President George W. Bush will have separate talks with both the Israeli and Palestinian leaders at the White House before the conference begins on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters in Washington ahead of the peace conference, Ms Rice said the US would attempt to broker a permanent settlement between Israel and the Palestinians before Mr Bush leaves office. "We all know how long that is - it's about a year," she said. "That's what we will try to do." --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/502168