Rice trip comes amid signs of N. Korea cooperation (AP)

US, Russian diplomats seek to ease tensions (AP)
AP - In what may be one of her last such sessions as secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice met with her Russian counterpart in an effort to cool simmering tensions between the two superpowers...

Rice off to Mideast as peace deadline looms (AP)
AP - Fighting irrelevance and a ticking clock, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice embarked on yet another Middle East peacemaking trip, hoping to secure fragile Israeli-Palestinian...

Rice says US not trying to undermine Russia (AP)
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday rejected any suggestion that U.S. efforts to build closer ties to this former Soviet republic are meant to undermine Russian influence in...

Rice lauds nuclear deal as key to US-India future (AP)
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in the Indian capital Saturday to commemorate — but not put her signature to — a historic deal that opens up U.S. nuclear trade with the...

Rice: 'Time isn't right' for US-Russia nuke deal (AP)
AP - Now is not right time for the U.S. to move forward on a once-celebrated deal for civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.