Rice Seen Holding Steady on US Mideast Policy
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Israeli officials said on Tuesday they expected no major change in Washington&#39;s strong support for Israel after a main architect of the policy, Condoleezza Rice, takes over as secretary of state.
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In a sign of a new U.S. push for  Middle East peace, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will  visit the region in early February on her first trip in her new  job, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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Determined to revive the stalled   Israeli-Palestinian peace process, U.S. Secretary of State   Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday she planned to travel to the   Middle East soon.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on her Middle East tour.
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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - On her seventh visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories in under two years, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came away with no tangible results on Friday but said she saw promise in a Gaza truce.
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Condoleezza Rice gave little ground  to senators lambasting U.S. policies in Iraq on the first day  of her confirmation hearing to be secretary of state and will  return on Wednesday for a second round of questioning.
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The United States will ask Israel to make "hard decisions" as it moves toward peace with the Palestinians, and both sides must live up to their promises, Condoleezza Rice said Sunday during her first trip to the Middle East as secretary of state.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured Palestinians on Thursday that Washington intended that a planned Middle East peace conference should put them firmly on the road towards statehood.
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JERICHO, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she hoped Israelis and Palestinians would broaden their fragile ceasefire as she began a new push on Thursday to revive stalled peace talks in the Middle East.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell won a cautious pledge from Israel Monday to ease its military grip over Palestinian areas in order to make possible an election to replace the late Yasser Arafat.
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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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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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The United States on Friday refused to get involved in a row over ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s potential burial and said his death would not change US policy toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia  - U.S. Secretary of State   Condoleezza Rice on Monday held out the possibility that the   United States might join talks with Iran if it temporarily   suspends its nuclear program.
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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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JERUSALEM, Sept. 20 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the U.S.-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...
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice embarks on a new push to revive peace moves between Israel and the Palestinians on Wednesday with the United States under pressure from Arab allies to make it a priority.