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Obama boosts bid for Chicago

...Madrid and Tokyo. In recent years, national leaders have traveled to the IOC meetings to help seal the deal -- such as Tony Blair for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and Vladimir Putin for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. "I would make...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/09/17/oth_548429.shtml
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Rio's 2016 bid gets boost; three other cities take hits

...the vote could be crucial. Whether President Obama goes to Copenhagen to lobby for Chicago could be decisive, just as Tony Blair helped secure the 2012 Olympics for London when he met IOC members in Singapore in 2005 and Vladimir Putin traveled to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/09/03/oth_546845.shtml
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Must-reads

...economy, Mr. Flythe said. "Speaking for Myself," by Cherie Blair. An autobiography by British former prime minister Tony Blair's wife is on Mr. Flythe's to-read list. "She's infuriating everybody and they've infuriated her, so I can't...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/01/04/liv_506255.shtml
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Up 2 Speed

...school to know what was going on in the real world last week? Here's an update: world TONY BLAIR GIVES NOTICE: Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair announced he'd step down as head of the Labour Party and as leader of the country effective...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/05/15/xtr_128447.shtml
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...Princess Diana, as she struggles between royal protocol and the overwhelming grief of her subjects. With Michael Sheen as Tony Blair and Sylvia Syms as the Queen Mother. Ends today at Masters REIGN OVER ME (R) Don Cheadle helps his old friend Adam...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/04/19/mov_125202.shtml
Movies
Mini reviews

...Princess Diana, as she struggles between royal protocol and the overwhelming grief of her subjects. With Michael Sheen as Tony Blair and Sylvia Syms as the Queen Mother. Masters THE REAPING (R) Hilary Swank investigates a town thought to be suffering...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/04/12/mov_124275.shtml
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Boxing with kid gloves

...of the world's formerly great powers stand for having its sailors kidnapped in broad daylight? Will Prime Minister Tony Blair's actions mimic his tough words, when he says, "It is simply not true that they went into Iranian territorial waters...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/03/27/edi_121932.shtml
Editorials
Up 2 speed

...out "a normal troop commander's role" serving with his Blues and Royals regiment, officials said. Prime Minister Tony Blair praised the son of the late Princess Diana. Harry will be the first senior royal to serve on the front line since Prince...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/02/27/xtr_118112.shtml
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Global threat has a name

...Meanwhile, our most stalwart ally against this emerging apocalyptic threat - the newly cowed British Prime Minister Tony Blair - announces that military action against Iran is off the table, as far as he's concerned. Well, even if true, that...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/02/25/edi_117913.shtml
Editorials
Blair is right again

...elements, but those presently in charge of its policy." - Tony Blair Ordinary Iraqis may just agree with the British prime...History teachers and textbook writers, take note: Tony Blair has nailed it again. Include a note to our progeny...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/12/25/edi_109693.shtml
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