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Tony Blair (born 6th May 1953) is an envoy for the Quartet on the Middle East, working to bring about a 'two-state' solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Previously, he served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007; introducing a new "permanent campaign" style of politics, he won general elections in 1997, 2001 and 2005, the first two by landslide majorities. Internationally, he was best known for his close alliance with presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, making the UK a firm ally in the American-led war in Iraq.

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-The '''[[Northwest Passage]]''' is a long-sought water route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans north of the [[North America|North American]] mainland.  Between the 16th and 19th centuries, [[Europe|European]] explorers, particularly the [[United Kingdom|British]], made numerous attempts to discover such a route north and west, through (by river) or around (by sea) North America.  The earliest of the explorations were based on a mixture of legend, conjecture, and wishful thinking, but later expeditions built on what was learned and gradually extended their maps, at first of North America itself and then of Arctic America in particular.  <font size=1>[[Northwest Passage|['''more...''']]]</font>
+'''Tony Blair''' (born 6th May 1953) is an [[diplomacy|envoy]] for the [[Quartet on the Middle East]], working to bring about a 'two-state' solution to the conflict between [[Israel]] and [[Palestine]]. Previously, he served as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from 1997 to 2007; introducing a new "permanent campaign" style of politics, he won [[General elections in the United Kingdom|general elections]] in 1997, 2001 and 2005, the first two by landslide majorities. Internationally, he was best known for his close alliance with presidents [[Bill Clinton]] and [[George W. Bush]], making the [[United Kingdom|UK]] a firm ally in the [[United States of America|American]]-led [[Iraq War|war in Iraq]].
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