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Condoleezza Rice joins 2 private Ala. golf clubs

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined two exclusive golf clubs in Alabama.

Condoleezza Rice urges grads to pursue learning

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged graduates of Talladega High School in Alabama to find their passions in life and follow them.

Rice takes question from 4th-grader on torture

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Jewish elementary school students that the Bush administration did not use illegal interrogation tactics. Her remarks were in response to a question from Misha Lerner, a fourth-grader at the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital, The Washington Post reported Monday.

Feds drop charges against pro-Israel lobbyists

Prosecutors moved Friday to dismiss all charges against two former pro-Israel lobbyists accused of disclosing U.S. defense secrets, ending a four-year legal battle that promised to put former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other Bush administration insiders on the witness stand.

Three-book deal for Condoleezza Rice

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has agreed to a three-book deal with Crown Publishers, starting with a memoir about her years in the administration of President George W. Bush.

Rice to meet with publishers about memoirs

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be meeting with publishers later this month to discuss three book projects, including a memoir of her service in the Bush administration.

US, Israel sign deal to boost Gaza truce effort

On its final working day, the Bush administration signed a last-minute deal with Israel aimed at cutting off the supply of smuggled weapons to Hamas and boosting Egyptian efforts to broker a cease-fire to end fighting in Gaza.

State Dept: Israeli PM flat wrong on Rice

The State Department on Tuesday flatly rejected an assertion by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that he caused the Bush administration to abstain from last week's U.N. resolution on Gaza and that the abstention embarrassed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Israel's Olmert: Rice embarrassed over UN vote

Israel's prime minister said Monday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was embarrassed by orders to abstain from voting last week on a U.N. truce resolution for Gaza that she helped arrange.

US offers Georgia road map for deeper ties

Georgia is hailing a new U.S. blueprint for cooperation as a sign that Russia has failed to impede its integration with the West. But it is unclear that the document, which Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed Friday, makes Georgia any safer from Russian aggression.

Rice extends UN visit amid Gaza truce debate

The Bush administration held off Wednesday from backing an Egyptian-French cease-fire proposal in Gaza.

UN chief says Gaza negotiations must intensify

The U.N. secretary-general called on Wednesday for an immediate halt to the fighting in Gaza and said intense negotiations were needed to come up with the necessary arrangements.

Egypt and France propose plan to end Gaza conflict

A cease-fire initiative Tuesday to halt the increasingly bloody Israeli offensive in Hamas-rule Gaza won support from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on rival sides to follow up on the proposal.

Rice traveling to UN to push Gaza cease-fire

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to New York and the United Nations on Tuesday in a bid to broker a sustainable cease-fire as soon as possible to end the crisis in Gaza.

Egypt in more talks with Hamas

Envoys of the militant Hamas group resumed talks Tuesday in Cairo with Egyptian intelligence officials on a truce proposal to end fighting in the Gaza Strip where an Israeli offensive is in its third week.

US suggests conditions of a Gaza cease-fire

The Bush administration stuck to its defense of Israel's expanding offensive in the Gaza Strip on Monday and pushed for a cease-fire including a lasting halt to Hamas' rocket attacks on Israel and a reopening of border crossings that are Gaza's economic lifeline.

Rice: Obama election encourages people worldwide

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the country is not "race-blind" and "we shouldn't deceive ourselves that we're race-blind," but said the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president was a key moment in history.

Arabs lavish jewels on Secretary of State Rice

President George W. Bush's foreign policies may be unpopular in the Middle East, but Arab leaders showered his top diplomat with jewelry worth far more than a quarter of a million dollars last year. While Bush himself didn't fare nearly as well, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raked in at least $316,000 in gem-encrusted baubles from the kings of Jordan and Saudi Arabia alone, making her one of top recipients among U.S. officials of gifts from foreign heads of state and government and their aides in 2007.

US wants written North Korea nuclear commitments

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday the current administration will keep trying to get North Korea to make written commitments on inspection of its nuclear programs until President George W. Bush leaves office on Jan. 20.

