U.S. officials are ratcheting up their tough talk against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. After a defected minister said last week that Gaddafi had personally ordered the 1988 terrorist bombing-which killed 270 people when a Pan Am plane over Lockerbie,…
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U.S. May Prosecute Gaddafi for Lockerbie
Prime Minister David Cameron has criticised the previous UK government for providing advice to Libya on how to secure the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.
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PM criticises Labour for Libya bomber advice
The previous UK government did “all it could” to facilitate the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, a new report says.
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Ministers ‘wanted bomber release’
A Holyrood committee is to consider responses over a call for an inquiry into the conviction of the Lockerbie bomber.
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Lockerbie inquiry call discussed
A US Congressional investigation into the release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbasset al-Megrahi, says Scotland was pressured to free him.
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Scotland ‘pressured over Megrahi’
The Scottish government was neither threatened nor offered “treats” to free the Lockerbie bomber from jail, First Minister Alex Salmond says.
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Salmond rejects new Megrahi claim
Britain feared Libya would take harsh action against UK interests if the Lockerbie bomber died in prison, latest Wikileaks cables allege.
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UK ‘feared al-Megrahi jail death’
The Scottish government dismisses claims the family of the Lockerbie bomber is to sue over alleged neglect in jail.
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Bomber ‘neglect’ claims dismissed
Scotland’s leading Roman Catholic is backing calls for an independent inquiry into the conviction of Lockerbie bomber.
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Cardinal calls for bomber inquiry
The prime minister says the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber “undermined” the UK’s global standing.
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Bomber move ‘lowered UK standing’
A US State Department official says there is no evidence in government records that oil firm BP sought the early release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.
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‘No record’ of BP Lockerbie link
A father who lost his daughter in the Lockerbie bombing has travelled to Libya to meet the man accused of her death.
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Victim’s father in bomber meeting
A US senate team investigating the release of the Lockerbie bomber will meet Scottish government officials on Thursday.
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US team meet Scots over Lockerbie
The Obama administration calls for Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi, who was convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, to be returned to prison in Scotland.
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US seeks to jail Lockerbie bomber
The British government urged Libya on Friday not to celebrate the anniversary of the release of Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber.
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UK: Don’t celebrate Lockerbie bomber
