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During the morning rush hour, a series of explosions have blasted in downtown London, killing at least two people and casualties (which include both the wounded and dead) were hovering near a hundred. The front of a double decker bus was sheared off in one explosion, while a number of explosions (anywhere from three to seven) hit between six Underground stations (Edgware Road, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Russell Square, Aldgate East, Moorgate). People may still be trapped underground near the King's Cross station (here's an evacuation picture), which sounds awful as the London Underground tunnels are incredibly narrow and very deep underground. Prime Minister Tony Blair feels it's "reasonable" to suspect the explosions are terror-related, and he will be leaving the G8 conference in Scotland to check on the scene; the conference, however, will go on. Here's more from BBC News, and Londonist's breaking news updates show that the Underground explosions were related to "power surges" at first.

The capture of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was met with elation. Iraqis rejoiced, as President Bush and Prime Minister Blair breathed a sigh of relief. American forces found Hussein just outside of his hometown of Tikrit, hiding in a "spider hole," 6 feet underneath the safehouse hut (safehut?) with two AK 47s, a pistol, and $750,000. In the cowboy vigilante style, U.S. Administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him," to cheers from Iraqi journalists at a press conference.

Gothamist doesn't care if the Reuters caption is President Bush "pretends to pour a pint of beer" at the Dun Cow pub in Britain. We just think it's irresponsible of Prime Minister Blair to take an admitted alkie to a pub full of sweet, sweet Guinness. PM Blair, didn't Laura brief you properly? We're sure she left the emergency numbers with you and left the pantry stocked with your favorite snack foods. And in the picture below, President Bush clearly looks pissed.

Prime Minister Blair visits with President Bush at Camp David to discuss the war.