Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Internet takes strain as world wakes up to London blast news

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News of this morning's bomb blasts in London spread across the world on the internet within minutes of the first reports from the capital. According to blog tracking service Technorati, there were more than 1,300 posts about the blasts by 10.15am this morning, just an hour after the first report of emergency services being called to Liverpool Street station.

Most UK news websites managed to keep running without suffering the crashes that other big breaking news events such as 9/11 caused, but some sites have been running slowly including the BBC...