Rice Breaks Ice With France's New Leaders
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PARIS, June 25 -- Beneath nude cherubs on a gilt ceiling and before flashing cameras at ground level, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner seemed not to know whether to kiss Condoleezza Rice or shake her hand.
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The prestigious French political science university Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chose as the stage for advancing the healing process between the United States and France is considered by some the "Oxford of France" &#151; and produces many of the country's diplomats and public servants.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Europe to promote American policies in Iraq and the Middle East, but the start of her first trip as chief diplomat has been dogged by the spectre of Iran.
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Condoleezza Rice has been President Bush's foreign policy tutor, sports buddy, national security adviser and his secretary of state.
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Nicolas Sarkozy becomes the first French president to hold talks with the far-right's  Jean-Marie Le Pen in decades.
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Their new president wants to get the French to work harder to compete in global markets, but some traditions are likely to endure -- including long holidays, a kiss for colleagues in the morning, and a decent lunch.
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Many Europeans didn't want a second term for President Bush, but as his inauguration approaches they're warily hopeful for more cooperation with the U.S. leader and his new foreign policy team led by Condoleezza Rice.
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MADRID, June 1 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a lightning stop here Friday, intending to signal an end to the Bush administration's diplomatic deepfreeze of the Spanish government, but new tensions emerged over dealings with Cuba.
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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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The new French and British leaders Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown held talks in Paris Friday, marking the start of what both countries hope will be a warmer phase in cross-channel relations.
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France&#39;s energetic and outspoken finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, today took over the leadership of the country&#39;s ruling party, giving him a vehicle and platform to
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France called for a new start to relations with the United States on Wednesday after a long chill over the Iraq war and said the countries' leaders should talk more often.
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France's political sphere changed dramatically when Nicolas Sarkozy, the ambitious finance minister, was formally named the new leader of the ruling conservative party -- widely seen as the start of his march to replace Jacques Chirac as French president in 2007.
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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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An new era of uncompromising and perhaps harder line US foreign policy dawned yesterday as President Bush formally nominated Condoleezza Rice as his new Secretary of State, and promoted her former deputy, Stephen Hadley, to be national security adviser at
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PARIS  - In Europe, it's hard for some to think of Condoleezza Rice without recalling the low points in transatlantic relations that grew out of the war in Iraq.
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The message was sometimes blunt as Condoleezza Rice made her case for a new start with disgruntled European allies on her first trip abroad as President Bush's chief diplomat.