Lagos, Nigeria: Police say kidnapped archbishop is released
The No. 2 cleric in Nigeria's Anglican church has been released more than a week after being kidnapped in the Niger Delta, a police spokeswoman said Sunday.
Angela Agabe said that Archbishop Ignatius Kattey was released Saturday in Eleme in Nigeria's Rivers state. She said a police rescue mission helped with the release. She said no ransom was paid.
The Church of Nigeria said the archbishop and his wife, Beatrice Kattey, were kidnapped near their home in the country's southern city of Port Harcourt on Sept. 6. Police said Kattey's wife was released hours after being captured.
New Delhi: India tests missile that could reach China cities
India on Sunday successfully test-fired for the second time a nuclear-capable missile that can strike the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai, officials said.
Ravi Gupta, a spokesman for the Defence Research and Development Organisation, said the latest test of the Agni-V brought the missile a step closer to being inducted into India's arsenal in 2014 or 2015.
The missile, launched early Sunday from Wheeler Island off India's east coast, has a range of 3,100 miles and was first tested in April last year. It's seen as a boost to India's efforts to counter China's regional dominance and become an Asian power in its own right.
Baghad: Attacks in Iraq unabated; 58 die in violent Sunday
A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 58 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities on Sunday.
Iraq is experiencing its deadliest bout of violence since 2008, raising fears the country is returning to a period of widespread killing such as that which pushed it to the brink of civil war following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. More than 4,000 people have been killed in attacks since the start of April, including 804 just in August, according to United Nations figures.
Sunday's deadliest attack was in the city of Hillah, 60 miles south of Baghdad, where a car bomb near an outdoor market killed nine civilians and wounded 15 others, a police officer said. A few minutes later, another car bomb went off nearby, killing six civilians and wounding 14, he added.
Peshawar, Pakistan: Pakistani general killed by roadside bomb
A major general with the Pakistani army and two subordinate officers were killed Sunday by a roadside bomb in the volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the border with Afghanistan, officials said.
Maj. Gen. Sanaullah Niazi and the others were returning from an inspection of Pakistan border posts when their vehicle hit the mine, officials said.
The attack came after major political parties agreed last week to peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban, which is loosely affiliated with its counterpart in Afghanistan. It also came a day after the provincial government announced that troops would withdraw from the troubled Malakand region.
Bucharest, Romania: Thousands protest plans for gold mine in Romania
Thousands marched through Bucharest on Sunday to protest a controversial plan by a Canadian company to build Europe's biggest gold mine in Romania.
Protesters criticized the use of cyanide in the extraction process and accused authorities of trying to sell off Romania's assets too cheaply.
The mine has drawn widespread protests in recent weeks. Supporters say the mine would bring jobs and investment to a deprived area.
Zamboanga, Philippines: Philippine officials claim gains against guerrillas
Nearly 100 Muslim guerrillas who have held scores of people hostage for a week in the southern Philippines have been killed or captured in a push by government troops to retake rebel-held coastal communities, Philippine officials said Sunday.
Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said government forces pressed the assault Sunday but were trying to avoid harming an unspecified number of hostages still held by Moro National Liberation Front insurgents in the coastal outskirts of Zamboanga city.
At least 51 rebels were killed and 42 captured, military officials said.
US & World
Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis complained to police in Rhode Island last month that people were talking to him through the walls and ceilings of his hotel rooms and sending microwave vibrations into his body.
The gunman in the mass shootings at the Washington Navy Yard, Aaron Alexis, had a history of violent outbursts, and was at least twice accused of firing guns in anger.
