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NEWS ABOUT: Tony Blair

Tony Blair stories: 81 news summaries

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 Belgian Named
 EU Prez After
 Blair Bid Fails 

Center-right leaders want one of their own for European Council

Nov 19, 09 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Tony Blair won't be the first president of the European Council. The job went to Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy today after British PM Gordon Brown withdrew Blair's nomination when it became clear he didn't have enough support. Blair tells the Guardian he isn’t surprised, because the “... More »

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Tony Blair • Angela Merkel • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • England • Brussels • prime minister • European council president • Tony Blair EC president • Lady Ashton

OPINION

 Blair: Give China's 
 Leaders a Break 

'Second Cultural Revolution' is transforming Chinese society

Oct 9, 09 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Western democracies shouldn't stop asking China's leaders tough questions on human rights, but they also need to understand the huge task that lies before China and recognize the progress the nation has already made, writes Tony Blair. The number of Chinese below the World Bank poverty line has dropped 80%... More »

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China • Tony Blair • Chinese economy • Chinese Communist party • Cultural Revolution

 Blair Set to Become 
 First European President 

Ex-PM expected to become President Blair if Irish pass treaty

Oct 2, 09 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair could be installed as Europe's first-ever president within weeks if Ireland, in voting today, approves the treaty creating the job. Nicolas Sarkozy believes Blair is the best man for the job, sources tell the Times. Angela Merkel initially believed the job should go to somebody from a country... More »

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Tony Blair • European Union • Ireland • European Commission • Lisbon Treaty • EU president

analysis

Blair's Path
to EU Helm
Grows Clearer

If Irish approve Lisbon treaty, ex-PM in line for newly created position

May 22, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Ireland votes yes on the Lisbon treaty, officially creating the role of EU president, Tony Blair is looking more and more like the man for the job. Not that the former UK prime minister has publicly expressed any interest—he's remained tactfully silent—but he has pockets of support... More »

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Tony Blair • Angela Merkel • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • Ireland • Silvio Berlusconi • Lisbon Treaty • EU president

UK Set to Name First Female Poet Laureate

Blair had passed Duffy over fearing public wouldn't accept lesbian

Apr 28, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UK looks set to honor a woman as poet for the first time, the Independent reports, and an openly gay woman at that. At 53, Carol Ann Duffy is Great Britain’s most widely read poet, and might’ve already been named poet laureate but for former PM Tony... More »

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Tony Blair • lesbians • Glasgow • poet laureate • Britain • Lesbian • gay women • Carol Ann Duffy • Andrew Motion

Pope Out of Touch on Homosexuality: Blair

Former PM advocates 'metaphorical' reading

Apr 8, 09 2:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's time for Pope Benedict to rethink his outdated views on homosexuality, charges former British prime minister Tony Blair. The Vatican considers homosexuality a "tendency" toward "moral evil," citing biblical references. But Blair, a Catholic convert, tells the gay magazine Attitude that religious leaders should treat the... More »

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Tony Blair • Pope Benedict XVI • religion • Vatican • homosexuality • Bible • Old Testament

Despite 'Skepticism,' Blair Nudges Netanyahu on Talks

Urges negotiations for two-state solution, more freedom for Palestinians

Apr 6, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though “there is a great deal of skepticism out there” about the motivation of Israel’s new prime minister, Middle East envoy Tony Blair today encouraged Benjamin Netanyahu to resume Palestinian peace talks amid efforts to improve the West Bank’s economy, Reuters reports. A “credible political negotiation... More »

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Tony Blair • Middle East • Palestine • Benjamin Netanyahu • West Bank • Arab Israeli conflict • peace talks • Palestinian statehood • two-state solution

(Newser) - The Decider, aka George W. Bush, will write a book titled Decision Points, the New York Post reports. The former president's rumored advance for the book, due out in 2010, is $7 million. That’s $5 million short of Bill Clinton’s deal for My Life, $1 million less than... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Tony Blair • Bill Clinton • publishing • memoir • Random House • George W. Bush • book deal • Crown Publishing Group • My Pet Goat

Livni Heads to Washington to Cut Gaza Deal

Critical step toward truce would block Hamas arms smuggling

Jan 16, 09 3:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is on her way to the US to sign a deal central to a Gaza ceasefire as diplomatic efforts intensify to stop the fighting, reports the Jerusalem Post. The agreement, designed to stop Hamas from rearming, would step up intelligence agency cooperation to stop... More »

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Tony Blair • diplomacy • Gaza • Hamas • Tzipi Livni • Egypt • ceasefire • Gaza Egypt border • Israeli offensive

 Blair: Gaza Ceasefire in Sight 

Israeli leaders torn over next step

Jan 12, 09 9:38 AM CST
(Newser) - “The elements of an agreement” for a ceasefire in Gaza are in place, Mideast envoy Tony Blair said today amid negotiations in Cairo including representatives of Israel and Hamas. But in Jerusalem, Israeli leaders were weighing an escalation, the Washington Post reports. PM Ehud Olmert is pushing for a... More »

