Rice sees hope in Mideast truce
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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - On her seventh visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories in under two years, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came away with no tangible results on Friday but said she saw promise in a Gaza truce.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will launch a new effort to forge a Palestinian state by seeking an endorsement today from a rare Washington meeting of a high-level group that monitors Middle East peace.
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European Union and Arab leaders have voiced hopes of a breakthrough in the Middle East peace process, following recent statements by Israel and Hamas and a three-day old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will seek on Thursday to resuscitate the Palestinian-Israeli peace process after coming under pressure from moderate Arab nations hoping to expand a ceasefire deal.
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Condoleezza Rice plunges into Middle  East peacemaking on her first foreign trip as secretary of  state this week but the Bush administration's reluctance to  pressure Israel is likely to limit U.S. clout.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday a U.S.-led push for Israeli-Palestinian peace had a "reasonable chance of success" as both sides sparred over a planned Middle East conference.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday said she would return soon to the Middle East to push forward with attempts to restart peace making.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Palestinians to end violence and look into forming a government that wins international acceptance.
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Amid an intensifying clamor for an end to Israeli-Hezbollah fighting, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she was "willing and ready" to return to the Mideast to work on a cease-fire.
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Condoleezza Rice will offer to help  Palestinian leaders end anti-Israeli militant attacks on Monday  on the first visit in three years of a U.S. secretary of state  to the seat of the Palestinian Authority.
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TEL AVIV -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday announced major security, political, and economic moves to help invigorate the Middle East peace process, amid unconfirmed reports that Israeli and Palestinian leaders would formally declare a cease-fire at their summit conference in Egypt today.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headed into Monday meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders despite seeing no sign that a new Palestinian government will do what world leaders have called for: renounce terrorism and recognize Israel.
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Israeli-Palestinian talks hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended on Monday with a vague promise to meet again and little sign of progress on reviving peace moves.
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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - Militants in Gaza fired a rocket into Israel on Friday and Israeli troops killed a Palestinian in the West Bank, hours after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed hope for a shaky 5-day truce.
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ANKARA/JERUSALEM  - Secretary of State Condoleezza  Rice hopes to drive the Israelis and Palestinians closer to  peace in Jerusalem on Sunday on her first visit as secretary of  state to the heart of their conflict.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returns to the Middle East for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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A new cease-fire and a strikingly conciliatory speech by Israel's prime minister are raising hopes for progress in Mideast peacemaking.