By David Stringer Associated Press TRIMDON, England -- Tony Blair said Thursday he would step down as prime minister on June 27, closing a decade of power in which he fostered peace in Northern Ireland and followed the United States to a war in Iraq that cost him much of his popularity.

Tony Blair said Thursday he would step down as prime minister on June 27, closing a decade of power in which he fostered peace in Northern Ireland and followed the United States to a war in Iraq that cost him much of his popularity.

By Andrew Woodcock PRIME Minister Tony Blair has been questioned for a second time by police investigating allegations of cash for honours, his official spokesman reevealed today. The Prime Minister was questioned as a witness for less than an hour at 10 Downing Street last Friday morning.

Michael Levy, British Prime Minister Tony Blair's chief fundraiser, was arrested for a second time Tuesday in connection with the cash for honors scandal. Scotland Yard said he is under suspicion of perversion of the course of justice, The Observer reported.

By Adrian Croft LONDON (Reuters) - Lord Levy, the chief fundraiser for Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party, was arrested on Wednesday by police probing allegations that state awards had been given in return for cash.