that's diplomacy for you!

Rice, Iranian have little contact

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - Iran's foreign minister boycotted a dinner of diplomats where he was to be seated directly across from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, ostensibly because a female violinist entertaining the gathering was dressed too revealingly.

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"You can ask him why he didn't make an effort," Rice told reporters Friday. "I'm not given to chasing anyone."

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I wonder if she really is as scary and evil as she comes across...