Blair in Turkey to back EU bid, start Mideast trip
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Ankara ahead of a Middle East tour aimed at advancing the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process and discussing Turkey's EU ambitions.
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Tony Blair says the country's bid to join the European Union is of fundamental importance to the Middle East peace process.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit Lebanon on Monday as part of a Middle East tour to discuss the UN-brokered truce between Israel and the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, an official has said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a personal quest to bring peace to the Middle East, detailing plans for a Palestinian statehood conference in London in March.
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Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union was back on course Thursday after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan backed down in a row with the bloc over attempts to ban adultery in his Muslim nation.
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Britain's role in opening EU membership talks with Turkey next year could offer Prime Minister Tony Blair a chance to sway a euro sceptic public months before a referendum on the bloc's constitution.
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Tony Blair yesterday put himself at the centre of international efforts to revive the Middle East peace process after winning Israeli and Palestinian support for a conference in London next year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he would soon launch a new Middle East peace mission, hoping to unlock the &quot;barred&quot; door to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Egypt on Saturday on a Middle East peace drive after predicting that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would find a way to break a deadlock between rival factions during his trip.
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IN stapling Britain so firmly to the cause of Turkey joining the European Union, Tony Blair no doubt thinks he is picking a fight he will win, but the row is growing more bitter by the week, as Turkey's sharp ...
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is in Jerusalem for meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. He&#39;s hoping to get both sides to participate in a Mideast conference in London.
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Tony Blair arrives in Turkey, on the first leg of a Middle East tour he hopes will help progress the stalled peace process.
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The leader the Conservative Party, David Cameron, began a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Thursday, the British consulate in Jerusalem said.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 15  - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Brussels late Wednesday ahead of an EU summit widely expected to give Ankara a green light to start membership negotiations with the bloc.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched his quest to bring peace to the Middle East, unveiling plans for a conference to prepare the Palestinians for statehood, during a landmark West Bank visit.
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Tony Blair was to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday as he continued his fact-finding maiden visit to the region as the new envoy for the Middle East peace Quartet.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit Israel next week for talks with his counterpart Ariel Sharon.