Rice to host Libya as former foes mend ties
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will host Libya's foreign minister on Thursday -- the first visit by the top Tripoli diplomat since 1972 -- in a sign of warmer ties between the former foes.
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President Bush has dispatched to  Libya the highest-ranking diplomat to visit the North African  nation since Tripoli gave up key arms programs in 2003, the  State Department said on Monday.
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In a sign of warming U.S.-Libyan  ties, Secretary of State Colin Powell will meet Libya's foreign  minister on Thursday in the highest level talks between the  countries in decades, U.S. officials said.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  called on Tuesday for a new chapter in relations with Europe  after a rift over the Iraq war and began repairing ties with  France, one of the biggest critics of the conflict.
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The Bush Administration&#39;s announcement of the lifting of some US sanctions on Libya nudges Washington and Tripoli closer to resuming full diplomatic ties.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza   Rice met Libya's Foreign Minister on Saturday for the first   time since the two sides restored full diplomatic ties and   urged Tripoli to resolve outstanding issues linked to the   Lockerbie bombing.
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Libya denied on Saturday that human rights were discussed at a meeting in Washington between US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelrahman Mohammed Shalgham.
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After talks with Italian and Vatican officials in Rome, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads for France Tuesday to try to turn around a troubled relationship with the country that led opposition to invasion of Iraq.
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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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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit the Middle East next week to press Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts amid doubts from some Arab states about the usefulness of an international meeting she plans to host in the fall, the State Department said Wednesday.
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Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman Shalqam held talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today and later signed a U.S.-Libyan accord on science and technology partnerships.
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President George W. Bush, hosting  Vietnam&#39;s president in a historic visit, will welcome robust  trade ties the United States has developed with a former enemy  but also will voice concerns on Hanoi&#39;s human rights record.
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US President George W. Bush plans to nominate National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state in place of Colin Powell after his resignation, two senior administration officials said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON - US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham has been invited to visit Libya as an end of US sanctions gives American oil companies their first crack in 18 years to bid for leasing rights to the African nation&#39;s crude deposits.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is renewing efforts to revive stalled Mideast peace talks, visiting the region this week for the first time since a U.N.-brokered cease-fire halted Israel's war with Hezbollah militants.
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US President George W. Bush will welcome his counterpart from Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, on March 19 for talks on issues including the ex-Soviet satellite's future, the White House said Friday.
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The United States took another step in restoring normal diplomatic relations with Libya on Wednesday when President Bush nominated a U.S. ambassador to the once-outcast nation.