Read more Tony Blair stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/182/tony-blair.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:08:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74427/belgian-named-eu-prez-after-blair-bid-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTony Blair won't be the first president of the European Council. The job went to Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy today after British PM Gordon Brown withdrew Blair's nomination when it became clear he didn't have enough support. Blair tells the Guardian he isn’t surprised, because the “direction of travel”...http://www.newser.com/story/74427/belgian-named-eu-prez-after-blair-bid-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 13:15:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71292/blair-give-chinas-leaders-a-break.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWestern democracies shouldn't stop asking China's leaders tough questions on human rights, but they also need to understand the huge task that lies before China and recognize the progress the nation has already made, writes Tony Blair. The number of Chinese below the World Bank poverty line has dropped 80%...http://www.newser.com/story/71292/blair-give-chinas-leaders-a-break.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 2:39:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70817/blair-set-to-become-first-european-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTony Blair could be installed as Europe's first-ever president within weeks if Ireland, in voting today, approves the treaty creating the job. Nicolas Sarkozy believes Blair is the best man for the job, sources tell the Times . Angela Merkel initially believed the job should go to somebody from a country...http://www.newser.com/story/70817/blair-set-to-become-first-european-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 6:02:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59832/blairs-path-to-eu-helm-grows-clearer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf Ireland votes yes on the Lisbon treaty, officially creating the role of EU president, Tony Blair is looking more and more like the man for the job. Not that the former UK prime minister has publicly expressed any interest—he's remained tactfully silent—but he has pockets of support...http://www.newser.com/story/59832/blairs-path-to-eu-helm-grows-clearer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 11:53:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57445/uk-set-to-name-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UK looks set to honor a woman as poet for the first time, the Independent reports, and an openly gay woman at that. At 53, Carol Ann Duffy is Great Britain’s most widely read poet, and might’ve already been named poet laureate but for former PM Tony Blair, who...http://www.newser.com/story/57445/uk-set-to-name-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 14:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55598/pope-out-of-touch-on-homosexuality-blair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's time for Pope Benedict to rethink his outdated views on homosexuality, charges former British prime minister Tony Blair. The Vatican considers homosexuality a "tendency" toward "moral evil," citing biblical references. But Blair, a Catholic convert, tells the gay magazine Attitude that religious leaders should treat the Bible as metaphorical,...http://www.newser.com/story/55598/pope-out-of-touch-on-homosexuality-blair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 2:04:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55445/despite-skepticism-blair-nudges-netanyahu-on-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThough “there is a great deal of skepticism out there” about the motivation of Israel’s new prime minister, Middle East envoy Tony Blair today encouraged Benjamin Netanyahu to resume Palestinian peace talks amid efforts to improve the West Bank’s economy, Reuters reports. A “credible political negotiation for a two-state solution”...http://www.newser.com/story/55445/despite-skepticism-blair-nudges-netanyahu-on-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 12:53:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53774/check-it-out-bush-strikes-7m-book-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Decider, aka George W. Bush, will write a book titled Decision Points, the New York Post reports. The former president's rumored advance for the book, due out in 2010, is $7 million. That’s $5 million short of Bill Clinton’s deal for My Life, $1 million less than Hillary Clinton...http://www.newser.com/story/53774/check-it-out-bush-strikes-7m-book-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Mar 2009 9:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48076/livni-heads-to-washington-to-cut-gaza-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsraeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is on her way to the US to sign a deal central to a Gaza ceasefire as diplomatic efforts intensify to stop the fighting, reports the Jerusalem Post. The agreement, designed to stop Hamas from rearming, would step up intelligence agency cooperation to stop weapons...http://www.newser.com/story/48076/livni-heads-to-washington-to-cut-gaza-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Jan 2009 3:47:36 CST