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Moscow is holding a day of mourning after...

The first blast came at around 8:00 a.m. (04:00 GMT) at the central Lubyanka station beneath the former KGB headquarters, which now houses the Federal Security Service. The second bomb went off at 8.38 a.m. (04:38 GMT) four stops along the red line at the Park Kultury station, within walking distance of the Kremlin.

Early on, Muscovites began lighting candles and laying flowers in memory of the victims of the blasts inside the two stations, where stalls and tables for flowers have been set up.

Just hours after the blasts, officials and web-bloggers started a massive campaign calling on Muscovites to donate blood for those injured in the blasts, with members of police reported to have been the first to do so.

The main TV channels have dropped advertising and entertainment programs from their schedules.

Late on Monday, President Dmitry Medvedev visited the Lubyanka station and laid flowers. He called the terrorists "beasts," saying that "regardless of their

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