Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 143912 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
AORC AS AF AM AJ ASEC AU AMGT APER ACOA ASEAN AG AFFAIRS AR AFIN ABUD AO AEMR ADANA AMED AADP AINF ARF ADB ACS AE AID AL AC AGR ABLD AMCHAMS AECL AINT AND ASIG AUC APECO AFGHANISTAN AY ARABL ACAO ANET AFSN AZ AFLU ALOW ASSK AFSI ACABQ AMB APEC AIDS AA ATRN AMTC AVIATION AESC ASSEMBLY ADPM ASECKFRDCVISKIRFPHUMSMIGEG AGOA ASUP AFPREL ARNOLD ADCO AN ACOTA AODE AROC AMCHAM AT ACKM ASCH AORCUNGA AVIANFLU AVIAN AIT ASECPHUM ATRA AGENDA AIN AFINM APCS AGENGA ABDALLAH ALOWAR AFL AMBASSADOR ARSO AGMT ASPA AOREC AGAO ARR AOMS ASC ALIREZA AORD AORG ASECVE ABER ARABBL ADM AMER ALVAREZ AORCO ARM APERTH AINR AGRI ALZUGUREN ANGEL ACDA AEMED ARC AMGMT AEMRASECCASCKFLOMARRPRELPINRAMGTJMXL ASECAFINGMGRIZOREPTU ABMC AIAG ALJAZEERA ASR ASECARP ALAMI APRM ASECM AMPR AEGR AUSTRALIAGROUP ASE AMGTHA ARNOLDFREDERICK AIDAC AOPC ANTITERRORISM ASEG AMIA ASEX AEMRBC AFOR ABT AMERICA AGENCIES AGS ADRC ASJA AEAID ANARCHISTS AME AEC ALNEA AMGE AMEDCASCKFLO AK ANTONIO ASO AFINIZ ASEDC AOWC ACCOUNT ACTION AMG AFPK AOCR AMEDI AGIT ASOC ACOAAMGT AMLB AZE AORCYM AORL AGRICULTURE ACEC AGUILAR ASCC AFSA ASES ADIP ASED ASCE ASFC ASECTH AFGHAN ANTXON APRC AFAF AFARI ASECEFINKCRMKPAOPTERKHLSAEMRNS AX ALAB ASECAF ASA ASECAFIN ASIC AFZAL AMGTATK ALBE AMT AORCEUNPREFPRELSMIGBN AGUIRRE AAA ABLG ARCH AGRIC AIHRC ADEL AMEX ALI AQ ATFN AORCD ARAS AINFCY AFDB ACBAQ AFDIN AOPR AREP ALEXANDER ALANAZI ABDULRAHMEN ABDULHADI ATRD AEIR AOIC ABLDG AFR ASEK AER ALOUNI AMCT AVERY ASECCASC ARG APR AMAT AEMRS AFU ATPDEA ALL ASECE ANDREW
EAIR ECON ETRD EAGR EAID EFIN ETTC ENRG EMIN ECPS EG EPET EINV ELAB EU ECONOMICS EC EZ EUN EN ECIN EWWT EXTERNAL ENIV ES ESA ELN EFIS EIND EPA ELTN EXIM ET EINT EI ER EAIDAF ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECTRD EUR ECOWAS ECUN EBRD ECONOMIC ENGR ECONOMY EFND ELECTIONS EPECO EUMEM ETMIN EXBS EAIRECONRP ERTD EAP ERGR EUREM EFI EIB ENGY ELNTECON EAIDXMXAXBXFFR ECOSOC EEB EINF ETRN ENGRD ESTH ENRC EXPORT EK ENRGMO ECO EGAD EXIMOPIC ETRDPGOV EURM ETRA ENERG ECLAC EINO ENVIRONMENT EFIC ECIP ETRDAORC ENRD EMED EIAR ECPN ELAP ETCC EAC ENEG ESCAP EWWC ELTD ELA EIVN ELF ETR EFTA EMAIL EL EMS EID ELNT ECPSN ERIN ETT EETC ELAN ECHEVARRIA EPWR EVIN ENVR ENRGJM ELBR EUC EARG EAPC EICN EEC EREL EAIS ELBA EPETUN EWWY ETRDGK EV EDU EFN EVN EAIDETRD ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ ETEX ESCI EAIDHO EENV ETRC ESOC EINDQTRD EINVA EFLU EGEN ECE EAGRBN EON EFINECONCS EIAD ECPC ENV ETDR EAGER ETRDKIPR EWT EDEV ECCP ECCT EARI EINVECON ED ETRDEC EMINETRD EADM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID ETAD ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA EMINECINECONSENVTBIONS ESSO ETRG ELAM ECA EENG EITC ENG ERA EPSC ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EIPR ELABPGOVBN EURFOR ETRAD EUE EISNLN ECONETRDBESPAR ELAINE EGOVSY EAUD EAGRECONEINVPGOVBN EINVETRD EPIN ECONENRG EDRC ESENV EB ENER ELTNSNAR EURN ECONPGOVBN ETTF ENVT EPIT