She will will deliver her speech by satellite at the invitation of Mr Murdoch's Fox operation
The US national security adviser Condoleezza Rice is to address the News Corporation think tank involving Rupert Murdoch's most senior newspaper executives from the UK, US and Australia. Ms Rice joins Conservative leader Michael Howard and Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former director of communications - both of whom are flying to Cancun, Mexico for the four-day event, which started last night.
The identity of the special guests has not been publicized and News International in London refused to comment, but a spokeswoman for Ms Rice confirmed she would be speaking at 12 pm US Eastern Standard Time today. She will deliver her speech by satellite at the invitation of Mr Murdoch's Fox operation, which includes Fox News, which has been hugely supportive of President George Bush and achieved notoriety in the UK during the Iraq war for its ultra-patriotic reporting.
Lisa O'Carroll/Guardian UK Mar.19.04
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