(Timothy Williams, The New York Times) - War widows' needs have come to exceed available help

(AFP) - A woman suicide bomber killed 32 Shiite pilgrims, mostly women, as she blew herself up in a crowd south of the Iraqi capital

(Aseel Kami, Reuters) - Iraqi forces captured a woman who trained more than 28 female suicide bombers

(Brenda Gazzar, Women's eNews) - Israel's military has convened its first international conference to highlight women's integration in the last 60 years. But most Israeli combat roles are off limits and activists say there is still room for progress in tackling "inbuilt chauvinism."

(Los Angeles Times) - On the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist acts, events big and small are planned nationwide to remember.

(Matthew D. LaPlante, The Salt Lake Tribune) - Military officials say female service members are expected to perform and be treated the same as their male counterparts once they've enlisted - but recruiters and academics who study the issue say the process for recruiting women, and their parents, is subtly different.

(Sherry Jones, Women's eNews) - The military disproportionately discharges women under its policy that bans homosexuals from service. An advocacy group says straight women who spurn men's advances risk false accusations while those who are cleared retain a stigma of suspicion.

(Peter Spiegel, Los Angeles Times) - President Bush on Monday nominated a top logistics officer to be the first female four-star general in U.S. history, tapping Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to head the command responsible for supplying the Army with all its equipment.

(Thom Shanker, The New York Times) - The Army and Air Force discharged a disproportionate number of women in 2007 under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prohibits openly gay people from serving in the military, according to Pentagon statistics gathered by an advocacy group.

(Elaine Sciolino and Souad Mekhennet, The New York Times) - A female Al Qaeda warrior uses the Internet to rally women to join the cause.