Toniblers and Tonis but only one Tony Blair

A giant poster of Tony Blair decorates the stage where nine Kosovo Albanian children named after him await to meet him, in Kosovo's capital, Pristina.

The former Prime Minister received a hero's welcome in Kosovo, the nation he helped make into a state. Thousands of people chanted his name and waved Kosovar and British flags as he walked onto an improvised stage in the main square in Pristina. Mr Blair met Kosovar leaders during his visit and shook hands with nine Toniblers and Tonis, ethnic Albanian children named after him.

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