Powell to visit Europe, Africa on healing mission
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SOFIA, Bulgaria -- With just a few weeks left in office, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell is planning visits to three European countries this week in hopes of healing divisions stemming from the Iraq war and stressing a renewed US commitment to multilateral solutions to global hot spots.
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Pope Benedict will make his first trip to the United States next spring in a visit that will likely try to heal some of the wounds caused by recent sexual abuse scandals.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell called on Europe Wednesday to reconcile with Washington following their bitter division over the US-led war in Iraq.
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The United States &quot;will do more&quot; to help the victims of the gigantic earthquake and tsunamis in Asia, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday.
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In Europe, it's hard for some to think of Condoleezza Rice &#151; Colin Powell's expected replacement as U.S. secretary of state &#151; without recalling the low points in trans-Atlantic relations that grew out of the war in Iraq.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell turned from the tragedy of the killer tsunami in Asia to the hope of peace in Africa on Friday, ending a damage-inspection tour that left him saddened but impressed with recovery efforts.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell made a  plea for Europe Wednesday to reconcile with the United States  after their bitter division over the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
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US President George W. Bush's special envoy for Darfur aims to travel to Europe and Sudan later this month in an effort to overcome obstacles to sending UN peacekeepers there, US officials said.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The United States stepped  up its diplomatic and relief effort in tsunami countries,  sending Secretary of State Colin Powell to the hardest-hit  region and promising more helicopters and field hospitals would  follow.
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Pime Minister Tony Blair is to visit Africa this week, in his last trip to the continent he has championed during his 10 years in power, his office said Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 - Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, seeking to raise the American profile in the international relief effort in Asia, will tour devastated parts of the region next week to assess the need for future aid programs along with Gov.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell took his campaign for closer ties with Europe to the Netherlands on Friday, meeting with European Union officials after discussions earlier in the week in Bulgaria and Belgium.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Secretary of State Colin  Powell toured Sri Lanka's tsunami-ravaged south on Friday,  surveying a crippled tourism hub and relief efforts just hours  ahead of a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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The United States should go beyond immediate humanitarian aid to tsunami-ravaged nations and plan to help long-term as they rebuild physically and economically, Secretary of State Colin Powell said as he wrapped up a tour of the devastation.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell toured Sri Lanka's tsunami-ravaged south on Friday, surveying a crippled tourism hub and relief efforts just hours ahead of a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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A US delegation headed by Secretary of State Colin Powell and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, brother of President George W. Bush, will travel to southern Asia Sunday to assess humanitarian needs, a White House spokesman said Thursday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell will travel on Monday to the area devastated by the Asian tsunami disaster, a White House spokesman said today.