Blair Projected Winner in British Election

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From: AP Online
Date: 20050505
Author:ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer

ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-05-2005
Dateline: LONDON


Labour party leader Tony Blair and his wife Cherie walk to the polling station in the village of Trimdon, Sedgefield, England, Thursday May 5 2005, to cast their votes in the 2005 General Election. (AP Photo/Paul Ellis)

Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party won a third term in office with a sharply reduced 66-seat majority in Parliament, according to exit poll projections broadcast as vote counting began in Britain's national election Thursday.

Counting in 645 Parliamentary districts was continuing through the night, ...

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