Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged a conference on the Israel-Hezbollah fighting Wednesday to work urgently for an end to the “spasms of violence” but said there can be no return to “a status quo” of political uncertainty and instability in Lebanon.”There is much work to do and everyone has a role to play,” said Rice, joined by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and diplomats from European and moderate Arab countries attending a daylong conference on the Mideast crisis. Full Story