AP - BUSH: Well, the people who should get really frustrated are the Israelis and Lebanese. They ought to be the ones that are frustrated. Because 1559 clearly laid a way forward for there to be a strong democracy in Lebanon which will more likely yield the peace.

AP - The Bush administration continues to insist Iraq is not heading toward a civil war, even as some senators and military leaders have expressed concerns that such a conflict may be inevitable.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said a draft ceasefire proposal to the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict is only the first step on a long road to permanently removing the threat of such violent flare-ups. She hopes the draft resolution, crafted during negotiations between the US and France, will...

AP - ENDING BLOODSHED: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice described a draft U.N. cease-fire resolution as a first step to stop violence in the Middle East.

AP - Iraq is not on track to become another Iran despite the disconcerting images last week of Iraqis burning U.S. flags and chanting "Death to America," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned on Sunday that a U.N. resolution will not stop all the fighting in southern Lebanon but is a first step toward a lasting cessation of violence.

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice described a draft U.N. cease-fire resolution as a first step to stop violence in the Middle East, but said it cannot solve the problems in Lebanon.

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that neither side is getting what it wanted but both sides have "an obligation to respond to U.N. Security Council's resolution."

The State Department on Friday said that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will send a word of "support" to the people of Cuba, as the health of the leader of the communist-ruled island remains uncertain. The message will broadcast on Radio and TV Marti at 6 p.m. (2200 GMT)....

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed support Thursday for an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon as the first phase in ending the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. It was the most concrete signal yet that the U.S. may be willing to compromise on the stalemate over how to end the fighting.

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed support Thursday for an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon as the first phase in ending the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, in the most concrete signal yet that the U.S. may be willing to compromise on the stalemate over how to end the fighting.

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.

AP - Israeli attack ships fired at the Gaza coast early Wednesday, hitting boats and buildings owned by a Palestinian known as the territory's top arms smuggler, Palestinian officials said.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she is convinced an urgent ceasefire in the Middle East was possible this week. "This morning as I head back to Washington I take with me an emerging consensus on what is necessary for both an urgent ceasefire and a long-term settlement," she told a...

AFP - Chided by Lebanon, criticised by allies, and sniped at in the press, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has ended her testy Middle East peace mission with fighting still raging.

AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has launched an effort to win United Nations Security Council backing for her Lebanon peace initiative as soon as this week.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday she will seek international consent for a cease-fire and a "lasting settlement" in the war between Lebanon and Israel through a U.N. Security Council resolution this week.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expects a UN Security Council ceasefire plan on Lebanon this week.

AFP - Israel suspended air strikes in Lebanon for 48 hours after an attack on the village of Qana which killed 52 people, including handicapped children, and triggered global outrage.

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, moving quickly after an Israeli bomb killed a number of children, won a suspension of aerial bombing from Israel that capped a weekend of diplomatic disappointments.