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Lockerbie bomber’s funeral due

Monday, May 21st, 2012

The funeral of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is due to take place in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, later.

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Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Bomber, Dies at 60

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi was the only person convicted in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people.

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Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi dies at 60, report says

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, a shadowy Libyan intelligence officer who was convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people and whose release from prison in 2009 sparked international uproar, died Sunday in Tripoli, the Associated Press reported. He was 60. Read full article > >

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Top Scots lawyer on Libya mission

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Scotland’s top prosecutor joined the director of the FBI on a mission to Libya to discuss the investigation into the Lockerbie bombing.

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Lockerbie bomber report published

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Full details of the Lockerbie bomber’s grounds for appeal are published for the first time by a Sunday newspaper.

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Call for Lockerbie appeal details

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

First Minister Alex Salmond calls for the publication of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi’s grounds for appeal.

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Concern over Lockerbie report law

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

A new bill which could aid publication of a secret legal report on the Lockerbie bomber may fail to work properly, it is claimed.

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Megrahi ‘very sick’, says his son

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

The son of the Lockerbie bomber tells the BBC that his family believe he is innocent of the atrocity and that he is very ill.

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Exclusive: Lockerbie bomber near death

Monday, August 29th, 2011

The Scottish government Monday took aim at critics of its decision to release Lockerbie bomber Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, a day after CNN found him comatose and near death.

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‘Leave Lockerbie bomber to die’

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Many people believe Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi should now be left to die in peace, Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond says.

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Libyan rebel justice minister says Lockerbie bomber won’t be deported

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

TRIPOLI, Libya — The Libyan rebel government will not deport the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, its justice minister said Sunday. New York senators on Aug. 22 asked the Libyan transitional government to hold Abdel-Baset al-Megrahi fully accountable for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, which killed 270 people. But the transitional government Justice Minister Mohammed al-Alagi told journalists in Tripoli that the request by American senators had “no meaning” because al-Megrahi had already been tried and convicted. Read full article > >

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Lockerbie bomber release defended

Saturday, August 20th, 2011

The Scottish government says it has been “vindicated” over its decision to release the Lockerbie bomber two years ago.

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Pills may explain bomber survival

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

A leading cancer specialist says it is likely that the Lockerbie bomber is being kept alive by pills not available in the UK.

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Police meet with Libyan defector on Lockerbie bombing

Friday, April 8th, 2011

LONDON — Scottish officials said Friday that police investigating the 1988 bombing of a U.S. jetliner over the town of Lockerbie have met with Libyan defector Musa Kusa, who they believe has crucial information about Britain’s worst terrorist attack.

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Koussa interviewed over Lockerbie

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Former Libyan foreign minister, Moussa Koussa, has been interviewed by Scottish police investigating the Lockerbie bombing, the BBC learns.

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