U.S.officials hope it can be convened before key big-power discussions of the Iranian nuclear issue begin in New York during the third week of this month, on the sidelines of the U.N.General Assembly session.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Last week's meeting in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, was the third Group of 20 summit in less than a year.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

A week earlier, the International Labor Organization released its third Global Report on Child Labor.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

But,she said,the crew was cutting only a 30-meter firebreak, one-third the size ordered nationwide last week by Prime Minister Putin.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

Saturday's attack on the military headquarters is the third major terrorist strike in Pakistan in the past week.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11

This is the third time in a week that Mr.Obama has proposed tougher regulation of financial institutions.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

In most of the snap polls taken after this week's debate, the prime minister came in third.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

It was the third such strike in North Waziristan within the past week.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Parliament is now scheduled to meet next week for a third time to choose a new leader - but this round too is widely expected to end in a deadlock.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Two of Chirac's former prime ministers, Alain Juppe and Dominique de Villepin, have both stood trial on separate charges, while ex-interior minister Charles Pasqua was sentenced to prison in a third trial that ended this week.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30