ESOCI EFINOECD ERD EDUC EUM ETEL EUEAID ENRGY ETD EAGRE EAR EAIDMG EE EET ETER ERICKSON EIAID EX EAG EBEXP ESTN EAIDAORC EING EGOV EEOC EAGRRP EVENTS ENRGKNNPMNUCPARMPRELNPTIAEAJMXL ETRDEMIN EPETEIND EAIDRW ENVI ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC EDUARDO EGAR EPCS EPRT EAIDPHUMPRELUG EPTED ETRB EPETPGOV ECONQH EAIDS EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR EAGRBTIOBEXPETRDBN ESF EINR ELABPHUMSMIGKCRMBN EIDN ETRK ESTRADA EXEC EAIO EGHG ECN EDA ECOS EPREL EINVKSCA ENNP ELABV ETA EWWTPRELPGOVMASSMARRBN EUCOM EAIDASEC ENR END EP ERNG ESPS EITI EINTECPS EAVI ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID ELTRN EADI ELDIN ELND ECRM EINVEFIN EAOD EFINTS EINDIR ENRGKNNP ETRDEIQ ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD EAIT ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ EWWI ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEAIR ECONEFIN EHUM EFNI EOXC EISNAR ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM EMW ETIO ETRDGR EMN EXO EATO EWTR ELIN EAGREAIDPGOVPRELBN EINVETC ETTD EIQ ECONCS EPPD ESS EUEAGR ENRGIZ EISL EUNJ EIDE ENRGSD ELAD ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO ENTG ETRDECD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS
KPKO KIPR KWBG KPAL KDEM KTFN KNNP KGIC KTIA KCRM KDRG KWMN KJUS KIDE KSUM KTIP KFRD KMCA KMDR KCIP KTDB KPAO KPWR KOMC KU KIRF KCOR KHLS KISL KSCA KGHG KS KSTH KSEP KE KPAI KWAC KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KPRP KVPR KAWC KUNR KZ KPLS KN KSTC KMFO KID KNAR KCFE KRIM KFLO KCSA KG KFSC KSCI KFLU KMIG KRVC KV KVRP KMPI KNEI KAPO KOLY KGIT KSAF KIRC KNSD KBIO KHIV KHDP KBTR KHUM KSAC KACT KRAD KPRV KTEX KPIR KDMR KMPF KPFO KICA KWMM KICC KR KCOM KAID KINR KBCT KOCI KCRS KTER KSPR KDP KFIN KCMR KMOC KUWAIT KIPRZ KSEO KLIG KWIR KISM KLEG KTBD KCUM KMSG KMWN KREL KPREL KAWK KIMT KCSY KESS KWPA KNPT KTBT KCROM KPOW KFTN KPKP KICR KGHA KOMS KJUST KREC KOC KFPC KGLB KMRS KTFIN KCRCM KWNM KHGH KRFD KY KGCC KFEM KVIR KRCM KEMR KIIP KPOA KREF KJRE KRKO KOGL KSCS KGOV KCRIM KEM KCUL KRIF KCEM KITA KCRN KCIS KSEAO KWMEN KEANE KNNC KNAP KEDEM KNEP KHPD KPSC KIRP KUNC KALM KCCP KDEN KSEC KAYLA KIMMITT KO KNUC KSIA KLFU KLAB KTDD KIRCOEXC KECF KIPRETRDKCRM KNDP KIRCHOFF KJAN KFRDSOCIRO KWMNSMIG KEAI KKPO KPOL KRD KWMNPREL KATRINA KBWG KW KPPD KTIAEUN KDHS KRV KBTS KWCI KICT KPALAOIS KPMI KWN KTDM KWM KLHS KLBO KDEMK KT KIDS KWWW KLIP KPRM KSKN KTTB KTRD KNPP KOR KGKG KNN KTIAIC KSRE KDRL KVCORR KDEMGT KOMO KSTCC KMAC KSOC KMCC KCHG KSEPCVIS KGIV KPO KSEI KSTCPL KSI KRMS KFLOA KIND KPPAO KCM KRFR KICCPUR KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KFAM KWWMN KENV KGH KPOP KFCE KNAO KTIAPARM KWMNKDEM KDRM KNNNP KEVIN KEMPI KWIM KGCN KUM KMGT KKOR KSMT KISLSCUL KNRV KPRO KOMCSG KLPM KDTB KFGM KCRP KAUST KNNPPARM KUNH KWAWC KSPA KTSC KUS KSOCI KCMA KTFR KPAOPREL KNNPCH KWGB KSTT KNUP KPGOV KUK KMNP KPAS KHMN KPAD KSTS KCORR KI KLSO KWNN KNP KPTD KESO KMPP KEMS KPAONZ KPOV KTLA KPAOKMDRKE KNMP KWMNCI KWUN KRDP KWKN KPAOY KEIM KGICKS KIPT