U.S. reserves judgment on Palestinian govt: Rice
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denied in comments aired on Friday that the United States had decided to boycott all ministers of a Palestinian unity government now being formed.
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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 voiced skepticism on Friday over a bipartisan panel's recommendation that the United States seek Iran and Syria's help to stabilize Iraq, saying they should want to take such steps on their own.
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The U.S. and Israel have agreed to reject any Palestinian government that does not meet the conditions set by the so-called Mideast Quartet, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to meet separately Sunday with Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas before a three-way summit with both of them on Monday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday to try to bridge his differences with Israel over what a U.S.-led Middle East peace conference might achieve.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Condoleezza Rice takes her shuttle diplomacy to the Palestinian leadership on Thursday as she works to narrow their differences with Israel before Washington hosts a major Middle East peace conference.
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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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West Bank expansion may complicate Secretary Rice's aim for Israeli-Palestinian talks.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Monday for talks overshadowed by a Palestinian unity deal that has cast a new cloud over prospects for peacemaking.
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit the Middle East next week to press Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts amid doubts from some Arab states about the usefulness of an international meeting she plans to host in the fall, the State Department said Wednesday.
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Condoleezza Rice will offer to help  Palestinian leaders end anti-Israeli militant attacks on Monday  on the first visit in three years of a U.S. secretary of state  to the seat of the Palestinian Authority.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that the formation of a Palestinian unity government that includes the Hamas militant group complicates her high-profile peace mission this weekend, strongly suggesting that the new government falls short of standards that would allow a resumption...
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that a "two-state solution" in the Middle East was in jeopardy and described a narrow window of opportunity to push Israel and the Palestinians toward peace.
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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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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Israeli and Palestinian leaders reaffirmed a commitment to peace at talks she hosted on Monday and she would return to the region soon.
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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.