Troop vote a blow to PM
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s attempts to focus his party&#39;s annual conference on domestic issues received a setback yesterday when delegates backed moves to force a vote on a British troop pull-out of Iraq.
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Foreign secretary rejects proposals for more troops.
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The British government Monday rejected claims it was planning to put some of its troops under US command as a political show of support for President Bush ahead of the presidential election.
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London: A launch of election policies by Tony Blair's main political opponents was blown out of the water yesterday as one of their senior members defected to the British prime minister's party.
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LONDON -- Britain's decision to pull 1,600 troops out of Iraq by spring, touted by US and British leaders as a turning point in Iraqi sovereignty, was widely seen yesterday as a telling admission that the British military can no longer sustain simultaneous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a revolt on Wednesday from lawmakers who demanded a parliamentary vote on a US request to redeploy British troops in Iraq.
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POLAND WASHINGTON -- The prime minister of Poland told his Parliament yesterday that he would begin reducing the number of Polish troops in Iraq in January, another blow to the US-led coalition that has lost nearly a third of its members this year. Addressing legislators before a vote of confidence, Prime Minister Marek Belka promised, ''We will not remain in ...
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Iraq's prime minister saw his support erode on two fronts today as a White House memo questioned his leadership and a powerful political bloc suspended participation in Iraq's government.
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Tony Blair says the Iraqi general election has struck a blow to the heart of global terrorism .
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In contrast to the U.S. troop buildup, Prime Minister Tony Blair said today that Britain will withdraw up to 1,600 of its roughly 7,100 British troops in southern Iraq in the coming months.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has lost one of his key supporters with the resignation of controversial Home Secretary David Blunkett.
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Britain has not yet decided whether to send 650 troops to relieve US forces in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday, while rejecting suggestions that such a move would be aimed at boosting US President George W. Bush's electoral campaign.
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The Labour Party voted at its annual conference to reject a motion calling for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq as soon as possible, a party source told AFP.
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The British government Monday rejected claims it was planning to put some of its troops under U.S. command as a political show of support for President Bush ahead of the presidential election.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a revolt by lawmakers Wednesday over a U.S. request to redeploy some British troops closer to Baghdad.
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The killing of hostage Kenneth Bigley is a blow for British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who -- with a general election likely in early 2005 -- has been struggling to escape the long shadow of Iraq.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair went into his weekly Commons showdown facing fresh unrest among Labour MPs over Iraq. Mr Blair was pressed over the request for soldiers to be sent into US-controlled hotspots at Prime Minister&#39;s Questions.