronger British ties with the former outcast state.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair left Tuesday for a three-nation trip to Africa, stressing the need for &quot;re-engagement&quot; with the continent he has championed during his decade in power.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair left Tuesday for a three-nation trip Africa, his last journey to a continent he has vigorously championed during a decade in office.
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UK PM Tony Blair begins a regional tour aimed at seeking out ideas for the region's stalled peace process.
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Nelson Mandela hailed Tony Blair on Thursday as "very good friend" to Africa for the priority he has given the continent, while the outgoing British prime minister called on rich countries to fulfill aid pledges to the region.
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Outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday arrived in the small west African nation of Sierra Leone on the second leg of a three-nation African tour.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived on his African visit yesterday - and straight into the minefield of the Darfur crisis in Sudan.
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Tony Blair, the British prime minister, wants Africa to be the &quot;top priority&quot; for a new European Union military force that could be deployed in crisis areas at short notice.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived in Ankara on the first leg of a Middle East tour designed to advance the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process and discuss Turkey's bid to join the European Union.
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Freshly recovered from a heart operation, British Prime Minister Tony Blair was scheduled to fly to Ethiopia on Tuesday on a personal aid mission which he hopes will also provide a restorative boost to his own ...