AL QAIDA STRIKES REFLECT NEW EUROPEAN NETWORK

LONDON [MENL] -- A series of blasts that rocked the British capital wasbelieved to have been carried out by a new Al Qaida network based in WesternEurope and trained in such places as Afghanistan, Bosnia and Iraq. At least 50 people were killed in three explosions in London's subwaysystem during rush hour on Thursday in a strike that resembled the trainbombings in Madrid in 2004. A fourth explosion destroyed a double-decker busfilled with people.