Blair wanted to quit year before Iraq war: book
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Tony Blair wanted to quit as Britain's prime minister a year before the Iraq war after a fall in his poll ratings, his former chief media aide Alastair Campbell said on Sunday.
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LONDON -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair tried yesterday to stifle a growing revolt in his Labor Party by pledging to quit within a year, but his critics said a change of leader was needed sooner to win back voters.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Bush's closest ally, was likely to announce plans Thursday to resign in the next year, forced by intense pressure within his Labour Party after nearly a decade in power, his spokesman said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on   Thursday tried to stifle a growing revolt in his Labour Party   by pledging to quit within a year but his critics said a change   of leader was needed sooner to win back voters.
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Secret papers sent to British Prime Minister Tony Blair a year before the US-led invasion of Iraq warned of the risks of Iraq sliding into post-war chaos, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was likely to commit publicly Thursday to a 2007 resignation, forced by intense pressure within his Labour Party into making an announcement he has long resisted, senior Cabinet officials said.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was &quot;stupid&quot; for publicly announcing he would resign from his post within a year, Home Secretary John Reid has said.
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Former prime minister Tony Blair&#39;s press chief lifted the lid Sunday on his boss&#39;s plan to quit before the Iraq war, hours ahead of publication of his hotly anticipated diaries.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair   appealed for an end to personal attacks within his ruling   Labour Party on Saturday days after being forced against his   will to announce he will leave office within a year.
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British officials said they expected  all foreign combat troops to withdraw from Iraq within four  years, as British Prime Minister Tony Blair flew into Baghdad  to show support to its new government on Monday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed to resign within a year, in a drastic bid to calm a crisis threatening his government, but doubts remained whether he had quelled the protests.
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Britain&#39;s foreign secretary and senior officials warned Prime Minister Tony Blair a year before invading Iraq that chaos could follow the toppling of Saddam Hussein, a newspaper said Saturday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair   pledged on Thursday to quit within a year but declined to give   an exact date to mutineers in his Labour Party who want a   speedy change of leader to revive its fortunes.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will   step down early in May next year after a revolt by disenchanted   supporters campaigning for him to end almost 10 years in   office, British media reported on Thursday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair  appealed for an end to personal attacks within his ruling  Labour Party on Saturday days after being forced against his  will to announce he will leave office within a year.
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The memoirs of former British prime minister Tony Blair will be published in Britain and the United States by Random House, the world's biggest book publisher said on Thursday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was to announce on Wednesday the government will begin withdrawing thousands of troops from Iraq within weeks, according to media reports.