Positive News Update 10-18-06

Sorry it's been so long between updates
but here are just a few of the Positive News
headlines from around the world.

PNN views these developments as proof
positive that there are many Positive
developments in our world.

First woman wins Bahrain parliament seat
AP - Tue Oct 17, 5:22 PM ET

MANAMA, Bahrain - A British-educated civil
servant has become the first-ever female to
serve as an elected member of Bahrain's
parliament, the Gulf kingdom said Tuesday.

U.N. peacekeepers relish calm in Lebanon
AP - Tue Oct 17, 7:10 AM ET

NAQOURA, Lebanon - The Italian soldier newly
assigned to patrol south Lebanon was confident
he was welcome in one of the world's tensest regions.

Kidnappers free U.S. missionary in Haiti
AP - Wed Oct 18, 1:17 AM ET

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A U.S. missionary
was kidnapped as he left his church in northern
Haiti and later freed unharmed, his family said
early Wednesday.

Landmines cleared from strategic
Mozambique railway line
AFP - Tue Oct 17, 8:00 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The last landmines and
unexploded ordnance blocking Mozambique's vital
Sena Railway line have been removed, thanks
largely to some 13 million dollars (10 million euros)
in US aid, the US State Department said.

PM says Japan won't build atomic weapons
AP

TOKYO - Japan's prime minister struggled
Wednesday to stifle talk of a move to build a
nuclear bomb, a concept once considered
unthinkable in the only nation ever attacked
with atomic weapons. "The debate is finished,"
Shinzo Abe said.

And just for fun did you know about this...

Clown convention opens in Mexico
AP - Mon Oct 16, 11:33 PM ET

MEXICO CITY - There was hardly room for all
the big feet and rubber noses as hundreds of
clowns from across Latin America opened a
four-day convention in a Mexico City theater
on Monday.