Rice, in Europe, says Iran's behavior 'something to be loathed'
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stepped up Washington's verbal assault on Iran, saying the hardline Islamic regime's treatment of its people was "something to be loathed."
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Secretary of State Rice faces critics who say the State Department is not addressing the changing world that America must deal with
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told European intellectuals Tuesday "it is time to turn away from the disagreements of the past" that stem from the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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The Bush administration, which has  opposed deal-making with so-called "axis of evil" states, is  working with Europe on a plan to use threats and incentives to  persuade Iran to end sensitive nuclear activities, U.S. and  European officials said on Tuesday.
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BRUSSELS -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put Iran and Europe on notice yesterday that their negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program cannot go on forever.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took the argument over American ideals and influence to her European critics' door Tuesday, and urged cooperation to move beyond disagreements over the war in Iraq.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put Iran on notice Wednesday that it cannot use a European diplomatic initiative to delay indefinitely accountability for a suspected nuclear weapons program.
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"To those who say that we should handle Iran with kid gloves, since it could destabilize the region, I say this: look at its adventurism today and imagine what it would be like if Tehran thought itself one day protected by a nuclear umbrella"  The United States and France agree on how to pressure Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday.At a joint news conference Rice gave with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, both officials spoke of the need for new sanctions against Iran.'I think that there's, essentially, no difference in the way that we see the situation in Iran and what the international community must do,' Rice said.Warm words between the two foreign policy counterparts marked a narrowing of differences since the days that Kouchner's predecessor, Dominique de Villepin, helped block a United Nations resolution sought by the United States on Iraq. Read more
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The US expresses grave concern over what it calls the worsening human rights situation in Iran.
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European governments rebuked Iran for   intransigence over its nuclear program on Friday but expressed   their desire for a negotiated solution to the row.
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PARIS, Feb 9 (IPS) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's  diplomatic  efforts during her present European tour to mend  relations with Germany and  France will not suffice to restore  confidence on both sides of the Atlantic,  according to analysts  and observers.
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European countries are losing patience  with Iran over its nuclear program, diplomats said on Friday,  as France's foreign minister insisted Tehran must assure the  world it does not plan to acquire nuclear weapons.
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VIENNA, Austria  - A U.S.-European rift surfaced Tuesday over how harshly to deal with Iran and its suspect nuclear program, with the Europeans ignoring American suggestions and circulating their own recommendations to other delegates at a key meeting of the United Nations atomic agency.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged  Europe on Tuesday to lay aside differences over the Iraq war  and join the United States in a campaign to spread democracy  worldwide.
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In Europe, it's hard for some to think of Condoleezza Rice - Colin Powell's expected replacement as U.S. secretary of state - without recalling the low points in trans-Atlantic relations that grew out of the ...
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza   Rice said on Wednesday she believed Iran canceled plans to meet   European officials on its nuclear program and that this   suggested Tehran did not wish to suspend its nuclear   activities.
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Iran accused the United States on  Wednesday of trying to disrupt its nuclear negotiations with  the European Union and again warned it would respond to any  threat.