<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Condoleezza Rice: News &amp; Videos about Condoleezza Rice - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Condoleezza_Rice</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Condoleezza Rice from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:08:26 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Condoleezza Rice: News &amp; Videos about Condoleezza Rice - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Condoleezza_Rice</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Condoleezza Rice from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Condi: The should-be face of the GOP</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/21/news/economy/condoleezza_rice_gop.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/21/news/economy/condoleezza_rice_gop.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Successful candidates follow a simple fundamental rule: Define yourself before your opponent can define you. The Republican Party, which mustered a thumbs-up from only 38% of voters in last week's Bloomberg poll, sorely needs to brush up on the very rule it counsels in candidate-training sessions.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: People will soon thank Bush for what he's done</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/28/rice.administration/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/28/rice.administration/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that despite President Bush's low approval ratings, people will soon "start to thank this president for what he's done."</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Condoleezza Rice talks successes, failures of past 8 years</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/17/condoleeza.rice.interview/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/17/condoleeza.rice.interview/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the liberation of Afghanistan and Iraq's first elections are among her proudest accomplishments during her tenure.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N.: Militaries can pursue Somali pirates on land</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/16/un.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/16/un.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Tuesday aimed at combating piracy along the Horn of Africa by allowing military forces to chase pirates onto land in cases of "hot pursuit."</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton, Rice break bread, discuss top diplomatic job</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/09/clinton.rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/09/clinton.rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice invited the woman set to replace her as the nation's top diplomat, Sen. Hillary Clinton, to dinner Monday night, a State Department spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Why Europe will miss Condoleezza Rice</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/03/oakley.europe.rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/03/oakley.europe.rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Has Condoleezza Rice, as some fellow-diplomats claim, been the most powerful black woman in history? Historians will continue puzzling over that for a while.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice confident in Mideast peace process</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/07/middle.east.peace.deal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/07/middle.east.peace.deal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Despite acknowledgment from the White House a day earlier that a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians is unlikely before a new U.S. president takes office, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday she is confident that ongoing efforts would produce success.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice cancels Mideast trip to help with financial crisis</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/14/rice.middle.east/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/14/rice.middle.east/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has canceled a trip to a Middle East conference because of the global crisis in financial markets, the State Department said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Russia becoming isolated, irrelevant</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/18/rice.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/18/rice.russia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russia's policies are putting it on a path to isolation and irrelevance, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice meets with Libya leader</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/05/libya.us/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/05/libya.us/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Friday with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who asked for the latest news on the hurricanes plaguing U.S. coasts in recent weeks.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice to meet with Libyan leader Gadhafi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/26/rice.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/26/rice.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will make a historic visit to Libya next month, senior Bush administration officials said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: US, Iraq Closer on Timetable
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834446,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834446,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>U.S. and Iraqi officials agree that timetables should be set for a U.S. troop withdrawal, but conceded that nailing down a broader pact on future relations is difficult</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice to Russia: Stop playing 'dangerous game'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/18/georgia.russia.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/18/georgia.russia.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russia is playing "dangerous games" by reasserting its military power in Georgia and in other areas, such as bombing flights skirting American airspace,  U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Facing uphill battle in Mideast, Rice remains hopeful</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/31/mideast.rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/31/mideast.rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice emerged from three-way talks with Palestinians in a good mood, joking and laughing with reporters -- so much so that her guest, U.N. Secretary-General for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdalla, wanted in on the joke.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice says peace talks go on despite Olmert quitting</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/30/mideast.rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/30/mideast.rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will not affect efforts to reach a Mideast peace deal before the end of the year.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice presses N. Korea to verify end of nuke program</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/23/koreas.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/23/koreas.nuclear/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed her North Korean counterpart Wednesday to agree a plan for verifying its nuclear activity.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice Pressing Nuke Terms in N Korea</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825841,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825841,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed North Korea on Wednesday to accept terms to verify the dismantling of its nuclear weapons program</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice sends guidance on embassy assistance for candidates</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/21/rice.candidates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/21/rice.candidates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told U.S. embassies overseas that they can support visits by presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, but they must adhere to certain restrictions.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Iran Not Serious At Nuke Talks

