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Samarra, Iraq - U.S.-led forces tightened their grip on a rebel-held city on Sunday in the first step of a campaign to take back all of Iraq but drew complaints about the cost in lives and suffering. Aid organizations said they were concerned about a lack of water and power in the city of Samarra and the fate of hundreds of families forced to flee. There were also questions raised about the number of civilian dead. Guwahati, India - Two bombs have gone off in India's northeastern state of Assam, killing three people and wounding 15 in escalating violence in the turbulent region, blamed on separatist guerrillas. The explosions on Sunday followed a wave of bombings and attacks in Assam and neighbouring Nagaland on Saturday that killed dozens of people and sparked concern that a seven-year-old peace process with separatist Naga rebels could be disrupted. Vatican City - Pope John Paul, looking tired and speaking with difficulty, put five Catholics on the road to sainthood Sunday, including the 19th century German mystic nun who inspired Mel Gibson's film on Christ's passion. Kuwait - An Iraqi insurgent group is expected to start mediating with the captors of British hostage Kenneth Bigley for his possible release, a Kuwaiti newspaper says, citing militant sources.
