Abdelbaset Al Megrahi

Africa MPs Cheer Lockerbie Bomber

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Megrahi, looking frail in a wheelchair, received a standing ovation from a group of African MPs in the hospital where he is receiving care for cancer....

Lockerbie Bomber In Hospital, Libya Says

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 05.25.2011

TRIPOLI, Libya — A Libyan official said the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has been hospitalized and television footage showed him breat...

Jack Straw Denies Claims That Lockerbie Bomber Megrahi Was Released For Libyan Oil

The Guardian | Michael White and Severin Carrell | Posted 05.25.2011

The justice secretary, Jack Straw, today denied fresh allegations that he gave the Scottish government the green light to release Abdelbaset al-Megrah...

Lockerbie Bomber Receives Hero's Welcome In Libya

AP/Al Jazeera English | TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 05.25.2011

TRIPOLI, Libya — The only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing returned home Thursday to a cheering crowd after his release from a Scottish pr...

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Bomber, Freed By Scotland On Compassionate Grounds

AP | BEN McCONVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Scotland freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds Thursday, letting the Libyan go home to d...