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DTN News: World Top Stories / Headlines - News Dated October 20, 2010

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AFP News Headlines

UN Iraq envoy unhurt after bomb attack on convoy

UN Iraq envoy unhurt after bomb attack on convoy

AFP - 4 hours 1 min ago

NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) - The UN envoy to Iraq, Dutch diplomat Ad Melkert, was unhurt after a bomb attack on Tuesday that targeted a convoy of vehicles south of Baghdad, UN and police officials said. More »

  • Priests marrying helps Christianity in Iraq: bishop

    Priests marrying helps Christianity in Iraq: bishop

    AFP - 4 hours 35 mins ago

    VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Allowing priests to marry has contributed to the survival of the Christian faith in Iraq, said Lebanese Bishop Guy-Paul Noujaim Tuesday, on the sidelines of a Middle East synod at the Vatican. More »

  • UN Iraq envoy escapes assassination attempt

    UN Iraq envoy escapes assassination attempt

    AFP - 5 hours 8 mins ago

    NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) - The United Nations' envoy to Iraq, Ad Melkert, escaped unhurt in a bomb attack on Tuesday that targeted a convoy of vehicles south of Baghdad, UN and police officials said. More »

  • Egypt pulls plug on TV stations over 'religious hatred'

    Egypt pulls plug on TV stations over 'religious hatred'

    AFP - 5 hours 42 mins ago

    CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt's state-owned Nilesat has temporarily suspended 12 television channels for promoting religion hatred, violence and quack medicine, the information minister said on Tuesday. More »

  • New Gaza peace flotilla to have up to 20 boats: organisers

    New Gaza peace flotilla to have up to 20 boats: organisers

    AFP - 5 hours 54 mins ago

    MADRID (AFP) - Aid groups planning a second peace flotilla to Gaza hope to send at least twice the number of boats as took part in the first ill-fated attempt in May, they announced Tuesday. More »

  • Settlers damage Palestinian trees 'with impunity': study

    Settlers damage Palestinian trees 'with impunity': study

    AFP - 6 hours 32 mins ago

    JERUSALEM (AFP) - Jewish settlers who vandalise Palestinian trees are not being brought to justice, with police inquiries repeatedly failing to lead to prosecutions, a human rights group said on Tuesday. More »

  • Amnesty accuses Egypt of crackdown before election

    Amnesty accuses Egypt of crackdown before election

    AFP - 6 hours 53 mins ago

    CAIRO (AFP) - Amnesty International accused Egypt on Tuesday of arresting dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members to disrupt the opposition group's elections campaign ahead of a parliamentary vote in November. More »

  • Chavez backs Iran 'under any circumstances'

    Chavez backs Iran 'under any circumstances'

    AFP - 7 hours 5 mins ago

    TEHRAN (AFP) - Visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez vowed on Tuesday to back ally Tehran "under any circumstances," as his Iranian counterpart praised Caracas for fighting sanctions against the Islamic republic. More »

  • Israel to put Dead Sea scrolls online

    Israel to put Dead Sea scrolls online

    AFP - 7 hours 27 mins ago

    JERUSALEM (AFP) - The Dead Sea scrolls, containing some of the oldest-known surviving biblical texts, are to go online as part of a collaboration between Israeli antiquities authorities and Google, developers said on Tuesday. More »

  • Wanted Saudi militant turns himself in

    AFP - 7 hours 53 mins ago

    RIYADH (AFP) - A Saudi militant on an Interpol wanted list turned himself in to security authorities after asking to be repatriated from Pakistan, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. More »

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