Wellington - About 100 demonstrators staged a noisy protest against United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, dubbing her a war criminal, when she held talks with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark in Auckland on Saturday.

Some wore orange boiler suits like those worn by prisoners at the US base Guantanomo Bay in Cuba and carried banners reading "USA a terrorist state" and saying Rice was wanted for war crimes, Radio New Zealand reported.

Perth (Australia), July 25 : Visiting U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today told enthralled Australian schoolgirls how she loves shopping and has no presidential ambitions.

On a visit to Perth’s exclusive Mercedes College this morning, Dr. Rice also told schoolgirls she prefers mountain holidays to lying on the beach.

Wellington - New Zealand police issued a stern warning on Friday to Auckland University students who offered 5,000 New Zealand dollars (about 3,700 US dollars) for a citizen's arrest of United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a war criminal during her two-day visit this weekend.

Rice was due to arrive Friday night for talks with Prime Minister Helen Clark and Foreign Minister Winston Peters before travelling to Samoa Sunday for a meeting with regional ministers.

Washington, July 21 : US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that Pakistan had to do more to check militancy and stabilise its border with Afghanistan, as, according to her, it would be in its own interest.

She said that militants in Pakistan had rendered much damage to Pakistan in the past, including killing former premier Benazir Bhutto.

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