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05/05/2006 Blair whistles and Reid the bruiser returns to sort out another mess
05/05/2006 Stung by Election Losses, Blair Reshuffles Cabinet
05/05/2006 Labour must rethink web Blair
05/05/2006 News Analysis Blair's subtext An act of desperation or renewal?
05/05/2006 Blair in trouble after election drubbing
05/05/2006 Expatriate Pakistanis urge Blair for help against Baluchistan violence
05/05/2006 Blair fires two key cabinet ministers
05/05/2006 Blair Reshuffles Cabinet After Election Losses
05/05/2006 Tony Blair Shuffles Cabinet After Party Defeat
05/05/2006 Blair orders government facelift amid signs of change
05/05/2006 Blair shakes up government after stinging poll defeat Roundup
05/05/2006 Blair sacks aides after polls losses
05/05/2006 British PM fires top ministers after poll defeat
05/05/2006 Blair overhauls government after poll setback
05/05/2006 Tony Blair Shakes Up Cabinet After Losses
05/05/2006 Blair Reshuffles Cabinet After Poll Loses
05/05/2006 British Cabinet Reshuffle Blair Gets A Bashing in Local Vote
05/05/2006 Blair Fires Off Cabinet Shake-up
05/05/2006 Tony Blair Shuffles Cabinet
05/05/2006 Mayor is host as Chávez snubs Blair
05/05/2006 Embattled Blair axes top ministers
05/05/2006 Blair ousts key minister after losses
05/05/2006 Blair reshuffles Cabinet, Clarke sacked, Straw shifted
05/05/2006 Blair conducts dramatic cabinet reshuffle
05/05/2006 Blair reshuffles Cabinet
05/05/2006 Blair's day of the long knives
05/05/2006 Bruised Blair to reshuffle cabinet
05/05/2006 Blair swings axe in cabinet reshuffle after ballot thrashing
05/05/2006 Blair moves key aides after losses in elections
05/05/2006 Brown looks forward as Blair shuffles pack
05/05/2006 Blair Reshuffling Cabinet After Heavy Local Election Losses
05/05/2006 Blair shakes up Cabinet
05/05/2006 Blair Shuffles Cabinet After Election Defeats
05/05/2006 Blair reshuffles Cabinet after local election thrashing
05/05/2006 Blair sacrifices top ministers after poll losses
05/05/2006 Blair Shakes Up Cabinet After Vote
05/05/2006 At a glance Tony Blair new Cabinet
05/05/2006 Major reshuffle in Blair's govt
05/05/2006 Blair fires home secretary after local elections
05/05/2006 Blair swings axe in cabinet reshuffle
05/05/2006 Blair set for Cabinet reshuffle
05/05/2006 Clarke I don't agree with Blair
05/05/2006 Blair fires home secretary, reshuffles Cabinet
05/05/2006 Tony Blair Shuffles British Cabinet
05/05/2006 Blair reshuffling cabinet as Labor suffers in polls
05/05/2006 Blair reshuffles cabinet after local election drubbing UPDATE
05/05/2006 Blair sacks UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke BBC, Sky
05/05/2006 Blair sacks UK Home Secretary Clarke but Prescott stays as deputy PM UPDATE
05/05/2006 Blair shuffles Cabinet after party takes pounding
05/05/2006 It Butcher Blair
05/05/2006 Lucky for Blair that London results not reflected nationwide
05/05/2006 Blair swings axe in cabinet reshuffle after vote thrashing
05/05/2006 Blair's Party Loses In Local British Elections
05/05/2006 Blair reshuffles cabinet after election drubbing
05/05/2006 Blair reshuffles cabinet in wake of local election drubbing
05/05/2006 Blair shuffles Cabinet after his party takes a pounding
05/05/2006 Tony Blair Fires Foreign Secretary
05/05/2006 Blair fires home secretary, reshuffles Cabinet, Straw out as foreign secretary
05/05/2006 British PM reshuffles cabinet after scandals
05/05/2006 Tony Blair Shuffles Cabinet After Elections
05/05/2006 Blair's British Labour Party trailing
05/05/2006 LOCAL ELECTIONS Blair suffers defeat but gets more votes than expected
05/05/2006 Blair set for cabinet reshuffle after local election losses
05/05/2006 Blair's Labor Party Suffers Heavy Losses in Local Elections
05/05/2006 Blair shuffles cabinet after election pounding
05/05/2006 Blair reshuffles cabinet after election drubbing official
05/05/2006 Britain's Blair reshuffles cabinet after poll losses
05/05/2006 Blair Reshuffles Cabinet After Elections
05/05/2006 Blair starts reshuffling cabinet after election drubbing officials
05/05/2006 Blair starts reshuffling cabinet after election drubbing UPDATE
05/05/2006 Blair reshuffles cabinet after election drubbing UPDATE
05/05/2006 Blair shake-up after poll pounding
05/05/2006 Blair to reshuffle Cabinet after drubbing in local elections