KREISLER KTAO KJU KLTN KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KQ KWPR KSCT KGHGHIV KEDU KRCIM KFIU KWIC KNNO KILS KTIALG KNNA KMCAJO KINP KRM KLFLO KPA KOMCCO KKIV KHSA KDM KRCS KWBGSY KISLAO KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KCRI KX KWWT KPAM KVRC KERG KK KSUMPHUM KACP KSLG KIF KIVP KHOURY KNPR KUNRAORC KCOG KCFC KWMJN KFTFN KTFM KPDD KMPIO KCERS KDUM KDEMAF KMEPI KHSL KEPREL KAWX KIRL KNNR KOMH KMPT KISLPINR KADM KPER KTPN KSCAECON KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KCSI KNRG KAKA KFRP KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KQM KQRDQ KWBC KMRD KVBL KOM KMPL KEDM KFLD KPRD KRGY KNNF KPROG KIFR KPOKO KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KHIB KOEM KDDG KCGC
PGOV PREL PK PTER PINR PO PHUM PARM PREF PINF PRL PM PINS PROP PALESTINIAN PE PBTS PNAT PHSA PL PA PSEPC POSTS POLITICS POLICY POL PU PAHO PHUMPGOV PGOG PARALYMPIC PGOC PNR PREFA PMIL POLITICAL PROV PRUM PBIO PAK POV POLG PAR POLM PHUMPREL PKO PUNE PROG PEL PROPERTY PKAO PRE PSOE PHAS PNUM PGOVE PY PIRF PRES POWELL PP PREM PCON PGOVPTER PGOVPREL PODC PTBS PTEL PGOVTI PHSAPREL PD PG PRC PVOV PLO PRELL PEPFAR PREK PEREZ PINT POLI PPOL PARTIES PT PRELUN PH PENA PIN PGPV PKST PROTESTS PHSAK PRM PROLIFERATION PGOVBL PAS PUM PMIG PGIC PTERPGOV PSHA PHM PHARM PRELHA PELOSI PGOVKCMABN PQM PETER PJUS PKK POUS PTE PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PERM PRELGOV PAO PNIR PARMP PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PHYTRP PHUML PFOV PDEM PUOS PN PRESIDENT PERURENA PRIVATIZATION PHUH PIF POG PERL PKPA PREI PTERKU PSEC PRELKSUMXABN PETROL PRIL POLUN PPD PRELUNSC PREZ PCUL PREO PGOVZI POLMIL PERSONS PREFL PASS PV PETERS PING PQL PETR PARMS PNUC PS PARLIAMENT PINSCE PROTECTION PLAB PGV PBS PGOVENRGCVISMASSEAIDOPRCEWWTBN PKNP PSOCI PSI PTERM PLUM PF PVIP PARP PHUMQHA PRELNP PHIM PRELBR PUBLIC PHUMKPAL PHAM PUAS PBOV PRELTBIOBA PGOVU PHUMPINS PICES PGOVENRG PRELKPKO PHU PHUMKCRS POGV PATTY PSOC PRELSP PREC PSO PAIGH PKPO PARK PRELPLS PRELPK PHUS PPREL PTERPREL PROL PDA PRELPGOV PRELAF PAGE PGOVGM PGOVECON PHUMIZNL PMAR PGOVAF PMDL PKBL PARN PARMIR PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PDD PRELKPAO PKMN PRELEZ PHUMPRELPGOV PARTM PGOVEAGRKMCAKNARBN PPEL PGOVPRELPINRBN PGOVSOCI PWBG PGOVEAID PGOVPM PBST PKEAID PRAM PRELEVU PHUMA PGOR PPA PINSO PROVE PRELKPAOIZ PPAO PHUMPRELBN PGVO PHUMPTER PAGR PMIN PBTSEWWT PHUMR PDOV PINO PARAGRAPH PACE PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOVAU PGOF PBTSRU PRGOV PRHUM PCI PGO PRELEUN PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PMR PRTER PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PRELNL PINOCHET PAARM PKPAO PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA POPDC PRELC PHUME PER PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PAUL PHALANAGE PARTY PPEF PECON PEACE PROCESS PPGOV PLN PRELSW PHUMS PRF PEDRO PHUMKDEM PUNR PVPR PATRICK PGOVKMCAPHUMBN PRELA PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PBT PAMQ

