'Reward offered for Rice's arrest'
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25-Jul-2008

New Zealand students offer a reward to anyone who makes a citizen's arrest of Condoleezza Rice in her upcoming visit to the country.

"The 5,000 New Zealand dollar (USD 3,700) reward will be paid for a citizen's arrest of Rice for 'overseeing the illegal invasion and continued occupation' of Iraq," Auckland University Students' Association President, David Do announced.

Do noted that students also plan to make a formal complaint to police seeking to have Rice arrested for what they claim are violations of the Geneva Conventions for her role in the Iraq war.

Rice is slated to make her first trip to New Zealand, as the US secretary of state, after attending a Southeast Asian security forum in Singapore.

US officials traveling with Rice said that they were aware of the citizens' arrest threat in New Zealand but added that, it will not affect the state secretary's plans.

Police in Auckland, New Zealand's biggest city, have warned that "anyone who attempts to penetrate the police lines of security around the secretary will not be allowed to follow through with their plan."
On Saturday, Rice will hold talks with Prime Minister Helen Clark and Foreign Minister Winston Peters, meet with business leaders, and attend an official dinner.

Rice, who is expected to arrive in Auckland late Friday, is due to fly to Samoa early Sunday for meetings with South... >>>

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