Rice prepares for Mid-East summit
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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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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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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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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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US president to call for international peace conference including Israeli and Arab representatives.
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JERUSALEM, Oct. 4 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Jerusalem Wednesday morning under pressure from Arab allies to jumpstart the Middle East peace process -- even as a Hamas official was gunned down by masked assailants and Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas declared that...
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived here late Tuesday for a G8 foreign ministers meeting where she hopes to gain support for UN resolutions on Iran&#39;s nuclear programme, Kosovo and Darfur.
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Condoleezza Rice plunges into Middle  East peacemaking on her first foreign trip as secretary of  state this week but the Bush administration's reluctance to  pressure Israel is likely to limit U.S. clout.
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New Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet in the  Turkish capital Ankara on Saturday to prepare for a planned  U.S.-Russia summit, diplomats said on Thursday.
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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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JERUSALEM, Feb. 6 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Jerusalem Sunday for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on the eve of their first meeting in more than four years as the United States seeks to spur renewed movement in the stalled peace process.
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The United States will keep leading Middle East peace efforts with Tony Blair playing a complementary role as envoy to the Quartet of mediators, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.
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The US secretary of state is heading to Israel to try to boost hopes for Middle East peace.
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Eight U.S.-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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BERLIN  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joined British and German allies pledging Friday to help Israel and the Palestinians seize an opening for peace in the Middle East. They also said diplomacy can neutralize a nuclear threat in Iran.
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JERUSALEM - US assistant secretary of state William Burns is in the Middle East preparing the way for a visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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JERUSALEM -- Aides are planning a long-awaited summit between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, which could revive peace talks, officials from both sides said yesterday. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Abbas and Olmert last week to push forward such dialogue, stalled by regional violence, the election of a Hamas-led government, and the ...