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 07VIENNA2633, AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 16, 2007

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #07VIENNA2633.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07VIENNA2633 2007-10-16 13:35 2011-08-26 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Vienna
VZCZCXYZ0012
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHVI #2633/01 2891335
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 161335Z OCT 07
FM AMEMBASSY VIENNA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8796
RUEKJCS/OSD WASHDC PRIORITY
RHEHAAA/WHITEHOUSE WASHDC PRIORITY
UNCLAS VIENNA 002633 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/AGS, INR/EU, AND EUR/PPD FOR YVETTE SAINT-ANDRE 
 
OSD FOR COMMANDER CHAFFEE 
 
WHITEHOUSE FOR NSC/WEUROPE 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPRC KPAO AU
 
SUBJECT: AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 16, 2007 
 
 
Study Shows Poor Austrian Integration Record 
 
1. A SPOe-OeVP government review of integration policy began in 
Austria on Monday with the launch of the so-called "integration 
platform." At the same time, the European Union released a study 
saying Austria has one of the worst records in the EU on 
integration. The study reveals that Austria is ranked last alongside 
Cyprus and Latvia. Austria obviously has "no active, or only a 
highly restrictive" integration policy, one of the authors of the 
study complains. 
In a front-page report, liberal daily Der Standard says the study on 
integration, carried out by the British Council in cooperation with 
the Migration Integration Policy Group, which was presented in 
Brussels on Monday, shows the "dire necessity" in Austria of 
improving its integration policy. The study revealed that Austria is 
among the EU's "bottom of the league" states, offering "particularly 
poor integration conditions" for migrants. According to the authors, 
Austria is not providing immigrants sufficient access to the labor 
market, and does not protect them enough from discrimination. 
Furthermore, applications for Austrian citizenship may only be filed 
after a period of ten years, which is among the longest waiting 
times in the EU, the Standard reports. 
All Austrian media continue to report on the ongoing discussion on 
the issue, which received new impetus following the arrest in 
September of three Islamist suspects and the case of Bosnian 
teenager Arigona Zogaj. According to semi-official daily Wiener 
Zeitung, Rainer Bauboeck from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and 
an expert on integration, has been highly critical of the 
government's and authorities' move to link integration and security. 
Bauboeck argues the issues should be treated separately and 
emphasized that the great majority of immigrants have nothing to do 
with suspect networks. Meanwhile, in the wake of Arigona Zogaj's 
case there have been numerous calls for families who have integrated 
well to be allowed to remain in Austria even if their asylum cases 
fail. 
 
 
Platter Upholds Tough Stance on Integration 
 
2. Speaking on ORF television on Monday, Interior Minister Guenther 
Platter (OeVP) defended the Austrian integration policy. He argued 
that the fact Austria is among the toughest countries for foreigners 
to obtain citizenship is "a good thing." Austrian passports should 
"not simply be sold at a throwaway price."  Furthermore, the 
newly-established integration platform would discuss various 
integration measures, Platter added. 
Speaking on ORF TV's late night news Zeit im Bild II on Monday, 
Interior Minister Guenther Platter said it was "good" that Austria's 
policy on integration was "restrictive," responding to a critical EU 
study published in Brussels yesterday. It was a "misconception" to 
believe obtaining Austrian citizenship was a "measure of 
integration;" the Minister suggested it should be considered the 
"final element in a successful integration process." He believes 
Austria had chosen a "good course" by making citizenship very 
difficult to obtain. Platter pointed to the newly-established 
integration platform when asked about the study's criticism 
regarding discrimination, labor market obstacles and the sluggish 
family reunification process immigrants to Austria are faced with. 
People wanting to stay in Austria "need to show they are willing to 
integrate," said Platter, and added that Austria "is an open 
country, which is why we need an open discussion of the topic." 
 
