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Tony Blair stories: 81 news summaries

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BP Snags Libyan Gas Fields

North Africa is looking more attractive to big business—especially the oil business

May 30, 07 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The deal BP made with Libya this week for rights to huge gas fields demonstrates the new attraction North Africa has for investors. Once controlled by what Business Week calls "pariahs and basket cases," the area now looks stable (compared to the Middle East, that is) and is... More »

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Tony Blair • BP • Libya • North Africa • gas fields • Moammar Gadhafi • Britain

The Queen Is
Not, in the End,
a Blair Fan

Elizabeth "frustrated" at retiring Prime Minister Tony Blair's legacy

May 27, 07 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Tony Blair prepares to leave office, one of those uneasy about his legacy is his queen, who the Telegraph reports is "exasperated and frustrated" at the effect of 10 years of New Labour rule. Queen Elizabeth is said to be unhappy about Blair's  "overstretching"  the military... More »

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Tony Blair • United Kingdom • Queen Elizabeth II • England • Britain • British royals

Bush, Carter, Trade Barbs

Prez 39 calls 43 worst ever; White House
fires back against "irrelevant" Carter

May 21, 07 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A cold war of words is escalating between the White House and former occupant Jimmy Carter. On Saturday, Carter called the Bush administration "the worst in history" on the international front; yesterday Bush spokesman Tony Fratto shot back against the "reckless personal attack," sneering at Carter as... More »

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Bush administration • Tony Blair • Jimmy Carter • White House • president • feud • George W. Bush

Blair Makes Last Visit to Iraq

PM pays goodbye call amid mortar attack, radio assault from Jimmy Carter

May 19, 07 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair dropped in on Iraq's prime minister today, to assure him the Britain would continue to support the struggling Iraqi government even after he leaves office next month. Blair used the surpise visit to reiterate his confidence that there are "real signs of change and progress" in Iraq,... More »

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Iraq • Tony Blair • Green Zone • Nouri al-Maliki • Britain

Brown Outlines Post-Blair Era

Proposes major initiatives - including transfer of war powers to Parliament

May 13, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown is about to put some distance between himself and his former boss with a series of proposals laying out his vision, including giving Parliament the right to approve war powers, reports The Observer. With Blair pilloried for pusuing a profoundly unpopualr war almost single-handedly from Number 10, Brown... More »

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Tony Blair • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Tory Party • David Cameron • Britain

For Blair,
Iraq Was No Anomaly

Brooks: War he co-authored was a disaster, but consistent with his values

May 11, 07 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Tony Blair prepares his exit from No. 10, the British left is already eulogizing the PM as a good man consigned by circumstance to a bad war. Not so, says David Brooks: The crux of Blair's political philosophy was a radical, religious communitarianism, which sired both his leftist leanings... More »

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Iraq • Tony Blair • globalization • war • John Macmurray • Britain • Iraq war

Who Is Gordon Brown?

May 10, 07 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Gordon Brown prepares to succeed Tony Blair, the current chancellor of the exchequer's plans for Britain's future are unclear. Brown's dour, brusque style is a sharp contrast to Blair's slick verbosity, but some see that as an advantage. “He’s not regarded as a prince of spin or... More »

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Tony Blair • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • UK politics • Britain

Tony Blair Ends 10-Year Era

"The party will now select a new leader."

May 10, 07 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's official: Tony Blair will step down on June 27, as soon as a new Labour leader is chosen. Blair publicly announced his decision in his home constituency of Sedgefield, having told his cabinet earlier in the day. Blair's words prompted "much thumping of tables" by the cabinet, says... More »

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Tony Blair • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Britain

Blair Will
Resign Tomorrow

British PM to back Brown Friday, step down in July

May 9, 07 10:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to formally announce his resignation tomorrow and anoint Chancellor Gordon Brown as his successor Friday. The Guardian reports he won't actually step down until July, but the announcement will signal the end of the Blair era and begin a divisive process of choosing... More »

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Tony Blair • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • resignation • Conservative Party • Britain

Northern Ireland Launches
Historic Power Share

Power-sharing government
ends decades of sectarian violence

May 8, 07 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Protestant and Catholic leaders pledged to cooperate as Northern Ireland inaugurated a power-sharing government today, ending a deadly decades-long conflict. Protestant leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness will serve as first minister and deputy first minister, respectively. Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams hailed "a new era of... More »

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Tony Blair • Northern Ireland • ireland • British Parliament • Sinn Fein • Ian Paisley • Gerry Adams • Martin McGuinness

