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His home in bahrain. so, lets get right to abcs chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz with us live tonight. martha, what have you learned? >> reporter: well, david, this was such a shock, not only for his family, but for the 20,000 forces he has commanded since may. this is one of the most critical positions in the navy, in the persian gulf region, where u.s. sailors have faced off with iranian revolutionary guard boats, weapons smugglers and pirates. admiral stearney was a decorated...

Of federal border control agent brian terry. terry was killed in a fire fight, revealed the botched fast and furious operation where federal agents allowed criminals to buy guns for weapons smugglers. hes the first person involved in the killing to go to prison in the u.s. two additional suspects are being held in mexico. two others, apparently, are still on the run. terrys sister or talked about that verdict yesterday. >> like i said, after today i didnt want to see his face anywhere, i just wa...

Sync with the united states and issue it, which is a very important point. it has to stay out of it. this is an internal egyptian issue and let egyptians decide their own future. >> what is israel seeing from this vantage point? >> this is what official israel is interested in. security mostly and fighting terror. egyptians from their own prospect tufs and interests, decided to take control of the situation on the gaza border and not allow smugglers, weapons smugglers and hamas fighters to go in...

Chips. they beam for only a few feet. maybe a yard or two at most. so as soon as the student leaves the school grounds they are no longer tracked. they are off the grid here. >> shepard: of course, the student could just have a buddy take his i.d. to class. well, at least one person is reported dead and three others missing after an explosion just ripped through an apartment building and that tops our news around the world in 80 seconds. china. surveillance video captured the blast in an eastern...

Price stability. we will continue to monitor the developments closely and are prepared to respond as necessary. >>shepard: he said the most likely scenario is a temporary jump in prices, rather than a threat of runaway inflation. but that did little to sway investors fear with the price of crude on the stock exchange rising to more tan $100 a barrel and settling at $99.63, the high of the close since september of 2008 and where oil prices go, gas usually follows, and it went up seven cents overn...

U.s. immigration agent in mexico has now been traced back to a man in texas. federal agents, arresting the man and two others during raids near dallas. u.s. immigration and customs enforcement agent jaime zapata was killed in a roadside ambush in mexico, two weeks ago. the mexican government says it suspects drug cartel members responsible for that shooting. in the meantime now, the feds launches its largest operation to target international gangs of drugs and weapons smugglers, its called ope...

Allies to proceed cautiously and bring overwhelming force. >> thank you, mike. military officials in iraq say joint raid on weapons smugglers left five dead near the iranian border. campaigning for next month election in iraq began today. an appeals panel reinstated 28 of candidates barred after having ties to the saddam hussein regime. the military says the airborne laser weapon shot down two ballistic missiles in flight thursday night. thats a first for the system, which actually uses three la...

Allies to proceed cautiously and bring overwhelming force. >> thank you, mike. military officials in iraq say joint raid on weapons smugglers left five dead near the iranian border. campaigning for next month election in iraq began today. an appeals panel reinstated 28 of candidates barred after having ties to the saddam hussein regime. the military says the airborne laser weapon shot down two ballistic missiles in flight thursday night. thats a first for the system, which actually uses three la...