Rice to meet Abbas in search of accord
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Condoleezza Rice takes her shuttle diplomacy to the Palestinian leadership on Thursday as she works to narrow their differences with Israel before Washington hosts a major Middle East peace conference.
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US President George W Bush is set to discuss the Palestinian Territories in talks with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb. 18 -- As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attempts to jumpstart peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians at a summit meeting Monday, both Israelis and Palestinians appear determined to want exactly equal treatment.
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Determined to revive the stalled   Israeli-Palestinian peace process, U.S. Secretary of State   Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday she planned to travel to the   Middle East soon.
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A heated exchange between Rice and Abbas had the Palestinian President considering boycotting the meeting he now characterizes as "a big, big failure"
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The US secretary of state is to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to try to promote Middle East peace.
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CAIRO -- Eight US-allied Arab countries are banding together to meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her trip here, in hopes of reviving the deadlocked Arab-Israeli peace process and making headway on other regional issues.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought explanations on Sunday from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about a unity government that both Washington and Israel say they intend to shun.
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President Bush will meet Palestinian   President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday in New York to push   forward peace talks but rejects Abbas's planned unity   government with Hamas, a Palestinian official said.
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JERICHO, West Bank -- Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday that his long struggle to replace the Hamas-led government with a more moderate coalition had reached a "dead end," complicating the goal of renewed peace talks with Israel.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 18 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Sunday shuttled between Palestinian and Israeli leaders, seeking to lay the groundwork for a successful three-way summit Monday in the face of Israeli anger at a new Palestinian government that includes the militant group Hamas.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that he was ready to meet unconditionally with the Israeli leader, possibly paving the way for a resumption of long-stalled peace talks.
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit the Middle East next week to press Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts amid doubts from some Arab states about the usefulness of an international meeting she plans to host in the fall, the State Department said Wednesday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put Washington's heft behind new Mideast peace overtures on Tuesday, scheduling an unexpected meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought to lower expectations ahead of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Monday complicated by a deal to form a Palestinian unity government.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plan to meet on Tuesday, Abbas's office said on Sunday.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders for a rare three-way summit.