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Gallery: A Tale of Two Cities: London Bomb Plot, NYC IPhone Launch

The story is either lighthearted or chilling, as Apple's "Jesus phone" debuts in New York City and an attempted terror attack unravels in England.
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Apple devotees queue up for the $500 iPhone in New York City, while the headlines in London (right) are dominated by terror reports.AP photos / Seth Wenig, Simon Dawson
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Leonard F. Johnson waits outside an AT&T store in downtown Philadelphia (left). British police forensic officers investigate a vehicle which contains a suspected bomb near Piccadilly Circus in central London (right).

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Girls hold their toy dolls on board a mall trolley, as hundreds of people wait under umbrellas to purchase the new Apple iPhone (top). A Mercedes car, which contain a suspected car bomb, is loaded onto a removal truck in Haymarket Street, near Piccadilly, central London (bottom).

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