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Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:48 AM

Tony Blair

Type: Person

Name: Tony Blair (Tony Charles Lynton Blair)

Title: Former Prime Minister

Organization: Government of United Kingdom

Date of Birth: 06/05/1953

Place of Birth: Edinburgh

Nationality: United Kingdom

Fact Sheet: Biography for Tony Blair

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 3 hours ago - 39 Documents

European Union

Andrew Grice: Blair beaten, but a coup for Brown nonetheless

Tony Blair knew the game was up a week ago. He admitted it in telephone calls to Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel. It was clear that the job described as "President of Europe" was going to be nothing of the sort. After eight years of navel-gazing, the ... [The Independent - 3 hours ago]

Entities: European Union, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 24 Documents

Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland

UK drops Blair, picks Ashton for EU role (AFP)

AFP/File – Britain's Catherine Ashton, seen here in May 2009, was on Thursday named the European Union's …1 hr 39 mins agoBRUSSELS (AFP) – Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday gave up his bid to secure the job of EU president for Tony Blair but won ... [Yahoo! News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Tony Blair, European Union, Brussels, United Kingdom, Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 20 hours ago - 65 Documents

Gordon Brown

EU stitch-up hands top jobs to little-known duo

A Belgian federalist and a former chairwoman of Hertfordshire Health Authority were ushered into Europes two grandest jobs last night as it stumbled on to the world stage. The European Unions 27 leaders balked at the chance to have Tony Blair as their ... [Times Online - 20 hours ago]

Entities: European Union, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Geoff Hoon

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 25 Documents

Angela Merkel

European Union: Fading presidential ambitions | Editorial

Who do you call when you want to call Europe? After five years of wrangling designed to deal with the Henry Kissinger question, the EU last night failed to provide a satisfactory answer. The first ever president of the European council is to be the haiku-writing ... [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

Entities: European Union, Tony Blair, Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 13 Documents

Jean-Claude Juncker

Europe picks troupers for starring roles

When the concept of a new president for Europe was first drawn up by Valery Giscard dEstaing, it was assumed widely that the august former French President was writing a job description for himself. It would be a role fit for a former President of France, ... [Times Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, European Union, Jean-Claude Juncker, Fredrik Reinfeldt, David Miliband

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

Sierra Leone | President Koroma pledges 'We no go tire'

The country wants investment and, with a little help from his friend Tony Blair, President Koroma embarks upon a fund-raising mission in BritainIn the run-up to a fund-raising conference in London on 18 November, President Ernest Bai Koroma was pushing ... [Africa Confidential - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, Tony Blair, Haja Afsatu Kabba

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Sierra Leone appeals for investment

Sierra Leone appealed yesterday for increased foreign investment, portraying itself as a country fast recovering from a brutal civil war, in a trade forum backed by former British premier Tony Blair.President Ernest Bai Koroma told hundreds of delegates ... [Namibian - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Sierra Leone, Tony Blair, Ernest Bai Koroma

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

EU president: probably Herman Van Rompuy

You have probably never heard about this guy, Herman Van Rompuy, a Flemish Christian democrat, but he is now extremely likely to become the "permanent" (non-rotating) president of half a billion of somewhat civilized people, the citizens of the European ... [The Reference Frame - 11/19/2009]

Entities: European Union, Herman van Rompuy, Tony Blair, Flemish, Google News

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

Belgian PM chosen as first EU president (AAP)

EU leaders picked Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the European Union's first president, the EU presidency announced on Thursday, after Britain dropped its backing for Tony Blair.Britain in exchange secured the post of European foreign policy ... [West Australian - 11/19/2009]

Entities: European Union, Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, European Parliament, Tony Blair

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Press criticise EU appointments

LONDON (AFP) Newspapers attacked on Friday the appointment of the European Union's first president and foreign policy chief, some calling them lightweights who could struggle on the world stage.Papers also protested the behind-the-scenes process of selecting ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 19 hours ago]

Entities: European Union, Brussels, Graeme Wilson, Tony Blair

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Belgium Prime Minister Picked as European President

BRUSSELS Meeting to decide who will represent them on the global stage, the European Unions 27 leaders chose two low-key candidates with little international experience on Thursday, after Britain finally abandoned its campaign to install Tony Blair ... [New York Times - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Foreign Policy, Belgium, European Union

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Nothing to do with politics?

November 2009 I said my item on Jennings had nothing to do with politics, but I should add that the great irony of Anthony Buckeridge is that he was a life-long socialist, and a pretty left-wing one at that (he had very little time for Tony Blair).Yet ... [BBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Anthony Buckeridge, Tony Blair, United Kingdom

Quotes

Mr Blair said: "investors are now prepared to think differently about africa and there are a new generation of leaders who are rising to this challenge. a prime example is president koroma. his administration in sierra leone is making enormous strides forward thanks to his determined leadership."

Prince Charles to Assist President Koroma Rebuild Sierra Leone [AwarenessTimes - 3 hours ago]

...Foreign Secretary David Miliband endorsed former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair for the EU president role, saying the candidate needed to be able to "stop the traffic in beijing and moscow"

EU elects discrete, consensual leaders [EurActiv.com - 19 hours ago]

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EU Who? [The New Republic - The Plank Feed - 5 hours ago] Today the European Union finds itself with two new top leaders--Herman Van Rompuy, the EU’s first president, and Catherine Ashton, the new high representative ...
A great EU stitch-up that demeans democracy \| D... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 6 hours ago] The appointments of Herman Van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton lay bare the rot at the core of the Lisbon projectIt's not often that the front pages of the Daily Mail and ...
The EU's nice stich-up \| Ilana Bet-El [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 7 hours ago] Lady Ashton is apparently a perfectly personable woman, but she was only chosen because she ticked the right boxesIf someone held the patent for the word "nice" ...
Those EU appointments [Oliver Kamm - 8 hours ago] My colleague Charles Bremner writes:"A groan of disappointment went up from the commentariat of old Europe today. After the long and painful birth of the Lisbon ...

Audio/Video

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Belgian trumps Blair [ITN News - YouTube - 20 hours ago]
Blair to give evidence at Iraq War inquiry [ITN News - YouTube - 11/13/2009]
Tony Blair: EU President? [CNN International - YouTube - 11/11/2009]
Tony Blair: EU President? [CNN.com - Video - 11/11/2009]
In the Spotlight: Tony Blair [UPI - YouTube - 11/10/2009]

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