Blair: Peace deal agonisingly close
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has revealed how agonisingly close he came to striking a peace deal in Northern Ireland. He outlined the delicate and carefully choreographed step-by-step process which would have
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the door was open to a final settlement of the conflict in Northern Ireland, following a report saying that the Irish Republican Army had given up violence.
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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.
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Tony Blair gives an optimistic assessment that a peace agreement in the Middle East is within reach.
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IAN Paisley is meeting Tony Blair today to discuss what appears to be the final obstacle to a peace deal for Northern Ireland and the restoration of devolved government - photographic proof that the IRA has destroyed all of its weapons.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he hopes that a conference in London early next year will be a bridge back to the stalled road map to Middle East peace.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England, Sept. 18 -- Negotiations among rival Northern Ireland parties ended Saturday with no agreement to revive a Catholic-Protestant administration, but British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted that a deal might yet be achieved.
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An impatient Tony Blair yesterday warned that Northern Ireland&#39;s political parties had their last chance to reach a compromise as he began three days of intensive talks to revive the peace process and rescue the Good Friday agreement.
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LONDON: Talk about a Middle East peace conference in London early next year is &quot;premature,&quot; a spokesman for British Prime Minister Tony Blair said last night.
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Tony Blair says he came to push Mideast peace efforts ahead. But Britain's beleaguered prime minister may be hoping his success eases anger back home over his close ties with the U.S., animosity that led to a rebellion in his own Labour Party.
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Britain hopes a peace plan for Lebanon  can emerge within days that could lead to a ceasefire, but only  after details are worked out for an international force,  British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday.
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The British and Irish prime ministers say much has been achieved in the Northern Ireland peace process but an accord on restoring the province&#39;s power-sharing government is not yet complete.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's   pledge to quit within a year failed to heal rifts on Friday as   his likely successor came under fire from a respected Labour   Party heavyweight.
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TONY Blair believes that a three-day Scottish summit next month will be the last chance for years to seal a lasting peace deal that restores devolved government to Northern Ireland.
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The Northern Ireland peace talks were on a knife-edge today after a dramatic Downing Street meeting between Chief Constable Hugh Orde and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.
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Tony Blair is preparing to urge unionists and republicans to agree to a deal that would transform Northern Ireland&#39;s deadlocked peace process.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Middle East peace quest was severely jolted yesterday when his counterpart in the West Bank took umbrage at suggestions that the Palestinians needed to be groomed for ...