Rice: "time for ceasefire" after latest Israei bombing
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-30 18:07
JERUSALEM, July 30 - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, speaking after
the Israeli bombing of the Lebanese village of Qana, said it was time for a
ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas.
She said she was saddened by the bombing and confirmed that she had cancelled
a planned trip to Beirut, but would stay in Israel to try to work out a deal for
ending the 19-day-old conflict.
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