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Brian Reade: British holidays are a bit of a washout

mirror.co.uk     yesterday          

I've given Tony Blair plenty of stick for bumming free holidays off rich men in sunny climes. But having spent a week in rain-sodden Devon, I feel duty-bound to say I don't blame him. The grim skies mean you traipse around...                    

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Thai FM quits as protesters refuse to budge

abs-cbnnews.com     yesterday   740 related          

Agence France-Presse BANGKOK - Thailand's foreign minister handed in his resignation Wednesday a day after the prime minister clamped emergency rule on Bangkok following deadly clashes and days of protests against his...                    

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Blair and Mofaz discuss negotiations with Palestinians

jpost.com     yesterday          

Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair met with Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. At the meeting, Mofaz told Blair that multi-channel negotiations...                    

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Blair Meets Bibi, Mofaz

israelnationalnews.com     yesterday          

The Quartet's Middle East envoy, Tony Blair, met with Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu Wednesday and then met with Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz, who is running for chairmanship of the Kadima party. Blair reportedly...                    

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'Frost/Nixon', With Talbott and Jochim, Makes American Regional Debut (Playbill)

yahoo.com     yesterday          

Adam Hetrick, Andrew Gans Playbill On-Line Wed Sep 3, 5:13 PM ET Under the direction of Rep artistic director Steven Woolf, Frost/Nixon features Keith Jochim as Richard Nixon and Jeff Talbott as David Frost. The company...                    

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Martin Kettle: Rejuvenating a party in government is a tough task

guardian.co.uk     03-Sep-2008          

Of all the British politicians who made the trip to Denver for the Democratic convention last week, by far the most interesting attendee was the shadow Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude. He had the choice of going...                    

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Gordon Brown proves the Peter Hennessy theory: politicians fail through their strong points

guardian.co.uk     03-Sep-2008          

Andrew Sparrow: I've heard it before, but there's a particularly good version of it in Sue Cameron's column in the FT today – the theory that politicians ultimately fail not because of what they are bad at, but because of...                    

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Real IRA targets Catholic officers

thefirstpost.co.uk     03-Sep-2008          

Philip Jacobson on how extremist Republicans are still trying to derail the NI peace process In the ten years since the Good Friday agreement brokered by Tony Blair kick-started the peace process, Northern Ireland has...                    

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In Tony’s Steps: Lauren Booth’s Peace Mission

anorak.co.uk     03-Sep-2008          

TONY Blair is a peace envoy to the Middle East, and as chance has it his sister-in-law and jobbing Blair, Lauren Booth, is in the region. Lauren is, says the Mirror, on a “peace boat”. She disembarks on the Gaza Strip....                    

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D:Ream man Brian Cox’s Big Bang

thefirstpost.co.uk     03-Sep-2008          

A decade ago Brian Cox (pictured) achieved a measure of fame playing keyboards with the British pop band D:Ream – their number one hit Things Can Only Get Better was (New) Labour's campaign song in 1997 and they topped...                    

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