Powell Talks Focus on Iraq, Palestinian Elections

Published November 23, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Secretary of State Colin Powell, left, shakes hands with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa before their talks at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt on Nov. 23.

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