The memoirs of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the object of an international bidding war that went on for days, have been acquired by imprints of Random House Inc. in the United States and England.
Tony Blair waded headlong into the murky world of Middle East peacemaking on Thursday, dismissing concerns that he would fail like so many before him and announcing he would travel to the region.
Among the biggest challenges Tony Blair will face in his new role as Middle East envoy is Arab anger over the wars in Iraq and Lebanon, and perceptions that he speaks for President Bush.
Gordon Brown ended a decade-long wait to become prime minister Wednesday, stepping out of Tony Blair's shadow determined to heal divisions over the unpopular Iraq war as he brings a sober new tone to the government.
Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be named on Wednesday as special envoy for the international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East with a portfolio focused on Palestinian economic and political reform, a senior U.S. official said.
In his new job as Mideast envoy, Tony Blair will take on a task that has bedeviled many before him — a role complicated by Hamas' takeover of Gaza, the weakness of Palestinian and Israeli leaders, and animosity deepened on both sides by six years of conflict.
It won't be that long before President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair will both be out of office, and Bush is already looking back with some longing.
Britain's support for the war in Iraq was a "major tragedy" for the world, former President Jimmy Carter said Saturday as he criticized Tony Blair's unwavering support for President Bush.
President Bush hung out with his best political partner in the world the other night, hosting departing British Prime Minister Tony Blair for a rare White House sleepover and a farewell chat out on the Truman Balcony.
To the last, neither George Bush nor Tony Blair wavered.
Tony Blair is to visit President Bush on Wednesday in what likely will be the British prime minister's final visit to the White House as the country's leader.
President Bush will meet with outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair, his closest ally in the war in Iraq, when Blair visits Washington next Wednesday and Thursday.
Tony Blair said Thursday he would step down as prime minister on June 27, closing a decade of power in which he fostered peace in Northern Ireland and followed the United States to a war in Iraq that cost him much of his popularity.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair took to the Internet on Monday to congratulate Nicolas Sarkozy on winning France's presidential election, posting video messages in English and in French — with a plea for patience.
His name does not appear on any ballots but when Britain's voters go to the polls Thursday, Prime Minister Tony Blair will be facing the electorate for the last time.
Thousands of people protested outside Prime Minister Tony Blair's residence Sunday to demand decisive action against the violence in Darfur, holding up a 7-foot hourglass filled with artificial blood.
Text of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's statement Wednesday on the 15 Britons held in Iran:
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defused a growing confrontation with Britain, announcing the surprise release of 15 captive British sailors Wednesday and then gleefully accepting the crew's thanks and handshakes in what he called an Easter gift.
The next two days are "fairly critical" to resolving the dispute over a seized British navy crew, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday, after Iran's chief international negotiator offered a new approach to end the standoff with Tehran.
One of the 15 British service members held captive in Iran appeared Friday on the government's Arabic-language TV and apologized for entering Iranian waters "without permission." Prime Minister Tony Blair said Iran will face "continued isolation" if it continues "in this way."
The U.N. Security Council expressed "grave concern" Thursday over Iran's seizure of 15 British sailors and marines and called for an early resolution of the escalating dispute, but Iran's chief international negotiator suggested the captives might be put on trial.
Iran aired a video Wednesday of 15 captured British sailors and marines, showing the only woman captive saying her group had "trespassed" in Iranian waters. Britain angrily denounced the video as a "completely unacceptable" display of prisoners.
Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Tuesday that his government could make public evidence that a British navy crew was in Iraqi waters when it was captured by Iran, saying he was prepared to take the standoff to a "different phase" if diplomacy fails to win their release.
Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday called the Iranian seizure of 15 British sailors and marines "unjustified and wrong," saying in his first remarks on the escalating confrontation that London saw it as a "very serious situation."
Prime Minister Tony Blair met with the leaders of Northern Ireland's hard-line Protestant and Catholic parties Wednesday to press for the formation of a joint administration in the territory by a late March deadline.