Rice says new Palestinian govt must meet terms
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas defended his unity deal with Hamas in talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday after U.S. and Israeli threats to shun a coalition government.
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Leaders of the two Palestinian political groups promised to form a new government to end a wave of violence.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put Washington's heft behind new Mideast peace overtures yesterday, scheduling an unexpected meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders today and urged them to step up their efforts to find a lasting peace.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Friday an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal could not be rushed, as Palestinians must first elect a president and both sides must begin to carry out the U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan.
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The Palestinian prime minister urged the United States on Friday to stick to its original 2005 deadline for Palestinian statehood, arguing that President Bush&#39;s recent proposal
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on her Middle East tour.
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A new Palestinian unity government would   not object to President Mahmoud Abbas holding talks with   Israel, a senior Hamas official said on Tuesday.
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US president says agreement must be reached to establish homeland for Palestinian people
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Israeli-Palestinian talks hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended on Monday with a vague promise to meet again and little sign of progress on reviving long-stalled peace moves.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice thought Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a weak disappointment, and she once judged President Bush's signature Mideast peace program unworkable, according to a new biography.
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Palestinians must have a state that meets their needs for Mid-East peace to succeed, the US secretary of state says.
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JERICHO, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on a new push for Middle East peace, said on Thursday talks on a unity government with Hamas had reached a "dead end".
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday the United States had not yet decided how it would treat a new unity Palestinian government that includes Hamas, contradicting earlier suggestions that Washington would shun the new government.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, bolstered by a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, said on Wednesday he might opt to dissolve the Hamas-led government and unity talks with the group were dead.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured Palestinians on Thursday that Washington intended a Middle East peace conference to put them firmly on the road towards statehood but gave no specifics.