</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824932,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824932,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused Iran of not being serious at weekend talks about its disputed nuclear program despite the presence of a senior U.S. diplomat</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice to Focus on N. Korea Weapons</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816959,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816959,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to Asia next week amid signs of an imminent breakthrough in efforts to get North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice in Beirut to Meet With Leaders</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815030,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815030,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put a U.S. stamp of approval
 Monday on an emerging new government in Lebanon despite the increased
 power it gives to Hezbollah militants</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Settlement plans 'not helpful' to peace efforts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/14/rice.israel.settlements/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/14/rice.israel.settlements/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Saturday said Israel's plans to build 1,300 homes in East Jerusalem were "simply not helpful" to peace efforts in the region.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice blasts Iran, says U.S. will pursue tough diplomacy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/rice.aipac/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/rice.aipac/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice blasted Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas on Tuesday and called the United States' bond with Israel "unshakable."</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Condoleezza Rice Enlists in Kiss Army Fan Club</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1810603,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1810603,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of
 State Condoleezza Rice</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>McCain: No signs Rice wants on the ticket</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/07/condi.mccain/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/07/condi.mccain/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. John McCain said Sunday he hasn't seen signals Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is interested in running as vice president.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice Returns to Her Mideast Treadmill
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726715,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1726715,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Secretary of State is back in Israel for more talks. But despite her encouraging words, there's little sign of progress
</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Justice for women must be priority</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/12/womens.justice/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/12/womens.justice/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Greater efforts must be taken to combat the growing trend of violence against women and end the "climate of perpetual fear" they face, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel returns to Gaza; Rice urges return to talks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/04/rice.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/04/rice.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli soldiers returned to southern Gaza on Tuesday hours after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared in the West Bank calling for Israelis and Palestinians promptly to resume peace talks. </description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice soothes Japan on rape case </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/27/rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/27/rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Japan on Wednesday on a mission to smooth tensions created by rape allegations against two U.S. service members and to try to jump-start stalled North Korean nuclear talks.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Compromise key in Kenya crisis</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/18/kenya.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/18/kenya.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday that the issues of governance and "political compromise" are paramount in ending the political crisis in Kenya.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice to Appoint Energy Envoy</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1712933,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1712933,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday she will appoint a special envoy for energy issues to deal with the use of oil and gas for political means</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Is US Diplomacy Being Shortchanged?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1712911,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1712911,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Secretary of State Rice faces critics who say the State Department is not addressing the changing world that America must deal with</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice, Miliband visit troops in Kandahar</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/07/rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/07/rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband visited Afghanistan on an unannounced trip Thursday to meet with troops, military leaders, and top government officials.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice in Iraq to push political reconciliation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/15/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/15/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other senior leaders Tuesday on an unannounced visit to Iraq, the White House said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. doesn't have 'permanent enemies,' Rice says </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/21/rice.yearend/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/21/rice.yearend/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that 2007 was a "busy and challenging year, but also a positive one" for U.S. foreign policy.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>In Iraq, Rice renews call for reconciliation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/18/iraq.rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/18/iraq.rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday that improvements in security in Iraq have provided a window of opportunity in which political reconciliation should take place.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice urges cease-fire in Somalia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/05/rice.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/05/rice.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Somalia should reach a cease-fire with its "non-extremist" opposition and finish plans to draft a new constitution, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Somalia Needs Peacekeepers</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1691094,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1691094,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>More African countries should send peacekeepers to Somalia, where an Islamic insurgency has killed thousands of civilians this year, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice hopes for Mideast agreement before Bush term ends</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/21/mideast.peace/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/21/mideast.peace/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday the United States will try to get an agreement on Mideast peace before the end of the Bush administration.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice says Palestinian state within reach</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/05/rice.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/05/rice.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Palestinian state alongside Israel is within reach, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday after talks with the Palestinian president and Israeli prime minister.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mideast Solution Plan in Jeopardy</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1675012,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1675012,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A Middle East "two-state solution"  is jeopardized after several events including Iran's recent efforts to support Hamas militants, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Contractor 'command center' recommended in Iraq, sources say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/22/blackwater.state.review/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/22/blackwater.state.review/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A panel recommended to the State Department that the U.S. create a "central command center" to improve coordination among agencies using private security contractors in war zones, senior State Department officials and others familiar with the review told CNN Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice's Peace Mission: Prospects Grim</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672330,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672330,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Secretary of State believes in the Mideast peace process but the participants themselves appear to have little faith