05/04/2006 PM Blair faces key vote test
05/04/2006 Blair faces new handover calls
05/04/2006 Blair faces new calls on handover
05/04/2006 Half of British voters want Blair out by year-end poll
05/04/2006 Blair battered in local vote
05/04/2006 Blair is put to the sword
05/04/2006 Blair has bloody breakfast
05/04/2006 Heavy blow for Blair in local vote
05/04/2006 Blair's Labour Party Trails in Local Vote
05/04/2006 Blair taking heavy losses in local poll
05/04/2006 Blair to reshuffle after 'tough night'
05/04/2006 Blair's Labour Party Trailing In Early Returns
05/04/2006 Blair's Labour Party trails in local vote
05/04/2006 Nightmare For Blair In Council Polls
05/04/2006 Blair braces for backlash in local elections
05/04/2006 Crisis-hit Blair govt in poll test
05/04/2006 Blair battered in local vote
05/04/2006 Blair prepares for heavy losses in local elections
05/04/2006 Blair awaits elections judgement
05/04/2006 Local polls a nightmare for Blair?
05/04/2006 When will Blair go?
05/04/2006 U.K. Blair to head off calls to quit
05/04/2006 Blair casts vote in local elections seen as test of his popularity
05/04/2006 Walker's World When will Blair go?
05/04/2006 LOCAL ELECTIONS IN BRITAIN Blair faces acid test in British local elections
05/04/2006 Blair bracing for backlash as voters give their verdict
05/04/2006 Blair faces election test
05/04/2006 Tony Blair faces key vote test
05/04/2006 Blair braces for backlash as England votes in local polls
05/04/2006 Blair Cons will be deported
05/04/2006 Blair and his party threatened by a push from the far right
05/03/2006 UK's Blair faces local poll test
05/03/2006 Blair hoping tougher line on freed foreign convicts can dampen scandal
05/03/2006 Blair braced for disaster
05/03/2006 Blair's troubles could hit Labour Party
05/03/2006 Blair’s Troubles Could Hit Labour Party
05/03/2006 Blair's Troubles Could Hit Labour Party
05/03/2006 Blair and Labour face tough midterm elections
05/03/2006 Blair and Cameron get ready
05/03/2006 Blair asks voters to weigh Labor's record
05/03/2006 Blair goes on offensive in prisoner crisis
05/03/2006  Blair faces crucial popularity test after scandals
05/03/2006 Blair Defends Home Secretary in Deportation Scandal
05/03/2006 Blair wears Hindu sacred thread
05/03/2006 Blair goes on the offensive
05/03/2006 Blair's Government Beset by Scandals Nightmare on Downing Street
05/03/2006 Blair band of strength
05/03/2006 Time running out on Blair to restore government's reputation
05/03/2006 Blair Readies For Final Rallying Cry
05/03/2006 Time running out on Blair to restore government's reputation
05/03/2006 Blair Ready For Final Rallying Cry
05/02/2006 Don't let 9 days of headlines obscure 9 years of achievement, pleads Blair
05/02/2006 Tony Blair rings 999
05/02/2006 Blair calls on voters to look at nine years of achievement
05/02/2006 Judge us on past nine years, not nine days, Blair tells electorate
05/02/2006 Yes, weve slipped up but dont punish us at polls, says Blair
05/02/2006 U.K. strike is new blow to Blair
05/02/2006 Blair battles to stem election losses
05/02/2006 Blair defends record ahead of local election
05/02/2006 Blair's nine lives almost up after nine years opposition
05/02/2006 Blair looks to repair damage on local election trail
05/02/2006 Blair urges voters to look at 'bigger picture' and ignore scandals
05/02/2006 Beleaguered Blair in plea to unions Don't let rows sink Labour
05/02/2006 Blair urges voters to ignore scandals
05/02/2006 Blair tries to steer voters away from the last nine days
05/02/2006 Blair battles to bury Labour's woes
05/02/2006 Blair set to soldier on despite likely poll losses
05/02/2006 Blair on campaign trail as pressure on the Government mounts
05/02/2006 Weak hand won't help Blair with a tricky reshuffle
05/02/2006 Blair gives upbeat poll message
05/02/2006 Elections 'referendum on Blair'
05/01/2006 Blair bracing for pounding at the polls
05/01/2006 Clarke faces nervous wait for Blair cabinet reshuffle
05/01/2006 Cabinet Presses Blair to Specify Date of Power Transfer to Brown
05/01/2006 Sex Scandal, Low Ratings Are Latest Setbacks to Blair Government
04/30/2006 Cameron Hits Out At Nine-Year Blair
04/30/2006 Clarke 'took weeks to tell Blair'
04/30/2006 Blair gov't sleazy, incompetent poll
04/30/2006 Blair in four-day fight for career
04/30/2006 Blair put off U.S. visit over Iraq?
