British inquest begins into 2005 London bombings

Britain will open long-awaited inquests on Monday into the deaths of 52 people in the 2005 London bombings to probe alleged failings by police and intelligence services before the attacks.A judge ruled in May that the inquests could go ahead after a campaign by the survivors and relatives of those killed in the suicide explosions that ripped through three London Underground trains and a bus on July 7, 2005.

Britain will open long-awaited inquests on Monday into the deaths of 52 people in the 2005 London bombings to probe alleged failings by police and intelligence services before the attacks.A judge ruled in May that the inquests could go ahead after a campaign by the survivors and relatives of those killed in the suicide explosions that ripped through three London Underground trains and a bus on July 7, 2005.

The 52 victims of the July 7, 2005 London bombings were unlawfully killed, a coroner ruled on Friday, following exhaustive inquests into the Al-Qaeda-inspired atrocity.The verdicts were expected but the families of the victims will be listening closely to what the coroner, judge Heather Hallett, has to say about whether the security services could have prevented the attacks and what more the emergency services could have done to improve their response.The outcome is all the more poignant following the death of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.

The 52 victims of the July 7, 2005 London bombings were unlawfully killed, a coroner ruled on Friday, following exhaustive inquests into the Al-Qaeda-inspired atrocity.The verdicts were expected but the families of the victims will be listening closely to what the coroner, judge Heather Hallett, has to say about whether the security services could have prevented the attacks and what more the emergency services could have done to improve their response.The outcome is all the more poignant following the death of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.

Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on packed metro trains in Moscow's morning rush hour on Monday, killing at least 36 people at stations close to the ex-KGB headquarters and Gorky Park.President Dmitry Medvedev vowed that Russia would fight terror "until the end" after the apparently coordinated blasts brought suicide bombings back to the city with a vengeance after a lull over the last half decade.

Low-key ceremonies will be held on Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings on three London Underground trains and a bus, which left 52 innocent people dead.No official events of commemoration are planned, although wreaths will be laid on behalf of Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson at the official memorial to the victims in London's Hyde Park.Many survivors and relatives of victims will gather for private ceremonies at the sites of the four explosions.

LONDON — Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had featured in previous investigations by security services, a British official said Thursday, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of London.

The Taliban believed Beyar Khan Weyaar was the perfect candidate to prepare an insider attack on Afghan police, but instead he set a daring trap that has given a rare insight into suicide bombing tactics.