Rice in Jerusalem to press for 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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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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Amid an intensifying clamor for an end to Israeli-Hezbollah fighting, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she was "willing and ready" to return to the Mideast to work on a cease-fire.
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JERICHO, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday to bolster peace efforts with Israel after a surprise ceasefire deal in Gaza.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed Israelis and Palestinians to broaden their fragile ceasefire as she began a new drive on Thursday to revive stalled peace talks in the Middle East.
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Embarking on his first visit to Jerusalem as president, George W. Bush pressed Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday to seize what he called an historic opportunity and make tough concessions for peace.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to press Israel to ease Gaza border restrictions, on her regional tour.
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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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Colin Powell, the outgoing US secretary of state, was due to arrive in Jerusalem last night at the start of a concerted international effort to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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LONDON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday she was encouraged by a round of furious Mideast diplomacy to prepare a US-hosted peace conference in the fall despite divisions between Israel and the Palestinians that could derail it.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  urged Israel and the Palestinians to seize a "time of  opportunity" as she pledged renewed U.S. commitment to Middle  East peacemaking before the two sides' landmark summit.
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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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As President Bush presses Iraq to step up security efforts, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is turning her attention to a second U.S. front in the Middle East: cementing a long-stalled peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday a U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference this fall will confront "critical issues" in the Israel-Palestine conflict
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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 arrived in Israel on Saturday in an uphill bid to revive stalled peace talks after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a defiant appeal for acceptance of his pact with Hamas.
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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.