Rice to Visit Libya, First Secretary to Go Since 1953
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Bloomberg - Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Condoleezza Rice will make the first visit to Libya by a U.S. secretary of state in half a century in a sign of improving relations with the North African nation once branded a state sponsor of terrorism, envoy Ahmed Gebreel of the Libyan mission to the United Nations said today.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, launching a European and Middle East tour, headed first to Britain which wants her government to adopt a more mulitilateral approach to international relations.
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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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Chicago Tribune - As she embarks Thursday on her first overseas trip as secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice will find one big difference between her old role as one of President Bush's closest White House confidants and her new job as America's ambassador to the world.
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On her first foreign visit as U.S. secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice will find a Europe on edge over U.S. intentions toward Iran when she arrives in London on Thursday.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins a 24-hour Middle East visit on Wednesday to prod Israelis and Palestinians toward narrowing their differences ahead of a conference on Palestinian statehood.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell is to meet here Thursday with Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelraham Shalgham in the highest-level contact between the two countries in decades, the State Department said Wednesday.
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National security adviser  Condoleezza Rice, one of President Bush's closest confidants,  will be nominated to replace outgoing Secretary of State Colin  Powell, senior administration officials said on Monday.
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President Bush on Tuesday picked national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, who once tutored him on global affairs, to be his top diplomat, saying her foreign policy experience
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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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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza   Rice will visit Nova Scotia on the fifth anniversary of   September 11, 2001, to thank Canada for taking in scores of   flights diverted after the attacks on New York and Washington,   U.S. officials said on Friday.
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President Bush is sending his national security adviser to the Middle East next week and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will make a return visit soon afterward to keep up pressure on Israeli and the Palestinians to start peace negotiations.
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Libya's foreign minister appealed for U.S. investment and rights groups accused Tripoli of serious abuses as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prepared to host the top Libyan diplomat on Thursday.
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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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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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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  arrived in Spain for what is meant to be a fence-mending trip  on Friday but her first words were of reproach for its policy  of engaging Cuba.
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Condoleezza Rice will include the Middle East in her first trip abroad as US secretary of state next week.