US Undermining the central pillar of President George W. Bush's case for the war on Iraq, the chief US arms inspector reported that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction at the time of the 2003 US-led invasion. US US President George W. Bush attacked critics of his Iraq policy despite an official report that Saddam Hussein had no chemical, biological or nuclear arms. Iraq The Iraqi government expressed determination to erase resistance in time for January elections as British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw held talks here and two more car bombs killed 10 national guard recruits and a child. Turkey Turkey came a step closer to fulfilling a 40-year-old dream when the European Commission recommended that the European Union should begin membership talks with Ankara. GBissau Heavily-armed Guinea-Bissau troops took to the streets of the capital of the former Portuguese colony, killing two officers, in a protest to demand payment for their tours of duty as UN peacekeepers. Mideast Israel's deadly offensive in northern Gaza entered its second week with the government vowing to press on until Palestinian rocket fire stopped and with militant chiefs pledging to intensify their attacks. Canada A Canadian seaman aboard the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi has died one day after being injured when the vessel caught fire, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced. Nobel Two Israelis and an American won the 2004 Nobel Chemistry Prize for groundbreaking biochemistry work that has major implications for the treatment of serious illnesses, especially cancer. Afghanistan Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running mate survived an assassination attempt when a bomb killed two people in a convoy carrying him to an election rally, a government official said.