UNITED NATIONS - The United States will invite 12 Arab nations, including Syria, to President Bush's Mideast peace conference this fall, a senior U.S. official said. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was outlining the expected agenda for the meeting, including the invitation list, at the United Nations on Sunday to representatives of an international coalition trying to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the official said. In addition to the Israelis and Palestinians, those to be invited include the diplomatic group known as the Quartet — the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia — and Arab League states...