Rice set to reopen Spain dialogue
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The US secretary of state is in Madrid for the first high-level US visit since Spain's Socialists came to power.
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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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Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said there was "tremendous hope" for reviving the moribund Middle East process after talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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The Spanish and Basque leaders meet to discuss controversial plans for greater independence.
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Spain pushed for a return to normal relations with Morocco on Thursday, two months after a controversial visit by King Juan Carlos to two Spanish enclaves on Morocco's Mediterranean coast that Rabat claims as its own.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Sunday made his first visit to the Basque region since the Basque separatist group ETA broke a nine-month ceasefire in December last year.Comment
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other regional leaders are expected to criticize Venezuela's recent crackdown on independent media at a regional meeting next week, a U.S. official said on Friday.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to press Israel to ease Gaza border restrictions, on her regional tour.
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Spain's prime minister met with the president of the Basque region Wednesday to discuss efforts to defeat the armed separatist group ETA, which announced an end to its cease-fire earlier this month.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders for a rare three-way summit.
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LONDON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday the United States would rebuff European efforts to bring it into negotiations with Iran aimed at preventing the Islamic state from developing nuclear weapons.
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Mending fences with Europe, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday "it is time to turn away from the disagreements of the past" that alienated longtime allies over the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will test the waters for a renewed push on Arab-Israeli peace when she visits the Middle East this week despite what analysts regard as huge obstacles.
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Spain's PM Zapatero hosts Madrid talks with the French and German leaders amid a new rapprochement.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice   would return to the Middle East this weekend if needed, U.S.   officials said on Friday, as calls grew across the world for an   end to the war between Israel and Hizbollah.
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The Spanish government will open direct contact with armed Basque separatist group ETA in mid-August in the push for peace in the northern Spanish region.
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Spain has floated the idea of a second   Middle East peace summit along the lines of the Madrid   conference which opened the way to direct peace talks between   Israel and its neighbors in 1991.