04/30/2006 Britons slam Blair's 'sleazy' govt
04/30/2006 Pressure mounts on Blair over sex, sleaze and incompetence
04/30/2006 Tabloid pays out at Blairs expense
04/30/2006 Blair 'no excuses' over Clarke
04/30/2006 Blair fights to put scandals behind him
04/30/2006 Blair backs embattled home secretary
04/30/2006 Crises overshadow Blair's ninth year in office
04/30/2006 Local polls will put embattled Blair to the test
04/29/2006 Blair government put to test by 'sleazy and incompetent' image
04/29/2006 Blair government put to test by 'sleazy and incompetent' image
04/29/2006 Poll Blair government 'sleazy'
04/29/2006 Rebels plot secret plan to axe Blair
04/29/2006 Blair Won't Rule Out Nixing Clarke Support
04/29/2006 Blair expected to reshuffle Cabinet in bid to ease crisis
04/28/2006 Pope springs a surprise on Cherie Blair
04/28/2006 Cherie meets Pope as speculation grows that Blair will convert
04/28/2006 Analysis Blair faces elections amid woes
04/28/2006 Tony Blair's Cabinet has multiple setbacks
04/28/2006 Blair braced for more on prisons debacle
04/28/2006 Blair defends 'Mr Fix-it' Prescott'
04/28/2006 3 strikes, but Blair's not out yet
04/27/2006 Blair shrugs off talk of crisis
04/27/2006 Blair fighting forest fires
04/27/2006 Blair cabinet wobbles under trio of troubles
04/27/2006 Triple Whammy of Bad News Sets Blair Aback
04/27/2006 Blair's ally keeps Cabinet job for now
04/27/2006 Scandals Involving Blair's Cabinet Members Turn His Day Into 'Black Wednesday'
04/27/2006 Blairs embarrassing day goes from bad to worse
04/27/2006 Tough days for Blair ministers
04/27/2006 Blair will shrug off his 'Black Wednesday'
04/27/2006 Blair scrambles for authority as ministers flounder in crisis
04/27/2006 Blair defends embattled ministers
04/27/2006 Blair will shrug off his "Black Wednesday"
04/27/2006 Blair battles on as Cabinet gathers for crisis meeting
04/27/2006 Scandals Involving Blair's Cabinet Members Turns His Day Into 'Black Wednesday'
04/27/2006 Scandals Involving Blairs Cabinet Members Turns His Day Into Black Wednesday
04/27/2006 Sense of crisis as Blair marks nine years in office
04/27/2006 Blair battles crisis, scandal
04/27/2006 Blair under fire as sex, crime, health woes rock government
04/27/2006 Blair faces tough challenge
04/26/2006 British PM Blair shaken after "Black Wednesday"
04/26/2006 I didn't know the full story when Clarke offered to go, admits Blair
04/26/2006 Blair shaken after black Wednesday
04/26/2006 Blair shaken after Black Wednesday
04/26/2006 Prescott's 2-year affair with secretary adds to Blair woes
04/26/2006 Report Blair's Son Gets Rowdy In D.C. Bar
04/26/2006 Blair Comes to Defense of Home Secretary
04/26/2006 Headaches piling up for Britain's Blair
04/26/2006 Prisoner Releases New Headache for Blair
04/26/2006 Headaches Piling Up for Britain's Blair
04/26/2006 Blair pledges help for TVR staff
04/26/2006 Analysis Clarke hangs on as Cameron skewers Blair
04/26/2006 Deputys office romance rocks Blair
04/26/2006 Blair Comes to Defense of Home Secretary
04/26/2006 PC integrator plea fails to sway Tony Blair
04/26/2006 Blair stands by minister in row over prisoner releases
04/26/2006 Blair regret on lags row
04/26/2006 Blair rejected key minister's offer to quit
04/26/2006 Tony Blair visits Swaminarayan Temple
04/26/2006 Blair deputy admits 2-year affair
04/26/2006 Blair suffers new blow as deputy admits affair
04/26/2006 Clarke I told Blair I would quit
04/26/2006 Tony Blair visits Swaminarayan temple in Neasden
04/25/2006 Polls scare for Blair AND Cam
04/25/2006 Blair Calls on Hamas to Recognize Israel, Accuses Iran of ...
