Blairs to take holiday in Italy

London - The British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, is expected to take his family on a three-week holiday to Italy and France today…

London - The British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, is expected to take his family on a three-week holiday to Italy and France today. Mr Blair will hold a brief courtesy meeting with the Italian Prime Minister, Mr Romano Prodi, in Rome before going on to spend the first two weeks of his holiday at a renaissance-style Tuscan palace owned by Prince Girolamo Guicciardini Strozzi in the village of Cusona.

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