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s detonate in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia at various Western enclaves there, killing at least 35 people. U.S. and Saudi officials speculate that the bombs are the work of Al Qaeda .

A Truck Bomb explodes at FSB headquarters in Znamenskoye , Chechnya , killing 59 and wounding some 200 more, in an apparent suicide attack. Official Russia n sources blame the incident on Chechen separatist rebels. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3019493.stm

Rihab Rashid Taha , the alleged Iraqi Biological Weapon s chief known as "Dr Germ", is taken into custody. She is not on the U.S. List Of Most-wanted Iraqis because she has been out of power for several years. {Link without Title}

Clare Short resigns from the UK Cabinet , saying that Tony Blair had reneged on promises about the role of the United Nations in the future of Iraq . Her successor as International Development Secretary, The Baroness Amos , is the UK's first black woman cabinet minister.