U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari shake hands after a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq. Rice, who made an unannounced visit to Iraq, said that the United States, Iraq and Turkey have a "common interest" in stopping Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.

First published in the December 18, 2007, 8:01 p.m. edition

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