04/25/2006 Blair condemns Egypt bombings
04/25/2006 Support for Blair's Labour at near two-decade low poll
04/25/2006 U.K. Men Plead Not Guilty to Bush-Blair Memo Leak
04/25/2006 Tony Blair's Wife Under Fire For Hairstyle
04/25/2006 Blair's Wife Spent On Hairstyle In One Month
04/25/2006 Tony Blair criticized Iranian president and calls for "strong
04/25/2006 Outrage is latest atrocity in area favoured by Blair family
04/25/2006 Blair Peerages for those who put millions towards good of country 'absolutely right'
04/24/2006 Blair To Show He Is Fit For Office
04/24/2006 Britain's Blair supports Hamas but says it makes peace deal ...
04/24/2006 Blair Hewitt will do it
04/24/2006 Blair sees party support slip to 19-year low
04/24/2006 Blair U.K. to Continue Palestinian Aid
04/24/2006 Blair refuses to rule out Iran force
04/24/2006 Labour Spent on Cherie Blair's Hair
04/24/2006 Blair says West must send 'strong signal' to Iran over nuclear build-up
04/24/2006 Blair defends NHS but warns of challenges ahead
04/24/2006 Britain's Blair supports Hamas but says it makes peace deal impossible
04/24/2006 Blair stands up for NHS
04/24/2006 Blair defends academy 'honours'
04/24/2006 Hewitt has my confidence Blair
04/24/2006 Blair set to face media grilling
04/24/2006 Blair's plan to drive out criminals draws fresh fears for civil liberties
04/23/2006 Blair faces increasingly rebellious parliament
04/23/2006 Blair promises to get tough on criminals
04/23/2006 Blair 'Go straight or leave UK'
04/23/2006 Bush says Blair had option to withdraw from Iraq invasion
04/23/2006 Hu strengthens ties with Saudis
04/22/2006 Tony Blair and the NHS
04/22/2006 Blair savage over civil liberties
04/22/2006 MPs out of touch on crime Blair
04/22/2006 Blair and Straw at odds over US action in Iran
04/22/2006 Blair, Merkel Emphasize EU Cooperation
04/21/2006 Stylist's bill reveals the Blairs' drift from reality
04/21/2006 Report Blair's Party Paid 13,700 For Wife's Hairstyling Bills
04/21/2006 Labour spent 13K on Cherie Blair's hair
04/21/2006 Report Blair's Party Paid 13,700 For Wife's Hairstyling Bills
04/21/2006 Blair wife spent thousands on campaign hair
04/21/2006 £13,700 hairstyling for Blair wife
04/21/2006 Cherie Blair's hairdos leave the Labour Party broke!
