Rice arrives in Kenya to push crisis talks
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Kenya on Monday to push talks to end the post-election crisis but can expect a lukewarm welcome from the government, bristling at Western pressure for a quick deal.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki arrives in Ivory Coast seeking to resolve the country's crisis.
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Talks aimed at breaking Kenya's political deadlock resume after Condoleezza Rice urged a power-sharing deal.
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Former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan was due to arrive in Kenya on Tuesday to try to mediate in a post-poll crisis that has torn the country in two and triggered weeks of violence that killed at least 650 people.
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki met opposition leader Raila Odinga on Thursday for the first time since a disputed election triggered weeks of bloodshed, a major breakthrough brokered by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan.
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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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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Israel for talks prior to a key trilateral summit.
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For the first time since Kenya exploded into election-related violence that killed more than 400 people, the president and the top opposition leader have agreed to meet.
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Kenya's government and opposition begin detailed negotiations on Tuesday to try to end political and tribal conflict that has killed at least 900 people and brought one of Africa's brightest economies to its knees.
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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami arrived in Khartoum to start a three-day visit to Africa's biggest country whose government has come under pressure to act over what the United Nations terms a humanitarian crisis in the western region of Darfur.
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Condoleezza Rice arrived in Israel today on her first trip to the Middle East as secretary of state.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama appealed to Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga to work toward resolving a crisis over the country's elections that has led to as many as 600 deaths.
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Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Nairobi Tuesday for talks.
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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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Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Kenya on Tuesday to try to end a political crisis that has killed at least 650 people, and called on the feuding parties to start talks and respect the rule of law.
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Foreign Secretary David Miliband and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Kenya's political leaders to "engage in a spirit of compromise" in a statement issued Wednesday.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrived in Afghanistan on a surprise visit Thursday, an AFP correspondent travelling with them said.