American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Egyptian officials on Sunday to hold talks with Hamas and to pressure them towards a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\r\n
Rice had said during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels that Egypt is a US ally and a partner in the Israeli-Palestinian 'peace' process.<\/p>\r\n
Egypt began talks on Thursday with leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad aimed at negotiating a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. <\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2008-03-10 12:43:00","content_date_finish":"2008-03-10 12:43:00","content_date_register":"2008-03-10 12:43:00","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"101303","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":null,"attach_date_register":null,"attach_id":null,"attach_file_ext":null,"attach_file_header":null,"attach_img_type":null,"attach_img_width":null,"attach_img_height":null,"attach_file_media":null,"attach_show_watermark":null,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"67","visit_date_last":"2025-05-14 08:08:30","attach_title":null,"node_title":"Latest news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":144, \"left\":49, \"right\":50}]"}]]