 
Austria Calls for Support on University Quotas 
 
3. Germany has said it has supported Austrian attempts to have the 
EU Commission agree to quotas on foreign students at some study 
courses, particularly at Austrian medical universities. Large 
numbers of students from Germany have applied for places at Austrian 
medical schools, but Vienna says it needs to reserve three quarters 
of places for local students to ensure the country's supply of 
doctors. At a meeting of EU ministers, Foreign Minister Ursula 
Plassnik called on other EU countries to understand Austria's 
position on a quota system for medical students. 
Reporting on Austria's efforts to have the EU Commission agree to 
quotas on foreign students at Austrian medical universities, 
semi-official daily Wiener Zeitung writes that Foreign Minister 
Ursula Plassnik has called on other EU countries to understand 
Austria's position, speaking at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in 
Luxembourg three days ahead of an EU summit. Plassnik also urged 
Margot Wallstroem, the Vice-President of the EU Commission, to 
understand the Austrian position on quotas for medical students. 
Diplomats from Ireland, Romania, Malta and Latvia have expressed 
their support, as has Germany. Meanwhile, Austrian Chancellor Alfred 
Gusenbauer has called on the Commission to drop proceedings against 
Austria over limits Brussels says are contrary to EU law. The 
Commission, however, argues that the restrictions on students from 
other EU states violate the principle of free movement of people 
within the European Union. Other countries such as Denmark and 
Belgium have similar problems with quotas. 
 
 
Pitching For a UN Seat 
 
4. Austria is among the countries hoping to inherit one of the 
rotating seats on the UN Security Council in 2009. Analyzing the 
country's chances of success, a leading weekly says Austria's long 
tradition as a "reliable mediator" and participant in peacekeeping 
missions, as well as the UN seat in Vienna could work in favor of 
such efforts. One of the setbacks is the fact, however, that Austria 
has not been the most generous of givers when it comes to 
development aid payments, according to independent political weekly 
Profil of October 15. 
 
 
Putin Arrives in Tehran 
 
5. Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun a historic visit to 
Tehran - the first by a Russian leader since Stalin during the 
Second World War. Iran is expected to seek confirmation from Putin 
that Russia will complete the Bushehr nuclear reactor, which is 
being built by Russian engineers. The Russian President has brushed 
aside reports of an alleged plot to assassinate him during his Iran 
trip. An Austrian daily suggests the visit comes as Russia is trying 
to secure its influence in the Caspian Sea region. 
All major Austrian media report on the visit to Tehran of Russian 
President Vladimir Putin. Semi-official daily Wiener Zeitung labels 
the visit a "milestone," and a "historic moment," pointing out that 
the last visit to Iran of a Russian leader had been 64 years ago. 
The daily suggests that with his trip to Tehran, Putin will 
"partially lead Iran out of its position of international 
isolation." Tehran is meanwhile hoping Russia will be able to help 
Iran avert tougher UN sanctions. After all, Moscow has been 
supporting Iran in the international dispute over Tehran's nuclear 
ambitions by emphasizing there was no objective proof of US 
allegations that Iran was pursuing nuclear weapons. 
Mass-circulation provincial daily Kleine Zeitung runs the headline 
"Hot atomic summit," and predicts a "dicey dispute over nuclear fuel 
rods." In an interview with the daily, Middle East expert Antonia 
Rados warns "Iran should not be underestimated. An Iranian atomic 
bomb would not be the end of a truly gloomy chapter -- it would 
merely be the beginning. After Iran, a whole range of other 
countries would follow suit and build atomic bombs of their own, 
such as the Saudis, the Egyptians. The Syrians may already be 
working on a project. I believe the problem that will occupy us most 
in years to come is the question of such atomic bombs."  Putin's 
visit not only serves to "boost Iran's position against the West," 
it could also lead to the development of a "new type of Cold War - 
with Iran as its hub. I'm afraid we may have to come to grips with 
the possibility that the next major conflict may well be with Iran. 
And unfortunately, in the Middle East, more often than not you have 
to expect the worst, which is war." 
 
 
Rice Urging Palestinian State 
 
6. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said it is time for 
the establishment of a Palestinian state, and emphasized that the US 
would put its "full weight" behind such efforts. Rice was speaking 
in the West Bank, where she has been trying to get agreement for a 
Middle East peace summit in the US later this year. The Palestinians 
have warned, however, that if no firm text is agreed on which to 
base talks, they will not attend the summit with Israel. 
According to semi-official daily Wiener Zeitung, US Secretary of 
State Condoleezza Rice, currently on one of her "commuter missions" 
in the Middle East, is "probing a minefield." Although she 
underscored that it is "time for a Palestinian state" - a statement 
that was welcomed by Ramallah - Rice has already ruled out that a 
decisive rapprochement between Israel and the Palestinians could 
occur within the next few days. Nonetheless, the Secretary of State 
continues to push for the Mideast summit that has been planned for 
late November. 
McCaw