(PTI) US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today telephoned former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto and expressed sympathy over the loss of lives in the suicide attack on her rally in Karachi. Rice, who has played a key role in facilitating secret parleys between the Pakistan People's Party leader and embattled President Pervez Musharraf, said she was heartened that Bhutto escaped the assassination attempt.Rice also condemned the attack and expressed sympathies with the bereaved families, said a brief statement from the PPP. Nearly 140 people were killed and hundreds injured in Friday's attack on Bhutto's convoy.