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Man convicted of Lockerbie bombing dies

The former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 people has died, his brother said on Sunday. Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi, released from a Scottish prison in 2009

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Trade influenced Lockerbie thinking: UK minister

Trade with Libya played a "very big part" in Britain's decision to include the Lockerbie bomber in a prisoner transfer deal between the two countries, a senior British minister was quoted as telling a Saturday newspaper. In an interview wi

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UK PM denies ‘double-dealing’ over Lockerbie

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday rejected suggestions that his government put pressure on Scotland to release the Lockerbie bomber early in an attempt to improve Britain's trade links with Libya. "On our part, there was no

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Scottish court lets Libyan drop Lockerbie appeal

In a move that could speed his release, Scotland's high court agreed that a Libyan jailed for the 1988 bombing of a plane over Lockerbie can drop his appeal against conviction. Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, 57, was convicted in 2001 of plot

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