</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice touts 'most serious' Mideast peace efforts in years</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/15/rice.abbas/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/15/rice.abbas/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israel and Palestinian negotiators are involved in the most serious effort in "many, many years" to try to end the Mideast conflict, said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Missile Plans to Proceed</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670873,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670873,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says plans to expand the U.S. missile defense system in Europe will proceed, but she wants to seek Russian suggestions for cooperation</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice orders more oversight of contractors in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/05/blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/05/blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ordered the implementation of three steps to bolster the accountability of private security firms in Iraq, including the Blackwater USA. </description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nations must fight climate change like terrorism, Rice says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/27/rice.climate.conference/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/27/rice.climate.conference/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday told delegates to a global climate change conference that countries around the world must work together to combat climate change, much as they cooperate against terror and the spread of disease.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Syria may attend Mideast peace conference in Washington</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/23/un.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/23/un.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Syria could attend an upcoming Middle East peace conference in Washington as part of an Arab League committee, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Mideast Issue to Be Addressed</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663297,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663297,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday a U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference this fall will confront "critical issues" in the Israel-Palestine conflict</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Slow Going for Rice in Jerusalem</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1649451,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1649451,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Everyone she sees welcomes the new U.S. peace initiative, but the players demand very different things to make a peace process work</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: U.S. military deals with Mideast promote stability</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/30/mideast.USarms/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/30/mideast.USarms/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States is cutting new arms and military assistance deals with Middle Eastern countries in an effort to counter terrorism and improve stability in the region, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blair makes debut as Mideast envoy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/19/rice.mideast.quartet/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/19/rice.mideast.quartet/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair makes his debut as special Middle East envoy Thursday amid hopes he can re-energize the peace process.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: U.S., Spain allies with differences</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/01/rice.spain/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/01/rice.spain/index.html</guid><description>The United States and Spain share concerns on many fronts, but Spain is going its own way in its relations with Cuba, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: 'Slam dunk' comment didn't lead to war </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/29/rice.tenet/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/29/rice.tenet/index.html</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday said the administration did not use former CIA Director George Tenet's "slam dunk" comment as the reason to invade Iraq, disputing his complaints.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Panel subpoenas Rice over Niger uranium claim</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/25/rice.subpoena/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/25/rice.subpoena/index.html</guid><description>A House committee Wednesday subpoenaed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to find out what she knew about the 2003 claim that Iraq sought uranium from the African country of Niger.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert, Abbas agree to hold regular talks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/27/olmert.abbas/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/27/olmert.abbas/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet every two weeks to discuss security issues and "build confidence," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday at a news conference in Jerusalem.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>House Democrat asks Rice about 'fabricated Niger claim' </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/12/congress.iraq/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/12/congress.iraq/index.html</guid><description>The new chairman of a House investigative committee is demanding answers to questions he asked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice nearly four years ago about President Bush's assertion that Iraq once sought uranium from Africa.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice vows more talks with Israelis, Palestinians</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/19/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/19/mideast/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held "productive" talks Monday with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and said she expects more negotiations in a bid to restart the Mideast peace process.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice prepares for 3-way meeting with Israel, Palestinians</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/18/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/18/mideast/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will head into meetings Monday with Israeli and Palestinian leaders despite seeing no sign that a new Palestinian government will do what world leaders have called for: renounce terrorism and recognize Israel.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice in Jerusalem to press for peace </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/17/rice.mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/17/rice.mideast/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Jerusalem on Saturday for a series of meetings with Middle Eastern leaders.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 21:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice checks on Baghdad security crackdown </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/17/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/17/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Saturday to assess the security crackdown there.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Whole of Mideast wants peace</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/18/rice.germany/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/18/rice.germany/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has met German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after the two sides announced a revival of peace talks.