Rice meets Abbas in search of conference accord
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured Palestinians on Thursday that Washington intended a Middle East peace conference to put them firmly on the road towards statehood.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday "critical issues" would be tackled at a U.S.-led peace conference that Palestinians hope will move them closer to statehood.
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and some US allies agreed yesterday to try to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, but clashed over how to handle the Palestinian militant group Hamas and one of its key backers, Syria.
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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 Israel said it had agreed with Washington to shun.
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday to express her support for his leadership, even as Hamas dealt him a sweeping military defeat that appeared to wrestle away the last vestiges of his control over the Gaza Strip.
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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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JERUSALEM - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that the US-backed peace conference proposed for later this year must "advance the cause of a Palestinian state," but she acknowledged that much work remains to be done before Israeli and Palestinian officials agree on an agenda to achieve that goal.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and new  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would visit the White House  for talks in the spring.
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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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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas defended his unity deal with Hamas in talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday after U.S. and Israeli threats to shun a coalition government.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday "critical issues" would be tackled at a U.S.-led peace conference and called on Israelis and Palestinians to do more to bridge their differences.
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JERUSALEM -- Questions over how to deal with the proposed Palestinian unity government overshadowed preparations yesterday for a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders today that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hopes can restart peace talks.
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Eight U.S.-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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JERUSALEM -- Aides are planning a long-awaited summit between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, which could revive peace talks, officials from both sides said yesterday. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Abbas and Olmert last week to push forward such dialogue, stalled by regional violence, the election of a Hamas-led government, and the ...
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DEAD SEA, Jordan, Nov. 29 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the Palestinian Authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas, as part of a U.S. effort to demonstrate progress on the Israeli-Palestinian peace effort.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 19 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday hosted talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders on ways to build an independent Palestinian state, but the summit appeared to yield little but a pledge to meet again.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 18 -- The United States and Israel sought Monday to shore up a sometimes strained relationship with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is trying to form a working alliance with Hamas officials who refuse to recognize the Israeli government.