Rice, al-Maliki keep distance at meeting
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki kept a polite distance Saturday as they attended a group meeting and avoided discussion of a deadly Baghdad shootout involving guards from a U.S. company protecting American diplomats.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Saturday with Iraq's prime minister in their first face-to-face talks since a Baghdad shootout involving guards from a U.S. company protecting American diplomats.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Saturday lauded early progress in a military operation against militants in Baghdad, but said Iraqis had to use this "breathing space" to push ahead with reconciliation.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in the Kurdish area of northern Iraq for talks with leaders.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was happy to talk about technology, the environment, and alternative energy sources during a brief few minutes with the press in Silicon Valley on Thursday. But the Iraq war was off-limits.
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Israeli-Palestinian talks hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended on Monday with little sign of progress on reviving long-stalled peace negotiations beyond a vague promise to meet again.
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Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte met with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to push for political changes intended to reconcile the countryâs warring sects.
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U.S. and Iraqi officials are questioning if Nuri Kamal al-Maliki can keep Iraq from descending into civil war.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday and dropped in on the volatile northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a U.S. Embassy spokesman in Baghdad confirmed.
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The United States and the Iraqi government are launching a new diplomatic initiative to invite Iran and Syria to a "neighbors meeting" on stabilizing Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice unexpectedly flew to Iraq from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to press for more progress on political reconciliation
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Condoleezza Rice and others cite a new climate, but some say Friday's meeting has more to do with political motivations.
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Whatever the reason for the delay of the start of the Bush-Maliki summit, the signs are that the President and Iraq's prime minister are on a collision course
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Hamas said on Tuesday it still hoped Washington would soften its position toward a Palestinian unity government following talks U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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AMMAN -- President Bush began consultations today with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on how to halt the deterioration of security in his country, after their scheduled opening meeting was abruptly canceled last night following political turmoil in Baghdad and disclosure of US doubts about Maliki's capabilities.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday, flying directly into the volatile, ethnically mixed northern city of Kirkuk.
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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.