Sec. Rice hosts farewell lunch for Annan
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Setting aside differences on Iraq and other issues, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hosted a farewell lunch at the State Department for outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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Description: The president plans to nominate one of his closest aides to serve as the next Secretary of State. Condoleezza Rice would replace Colin Powell, who announced his departure Monday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she will push for a cease-fire and a "lasting settlement" in the conflict between Lebanon and Israel through a U.N. Security Council resolution this week.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, left, talks with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, during a meeting at Farmleigh House, Dublin, Saturday Oct. 16, 2004, at the end of Annan&#39;s official four day visit to Ireland.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Condoleezza Rice travels from Israel to meet Palestinian leaders on Thursday to try and break a logjam between the two sides before Washington hosts a major Middle East peace conference.
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Already embattled with his ties to the Iraqi Oil for Food scandal, and what some term as the 'Food for Sex' scandal, Kofi Annan has dodged the latest bullet. Well, dodged only in the sense that specific allegations against him was removed at the last minute before passing.    The UN staff union passed a resolution sharply critical of the world body's senior management but expressed support for beleaguered Secretary General Kofi Annan.    An earlier draft of the resolution had strongly worded language about no confidence in senior staff of the United Nations, which has been buffeted by scandals over the past few months.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush this afternoon officially nominated Condoleezza Rice, his national security adviser and a longtime confidante, to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state.
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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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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's most senior adviser on Iraq is leaving the State Department to return to his teaching job.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  will meet foreign ministers of the six conservative Gulf  countries and Jordan while in Egypt on Tuesday, an Egyptian  official said on Friday.
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Condoleezza Rice tells a US Senate confirmation hearing that the "time for diplomacy is now".
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave Australia&#39;s foreign minister a tour of Silicon Valley on Thursday, hinting she would return there as a professor after next year&#39;s presidential election.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will leave here February 23 for South Korea, China and Japan as part of diplomatic efforts to scrap North Korea's nuclear arms program, her spokesman said Friday.
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The United States is leaving open the option of pushing for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to step down, amid calls from US lawmakers for his resignation.
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In a diplomatic turnabout, the Bush administration will join an Iraq-sponsored "neighbors meeting" with Iran and Syria, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Condoleezza Rice takes her shuttle diplomacy to the Palestinian leadership on Thursday as she works to narrow their differences with Israel before Washington hosts a major Middle East peace conference.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan makes his first visit to Washington next week since calls for his resignation, meeting Secretary of State Colin Powell and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to talk about Iraq, U.N. officials said on Friday.