04/21/2006 Families of British troops pressure Blair
04/20/2006 Blair urges reform in disgraceful Zimbabwe
04/19/2006 Blair to 'hold nerve' over NHS
04/19/2006 Blair rejects NHS 'chaos' claims
04/19/2006 Blair praises 'remarkable' Queen
04/19/2006 Blair Cautions Against `Message of Weakness to Iran
04/19/2006 Blair rejects NHS 'chaos' claims
04/19/2006 Blair Cautions Against `Message of Weakness to Iran
04/19/2006 Blair Cautions Against `Message of Weakness to Iran
04/19/2006 Blair praises 'remarkable' Queen
04/19/2006 Papers condemn Blair's NHS record
04/18/2006 Blair defends higher GP salaries
04/18/2006 Blair defends higher GP salaries
04/18/2006 Report Blair will not back Iran strike Terrorism and Security csmonitor
04/18/2006 Blair to 'hold nerve' over NHS
04/18/2006 Blair feels the heat
04/18/2006 Blair to press on with NHS reform
04/18/2006 Blair to make NHS reform pledge
04/17/2006 Blair to make NHS reform pledge
04/15/2006 Blair losing 'redneck' vote
04/15/2006 Bell presses Blair over honours
04/15/2006 Bell presses Blair over honours
04/13/2006 04:01:35a Tax probe call over Blair flights
04/12/2006 12:13:17p Blair pushes health reforms amid cash crisis
04/12/2006 10:21:44a Blair 'takes control' at NHS summit
04/11/2006 05:40:29p Blair blasted over royal flights
04/09/2006 07:42:26a Blair-Brown feud 'ruining Labour'
04/06/2006 07:52:53p Blair sets deadline to revive power-sharing
04/06/2006 04:11:53p Blair, Ahern set deadline for N.Irish government
04/06/2006 03:34:25p Blair and Ahern set deadline for Ulster power-sharing deal
04/06/2006 01:53:02p Agree Stormont deal or lose salaries, say Blair and Ahern
04/06/2006 11:34:43a Blair, Ahern set deadline for N.Irish gov't
04/06/2006 10:51:09a Blair, Ahern set deadline for N.Irish gov't
04/06/2006 09:05:15a Blair, Ahern set deadlines for N. Ireland's executive body
04/06/2006 08:53:13a Blair, Ahern set Nov deadline for N.Irish govt
04/06/2006 07:35:53a Blair, Ahern set Nov deadline for N.Irish govt
04/06/2006 02:53:12a Blair and Ahern to unveil N.Ireland plans
04/06/2006 02:37:19a Blair to launch new war on the Lords
04/06/2006 01:08:03a Ahern, Blair press on despite spyâs murder
04/06/2006 12:32:12a Blair in talks with Bertie Ahern ITV
04/05/2006 11:34:52p Ahern and Blair to unveil plans for devolution
04/05/2006 08:10:51p Show of unity between Blair and Brown falls apart
04/05/2006 07:09:38p Blair spyâs murder will not ruin peace
04/05/2006 06:36:32p You won't wreck Irish peace talks, Blair tells spy killers
04/05/2006 02:21:59a Blair, Ahern Say Spy's Death Won't Halt Bid to Restore Assembly
04/05/2006 02:07:14a Blair and Brown united for campaign launch
04/04/2006 08:48:13p Blair and Brown in election unity
04/04/2006 04:52:30p Ahern and Blair to go ahead with announcement despite killing
04/04/2006 01:12:04p Tony Blair's Popularity Takes a Hit
04/04/2006 11:20:36a Blair's plan for Olympic legacy
04/04/2006 05:48:15a Blair poised to overrule Brown over pensions
04/04/2006 12:48:54a Rice returns for talks with Blair
04/03/2006 07:37:15p Blair launches new âFBIâ
04/03/2006 07:34:59p Blair Accused of Exporting Repression
04/03/2006 07:16:11p Mr Blair needs more than one answer to the NHS question
04/03/2006 06:49:01p Blair and Cameron to talk funding
04/03/2006 06:00:08p Blair and Cameron to talk funding
04/03/2006 05:49:24p Rice returns for talks with Blair
04/03/2006 05:26:32p Rice returns for talks with Blair
04/03/2006 04:24:28p Rice returns for talks with Blair
04/03/2006 04:07:40p Blair to launch new crime squad
04/03/2006 01:46:22p Doctors present letter to Blair
04/03/2006 01:20:05p Doctors tell Blair NHS doesn't work
04/03/2006 12:54:34p Blair says British 'FBI' will nail crime bosses
04/03/2006 11:36:24a Tony Blair Launches `British FBI' to Fight Organized Crime
04/03/2006 09:49:13a Blair's appeal to black churches
04/03/2006 09:20:37a Blair's appeal to black churches
04/03/2006 05:56:08a Why Blair's retirement matters
04/03/2006 05:41:22a Why Blair's retirement matters
04/03/2006 04:03:44a FBI-style agency launched Britain's answer to the FBI has been officially launched by Tony Blair. It aims to tackle the major gangs behind such crimes as people trafficking and drug smuggling.
