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Charges Filed in London Bombings

Three men charged with conspiracy in 2005 tube and bus attacks

By Colleen Barry, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 6, 2007 8:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – Three men have been charged in the July 7, 2005 bombings of the London mass-transit system. The suspects, Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem, and Mohammed Shakil, are accused of conspiring with the terrorists who blew themselves up in the tube and on a bus, killing 52.... Read full story »

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