Rice hails France&#39;s &#39;energizing&#39; drive to resolve Darfur conflict
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday hailed France&#39;s &quot;energizing role&quot; in seeking to launch a new drive to end atrocities in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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France's new foreign minister pressed Sudan's president Monday to commit to a joint U.N.-African mission to end the bloodshed in Darfur, hoping his clout as a former humanitarian activist would boost diplomatic efforts to end Sudan's standoff with the West.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the world has failed over Darfur, ahead of a Paris summit.
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France has proposed opening a humanitarian corridor through Chad to bring relief to victims of the Darfur conflict, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said here late Monday.
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The United States and other nations are prepared to help move an expanded African peacekeeping force into position in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region to halt the bloodshed, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Iraq's leaders on Tuesday for passing the first in a series of critical laws aimed at reconciling warring Iraqis but said more progress was needed.
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia  - U.S. Secretary of State   Condoleezza Rice said on Monday she had urged Sudan's   government "in the strongest possible terms" to accept a U.N.   force in its troubled Darfur region.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was happy to talk about technology, the environment, and alternative energy sources during a brief few minutes with the press in Silicon Valley on Thursday. But the Iraq war was off-limits.
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PARIS, Feb 9 (IPS) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's  diplomatic  efforts during her present European tour to mend  relations with Germany and  France will not suffice to restore  confidence on both sides of the Atlantic,  according to analysts  and observers.
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U.S. Secretary of State  Condoleezza Rice said on Monday the world needs a revolution on  energy that transcends oil, gas and coal to prevent problems  from climate change.
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French President Jacques Chirac on Tuesday praised outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell, calling him a man of dialogue and vision.
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Sudan must stop trying to &quot;scale back&quot; a  hybrid international force for Darfur, U.S. Secretary of State  Condoleezza Rice said as she flew to Paris for talks on the  humanitarian crisis in the western Sudanese region.
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Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy call for intense action to secure a ceasefire in Darfur.
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The United States and other nations  are prepared to help move an expanded African peacekeeping  force into position in Sudan's Darfur region to halt the  bloodshed, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said on  Sunday.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 22 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday renewed her call for Sudan to halt a military offensive in Darfur and yield to international pressure to allow more than 20,000 U.N. peacekeepers to protect civilians there.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday welcomed nuclear-armed North Korea&#39;s invitation for international inspection for closure of its key atomic plant but cautioned the reclusive state against reneging on its obligations.
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Officially it was all smiles when U.S.   Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met the 25 foreign   ministers of the European Union on the sidelines of the United   Nations General Assembly last week.