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British Prime Minister Tony Blair (C), surrounded by world leaders, speaks about the huge explosions which rocked London on Thursday killing several people, at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, July 7, 2005. Leaders of the world's most powerful countries united on Thursday to condemn a wave of 'barbaric' attacks in London and vowed to defeat terrorism, Blair said on Thursday. Front row L to R: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Chinese President Hu Jintao, U.S. President George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, French President Jacques Chirac, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mexican President Vicente Fox. Back row L to R: Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, South African President Thabo Mbeki, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, President of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair, center, speaks during a group photo of G8 and other leaders at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland, Thursday July 7, 2005. Explosions on London's transport system killed a number of people and caused chaos in the British capital at rush hour on Thursday morning. Blair will return to London to deal with the crisis and is reported to be returning to the summit later in the evening. Standing left of Blair is U.S. President George W. Bush and right is French President Jacques Chirac.

President George W. Bush (R) walks away from a meeting with National security advisor Stephen Hadley (L) and other senior U.S. figures at the Gleneagles hotel July 7, 2005. Bush expressed his condolences to the people of London after huge explosions rocked the city on Thursday, killing several people and disrupting a meeting of Group of Eight leaders in Scotland in an attack British Prime Minister Tony Blair called 'barbaric'.

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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) signs a book of condolences as British Ambassador to the U.S. David Manning looks on at the British Embassy in Washington July 7, 2005. The world recoiled in shock on Thursday after bombs tore through London's transport system killing 37 people in a coordinated rush-hour attack.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signs the book of condolences at the British Embassy in Washington, July 7, 2005. Rice's inscription reads 'They will not have died in vain'

The inscription by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the book of condolences at the British Embassy in Washington, July 7, 2005. Rice expressed her condolences Thursday and wrote 'They will not have died in vain'.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) speaks after signing a book of condolences as British Ambassador to the U.S. David Manning looks on at the British Embassy in Washington July 7, 2005.

[pollyannaish]

Hi snugs. Great job as usual. Hope things are calm.

The last picture of the President in this group has a Reaganesque quality to it. I think it is a combination of boots and brown suit, but I'm not sure.

[SevenofNine]

OH MAN hey Chiarc get your Frog a*** way from Dubya he dont' want see you

BTW rack Dubya when push come to shove he look like bad*** Texan now question when Dick Cheney going for checkup in hospital

[bannie]

It was great to see so many leaders behind England--shoulder-to-shoulder. It was as though they confronted the enemy face-to-face...except that terrorists, by their very nature, are C*O*W*A*R*D*S.

BTW: Did anyone else notice that france's jacque was nervous, shifting from foot-to-foot and looking around?

It may have worked for the good guys that the cowards attacked while the conference was meeting. It forced the likes of jacque to make a stand.