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Secretary Rice (Jan. 2): "We are working toward a ceasefire that would not allow a reestablishment of the status quo ante where Hamas can continue to launch rockets out of Gaza. It is obvious that that ceasefire should take place as soon as possible, but we need a ceasefire that is durable and sustainable. I might note that it was Hamas that rejected the Egyptian and Arab calls for an extension of the tahadiya that Egypt had negotiated. But I have been in constant contact with the key Arab states. I have talked with our European colleagues, and we are talking constantly with the Israeli Government to find a solution to Gaza that will be a sustainable one for the people of Gaza, for the people of Israel and for the people of the Palestinian territories of the Middle East more broadly." Full Text |
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Spokesman McCormack (Jan. 2): "The United States condemns the continued harassment of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi. On December 29, Iranian authorities raided her law office and seized computers and confidential files on her clients." Full Text | | |  | | Somali President Yusuf Resigns
Acting Deputy Spokesman Duguid (Dec. 29): "We support and respect President Yusuf’s decision to resign as President of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and welcome his commitment to continue supporting the Djibouti peace process." Full Text | | |  | | U.S. Fosters Strong Relationships in Latin America
Secretary Rice (Dec. 22): "[W]e’re now past that period in the Cold War where the United States saw Latin America through the prism of a global struggle with the Soviet Union. And it has freed American policy to have good friends on the left and good friends on the right, as long as they are friends who are governing democratically, who are promoting free trade, who are looking to open their markets and to deliver for their people." Full Text | |
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Monaco
![Tourists walk past the Cathedral of Monaco, June 3, 2004. [© AP Images]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090103055845im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/monaco_100.jpg) The Principality of Monaco is the second-smallest independent state in the world, after the Holy See (Vatican City). It is located on the Mediterranean coast, 11 mi. east of Nice, France, and is surrounded on three sides by France. More...
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