Rice flies in for Mid-East talks
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The US secretary of state is due to meet Palestinian and Israeli leaders as part of a new diplomatic effort.
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U.S. 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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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  on Tuesday held out the possibility of U.S. support to train  and equip Palestinian forces as she seeks to promote Middle  East peace on a visit to the region next week.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with top Israeli officials on Sunday to try to iron out a cease-fire and a deeper political solution to underlying disputes with Lebanon that have long vexed Middle East leaders and exacerbated nearly a month of fighting.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will try this week to cajole Israelis and Palestinians to take bold steps ahead of a U.S. peace conference this year but experts predict an uphill battle.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will seek on Thursday to resuscitate the Palestinian-Israeli peace process after coming under pressure from moderate Arab nations hoping to expand a ceasefire deal.
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CAIRO -- Eight US-allied Arab countries are banding together to meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her trip here, in hopes of reviving the deadlocked Arab-Israeli peace process and making headway on other regional issues.
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Condoleezza Rice will visit the  Middle East and Europe next month on her first trip as U.S.  secretary of state to make a new push on Middle East peace and  to mend ties with European allies, officials said on Thursday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb. 18 -- As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attempts to jumpstart peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians at a summit meeting Monday, both Israelis and Palestinians appear determined to want exactly equal treatment.
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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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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hopes to drive the Israelis and Palestinians closer to peace in Jerusalem on Sunday on her first visit as secretary of state to the heart of their conflict.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Condoleezza Rice travels from Israel to meet Palestinian leaders on Thursday to try and break a logjam between the two sides before Washington hosts a major Middle East peace conference.
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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 ask the Bush administration's Arab allies for help this week to shore up Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the expense of the Hamas radicals who control part of the Palestinian government.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice launched a new push to revive peace moves between Israel and the Palestinians with the United States under pressure from Arab allies to make it a priority.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put Washington's heft behind new Mideast peace overtures on Tuesday, scheduling an unexpected meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and new  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would visit the White House  for talks in the spring.