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Israel • Tony Blair • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • Tzipi Livni • Ehud Barak • ceasefire • Arab Israeli conflict

OPINION

 Coulter Talks 
 Today 'Ban' 
 ... on Today 

Critics not exactly impressed with Peacock's kowtowing

Jan 7, 09 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Ann Coulter parlayed her non-appearance on NBC’s Today Show yesterday into a session with Matt Lauer this morning, Hamilton Nolan writes on Gawker. “She is that person you didn't want to invite to the party, but did, and then wished you hadn't,” writes Nolan. Fully two minutes... More »

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television • Tony Blair • Ann Coulter • Matt Lauer • NBC News • Bill Maher • television interview • spat • book promotion

Tony Blair Tapped for US Medal of Freedom

Former prime minister was staunch US ally

Jan 6, 09 2:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a staunch ally of President Bush on the war in Iraq, is to receive the highest US civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Blair, who is now an Middle East peace envoy for the Quartet—Russia, the US, the EU and UN—will... More »

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Tony Blair • John Howard • Presidential Medal of Freedom • Alvaro Uribe • George W. Bush

 Tony Blair: 
 Part Obama, 
 Part Bush 

Ex-prime minister optimistic but doesn't regret Iraq war

Dec 29, 08 5:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Tony Blair was both Britain's Barack Obama, promising change, and its George W. Bush, dragging his country into an unpopular war, Jennifer Senior writes in New York. But now the Middle East envoy and superstar Yale lecturer is his own man. He's excited about Obama's victory and urges the president-elect... More »

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Barack Obama • Tony Blair • Middle East • politics • Yale University • UK politics • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Blair Banks $20M in First Year as Ex-PM

Feat beats Clinton, but UN wonders if he's doing his peace job

Oct 29, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair took in around $20 million since stepping aside as British PM last October, the Times of London reports, six times what he’d made in his entire life and more than double Bill Clinton’s take in his first year out of office. Some at the UN have... More »

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United Nations • Tony Blair • Middle East • Bill Clinton • income • speaking engagements • consultant

Brown Appoints Archrival to Rejoin Cabinet

Blair ally returns to British government in surprise move

Oct 3, 08 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown shocked the British political establishment by reappointing one of his long-time enemies to his Cabinet. Peter Mandelson, who with Brown and Tony Blair was an architect of New Labour, will be made a lord and become the new business secretary. The return of Mandelson, currently serving in Brussels... More »

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Tony Blair • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • British Cabinet • Labour Party • Britain • Peter Mandelson

Tony Blair Nervous on First Day of School

Former British prime minister debuts today
as Yale prof

Sep 19, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s the first day of school for Tony Blair, and the former prime minister confesses to having a case of nerves. “I was never a star student,” says Blair, who is embarking on a 3-year teaching gig at Yale. Blair tells the Yale Daily News he’s... More »

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Tony Blair • Ivy League • Yale

3 Charged in Plot to Kill Brown

Suspects face murder, terror charges after online threats to PM

Aug 29, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three British citizens have been charged with terror offenses for allegedly plotting to assassinate Gordon Brown, the Guardian reports. The suspects, who will appear in court in London today, belong to a group calling itself Al-Qaeda in Britain. They are accused of everything from soliciting murder to inviting support of... More »

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Tony Blair • terrorism • Gordon Brown • assassination • assassination attempt • al-Qaeda • terror websites

Leaked Blair Memo Blasts Brown 'Vacuity'

Leadership challenge gains steam as ex-PM slams successor

Aug 4, 08 6:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown took further lashed from his own party over the weekend as allies of Tony Blair leaked an old memo from the former prime minister bashing Brown's tenure. In the memo, written last year after Brown called off a mooted snap election, Blair accuses his successor of "hubris... More »

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Tony Blair • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • David Miliband • Labour Party • Britain • Blairites

Obama Wraps Up Tour
in London, Defends Trip  

Candidate meets with Brown to close international tour

Jul 26, 08 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama wrapped up his international tour today in London, chatting for two hours with PM Gordon Brown on Iraq, the economy, and the "special relationship" between the US and Britain. Obama, preparing to head home to Chicago, defended his trip to Europe and the Mideast as polls in... More »

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Barack Obama • Tony Blair • London • Gordon Brown • David Cameron • Britain • Election 2008 • 10 Downing Street

Cigar Woes Snare Another Politician

London mayor under investigation for case grabbed in Iraq in '03

Jun 24, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - London's mayor found out yesterday that he is “the one and only Western politician to be brought to justice for crimes committed in Iraq.” Boris Johnson's misdeed? Taking a cigar case as a souvenir from the smashed villa of Iraq’s former deputy prime minister while on assignment... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Tony Blair • war crimes • England • justice • Britain • Tariq Aziz

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