Veteran Iraqi broadcaster escapes death

One of Iraq's most popular broadcasters has narrowly escaped death. Amal Mudarris, 58, suffered serious head injuries when she was shot outside her Baghdad home, but doctors say she should recover. Mudarris, an international award-winning journalist whose broadcasts before and since the 2003 US-led invasion have helped to calm millions of listeners, had voiced fears that she faced attack. Iraqi television showed her in hospital, grimacing in pain with her head bandaged. (Via LA Times)