Analysis: Colin Powell&#39;s parting gift to Israel
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Fairly or not, US Secretary of State Colin Powell has been perceived in Jerusalem over the last four years as the administration&#39;s &quot;bad cop,&quot; at least in regard to Israel.
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For four years Secretary of State Colin Powell was the most indispensable lame duck any president could have asked for. But Powell&#39;s frustrating, often humiliating and highly
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Israel is expected to promise Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, today that it will take steps to facilitate Palestinian elections planned for January, including a cutback of its military presence in the West Bank.
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The US secretary of state is heading to Israel to try to boost hopes for Middle East peace.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday that he won Israel&#39;s agreement to permit freedom of movement for Palestinians when they hold elections for a successor to Yasser Arafat in January.
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The US hopes Israel will withdraw its military forces from the northern Gaza Strip quickly and assure its reaction to rocket attacks by ``terrorists&#39;&#39; are measured and proportionate, Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom is to meet with Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington to discuss prospects for renewing the Middle East peace process, following the death last week of Yasser Arafat.
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JERUSALEM - In a drive to jump-start the moribund peace process, Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived here Sunday for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders about steps to help carry out the Palestinian political transition after the death of
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, arriving in Israel for his first visit in a year and a half, said he would work with Palestinian leaders to come up with an American
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's departure -- and President Bush's intention to name Condoleezza Rice as Powell's replacement -- would mark the triumph of a hard-edged approach to diplomacy.
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Rabat, Morocco -- Colin Powell ended what may be his last overseas trip as US secretary of state here Saturday, struggling with the same issues that consumed so much of his four years in office -- the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace and reform in
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Secretary of State Colin Powell  appealed to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Thursday to  step aside for the sake of achieving his lifetime goal of a  Palestinian state.
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Mideast diplomacy has taken off after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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US secretary of state, Colin Powell, and Israeli foreign minister, Silvan Shalom. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/ AP. Israel today assured Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, that it would do &quot;everything
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Secretary of State Colin Powell won a cautious pledge from Israel on Monday to ease its military grip over Palestinian areas in order to make possible an election to replace the late Yasser Arafat.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived Sunday night in Israel to meet Monday with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom in Jerusalem.
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By accepting Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s resignation, President Bush appears to have taken a decisive turn in his approach to foreign policy.