U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday on defended U.S. diplomacy toward North Korea, saying a deal with Pyongyang to scrap its nuclear ambitions made Asia and the United States safer and that the country is close to making public details of i
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized Israeli settlement activity in exceptionally harsh language, saying new construction projects on disputed land were having a `negative effect` on Mideast peace talks.
