Rice Mends Fences in Europe But Nuclear Crises Loom
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  ended a fence-mending trip to Europe on Thursday having begun  repairing transatlantic ties but with nuclear crises looming  larger with North Korea and Iran.
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LONDON, Oct. 7 -- It was a tough week for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the Middle East. On four issues pivotal to the future of the world's most volatile region, U.S. diplomatic efforts made no visible progress or came up against unexpected resistance during her five-day tour, according...
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President Bush said yesterday that a missile defense system is urgently needed in Europe to guard against a possible attack on U.S. allies by Iran, while Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates suggested that the United States could delay activating such a system until there is "definitive proof" of such...
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LONDON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday the United States would rebuff European efforts to bring it into negotiations with Iran aimed at preventing the Islamic state from developing nuclear weapons.
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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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VIENNA, Austria  - A U.S.-European rift surfaced Tuesday over how harshly to deal with Iran and its suspect nuclear program, with the Europeans ignoring American suggestions and circulating their own recommendations to other delegates at a key meeting of the United Nations atomic agency.
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After talks with Italian and Vatican officials in Rome, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads for France Tuesday to try to turn around a troubled relationship with the country that led opposition to invasion of Iraq.
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PARIS, Feb 9 (IPS) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's  diplomatic  efforts during her present European tour to mend  relations with Germany and  France will not suffice to restore  confidence on both sides of the Atlantic,  according to analysts  and observers.
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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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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the United States, European and Russian diplomats have a common goal to encourage Iran back to the bargaining table over its disputed nuclear program.
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Officially it was all smiles when U.S.   Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met the 25 foreign   ministers of the European Union on the sidelines of the United   Nations General Assembly last week.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says lifting an EU arms embargo on China could send "the wrong signal".
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DEAD SEA, Jordan &#151; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice threw herself at two intractable Mideast problems &#151; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iraq &#151; during a brief trip to the region, and encountered the reality that the U.S. has few options other than patience.
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Britain and France are leading a push for new EU sanctions to punish Iran over its nuclear program. But while European nations increasingly fear a war in their backyard, the continent is divided over how to deal with the crisis.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Europe to promote American policies in Iraq and the Middle East, but the start of her first trip as chief diplomat has been dogged by the spectre of Iran.
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On her first foreign visit as U.S. secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice will find a Europe on edge over U.S. intentions toward Iran when she arrives in London on Thursday.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza   Rice said on Wednesday she believed Iran canceled plans to meet   European officials on its nuclear program and that this   suggested Tehran did not wish to suspend its nuclear   activities.