By Kate Woodsome
Voice of America
HONG KONG, Sept. 30, 3007 — Envoys to the six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear program have called a two-day recess in Beijing to consider a draft statement on Pyongyang’s disarmament process.  The diplomats had hoped to release an official statement Sunday, but they say even without the document, they have [...]

By Robert Berger
Voice of America
JERUSALEM, Sept. 30, 2007 — Israeli and Palestinian leaders will hold another summit meeting on Wednesday in a bid to advance the peace process.  But despite some signs of progress, serious differences remain.
The summit will be the sixth in recent months between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud [...]

By Jim Stevenson
Voice of America
SHANGHAI, Sept. 30, 2007 — Germany has won the Women’s World Cup football tournament in China. VOA’s Jim Stevenson reports from Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai, where the Germans scored a 2-0 victory over Brazil to become the first team to claim consecutive titles in a major women’s football competition.
Brazil played an [...]

By Jim Stevenson
Voice of America
SHANGHAI, Sept. 30, 2007 — The United States has placed third place at the Women’s World Cup football tournament in China.
The U.S. women took the field seeking to make a statement following a devastating 4-0 loss to Brazil in the semifinals. And they pressured Norway from the start, firing 12 shots [...]

American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2007 – Coalition and Iraq forces continued taking the fight to the enemy in a variety of recent operations.
Coalition forces killed two terrorists and detained 21 suspected terrorists yesterday and today during operations to disrupt al Qaeda in Iraq networks in the Tigris River Valley.
In a village southwest of [...]

American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2007 – Afghan and coalition forces detained two suspected militants in Afghanistan’s Paktika province, and Afghan National Police detained an improvised explosive device maker in Nangarhar province today.
In the first operation, the combined force working from intelligence approached compounds in the Yahya Khail district, where the suspected militants were [...]

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2007 – The Iraqi security forces are standing up and coalition forces are redeploying, but security challenges remain, U.S. officials in Baghdad said today.
Some 2,200 Marines and sailors have left Iraq as part of the regular rotation, and Iraqi soldiers have replaced them.
Marine Brig. Gen. Charles M. [...]

By Steve Herman
Voice of America
NEW DELHI, Sept. 29, 2007 — An unprecedented bombing has hit a tourist attraction in the Maldives. Authorities say 12 foreign travelers, in Male, the capital of the island nation, were injured.
A blast, caused by what is being described as a small home-made bomb, went off Saturday afternoon at the entrance [...]

By Jim Stevenson
Voice of America
BEIJING, Sept. 29, 2007 — Germany and Brazil are about to face each other Sunday in the Women’s World Cup football final in China.
German coach Silvia Neid says her team will be facing a technically talented Brazilian team.
“Brazil is especially [talented] with the ball, handling the ball,” she said.
The Brazilians outplayed [...]

By Naomi Martig
Voice of America
HONG KONG, Sept. 29, 2007 — Six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament are in their third day in Beijing, with the top U.S. envoy saying the parties have yet to agree on exactly what “disarmament” will mean.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill says he does not expect negotiators to [...]