Regarding the British Embassy bombings, there is a good source of information on the internet at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,103612,00.html
Date 20 Nov 2003-11-28 Time 11:00 am local time, Istanbul Turkey.

This event was preceded by the simultaneous bombing of two synagogues in Istanbul at 9:30 am (LMT)
A good link for information is
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/internat ... 04,00.html