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“Tony Blair: I cried for Iraq war victims” (AP)

September 1st, 2010

FILE - This is a Tuesday, March 23, 2010 file photo of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is now a special Mideast representative, addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington.  Blair's book is a political memoir with celebrity trappings  secrecy, security, controversy and a multimillion-dollar deal. Tony Blair's 'A Journey' is published Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 promising to give readers behind-the-curtain insights into major world events from the death of Princess Diana to the Sept.11 attacks and the invasion of Iraq. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Tony Blair’s long-awaited memoir says the former British prime minister doesn’t regret the Iraq war — although he wept for the victims — and carries revelations about the…

BP chief Tony Hayward’s fate hinges on board vote (AP)

July 26th, 2010

BP CEO Tony Hayward and Managing Director Bob Dudley (R) leave after their meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington in a June 16, 2010 file photo. BP Plc's board will discuss the future of Chief Executive Tony Hayward when it meets on July 26 to discuss the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the firm's second-quarter results, sources familiar with the matter said. They said the focus will be on the timing of Hayward's departure, rather than whether or not he would stay with the company.  REUTERS/Jim Young/files    (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS DISASTER POLITICS ENVIRONMENT ENERGY)AP - The board of oil giant BP faced a decision Monday on whether to keep Tony Hayward as its chief executive, although deliberations appeared to have narrowed to setting…

Former PM Tony Blair returns to campaign trail (AP)

March 30th, 2010

**RETRANSMISSION TO REMOVE EXTRANEOUS RESTRICTIONS**Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair addresses Labour party members at the Trimdon Labour Club in Sedgefield, his former parliamentary constituency, Tuesday March 30, 2010. Speaking in support of current Prime Minister Gordon Brown for Britain's forthcoming election, Blair said that while Britain was not yet 'out of the woods' following the financial crisis, it was 'on the path out' as a result of the actions taken by Brown. 'At the moment of peril the world acted. Britain acted. The decision to act required experience, judgment and boldness. It required leadership. Gordon Brown supplied it,' he said.(AP Photo/Owen Humphreys, pool)AP - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair made a dramatic pre-election return to domestic British politics Tuesday with an attack on the policies of David Cameron, the smooth young Conservative…