The News Review:

- AP Interview: Italian FM says death penalty moratorium could succeed…
- Portsmouth 7-4 Reading
- Angolan women’s basketball team enters semifinals

AP Interview: Italian FM says death penalty moratorium could succeed…
International Herald Tribune – Sep 29, 2007
It included representatives from South Africa Burundi Senegal Angola Brazil Mexico the Philippines the Ukraine and Russia. China sent an observer D'Alema said. Human rights organizations including Amnesty International also attended the event and East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta a Nobel Peace prize winner was among the speakers. Italy began a diplomatic push against the death penalty after the Dec. 30 execution in Iraq of Saddam Hussein and has been lobbying for months to get support.

Portsmouth 7-4 Reading
RTE.ie – Sep 29, 2007
Harry Redknapp’s judgement was soon proved to be correct however as the Zimbabwean opened the scoring after just seven minutes. James Harper had lost the ball to Papa Bouba Diop and Benjani having sent John Utaka into a crossing position on the left completed the move by dispatching his colleague’s delivery to the back post from close range. Reading goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann had remained rooted to his line on that occasion but when he came out to claim Kranjcar’s corner the American succeeded only in spilling it into Diop’s path and was mightily relieved when the Senegal international could only hook the loose ball wide. Kranjcar was the first half’s most lively performer running at opponents at will but could not hit the target himself screwing one effort wide from a good position in the box before blasting another well over. Diop’s 30-yard shot forced Hahnemann into a diving save before Benjani made it 2-0 in the 37th minute. Reading had been slow to react for the first goal and were caught out from their own attack this time as Diop’s ball from inside his own half found the recalled front man. Shorey and Ivar Ingimarsson were both unable to impede his progress before Hahnemann was beaten with a well-placed drive from just outside the box.

Angolan women’s basketball team enters semifinals
People's Daily nline – Sep 29, 2007
execCommand(“saveAs”)>. At halftime the Angolan team was ahead by 24-19. With this victory the Angolan women’s team will dispute the pass to the final with the winner of the game between Mali and Cameroon. Referring to the Friday match against the Ivorian ladies Angolan Coach Anibal Moreira said his team made good use of the experience it learnt in the match lost to the women’s team of the Democratic Republic of Congo.