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert, Rice agree to 3-way talks with Abbas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/15/rice.mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/15/rice.mideast/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have agreed to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a three-way summit as a way to generate momentum for the stalled Middle East peace process, U.S. and Israeli officials said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>GOP senator: Bush plan could match Vietnam blunder</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/11/iraq.congress/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/11/iraq.congress/index.html</guid><description>Perhaps the strongest worded opposition to President Bush's plan to send more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq came from a fellow Republican on Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice dubious over nuke test pledge</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/22/korea.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/22/korea.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that a high-ranking Chinese envoy, who met earlier with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, did not say that Pyongyang would refrain from conducting further nuclear tests.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: No promise on new nuke blast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/21/korea.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/21/korea.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday that a high-ranking Chinese envoy, who met earlier with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, did not say that Pyongyang would refrain from conducting further nuclear tests.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: N. Korea not planning second nuke test</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/20/nkorea.rice/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/20/nkorea.rice/index.html</guid><description>North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told a visiting Chinese delegation that the communist nation was not planning a second nuclear weapons test, a South Korean news agency reported Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S., China press N. Korea to talk</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/nkorea.sanctions/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/nkorea.sanctions/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and China's foreign minister on Friday called for North Korea to resume talks following the Asian nation's claimed nuclear test earlier this month.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice reassures Japan, discusses N. Korea worries</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/nkorea.sanctions/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/nkorea.sanctions/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Japanese leaders Wednesday as the world awaited a possible second nuclear test by North Korea.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice meets Kurdish leaders in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/06/rice.iraq.kurds/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/06/rice.iraq.kurds/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil and met Kurdish leaders Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spokesman: Rice didn't 'brush off' terror warnings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/03/woodward.rice/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/03/woodward.rice/index.html</guid><description>In July 2001, then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice did have a meeting with CIA Director George Tenet about the threat posed by al Qaeda, but the information presented to her was not new, her spokesman said Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice skeptical of Iran's motives</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/13/rice.iran/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/13/rice.iran/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has expressed skepticism that Iran is serious about suspending its uranium enrichment program and said the United States expects to "make some movement forward" on a sanctions resolution when U.N. diplomats convene in New York next week.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice sees Mideast progress among the bombs</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/03/mideast.rice/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/03/mideast.rice/index.html</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that she hopes a U.N. Security Council resolution will be reached "within days" that addresses the hostilities between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militia.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice hopeful of cease-fire 'this week'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/31/mideast.rice/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/31/mideast.rice/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she believes a "comprehensive settlement" to the Mideast crisis can be reached this week, including a cease-fire and an international force to help the Lebanese army control southern Lebanon.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lebanon cancels talks with Rice</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/30/mideast.rice/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/30/mideast.rice/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice canceled a trip to Lebanon and plans to leave Jerusalem for Washington on Monday, senior State Department officials said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Greenfield: Shuttle diplomacy may hit turbulence</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/25/greenfield.diplomacy/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/25/greenfield.diplomacy/index.html</guid><description>As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice journeys from the United States to the Middle East to Europe, she joins a long line of officials who have tried to broker an end to disputes among warring states or factions.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sources: Rice proposes international forces in Lebanon</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/25/mideast.diplomacy/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/25/mideast.diplomacy/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is proposing an ambitious plan with up to two international military forces that would help the Lebanese government stabilize the situation in southern Lebanon, Lebanese political sources said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice's mission moves to Jerusalem</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/24/mideast.diplomacy/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/24/mideast.diplomacy/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Beirut and then to Jerusalem Monday in an attempt to carve a lasting solution to the crisis that has claimed hundreds of lives and gutted Lebanon's infrastructure.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Giving diplomacy a chance,  Rice heads for Mideast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/23/mideast.diplomacy.1947/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/23/mideast.diplomacy.1947/index.html</guid><description>U.S. diplomatic efforts in the Middle East picked up steam on Sunday, as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prepared to head for the turbulent region.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Leaders visit; front-line troops say, 'Yeah, so?'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/27/damon.baladtroops/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/27/damon.baladtroops/index.html</guid><description>As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made their surprise visits to Baghdad on Wednesday, many of the troops stationed north of Baghdad, in Balad and Dujail, say either they didn't know about it or didn't care.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice downplays India's Iran links</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/05/india.iran.rice/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/05/india.iran.rice/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has downplayed concerns about India's links with Iran as she lobbies Congress to support the controversial nuclear cooperation agreement struck between India and the United States last month.