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Rice cancels trip to Asia, Australia
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Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 6, 2006
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice canceled a six-day trip to Indonesia and
Australia on Friday, amid uncertainty over the condition of ailing Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon.
"She decided because of the situation in the Middle East, it was the right
decision to stay here in Washington," said State Department spokesman Sean
McCormack. Rice had planned to leave Saturday.
If Sharon were to die, Rice would probably attend the funeral in Jerusalem,
although McCormack did not mention that possibility.
US officials have been careful not to publicly predict that Sharon will not
return to power. Rice's travel decision is the clearest sign yet that US
officials consider his recovery unlikely.
Rice spoke by phone Friday morning with Israel's acting prime minister, Ehud
Olmert, McCormack said. It was their first conversation since Sharon's health
crisis.
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