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Two Blasts Rip Through Baghdad, Killing 21 Two car bombs ripped through crowded Baghdad streets on Monday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 96, as insurgents step up their campaign to undermine the countrys U. .S.-backed interim government and drive the United States and its allies out of Iraq. (AP) After 3-Day Fight, U.S. and Iraqi Forces Retake Samarra American and Iraqi forces in Samarra finished retaking the last insurgent-controlled neighborhood early Sunday, completing a relentless three-day push through this ancient city in a first step toward wresting control of important central Iraqi areas held by Sunni guerrillas. (NY Times) Rice: Iraqi Nuclear Plans Unclear National security adviser Condoleezza Rice said yesterday it is still unclear whether Iraq attempted to procure tens of thousands of aluminum tubes for a nuclear weapons program or a conventional rocket program, despite conclusions by the Senate intelligence committee and U.N. investigators that the tubes could not be used in any nuclear program. (Washington Post) How the White House Embraced Disputed Arms Intelligence Speaking to a group of Wyoming Republicans in September, Vice President Dick Cheney said the United States now had irrefutable evidence — thousands of tubes made of high-strength aluminum. Those tubes became a critical exhibit in the administrations brief against Iraq. (NY Times) Bigley May Be In Hands of New Group The British hostage Kenneth Bigley may have been handed over to another group of captors who are prepared to release him for money, his brother said today. (Guardian) 10 Insurgent Groups Unite A statement issued by 10 armed groups in Iraq announced that the groups were united under what they called the Mujaheddins Unified Command. The groups issued a warning for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraqi cities within one week, threatening to wage wide range attacks, close the countrys northern and western borders and destroy pipelines, bridges and railroads. (Elaph) Partial Vote Would Lack Full Credibility, Iraqis Contend A sampling of people across the nation rejects some officials notion of excluding violent areas. (LA Times) Post-Invasion Chaos Blamed for Drug Surge U.N. and U.S. officials are increasingly worried by signs of a nascent drug trade developing in Iraq, where smugglers are taking advantage of the continuing chaos and unguarded borders. (LA Times) U.S. Struggles For Hold On Iraq Highway Highway 8 between Baghdad and Najaf has become a gantlet of criminal and insurgent violence. (Boston Globe) Iraqi Kurds Fight for Independence At present, four Iraqi Kurds are members of the interim Iraqi Governing Council (IGC). Recently Iraqi Kurds have accelerated their efforts to fulfil their political objectives in Iraq. (Al-Jazeera) Iran to Attend Iraq Poll Meeting Iran says it will take part in a US-sponsored conference on election plans for Iraq due to be held in Cairo. But Tehran would have to study the details of how to take part and at what level, Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said. (BBC) Polish Troops To Quit Iraq By End 2005: Kwasniewski Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said after talks in Paris that Warsaw wants to withdraw all its 2,500 troops from Iraq during the course of next year. (AFP) Anger, Confusion Mount In Paris Over Failed Mission To Free Journalists In Iraq Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 View Single Page .com) - The Milwaukee Bucks will try to get another win on this homestand Thursday night when they welcome the Utah Jazz to the Bradley Center. . - While he appreciates suggestions from Packers fans of remedies for his sore left calf, Aaron Rodgers is not necessarily going to listen to the advice. . Hes the same player he always was, only now his efforts are being rewarded. The rookie manager has made a habit of heaping praise on others when things are going well, and accepting criticism when they arent. But in the case of Hurtado, its what the coach is NOT saying that may be the secret to a superb run of form.SOFIA, Bulgaria - Simona Halep, Samantha Stosur and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were straight-sets winners at the season-ending WTA Tournament of Champions on Wednesday. Top-seeded Halep beat seventh-seeded Alize Cornet of France 6-4, 6-4, with a second consecutive round-robin win in the Serdika group to ease her way to the semifinals. The Romanians last match of the group stage will bbe against Ukraines Elina Svitolina, who replaced injured Maria Kirilenko. . Former U.S. Open champion Stosur had a 6-3, 6-3 victory over fifth-seeded Russian Elena Vesnina in the Sredets group. Vesnina took a surprise 3-0 lead in the second set before Stosur rallied take the match. In Wednesdays last match, Russias Pavlyuchenkova topped Svitolina 6-2, 6-4. ' ' '