Toll From London Blasts Over 50
Londoners Return To Work As Police Hunt For Clues
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Play CBS Video Video London After The Bombings Michael Clarke, director of the Center for Defense Studies in London, tells The Early Show how London is coping after the terrorist bombings.
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Video Latest On London Blasts CBS News' Sheila MacVicar reports London is getting back to work, after the terrorist attacks.
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Video Rudy Reaction In London New York City's 9/11 mayor, Rudy Giuliani, tells The Early Show about witnessing the London attacks.
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Back on the bus: a double-decker bus crosses Waterloo bridge in central London late Thursday as city residents attempted to resume their daily routine despite heightened security. (AP)
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A policeman stands amongst the wreckage of a double-decker bus which was ripped apart by an explosion in Russell Square in central London. (AP)
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Morning rush hour at the London Bridge underground station, the day after the bombings that killed over 50 people and wounded another 700, of which 22 are in critical or serious condition. (AP)
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Interactive London Blasts Complete coverage of the deadly attacks of July 7, 2005, and the terror scare that followed two weeks later.
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In The Spotlight London Scare Complete Video Coverage: London underground stations evacuated and city put on alert.
Prime Minister Tony Blair (video), who just the day before had been basking in glory of Britain's successful Olympics bid, condemned the attacks and blamed Islamic extremists. Foreign Minister Jack Straw said the attacks bore the hallmark of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network.
Security has been ratcheted up in the United States and around the world.
The Bush administration (video) upped the terror alert a notch to Code Orange for the nation's subways and bus lines. CBS News Correspondent Bob Orr reports U.S. commuters are seeing big guns, bomb dogs and S.W.A.T. Teams as authorities do what they can to protect U.S. mass transit.
"I want Americans to know that our transit system is safe. I want them to be vigilant, but I want them to go about their business and continue to pursue their daily life," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told CBS News' The Early Show.
Much of Europe was also on alert, and Italy's airports have raised alert levels to a maximum.
A group calling itself the "Secret Group of al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe" has claimed it was behind the attacks, but that claim has not been verified. In a posting on a Web site, the group said the bombings are punishment for Britain's involvement in the war in Iraq and invasion of Afghanistan.
It threatened to attack Italy and Denmark for their support of the U.S.-led coalitions in both countries, too.
A senior U.S. counterterrorism official said the posting is considered to be a "potentially very credible" claim, in part because it appeared soon after the attacks.
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