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LondonBlastTimeline.ID_WB = 8497271;
LondonBlastTimeline.sPubDate = "7/9/2005 11:47:54 PM GMT";
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LondonBlastTimeline.appHeader = "timeline|London blasts timeline";
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LondonBlastTimeline.appDeck = "Below is a timeline of the unfolding story from central London.  All times are British Summer Time.";
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LondonBlastTimeline[i-1].body = "During morning rush hour an explosion hits a subway train as it travelled between Algate East and Liverpool Street stations in London's financial district.  At least seven are later reported dead.<p>A second blast hits a subway train between King's Cross and Russell Square. At least 21 die in the blast.<p>A third explosion occurs on a train at Edgware Road Station. At least five die.";

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LondonBlastTimeline[i-1].body = "Police confirm an explosion on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square near Russell Square. Witnesses report that the bus's roof was ripped off by the blast.";

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LondonBlastTimeline[i-1].body = "London's Underground is shut down.";

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LondonBlastTimeline[i-1].body = "Police identify reports of incidents throughout central London.  ";

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LondonBlastTimeline[i-1].body = "Scotland Yard says that it is handling a \"major incident.\"  Twenty minutes later it confirms that \"multiple explosions\" have hit London. ";

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LondonBlastTimeline[i-1].body = "London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair says that he knows of \"about six explosions\" but says that it is \"still a confusing situation.\"  ";

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LondonBlastTimeline[i-1].body = "Prime Minister Tony Blair releases a statement from the G-8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland:  \"Our determination to defend our values and ways of life is greater than their desire to create death and destruction and impose extremism on the world. Whatever they do, it is our determination that they shall not succeed.\"";

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LondonBlastTimeline[i-1].body = "BBC monitoring service announces that it has discovered a 200-word statement on a Web site popular with Islamic militants. The statement, filed by The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe, says that the blasts were in retaliation for Britain's involvement with Iraq and Afghanistan.  The validity of the claim has since been questioned by authorities.";

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LondonBlastTimeline[i-1].body = "Scotland Yard announces that there have been four blasts:  A train between Aldgate and Liverpool Street; a train between Russell Square and King&#146;s Cross; a train at Edgeware Road station; a double-decker bus at Tavistock Square, near Russell Square.";

LondonBlastTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1:25 p.m.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
LondonBlastTimeline[i-1].body = "Blair leaves the G-8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, for London.";

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