Rice: Mideast meeting will tackle "critical issues"
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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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Providing more humanitarian relief and freer movement across borders are ways the U.S. may be able to help improve the lives of Palestinians, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday she is optimistic about the chances for Israel and the Palestinians to reach accommodation, in part because of a new thirst for peace throughout the Middle East, but cautioned that "there is still a long road ahead."
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 6 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Jerusalem Sunday for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on the eve of their first meeting in more than four years as the United States seeks to spur renewed movement in the stalled peace process.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put Washington's heft behind new Mideast peace overtures yesterday, scheduling an unexpected meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Israel for talks prior to a key trilateral summit.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  began a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on  Sunday by pledging renewed U.S. commitment to Middle East  peacemaking, which enters a new chapter at a summit this week.
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 20 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that the U.S.-backed peace conference proposed for later this year must "advance the cause of a Palestinian state" but acknowledged that much work remains to be done before Israeli and Palestinian officials agree on an agenda...
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders today and urged them to step up their efforts to find a lasting peace.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza   Rice held talks in Israel on Saturday to seek a deal on an   international force to end fighting in Lebanon as Hizbollah   threatened more missile attacks deeper into Israel.
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ANKARA/JERUSALEM  - Secretary of State Condoleezza  Rice said on Saturday Washington was ready to help Middle East  peacemaking but the best outcome would be for Israelis and  Palestinians to go on making progress on their own.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday she was confident a Middle East peace conference would take place this year despite Israeli-Palestinian divisions and no commitment yet from the Saudis to attend.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials said Tuesday they have vastly different agendas for next week's meeting between their leaders and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, raising serious doubt about the summit's prospects.
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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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All issues are on the table when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets Palestinian and Israeli leaders next week, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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JERUSALEM -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that the United States is ``very concerned" about the living conditions of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and would redouble its efforts to improve their situation.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that key Arab nations, including Syria, would be invited to President Bush's planned Mideast peace conference this fall and expressed hope they would attend.