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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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   headed to Jerusalem on Saturday to discuss ways to end the   18-day-old war in Lebanon as Israel rejected a U.N. plea for a   truce to aid civilians trapped by fighting.
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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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Syria could attend an upcoming Middle East peace conference in Washington as part of an Arab League committee, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice briefs King Abdullah of Jordan on Monday's Israeli-Palestinian summit.
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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 will take a trip to the West Bank to show support for the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
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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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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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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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Hoping to capitalize on recent positive developments between Israel and the Palestinians, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Thursday with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and expressed U.S. commitment to a "viable and contiguous" Palestinian state.
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How Condoleezza Rice hopes to bring peace to the Middle East--and salvage the Administration's foreign policy
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins a 24-hour Middle East visit on Wednesday to prod Israelis and Palestinians toward narrowing their differences ahead of a conference on Palestinian statehood.
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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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US Secretary of State Rice spent four days in the region trying to iron out differences between Israeli and Palestinian leaders ahead of November peace talks.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Monday for talks overshadowed by a Palestinian unity deal that has cast a new cloud over prospects for peacemaking.