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| | ABC News: Rice, UK's Straw to do diplomatic duet in US South (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Rice announced next week's trip as she flew into London on Saturday for heavyweight talks with Straw on bolstering international support for their hard line against Iran's nuclear ambitions. |
 | | Jim Wilkinson, her image guru, outlined a program of U.S. events, including the two taking center-stage for the opening coin toss at an American football game, indicating the unusual tour was more photo opportunity than foreign policy. |
 | | Their time together in Alabama, the place Rice grew up in the racially divided South, will include serious speeches on civil rights and minorities, Wilkinson said, noting Straw's parliamentary constituency had a large Muslim population. |
| abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=1216869 (284 words) |
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