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Tony Blair is the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He served as prime minister from May 2, 1997 to June 27 2007. Blair was the Leader of the Labour Party from 1994- 2007 and Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983-2007. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Blair attended St John's College in Oxford, where he received his law degree. Blair will teach a class on issues of faith and globalization at the Yale Schools of Management and Divinity during the 2008-2009 academic year. He is married to Cherie Booth and the couple has four children together, Euan, Nicky, Kathryn and Leo.
Tony Blair is the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He served as prime minister from May 2, 1997 to June 27 2007. Blair was the Leader of the Labour Party from 1994- 2007 and Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983-2007. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Blair attended St John's College in Oxford, where he received his law degree. Blair will teach a class on issues of faith and globalization at the Yale Schools of Management and Divinity during the 2008-2009 academic year. He is married to Cherie Booth and the couple has four children together, Euan, Nicky, Kathryn and Leo.
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Bush likely to push city's bid
Chicago Tribune reporterPresident Bush is likely to campaign on behalf of Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid during the Beijing Summer Games next month, according to sources close to the bid. Such a step would represent a ratcheting up of the fervor with which countries compete for...Tags: National Government, Multi-Sport Events, Barack Obama, Elections, Richard M. Daley
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Open mic, insert foot
Time after time, supposedly media-savvy politicians and celebrities get caught saying a few choice words over what they thought was a dead microphone. Jesse Jackson recently uttered the whisper heard 'round the world when a Fox News microphone picked up a...Tags: National Government, Summits, Barack Obama, Elections, CBS Corp.
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Saudi king opens interfaith conference in Spain with call for unity and reconciliation
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia exhorted followers of the world's leading faiths to turn away from extremism and embrace a spirit of reconciliation, saying at the start of an interfaith conference today that history's great conflicts were not caused by...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Imperial and Royal Matters, Public Relations, Elections, Judaism
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IRAQ 3 Iraqis convicted in Allawi plot Three Iraqis were convicted and sentenced to prison for plotting to kill then-Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi during his visit to Germany in 2004. The Stuttgart state court convicted the three of attempted...Tags: Church and State Relations, Minority Groups, Terrorism, Christianity, United Nations
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'The Deal,' prequel to 'The Queen,' screens July 23
"The Deal," a prequel to the award-winning British film "The Queen," will have what is being billed as its world theatrical premiere at an American Cinematheque screening at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on July 23. The film, produced for British...Tags: Movies, Stephen Frears, Television
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Poor excuses from G-8
Those who expect little from the annual Group of 8 summit are seldom disappointed. Though the member countries are all democracies (Russia's peculiar version of the concept notwithstanding) with industrialized economies and many common interests, the...Tags: Commodity Markets, Disasters, Conservation, Energy Saving, Petroleum Industry
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'Generation Kill' is meant to be a portrait
The Associated PressThe narrative of war on "Generation Kill" unfolds as an exercise in readiness and restless waiting, along with misdirection from higher-ups. As a chronicle of modern warfare, the seven-part HBO drama seems awfully authentic. How viewers will embrace this...Tags: Television, Literature, Wars and Interventions, Iraq War, David Simon
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Writers To Give Readings At UConn's Torrington Campus
Charles Van Doren and Sally Van Doren will give readings July 18 at the annual summer lecture for the Litchfield County Writers Project at the University of Connecticut's Torrington campus. Charles Van Doren, an academic, scholar, editor and author, will...Tags: National Government, Vehicles, Emily Dickinson, Torrington, University of Connecticut
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She tended a Mideast oasis
Tribune reporterThe patio stones and decorative tiles are cool to the touch, the citrus trees offer shade, the fountain water a calming burble--for decades, the courtyard at the American Colony Hotel in east Jerusalem has been an oasis from the Middle East's heat and...Tags: Refugee, Wars and Interventions, Los Angeles, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Movies
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Bush gains on Iran sanctions
President Bush hit pay dirt yesterday in what has been widely billed as his farewell tour of Europe with pledges for new financial sanctions against Iran and a commitment for a net increase of 230 British troops in Afghanistan. The deployment takes...Tags: Economic Sanctions, Rebellions, Imperial and Royal Matters, Wars and Interventions, Energy Resources
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