Arabs want meetings on Iran's nuclear program

Arab nations concerned about Iran's nuclear program want to meet regularly with the six international powers trying to ensure that it remains peaceful, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday.

Rice says US, South Korea agree on nuclear talks

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States and four other countries agree on how to pressure North Korea to make commitments on inspections of its nuclear program.

AP Interview: Rice says sanctions affecting Iran

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the sting of international sanctions is forcing at least some Iranian leaders to second-guess the regime's rebuff of world demands that it roll back its disputed nuclear program.

Rice cites Israeli-Palestinian peace moves

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said at a farewell U.N. appearance Monday that Israel and the Palestinians have moved much further along the path to peace since President George W. Bush brought their leaders together a year ago — though they won't clinch an agreement by the end of the year.

Navy commander questions land attacks on pirates

Days before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to ask the United Nations to authorize "all necessary measures" against piracy from Somalia, a leader of the U.S. military, which would help carry out that policy, said in effect: Not so fast.

Rice to nations: Don't close trade during crisis

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Latin American nations Wednesday to continue fighting poverty and avoid the temptation of closing off trade as they are buffeted by the world financial crisis.

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Venezuelan and Colombian Presidents Mend Fences
Source: venezuelanalysis.com

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe reconciled and said they "moved on" to overcome differences, following a two-hour private meeting on Friday.

As of 07/12/08 North Korea A Bush Success

We shall see if it lasts, but North Korea pledging to fully disable nuclear plant by Octoner 08 is a great Bush success story for America and the civilized world. Enourgh said for now.

History shows Armenia resolution faces tough odds
Source: mcclatchydc.com

As candidates, George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush, endorsed the Armenian genocide characterization. They did so in statements to Armenian-American voters, a political force in certain regions.

Rice: Iran a Obstacle to US in Mideast
Source: The Washington Post

WASHINGTON -- Iran is a major obstacle to the U.S. vision of a Middle East in which nations will "trade more, invest more, talk more and work more constructively to solve problems," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says.

Congressional panel OKs Armenian measure - Yahoo! News
Source: Yahoo! News

"The vote comes at a tense time in the region. Turkey's government is seeking parliamentary approval for a military operation to chase separatist Kurdish rebels who operate from bases in northern Iraq.

US senators demand 'friendly' Arab states accept Israel
Source:

Seventy-seven out of 100 US senators last week signed a letter to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice strongly urging greater pressure on "friendly Arab states" to publicly recognize Israel's right to exist and curb anti-Semitism in their own countries.

Understanding Tehran's Tough Talk
Source: Activate

Interesting Q&A about the history behind the war of words between the United States and Iran.

29 percent increase in terrorist attacks: US
Source: dailytimes.com.pk

So it looks like the world's even better now that the LIBs are in charge!

Annual Terrorism Report Will Show 29% Rise in Attacks
Source: RealCities.com

WASHINGTON - A State Department report on terrorism due out next week will show a nearly 30 percent increase in terrorist attacks worldwide in 2006 to more than 14,000, almost all of the boost due to growing violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Friday.

Still Waiting for Answers
Source: The New York Times

Surely no one beyond a handful of the most self-deluded Republicans in Congress was surprised at the disclosure by George Tenet, the former intelligence director, that there was never a serious debate in the Bush administration about whether Iraq actually posed a threat to the Un …

Panel grants immunity to Gonzales aide
Source: Associated Press, Yahoo

The House Judiciary Committee voted 32-6 to grant immunity to Monica Goodling, Gonzales' White House liaison, for her testimony on why the administration fired eight federal prosecutors.

A New Chance for Peace?
Source: The Washington Post

The clear fact is that Israel will never find peace until it is willing to withdraw from its neighboring occupied territories and permit the Palestinians to exercise their basic human and political rights.

Russia says Libyan verdict on medics is cruel
Source: Scotsman.com News

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday denounced as "exceedingly cruel" the death sentences passed by a Libyan court on six foreign medics convicted of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the virus that causes AIDS.

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