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 02:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Condi Rice slept on the floor</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/05/labott.condistraw/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/05/labott.condistraw/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has always been a Beatles fan.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: End Iraqi political stalemate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/03/iraq.rice.straw/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/03/iraq.rice.straw/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday called for an end to the "political vacuum" in Iraq and for the Iraqis to form a new government.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Don't take Iraq errors 'literally'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/01/uk.rice.straw/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/01/uk.rice.straw/index.html</guid><description>One day after Condoleezza Rice said the United States made possibly "thousands" of tactical mistakes in the war against Iraq, the secretary of state says she was speaking "figuratively, not literally."</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 13:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Musical mystery solved on tour</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/31/rice.backburn/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/31/rice.backburn/index.html</guid><description>Condoleezza Rice was fixing a few holes in her knowledge of England during a brief visit to the country.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Thousands of errors in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/31/rice.straw.liverpool/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/31/rice.straw.liverpool/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has defended her government's war in Iraq, despite having made "thousands of errors," as she faced a series of protests during a tour of northwest England.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice's Beatle break from diplomacy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/30/rice.straw.liverpool/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/30/rice.straw.liverpool/index.html</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is breaking from diplomatic troubleshooting during a visit this week to the home of both the Beatles and her British counterpart, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Iran a 'troublesome regime'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/30/rice.iran/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/30/rice.iran/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Berlin on Thursday for talks on next steps to tighten the diplomatic noose around Iran, which she called "a troublesome regime for peace and stability."</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice calls for a more open China</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/15/australia.rice/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/15/australia.rice/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for China to be more transparent about its military buildup, citing a 14 percent spending increase as a cause for concern.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice makes surprise visit to Lebanon</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/23/rice.mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/23/rice.mideast/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit Thursday to Beirut, where anti-Syrian leaders have been working to oust Lebanon's pro-Syrian president.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis join Egypt in support for Hamas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/22/rice.mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/22/rice.mideast/index.html</guid><description>Saudi Arabia will continue supporting the Palestinian Authority despite the election of a government led by the Islamic militant group Hamas -- because it does not want to punish ordinary Palestinians, the kingdom's foreign minister said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 23:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice's busy week in the Mideast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/21/rice.week/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/21/rice.week/index.html</guid><description>Secretary Condoleezza Rice travels to Cairo, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi this week on a mission that has taken on a new urgency in the face of Iran's nuclear defiance and Hamas's assumption of control over the Palestinian parliament.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice seeks Arab support in Hamas talks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/21/rice.mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/21/rice.mideast/index.html</guid><description>The United States and Egypt are pals, even if they don't agree on how to deal with the Hamas-led Palestinian government, Washington's top diplomat said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Massive cartoon protest in Beirut</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/cartoon.protests/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/cartoon.protests/index.html</guid><description>About half a million Muslims turned a Beirut religious ceremony into a peaceful protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, as Iran and Syria rejected U.S. accusations they were inciting anger over the caricatures.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 06:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How Condi will tackle 'secret prisons' furor</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/05/rice.prisons/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/05/rice.prisons/index.html</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Europe this week looks set to be dominated by the furor over allegations about CIA activities on European soil in relation to terror suspects. The issue has been the focus of a mounting clamor for answers in the weeks since the Washington Post first alleged that the CIA may have maintained secret prisons in Eastern Europe, culminating in a formal request by the European Union for an explanation. But sources tell TIME that Secretary Rice plans to come out swinging, shifting the focus back to the responsibilities of Europe's governments in the war on terror.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 20:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Marines injured by insurgents' bombs </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/11/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/11/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Marines and Iraqi soldiers Friday battled an unseen enemy -- the handmade bombs that the the military calls improvised explosive devices -- on day seven of a major anti-insurgent offensive in northwestern Iraq.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: U.S. will defeat insurgency, rebuild Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/19/iraq.rice/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/19/iraq.rice/index.html</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday defended U.S. policy in Iraq amid criticism from lawmakers demanding a plan to bring troops home.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2005 17:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice, Iraqi official optimistic about referendum </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/16/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/16/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>As election workers in Iraq counted millions of paper ballots cast in the constitutional referendum, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday the measure "had probably passed" but cautioned she didn't know the final outcome.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2005 04:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Kazakh democracy before oil</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/rice.asia.visit/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/rice.asia.visit/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has refuted claims by the opposition in Kazakhstan that Washington's primary concern is oil, followed by the war on terrorism, and not democracy as she claimed in a speech.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: U.S. will support Pakistan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/rice.asia.visit/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/rice.asia.visit/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice promised Pakistani officials Wednesday that the United States will support the country's earthquake relief efforts and help it rebuild.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>