Tony Blair's wife says Iraq war decision was 51-49October 11th, 2009 LONDON - A day after former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was told that he is a 'war criminal' by the father of a killed British military personnel, his wife Cherie Blair openly contradicted his version of the Iraq war decision by saying the move to go to war was a "51-49" decision. "A lot of the time these choices are not clear-cut.
Blair's house sale to fetch him 270,000-pound profitOctober 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set to make a 270,000-pound profit by selling his former house. Tony and Cherie Blair bought Myrobella House in County Durham for 30,000 pounds in 1983 when he was elected an MP for the area.
Blairs' renovation plan angers neighboursSeptember 27th, 2009 LONDON - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and at loggerheads with their neighbours after the couple planned to add a guesthouse to their 5.75-million-pound country mansion. Tony and Cherie Blair want to turn a derelict gardener's cottage into a two-bedroom, two-bathroom house.
Cherie Blair fell for hubby Tony's 'nice, firm body'August 30th, 2009 LONDON - Cherie Blair has revealed that her husband former British Prime Minister Tony's 'nice, firm body' attracted her towards him. In her book 'Speaking For Myself', Cherie wrote that she was already dating two men when she dragged Tony up to the top deck of the number 74 and had "three men in her life" by the next morning.
Tony Blair's conversion to Catholicism was driven by wife CherieAugust 29th, 2009 LONDON - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has revealed that his wife Cherie inspired him to become a Catholic, after he left Downing Street. During a visit to Italy, he also said that converting from the Anglican Church to Catholicism two years ago was like "coming home".
Tony Blair, wife slammed for taking elephant rides during Bali holidayAugust 14th, 2009 LONDON - Tony and Cherie Blair have incurred the wrath of an animal welfare charity after being snapped taking elephant rides while on holiday in Bali. The former British Prime Minister and his family faced the cameras as they watched elephants play football and paint with their trunks.
Mystery behind Tony Blair's black eyeJuly 4th, 2009 LONDON - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is nowadays sporting a mysterious black eye. His eye bruising was seen during a reunion with confidant Peter Mandelson at an award ceremony.
Cherie Blair feels 'nice being a spectator again, rather than a spectator sport'June 21st, 2009 LONDON - Cherie Blair has said she feels nice to be in the spectator seat again rather than be "a spectator sport" two years after she left Downing Street. The 54-year-old, who constantly made headlines during her time as the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, was asked if she missed life at the official residence, where present Prime Minister Gordon Brown is presently struggling to keep his government.
Oz conman says Blair fathered his ex-girlfriend's childMay 25th, 2009 SYDNEY - Notorious conman Peter Foster has claimed on Australian radio that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair might have fathered the baby of his ex-girlfriend Carole Caplin, who was a former confidant of Cherie Blair. Foster, recently released from prison after serving one third of a seven year sentence for money laundering in Australia, also repeats discredited claims that Tony and Cherie Blair used offshore trusts to avoid paying British taxes.
When Blair begged wife to save him from getting snapped with Berlusconi!May 25th, 2009 LONDON - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair begged his wife Cherie to ensure he was not photographed next to Silvio Berlusconi when the Italian Prime Minister met them during a summer holiday wearing a bandanna. The episode happened during the British couple's visit to Berlusconi's villa on the Italian island of Sardinia in 2004, when the Italian politician had been recuperating from a hair transplant.
Cherie Blair says hubby Tony Blair loses his temper if dinner is not readyMay 22nd, 2009 LONDON - English barrister Cherie Blair has revealed that her husband, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, loses his temper with her if dinner is not on the table when he gets home. In an interview with Total Politics, she revealed him to be a "very traditional" man, reports the Telegraph.
Loomba Trust reaches out to widows in RwandaApril 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The Loomba Trust, which started its initiative to help poor widows and their children in India, has now extended its help to 850 widows in Rwanda. The project, launched in partnership with international charity Oxfam and the Rwandan government, includes 500 survivors of the 1994 mass genocide in Rwanda in central Africa.
Painting of nude Cherie (Booth) Blair to go on saleMarch 20th, 2009 LONDON - A 1972 painting of Cherie Blair in the nude is listed for sale at a Mayfair art gallery in London, with a price tag of 600,000 pounds. Cherie Blair was 22 and unmarried when she posed for the drawing.
Bush and Blair never prayed together, their wives sayMarch 2nd, 2009 LONDON - The wives of former US President George W Bush and ex-British premier Tony Blair have cleared up one of the enduring myths of their time on the world stage. The two men may have struck up a great personal friendship and seen eye-to-eye on the momentous events of the last decade but they definitely did not pray together, according to the two wives Sunday night.
Bring Hamas into peace process, says BlairJanuary 30th, 2009 LONDON - Former British prime minister and current international Quartet envoy to the Middle East Tony Blair has said in a newspaper interview published Saturday that the Palestinian militant movement Hamas must be brought into the peace process. Blair, in an interview with The Times, said that the previous policy pursued by the Quartet - the UN, US, Russia and the EU - of isolating Hamas and concentrating peace and reconciliation efforts on the West Bank 'was never going to work and will never work'.
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