Powell, Libya Foreign Minister to Hold First Talks
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In a sign of warming U.S.-Libyan ties, Secretary of State Colin Powell will meet Libya's foreign minister on Thursday in the highest level talks between the countries in decades, U.S. officials said.
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Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman Shalqam held talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today and later signed a U.S.-Libyan accord on science and technology partnerships.
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US secretary of state Colin Powell is holding talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders today, in a bid to revive Middle East diplomacy after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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In a bid to &quot;re-energize&quot; the stalled Mideast peace process in the wake of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, Secretary of State Colin Powell made his first visit to Israel
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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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Foreign Office minister Baroness Simons held talks with Libyan officials on boosting ties between London and Tripoli.
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Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said Monday that US Secretary of State Colin Powell is expected to visit the West Bank next week to hold talks with the new Palestinian
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Outgoing Secretary of  State Colin Powell signaled on Tuesday Washington was open to  one day re-establishing diplomatic ties with Iran after the  countries held their most sustained, high-level contact in  years.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell is  expected to visit the West Bank for talks next week, a  Palestinian official said, in what could signal a revival of  Middle East peace efforts prompted by Yasser Arafat's death.
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WASHINGTON Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Japan, China and South Korea next weekend. The department says discussions will deal with such issues as regional security, stability, the global war on terrorism, Iraq and North Korea.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Israel late Sunday for his first direct talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials since the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on November 11.
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JERUSALEM  - Outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives here Sunday for a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on a new US push for peace after the death of veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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Bloomberg - Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Condoleezza Rice will make the first visit to Libya by a U.S. secretary of state in half a century in a sign of improving relations with the North African nation once branded a state sponsor of terrorism, envoy Ahmed Gebreel of the Libyan mission to the United Nations said today.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell will meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders next week to discuss prospects for reviving the Middle East peace process.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza   Rice met Libya's Foreign Minister on Saturday for the first   time since the two sides restored full diplomatic ties and   urged Tripoli to resolve outstanding issues linked to the   Lockerbie bombing.
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When US Secretary of State Colin Powell met Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month at an Egyptian summit on Iraq, the two old friends shook hands.