http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 22:29:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/21037/blair-to-take-yale-post-this-fall.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTony Blair’s ties to President Bush are getting thicker by the minute: The former British prime minister will take a teaching position at Yale, Dubya's alma mater, this fall, the Guardian reports; Blair's son Euan is a grad student at the university, the Yale Daily News reports. Blair, who's also a Middle East peace envoy, will teach a religion and politics seminar.http://www.newser.com/story/21037/blair-to-take-yale-post-this-fall.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 07 Mar 2008 18:45:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/5438/uk-asks-us-to-release-gitmo-suspects.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe United Kingdom wants the US to let go of five British residents detained at the terrorist detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. Green PM Gordon Brown made the official request, hinting that he may be distancing himself from the Bush administration and carving a more independent terror policy than Tony Blair's, Reuters reports.http://www.newser.com/story/5438/uk-asks-us-to-release-gitmo-suspects.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 07 Aug 2007 15:03:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3583/exit-blair.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTony Blair handed his resignation to the queen at 1:15 this afternoon, ending a decade as prime minister of the United Kingdom marked by unprecedented prosperity but marred by a deeply unpopular war in Iraq. In a choreographed ritual, Elizabeth II asked Chancellor Gordon Brown, who has been waiting patiently for the question for 13 years, to form a government.http://www.newser.com/story/3583/exit-blair.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 27 Jun 2007 8:20:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3572/uk-change-of-guard-today.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTony Blair is expected to resign from Parliament today as he vacates 10 Downing Street and is confirmed as the new international envoy to the Mideast. Gordon Brown, whose luggage is waiting curbside, will begin his shakeup of the government, with at least six ministers targeted for replacement, the Guardian reports.http://www.newser.com/story/3572/uk-change-of-guard-today.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 26 Jun 2007 22:09:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3409/blair-to-convert-to-catholicism.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTony Blair is about to become a Roman Catholic, the Guardian reports. His wife is a practicing Catholic, his children were raised in the faith, and the PM has attended mass with them often. But political considerations have kept him officially Anglican all these years. With his last day in office next week, he's planning to come out of the religious closet.http://www.newser.com/story/3409/blair-to-convert-to-catholicism.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Jun 2007 23:44:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3354/us-eyes-blair-as-mideast-envoy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultOutgoing British PM Tony Blair may step into a new role as a Mideast envoy focusing on the development of a viable Palestinian state, the Washington Post reports. Blair would concentrate on economic and governance issues; he would represent the quartet of world players involved in Mideast peace efforts—the US, the UN, the EU and Russia.http://www.newser.com/story/3354/us-eyes-blair-as-mideast-envoy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 20 Jun 2007 23:25:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3197/report-blair-knew-bush-had-no-postwar-plan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIn the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, Tony Blair committed British troops to the effort despite knowing of serious deficiencies in US preparations for the aftermath, a TV documentary set to air this week reveals. He pushed ahead even after President Bush offered him an out, the Observer reports, saying Britain could aid the campaign "some other way."http://www.newser.com/story/3197/report-blair-knew-bush-had-no-postwar-plan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 17 Jun 2007 18:21:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/2728/blair-looks-back-on-tenure-as-pm.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIn a wide-ranging essay that offers few apologies, Tony Blair reflects on his decade as prime minister and argues that Britain must stand in the world as “a player not a spectator.” Writing in the Economist , Blair discusses the shifting landscape of his time in office, the challenges that have defined his tenure, and prescriptions for the future.http://www.newser.com/story/2728/blair-looks-back-on-tenure-as-pm.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 01 Jun 2007 10:33:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/2324/blair-makes-last-visit-to-iraq.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTony Blair dropped in on Iraq's prime minister today, to assure him the Britain would continue to support the struggling Iraqi government even after he leaves office next month. Blair used the surpise visit to reiterate his confidence that there are "real signs of change and progress" in Iraq, despite security challenges, the Guardian reports.http://www.newser.com/story/2324/blair-makes-last-visit-to-iraq.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 19 May 2007 9:01:43 CDT