in coming election Mosul, Iraq, Nov 11, SPA -- U.S. Secretary of State CondoleezzaRice made a personal appeal Friday for Iraqis to bridgesectarian differences, venturing to a majority Sunni Arabregion of the country to ask for cooperation in the comingelection. "I want to talk about the importance of reaching acrosssectarian lines," Rice said on her unannounced visit tothis northern Iraqi city, which is about 60 percent SunniArab. Rice made the comments to reporters traveling with her tothe region. The secretary arrived at a military airport androde by helicopter to a U.S. base, flying over sheepgrazing next to the roofless shells of bombed-out buildingsand houses. Rice's trip, her second to Iraq as secretary of state,comes five weeks before elections for a permanent Iraqigovernment, according to a report of The Associated Press.--SPA1539 Local Time 1239 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/301888