Iraq Likely to Overshadow British Labor Party Conference
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Britain&#39;s involvement in Iraq is likely to overshadow the annual conference of Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s Labor Party, despite the British leader&#39;s efforts to shift the focus to domestic issues.
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The Labour conference will debate the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq this week, after local party delegates voted for it to be included on the agenda.
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The presence of Australian troops in Iraq is expected to dominate the polls. Howard is seeking a fourth term, but faces stiff competition from Labor Party leader Mark Latham, with the two parties level in opinion polls.
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An international conference on Iraq is expected to call on the government of Prime Minister Ayad Allawi to meet with its political opponents to encourage them to participate in the country's first democratic elections in January, according to a draft of the conference's final communique.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair warned against &quot;raising false hopes&quot; for a British engineer held hostage in Iraq, as the crisis cast a long shadow over the start of his party's annual conference.
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Iraqi labour unions making their global debut at a conference in Japan are seeking tips on their tough task -- how to make workers aware of rights suppressed for years by Saddam Hussein.
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Iraq s interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi met on Sunday with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, for talks likely to be dominated by the need to improve security before Iraq s January elections.
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Iraq overshadowed the start of Tony Blair's Labour Party conference on Sunday despite the prime minister's efforts to turn attention to the domestic agenda ahead of a general election expected next year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has acknowledged the deep divisions the Iraq war has caused, in what could be his last major speech to his ruling Labor Party before elections expected next year.
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TONY Blair today faced a revolt by Labour MPs over plans to send British troops into danger zones in Iraq. The prime minister was expecting a grilling at Commons question time this afternoon, with 45 Labour
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Leaders meeting on Iraq&#39;s future plan to give strong backing to the interim government&#39;s war against insurgents, but won&#39;t set
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Britain's business leaders gather for their annual conference in Birmingham this week, with the thorny issues of European bureaucracy and jobs outsourcing set to dominate debate.
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MANCHESTER, England -- Prime Minister Tony Blair, addressing his Labor Party's annual conference for the last time, warned Britain that if it retreats from Iraq and Afghanistan after he leaves office, ``we will be committing a craven act of surrender."
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Will he have the political capital to tackle his agenda while Iraq demands his attention?
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Iraq has overshadowed the start of Tony Blair&#39;s Labour Party conference despite the prime minister&#39;s efforts to turn attention to the domestic agenda ahead of a general election expected next year.
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AFTER one of the most important speeches of his life, British Prime Minister Tony Blair was still fighting to reunite his New Labour Party yesterday as the war in Iraq continued to haunt his leadership.
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Britain's Tony Blair will give his final  speech to the ruling Labour Party's annual conference next week  with succession fever set to dominate a meeting that may  determine when the prime minister quits.