Rice Seeks to Enlist Europe in U.S. Democracy Drive
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice seeks to enlist a wary Europe for a U.S. campaign to spread democracy worldwide in a speech on Tuesday in Paris, a strong critic of the Iraq war.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 10 (IPS) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the  European Union Wednesday to adopt a tougher stance towards Iran,  and to make it clear that Tehran risked U.N. sanctions if it did  not halt its nuclear programme.
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US President George Bush's re-election prompts some in the European press to urge Europe to reform itself in response.
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The United States will use &quot;persuasive arguments&quot; over the weekend in hopes of winning European support for UN Security Council action to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons, a top US official said Friday.
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Â· US presses Europe to strengthen fighting forceÂ· Alliance could split as credibility is threatened
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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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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reached out to Europe in a week of diplomacy both subtle and blunt, and Europe reached back.
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Russia must do more to show it is  committed to "the basics of democracy" if it wants deeper  relations with the West, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  said on Saturday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said  on Saturday Russia needed to reverse what Washington considers  its backsliding on democracy if Moscow wants deeper relations  with the West.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell made a  plea for Europe Wednesday to reconcile with the United States  after their bitter division over the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  seeks on Friday to repair ties with Europe over Iraq but her  tough line on Iran risks undermining transatlantic attempts to  heal the rift on her first trip as the top U.S. diplomat.
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President Bush pledged yesterday to visit Europe shortly after his second inauguration in January as part of an effort to improve relations with European allies after bitter disputes over Iraq during his first term.
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BRUSSELS - US President George W Bush will visit Europe in February to hold talks with European leaders on ways to improve transatlantic relations following the Iraq war, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday.
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LONDON -- In her diplomatic debut, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said a US invasion of Iran was ''not on the agenda at this point" and called on Europe to show ''unity of purpose" with the United States in opposing Iran's suspected nuclear ambitions.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit France starting on Sunday to meet new President Nicolas Sarkozy in a trip experts said would signal a recovery in bilateral ties that frayed over the Iraq war.
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BRUSSELS  - US Secretary of State Colin Powell called on European nations to look beyond their differences with the United States over Iraq and respond positively to US overtures to improve strained transatlantic ties.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has urged European nations to commit more troops to help fight extremism in Afghanistan.