ABC News broadcast footage of an unexploded terrorist bomb and the inside of a bombed out London tube car on Tuesday night -- after the London Metropolitan Police asked them not to.

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Went for lunch today, and while walking through Nathan Phillips Square, saw three young women chatting on a blanket spread out over concrete.

One mildly unusual thing about that was the sign on the blanket, which read "Two friendly therapists!" To their credit, they did look friendly.

They invited people to talk, get help with their problems and, perhaps most importantly of all, "be heard."

No indication of cost, but it didn't strike me as being the most confidential setting in which to vent about your wounded inner child.

Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian man mistaken for a terrorist and executed by London police, wasn't wearing a bulky jacket nor did he jump a ticket barrier, say his relatives.

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Some good news from the world of armed insurgencies. The IRA says it has abandoned armed struggle and will now only pursue its goals through political means.

A transit advocate makes the point that terrorist threats aside, public transit is still the safest way to travel.

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Newspaper readers in 12 U.S. cities jonesing for a fix of their daily Doonesbury cartoon were left sadly disappointed on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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