Car bomb found in London's West End  —  Police have defused a car bomb found near Piccadilly Circus in London's West End.  —  The "explosive device", discovered at 2am, posed a real and substantial threat to the surrounding area, according to a police source.

Car bomb would have caused 'carnage'  —  A car bomb left in London's West End would have caused "significant injury or loss of life" if it had not been defused by police.  —  The explosive device, consisting of gas cyclinders and nails, was discovered at 2am outside a packed nightclub in The Haymarket, near Piccadilly Circus.

Explosive Device Found in London, Police Say  —  British police said they discovered an explosive device in a car abandoned outside a nightclub in the West End theater and entertainment district of central London early today and began a terrorism investigation.

Police: car bomb may have been inspired by al-Qaida  —  Vikram Dodd, Mark Tran, Hugh Muir and Sandra Laville  —  Senior police and Whitehall sources today said the failed attempt to inflict mass murder in central London was the work of al-Qaida or those inspired by its ideology.

Police Discover, Defuse Bomb in London  —  LONDON — Police defused an explosive device found in a parked car in central London on Friday, and the new government called an emergency meeting of senior security chiefs to investigate what many feared could have been a planned terror attack.

High Court to Hear Terror Detainee Case  —  The Supreme Court said today that it would review the rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees to challenge their confinements in federal court, reversing a decision in April not to take up that issue.  —  The justices did not say what had changed their minds.

Domestic Issues Frame Democratic Debate  —  For 90 minutes Thursday night, eight Democratic candidates debated before an audience made up largely of one of their party's most reliable and liberal constituencies, African-American voters, and used the stage to urge a revitalization of domestic programs …