If there's an expected event that I've read about in the past few, well, years, it's this one. Condoleezza Rice playing a piano recital for the Queen? Yes.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will perform on Saturday classical piano compositions during a music festival in Aspen, Colorado, the State Department said.

On July 14 the Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian met with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussing of further developing the relationship between Armenia and USA and asserting that the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict that involves Azerbaijan can be only achieved through peace negotiations and not by force.

The United States' top diplomat has arrived in the Middle East to try to give a boost to the peace process. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pushing for a peace agreement before President Bush leaves office in January.

Congratulating Barack Obama on becoming the first African-American to lock up the Democratic presidential nomination, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice described his candidature as an "extraordinary expression of inclusiveness".

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Tuesday called on the Armenian and Azerbaijani governments to summon up the political will to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. Rice said the long-running territorial dispute is holding back both countries.

In the light of Azerbaijan's non-constructive position and war-like statements why should the future status of the Nagorno Karabakh region, populated by christian Armenians, be settled through negotiations, while the status of Kosovo is settled through the political will and objective recommendation of the international community ending the war and conflict in the Balkans.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday that she was not interested in the position of the vice president. It was previously rumored that Mrs. Rice was going to run for vice presidency on the Republican Party presidential ticket with Senator John McCain. However, the US State Department subsequently dispersed the rumors.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier appealed Friday for greater Chinese transparency in Tibet. Both urged Beijing to deal with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and his representatives.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Palestinian negotiators Wednesday, to press them to restart peace talks with Israel.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for a halt to rocket attacks on Israeli cities and a revival of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

China and the United States agreed in Beijing on Tuesday to step up bilateral constructive and cooperative relations and handle the bilateral ties "in a long-term and strategic perspective."