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Tony Blair (Anthony Charles Lynton Blair)

Date of Birth: 6 May 1953
Place of Birth: Edinburgh


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Pause in St Petersburg

Prime Minister Tony Blair's office responded with a detailed 38 point reply including the appointment of International Development Minister Hilary Benn to champion the fight against corruption...


Posturing outweighs the policy

First he persuaded his fellow leaders to reject an extremely critical report on Zimbabwe by the African Union's Human Rights Commission; then he pre-empted Annan's efforts to mediate in Zimbabwe's internal crisis (as part of a plan agreed between SA President Thabo Mbeki and British Premier Tony Blair) by appointing his own mediator (and close friend) Tanzanian former President Benjamin Mkapa...


Head to head

Mbeki was to be keynote speaker but pulled out to attend a bilateral meeting with British Premier Tony Blair in London...


Konaré's stopover

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation had offered to provide 'substantial support' to the African Union in Darfur under new arrangements to strengthen its peacekeeping operation there said a communiqué following discussions by African Union Chairman Alpha Oumar Konaré and British Prime Minister Tony Blair in London on 23 May...


Hard talk at No.10

The difficult relationship between South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki and British Premier Tony Blair has recovered enough for them to wear convincing smiles at their joint press conference in London on 24 May...


Waiting but not sitting

British Premier Tony Blair stressed that aspect at a summit of 'centre-left' parties in South Africa last week...


Ponderous politicians

His planned mid-December visit to Britain was cancelled due to his illness but UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is keen to rearrange the event reflecting Boutef's grip on the gas taps as well as his status as a 'key ally' in President George W...


Tummy tuck, bellyache

He had been told to report to the British police under strict bail conditions (AC Vol 46 No 21) and President Olusegun Obasanjo is said to have complained to Prime Minister Tony Blair about his escape...


Transition starts here

The EU Ambassador Tim Clarke was already under fire from government media; he is a brother of Charles Clarke Home Secretary under British Premier Tony Blair who so warmly welcomed Meles into 'his' Commission for Africa...


Breaking point, again

Asmara claims that Addis Ababa is favoured because it helps Washington with its 'war on terror' while Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is a member of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Commission for Africa (AC Vol 46 No 5)...


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