London, Apr 24 : Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who does not regret leading Britain to Iraq war, has called on the world to take on and defeat Islamic extremists.

He believes that, without intervention, the problem will continue to grow in countries such as Afghanistan, and called for a battle to be waged against militant Islam similar to that fought against revolutionary communism.

London, Apr 21 : Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Facebook profile set up to promote his charity foundation has been hijacked by computer users who have launched personal attacks on him and his wife.

The Tony Blair Faith Foundation on Facebook, which is accessed via a link from the charity's official website, is supposed to promote understanding of the world's religions.

However, it is instead dominated by abusive messages against the Blairs, The Telegraph reports.

London, Apr. 11 : Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's step mother-in-law, Steph Booth, is to stand for parliament.

Booth, who is married to Cherie Blair''s actor father Tony Booth, was selected as Labour''s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Calder Valley seat, in West Yorkshire, at a meeting on Thursday evening, reports The Telegraph.

Mrs Booth said it was "a real honour" to be selected.

London, Apr 10: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has launched a new organisation about religion and God named after him, admitting that he did not pass a “single day” without reflecting on the aftermath of the Iraq war.

The Tony Blair Faith Foundation would promote understanding about the world’s major religions.

He spoke of his own religious faith being a comfort to him at all times and said faith was “a powerful force for good in the modern world.”

London, Apr 5 : Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has emerged as the world's highest-paid public speaker, earning almost 400,000 pounds for two half-hour speeches on the international lecture circuit since leaving the premiership two years ago.

He received the fee during a 36-hour visit to the Philippines, where he lodged with the British Ambassador, The Times reported.

London, Apr 5 : Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has emerged as the front-runner to become the first permanent president of the European Union.

Blair has stepped up his campaign for the job, which he wants to use to build a bridge between Europe and the new Barack Obama Administration, The Independent reported.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has accepted that Blair should be in pole position for the appointment; on the basis that Britain needs to have a key figure in the architecture of the new world order.