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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President George W. Bush called on Monday for a Middle East peace conference bringing together Israel, the Palestinians and some Arab neighbors and led by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a visit to the occupied West Bank on Thursday, a senior Palestinian official said.
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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 but gave no specifics.
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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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WASHINGTON - U.S. Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders held a private meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to press for a greater U.S. role in ending Mideast violence.
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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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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice   headed to Jerusalem on Saturday to discuss ways to end the   18-day-old war in Lebanon as Israel rejected a U.N. plea for a   truce to aid civilians trapped by fighting.
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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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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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JERUSALEM -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hosted an Israeli-Palestinian summit here yesterday, but the session produced little beyond promises to uphold past agreements and meet again soon.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice embarks on a new U.S. push to revive peace moves between Israel and the Palestinians on Wednesday after being criticized for not doing enough to resolve the conflict.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will launch a new effort to forge a Palestinian state by seeking an endorsement today from a rare Washington meeting of a high-level group that monitors Middle East peace.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Jerusalem on Saturday for a series of meetings with Middle Eastern leaders.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headed into Monday meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders despite seeing no sign that a new Palestinian government will do what world leaders have called for: renounce terrorism and recognize Israel.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday a U.S.-led push for Israeli-Palestinian peace had a "reasonable chance of success" as both sides sparred over a planned Middle East conference.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 19--When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice decided last month she wanted to host a summit with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, one of the big questions was: Where?