04/03/2006 01:48:08a Blair dismisses rift with Brown
04/02/2006 04:49:37p Blair and Brown unite for poll
04/02/2006 04:47:47p Blair and Brown unite for poll
04/02/2006 04:15:46p UK-Guardian-Front Doctors NHS must charge for care An open letter from 900 doctors to be delivered to Tony Blair claims tax funding fails patients.
04/02/2006 04:13:49p Blair and Brown unite for election launch
04/01/2006 04:40:02p Voters 'want Blair resignation'
04/01/2006 04:25:50p UK-Guardian-Front Blair axes Brown from key poll launch · Brown sidelined in local elections · Fury as PM 'rips up' handover plan
04/01/2006 03:46:42p Voters 'want Blair resignation'
03/31/2006 06:08:36a Blair 'could quit by end of year'
03/31/2006 06:08:04a Blair flies back from Asian tour
03/31/2006 04:52:11a Blair 'could quit by end of year'
03/31/2006 03:59:09a Blair 'could quit by end of year'
03/31/2006 03:54:53a Blair fails to charm pupils
03/31/2006 12:51:48a Blair flies back from Asian tour
03/30/2006 09:55:03p Blair flies back from Asian tour
03/30/2006 08:42:42p Blair flies back from Asian tour
03/30/2006 08:15:43p Students grill Blair over Iraq
03/30/2006 07:52:37p Students grill Blair over Iraq
03/30/2006 07:05:00p Blair vows to boost defence ties with Jakarta
03/30/2006 06:20:38p Jakarta politely rejects Blair's message
03/30/2006 05:58:55p UK-Guardian-Front Brown 'tried to damage PM' Members of Blair's inner circle claim the chancellor has taken steps to damage Labour's chances in the May elections.
03/30/2006 04:36:51p Blair lectured by pupils at Islamic school
03/30/2006 02:28:19p Muslim children give Blair a testing time
03/30/2006 09:39:04a Blair remains 'very strong PM'
03/30/2006 09:33:34a Blair in Indonesia schools link
03/30/2006 09:26:18a Blair praises Indonesia's moderate Islam during visit
03/30/2006 09:00:20a Blair in Indonesia schools link
03/30/2006 08:55:15a Blair in Indonesia schools link
03/30/2006 07:53:51a In Jakarta, Blair hears criticism of Iraq war
03/30/2006 06:21:05a Blair remains 'very strong PM'
03/30/2006 05:53:01a Blair remains 'very strong PM'
03/30/2006 04:38:31a Blair gets grilling from Indonesian students
03/30/2006 03:50:28a Iraq overshadows Blair visit to Indonesia
03/30/2006 03:18:35a Iraq overshadows Blair visit to Indonesia
03/30/2006 03:06:52a LEAD Muslim leaders quiz Blair on Hamas, Iraq+
03/30/2006 02:51:07a Blair in Indonesia terror accord
03/30/2006 02:22:29a Clamour grows for Blair to reveal when he will stand down as PM
03/30/2006 02:08:12a Indonesian Muslim Leaders Criticize Blair for His Role in Iraq
03/30/2006 01:57:10a Blair in Indonesia terror accord
03/30/2006 01:36:59a News Indonesia, UK to fight terrorism together Blair Forbes
03/30/2006 01:26:51a Blair âto face police grillingâ in loans rowâ
03/30/2006 01:23:05a Blair aims to rebuild relations in Jakarta
03/30/2006 12:06:26a Blair in Indonesia terror accord
03/29/2006 11:36:21p Indonesia, UK to fight terrorism together Blair
03/29/2006 11:34:14p Blair in Indonesia terror accord
03/29/2006 11:30:16p Blair in Indonesia terror accord
03/29/2006 11:28:40p News Blair seeks closer Indonesian ties