By Jim Stevenson
Voice of America
SHANGHAI, Sept. 29, 2007 — The U.S. women’s national football team will play it’s final Women’s World Cup match without one of it’s top goalkeepers.
U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo was angry at coach Greg Ryan for not allowing her to play in the semifinal against Brazil on Thursday.  She vented her frustration [...]

By Tom Rivers
Voice of America
LONDON, Sept. 28, 2007 — For the first time in the history of North America’s National Hockey League, the season’s opening game will be staged in Europe. On Saturday, the defending champion Anaheim Ducks will face off against their crosstown rivals, the Los Angeles Kings in London kicking off the 90th [...]

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A published report says 14 terrorism suspects transferred to the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have been formally offered the right to request attorneys.
The Washington Post reports Friday, that the 14 suspects were sent to Guantanamo last year from secret U.S. prisons overseas, and have been labeled “high value detainees” by [...]

By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2007 – A top al Qaeda leader who coordinated efforts of foreign terrorists in Iraq was killed this week, a senior official in the region announced today.
Abu Usama al-Tunisi, a foreigner who brought al Qaeda terrorists into Iraq, was killed Sept. 25 in an air [...]

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2007 – Coalition troops captured seven suspected terrorists and found two weapons caches today during operations targeting al Qaeda in Iraq, officials reported.
Coalition forces detained a suspected terrorist in Bayji believed to be associated with attacks in the city by al Qaeda. Intelligence reports led coalition forces to the [...]

By Jim Stevenson
Voice of America
SHANGHAI, Sept. 28, 2007 — United States women’s soccer coach Greg Ryan is braving a storm of criticism one day after his heavily favored team was defeated at the Women’s World Cup football tournament in China.
The U.S. team canceled its scheduled practice Friday in Shanghai as it tries to regroup following [...]

By Jim Stevenson
Voice of America
HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 27, 2007 — Brazil has reached the championship game of the Women’s World Cup football tournament in China.
Most coaches will say there is a risk-taking element in the campaign to win the Women’s World Cup. Unfortunately for U.S. coach Greg Ryan, his larger wagers fell short.
Ryan inserted veteran [...]

By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2007 – For the past four months, coalition forces have battled to take control of a former insurgent badland south of Baghdad that had no Iraq security forces, a senior commander in the area said today.
For the past two years, the predominately Sunni areas around [...]

American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2007 – Coalition forces have killed and detained many suspected terrorists during operations over the past two days in central and northern Iraq.
Coalition forces killed one terrorist and detained two suspected Iraqi “special groups” members during an operation in northern Baghdad this morning. Coalition forces targeted an individual suspected [...]

By David Mays
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2007 – Iraqi citizens are helping coalition forces hunt down al Qaeda terrorists in a vast rural area south of Baghdad, a military commander said today.
“As the summer went along, we started building the confidence of the people,” Army Lt. Col. Ken Adgie told online [...]