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Blair ‘lacked respect for Wales’

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Tony Blair and his team never gave Wales “proper respect and attention” says former Welsh secretary Peter Hain in his memoirs.

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Blair ‘lacked respect for Wales’

‘Devil Inside’: Low-budget, low-concept, zero-plausibility horror movie

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

The premise of “ The Devil Inside ” is that supernatural evil is contagious. But, hey, we knew that. Look how the scourge of the phony-found-footage horror movie leaped from “ The Blair Witch Project ” to the “ Paranormal Activity ” series to this low-budget, low-concept, zero-plausibility flick. It’s a pestilence of infectious claptrap. Read full article > >

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‘Devil Inside’: Low-budget, low-concept, zero-plausibility horror movie

Blair warns of euro ‘catastrophe’

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Former UK prime minister Tony Blair tells the BBC the collapse of the euro would be “catastrophic” and said Europe must get behind it.

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Blair warns of euro ‘catastrophe’

Blair twice met Gaddafi for talks

Sunday, September 18th, 2011

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Libya for talks with Col Muammar Gaddafi in 2008 and 2009, his spokesman confiirms.

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Blair criticises Iran and Syria

Friday, September 9th, 2011

Ex-PM Tony Blair blames Iran for prolonging conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and urges the international community to put pressure on Syria.

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Blair criticises Iran and Syria

Pre-war Iraq ‘not threat to UK’

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Iraq posed no threat to the UK when then prime minister Tony Blair took Britain to war there, former MI5 boss Baroness Manningham-Buller has said.

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Pre-war Iraq ‘not threat to UK’

VIDEO: Blair defends political past on Libya

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

The former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has defended Britain’s relationship with Colonel Gaddafi while he was in office.

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Blair defends Gaddafi meeting

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Tony Blair defends his treatment of Colonel Gaddafi while in office, saying it was “great” the Libyan leader had stopped sponsoring terrorism.

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D.C.’s pot pioneers: Seeking a piece of the medical marijuana action

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Montgomery Blair Sibley might be best known as the lawyer who defended the “D.C. madam ,” the infamous escort service owner who claimed to attend to the needs of Washington’s elite.

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D.C.’s pot pioneers: Seeking a piece of the medical marijuana action

Cherie Blair to head Labour group

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Cherie Blair is to lead a Labour group looking at improving the lives of women in the developing world.

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Cherie Blair to head Labour group

The knowledge economy

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Tony Blair on universities and the global ‘battle of ideas’

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The knowledge economy

Major defends Blair over Gaddafi

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Former PM Sir John Major has defended his successor, Tony Blair, over his decision to improve relations with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2004.

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Blair hails Egypt ‘opportunity’

Sunday, February 13th, 2011

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair hails the past week’s momentous changes in Egypt as a potential “pivot” towards democracy for the entire Middle East.

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Blair hails Egypt ‘opportunity’

Blair ‘feared Cabinet Iraq leaks’

Friday, January 28th, 2011

Tony Blair was “reluctant” to hold Cabinet discussions about Iraq because he thought details would be leaked, the UK’s top civil servant says.

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Blair ‘failed on Iraq equipment’

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Tony Blair’s government lacked coherence and failed to deliver on equipment in the Iraq war, the former head of Britain’s armed forces tells the Iraq inquiry.

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Blair ‘failed on Iraq equipment’