Rice to visit Israel, Palestinian areas next week
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday announced plans to visit the Middle East next week to try to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace moves but analysts doubt she will make much headway. Rice will leave Washington on Sunday and plans to visit Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian territories, her first trip to the region since a July visit during the month-long war between Israel and Hizbollah. Full Story