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E-mail traffic doubled in Europe on Thursday after four bombs exploded in central London. A snapshot of e-mail activity from security company MessageLabs found the number of customer e-mails it monitored grew from the average of 500,000 to 1 million an hour after terrorist attacks began. "Sometime after 9:00 a.m. BST (1 a.m. PDT) we saw e-mail traffic rise," said Alex Shipp, senior antivirus technologist for MessageLabs. "That's ignoring spam--that's half a million legitimate e-mails an hour up to 1 million. "We don't know what the traffic is, but we're guessing that it's 'Are you OK?' and 'Have you seen...

n full: Blair on bomb blasts Prime Minister Tony Blair has made two statements about the series of explosions in London on Thursday morning. Here are his statements in full: STATEMENT FROM DOWNING STREET, 1730 BST This is a terrible and tragic atrocity that has cost many innocent lives. I have just attended a meeting of the Government's emergency committee. I received a full report from the ministers and officials responsible. There will be an announcement made in respect of the various services, in particular we hope the Underground as far as is possible and rail and bus services are...

London bombings toll rises to 37 Passengers evacuate an underground train at Kings Cross (Photo: Alexander Chadwick) A series of bomb attacks on London's transport network has killed more than 30 people and injured about 700 others.Three explosions on the Underground left 35 dead and two more died in a blast on a double-decker bus. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair promised the "most intense police and security service action to make sure we bring those responsible to justice". An Islamist website has posted a statement - purportedly from al-Qaeda - claiming it was behind the attacks. Mr Blair, who...

<p>LISBON (Reuters) - Several Islamic militant groups are preparing attacks on London, making such a strike unavoidable, a radical Muslim cleric said in an interview with a Portuguese magazine.</p>