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Blast rocks Iraqi Ministry

BAGHDAD, NOV. 2. A car bomb exploded on Tuesday near the Ministry of Education in a busy commercial area in northern Baghdad, killing at least eight persons including a woman, according to the Interior Ministry and hospital officials.

Kidnappers released two Iraqi guards abducted along with an American, a Nepalese, a Filipino and an Iraqi from the Baghdad compound of a Saudi company on Monday, police and a U.S. Embassy spokesman said on Tuesday. The burning car had ploughed into the concrete blast walls and protective barriers around the Ministry of Education offices.

Pipeline blown up

Unknown assailants blew up an oil pipeline on Tuesday in northern Iraq that is used for export purposes, but the impact was not clear, according to an official with the Northern Oil Co.

The pipeline, which connects the oil fields in Kirkuk with Beiji refinery, was attacked at 10 a.m. said the official.

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