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TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Iran test fired a long-range, radar-evading missile on Sunday from a submarine in the Gulf as part of war games that began earlier this month, state television reported. The missile was called Sagheb, which means Piercing, but the report did not give the missile's range. "Minutes ago it was launched from a submarine in the Persian Gulf and it hit the target," television reported. Western nations have been watching developments in Iran's missile capabilities ...

GAZA CITY, Gaza (CNN) -- Two Fox journalists kidnapped two weeks ago in Gaza have been released, according to the Palestinian news service Ramattan and Fox News. The release came shortly after the broadcast of a video in which the journalists read statements saying they have embraced Islam with the Prophet Mohammed as their leader. The video, initially aired Sunday by Ramattan, showed Fox reporter Steve Centanni and photographer Olaf Wiig, both appearing to be in good health. "Islam is ...

GAZA CITY (CNN) -- A Hamas militant was targeted and killed in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza City Sunday morning while Israeli ground forces patrolled the area for tunnels and planted bombs, Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian sources said. The militant -- identified as Tarek Heles -- was the second to be killed in a 24-hour span during a drawn-out battle in Gaza between Israeli forces and  ...

LAHORE, Pakistan -- An anti-government tribal leader in Pakistan was among nearly 40 people killed Sunday in a clash with security forces. Nawab Akbar Bugti, a Balouch tribal leader, was killed in southwestern Pakistan, a government official said. Riots erupted in the southwestern city of Quetta, the capital of Balouchistan province. Intense firing was taking place, and all the main roads were blocked by Bugti supporters. Authorities imposed a round-the-clock curfew Sunday, according to The  ...

TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- A zoo has fired an animal handler after a rare tiger had to be fatally shot when it escaped from its unlatched holding cell. Enshala, a 200-pound Sumatran tiger, escaped from her night enclosure at Lowry Park Zoo on Tuesday and was trying to scale a 7-foot wall when she was killed with a shotgun by zoo president Lex Salisbury. Before the shooting, the tiger roamed an exhi ...

KISUMU, Kenya (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of Kenyans lined the streets of Kisumu on Saturday, giving U.S. Sen. Barack Obama a hero's welcome as he arrived to visit the nearby village where his late father and grandfather lived. Massive crowds screamed "Obama, Obama" and waved flags emblazoned with his name and face, as the 45-year-old junior senator from Illinois rode through the streets in a truck flanked by a lengthy convoy. "I greet you all," he shouted in the local lan ...