Blair Ally
to Step Down

Home secretary's surprise announcement frees new PM
to overhaul cabinet

May 7, 07 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - British Home Secretary John Reid will stand down, he announced yesterday, giving PM apparent Gordon Brown space to rejigger the cabinet when he succeeds Tony Blair. Tensions have run high between the old and new Labour leaders' supporters, but Reid stressed that his surprise departure was personal; the Guardian reports... More »

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Tony Blair • Gordon Brown • British elections • John Reid • Labour • British Cabinet • Jack Straw • Britain

Sunset for Blair’s New Dawn

May 6, 07 9:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Tony Blair about to step down, Alan Cowell considers the departing PM's most important accomplishments and failures. The former: moving Britain’s poiltical center of gravity away from Margaret Thatcher’s rugged individualism and toward a more compassionate society.  More »

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Tony Blair • Europe • government • Margaret Thatcher • Britain • Iraq war

Labour Party Escapes Election Catastrophe

Pro-independence faction takes control
of Scottish parliament

May 4, 07 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair's Labour Party took a beating in yesterday's local elections, winning just 27 percent of the vote. But both the party—wildly unpopular because of Blair's Iraq war stance and several recent scandals—and pundits scored the result a minor victory because Labour lost only 410 local council seats... More »

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Tony Blair • United Kingdom • British elections • Scotland • Labour Party • Tories • Scottish National Party • Britain • Iraq war

Blair Points
To Successor

After 10 years at
No. 10, PM says he'll pass torch to Brown within weeks

May 2, 07 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - As he marked a decade in power, British prime minister Tony Blair said yesterday he'll step down within weeks. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown is expected to succeed Blair, who stopped short of officially anointing Brown but told a Labour rally, "In all probability, a Scot will become... More »

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Tony Blair • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour • Labour Party • Britain • Iraq war

Blair Blames Crime Wave on
Black Culture

Stop 'pretending it's
not young black kids doing it,' PM says

Apr 12, 07 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Black culture is responsible for a recent rash of teenage murders in Britain, Tony Blair said yesterday in a burst of un-PC criminology that outraged black leaders. The violence, which has killed seven teens in recent weeks, won't let up unless Britons stop “pretending it is not young black... More »

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Tony Blair • crime • children • black culture • black community • Britain • teenager

Britons Ask: Were Captives Too Cozy With Iranians? 

Co-operation called, "Bloody Shambles"

Apr 6, 07 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the euphoria over the homecoming of the 15 British captives subsides, some Britons are charging that the sailors and marines went overboard in co-operating with their captors. Lt. Gen. Sir Michael Gray tells London’s Daily Mail: "In my days you would have got name, rank and serial... More »

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Iran • Tony Blair • terrorism • propaganda • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • war • sailor • Britain • Marine • hostage

British Sailors Come Home

Apr 5, 07 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fifteen British sailors captured by Iran are back in the UK. As soon as the British Airways jet touched down as Heathrow, Blair traded his measured diplomatic tone  for harsher words, warning the "elements of the Iranian regime" were still arming insurgents inside Iraq." More »

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Iraq • Iran • Tony Blair • terrorism • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • war • Britain • hostage

British Captives
Standoff Stiffens

Experts say there is no clear border between Iran and Iraqi waters

Mar 30, 07 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - London and Tehran and ratcheted up the rhetoric over the 15 British soldiers being held captive in Iran yesterday, the LA Times reports: Britain got the UN Security Council to issue a statement of "grave concern," while Tehran released more video of sailors professing guilt and issued charts... More »

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Iraq • Iran • United Nations • Tony Blair • diplomacy • London • Tehran • captives • Persian Gulf • Britain

Brits Prove Captured Sailors Were in Iraqi Waters

Iran can't stick to a story

Mar 28, 07 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 15 British sailors captured by Iran last week were inside Iraqi waters, British evidence released today shows. The craft's GPS system put it 1.7 nautical miles outside Iranian territory, which a British military helicopter confirms. The Iranian government revised its own version of the location Monday, when its... More »

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Iran • Tony Blair • terrorism • Angela Merkel • European Union • war • Britain • hostage

Irish Rivals Unite for Self-Rule

Powersharing agreement in Northern Ireland will allow continuation of self-rule

Mar 27, 07 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams sat down together yesterday and agreed  to a power sharing deal for Northern Ireland that would include their rival parties. A British deadline to disband the national assembly if a pact wasn't forthcoming jump-started the negotiations, after four years of stalled talks.  The coalition... More »

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Tony Blair • Northern Ireland • diplomacy • United Kingdom • Ian Paisley • Gerry Adams

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