Rice meets Abbas in search of conference accord
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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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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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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday "critical issues" would be tackled at a U.S.-led peace conference and called on Israelis and Palestinians to do more to bridge their differences.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returns to the Middle East for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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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.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  began a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on  Sunday by pledging renewed U.S. commitment to Middle East  peacemaking, which enters a new chapter at a summit this week.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with a senior U.S. envoy on Saturday, at a time of concern in Washington over Abbas' support for a coalition between the Islamic militant group Hamas and his pragmatic Fatah movement.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 18 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday shuttled between meetings with Palestinian and Israeli leaders, seeking to lay the groundwork for a successful three-way summit Monday in the face of Israeli anger at a new Palestinian government that includes the militant group...
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 19--When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice decided last month she wanted to host a summit with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, one of the big questions was: Where?
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants a planned Middle East conference to result in a framework agreement for peace with Israel and set a timeline for implementation, a senior aide said on Sunday.
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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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As President Bush presses Iraq to step up security efforts, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is turning her attention to a second U.S. front in the Middle East: cementing a long-stalled peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meet on Tuesday in a last-minute attempt to get stalled peace talks going before a visit by U.S. President George W. Bush.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct. 15 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Israelis and Palestinians on Monday to compromise on a plan to jump-start peace negotiations, describing the ending of their long conflict as one of the top goals of President Bush in the 15 months he has left in office.
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Providing more humanitarian relief and freer movement across borders are ways the U.S. may be able to help improve the lives of Palestinians, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday in a new effort to narrow differences ahead of a U.S.-hosted conference on Palestinian statehood due later this year.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 18 -- The United States and Israel sought Monday to shore up a sometimes strained relationship with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is trying to form a working alliance with Hamas officials who refuse to recognize the Israeli government.