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Lockerbie Bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi Not Dead, Says Lawyer

AP | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

LONDON — The British lawyer for Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi said Wednesday that his client was alive, contradicting a Sky News repor...

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Libyans Picked the Wrong New York City Realtor to Try to Dupe

Vicky Ward | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Lockerbie, Libya, Real Estate, Jason Haber, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Bomber, Lockerbie Bomber Released, New York News

New York has a new hero in Jason Haber, who told the Libyan dictator's representatives that he would find them a lavish apartment only if they returned the Lockerbie bomber to Scotland.

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The Colonel, Human Rights and Lockerbie

Tom Porteous | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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The furor over al-Megrahi's release has only deepened the suspicions of deal making and compromise that have tainted the West's decade-long efforts to rehabilitate Libya.

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President Obama, Gordon Brown, Deaths in Afghanistan and More British Deception Over Lockerbie

Vicky Ward | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Gordon Brown, Lockerbie, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Stephen Farrell, U.K., Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, World News

If applause is what Gordon Brown wants, he's not getting it. When, for the sake of his country, is the British Prime Minister going to do the decent thing -- and resign?

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The Lockerbie Cover-Up Must Be Investigated

Vicky Ward | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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The Sunday Telegraph claims that Libya paid three doctors for medical evidence that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie killer, had only two or three months to live.

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UK Official: Oil Played A Major Role In Lockerbie Talks

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

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LONDON — Trade and oil considerations played a major role in the decision to include the Lockerbie bomber in a prisoner transfer agreement betwe...

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Gordon Brown: There Was No "Double-Dealing" Over Lockerbie Bomber

AP | BEN McCONVILLE | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

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EDINBURGH, Scotland — Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced mounting criticism Wednesday as the widening controversy over the release of the convict...

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Lockerbie And Libya's Other Internal Wars: The Families' Pain

Heba Morayef | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

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How does a former pariah state deal with gross human rights abuses of the past? The UK, U.S. and Italy should encourage Libya to address the past, rather than allow all to be forgiven in the name of petrodollars.

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UK Did Not Want To Hurt Ties With Libya: Official Documents

AP | PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

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LONDON — In the years leading up to Scotland's release of the Lockerbie bomber, Britain repeatedly stressed the importance of growing UK-Libyan ...

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Muammar Qadaffi -- The Great Survivor

Eric Margolis | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Libya, Britain, Ronald Reagan, France, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Lockerbie, Sdece, Pan Am 103, Scotland, Iran, Navy, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Vincennes, Politics News

Rather than the "mad dog" he was called by Reagan, Muammar Qaddafi is far better described as a cross between a cat with nine lives and a sly fox.

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Lockerbie Bomber In Hospital, Libya Says

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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

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

The Guardian | Michael White and Severin Carrell | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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

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My Lai and Lockerbie Reconsidered

Nick Turse | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

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A week ago, two convicted mass murderers leaped back into public consciousness as news coverage of their stories briefly intersected. One was freed from prison, the other expressed his contrition.

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The Truth About Lockerbie May Now Never Come Out Thanks to Gordon Brown's Thirst for Libyan Oil

Vicky Ward | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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Megrahi's release and hero's welcome in Libya, along with the leak of two letters from Britain's justice minister, have prompted calls for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to stop evading the issue.

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Times Of London: Lockerbie Bomber 'Set Free For Oil'

Times Online | Jason Allardyce | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

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The British government decided it was "in the overwhelming interests of the United Kingdom" to make Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bo...

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Lockerbie Outrage Continues: Just follow the Stench of Oil

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Al-Megrahi, Pan Am 103, Scotland, Libya, Lockerbie, Khadafi, Times of London, Terrorism, World News, World News

Another media report from Scotland raises the question as to whether doctors who promoted release of the mass murderer may have been paid by the Libyans.

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Lockerbie Bomber Release Has "Obvious" Links With Trade Talks: Gaddafi's Son

guardian.co.uk | Severin Carrell, Scotland Correspondent | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

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Gordon Brown is under renewed pressure to release details about the UK's dealings with Libya after Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son said there was an "ob...

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Gordon Brown Breaks Silence On Lockerbie Bomber: "Repulsed" By Libya Welcome

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

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LONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown broke his silence on the Lockerbie bomber Tuesday, saying he was repulsed by the hero's welcome Lib...

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Englewood, New Jersey Wants To Block Moammar Gadhafi From Staying In Town

AP | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

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ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) -- Officials are trying to prevent Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi from staying in northern New Jersey when he visits the United St...

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How the Lockerbie Bomber Got Away With It

Michael Wolff | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Lockerbie, Libya, Michael Wolff, Lockerbie Bomber, Scotland, Moammar Gadhafi, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, World News

The Brits are in a mess: They have freed the Lockerbie bomber for reasons that nobody truly, or reasonably, believes. And yet, maybe they know what they're doing.

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Lockerbie Bomber Release Threatens Scottish Relations With U.S.

AP | BEN McCONVILLE | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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EDINBURGH, Scotland — Scotland's justice minister on Monday defended his much-criticized decision to free the Lockerbie bomber, as the U.S. Stat...

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Britain's New Royalty -- The Oil Potentates

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Kowtowing to moneyed Middle Eastern and African oil interests may not be new, but as the release of the Lockerbie bomber shows, this has become Britain's new norm.

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Another Reason for a Truth Commission

Byron Williams | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lockerbie, Libya, Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi, Politics News

Don't the families of the victims of Iraq and the war on terror, and the nation as a whole, deserve a collective truth for the worst foreign policy blunder in our history?

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The Lockerbie Bomber Speaks: "I'm Very, Very Happy"

Times Online | Martin Fletcher in Tripoli | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

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Is he the evil perpetrator of the deadliest terrorist attack in British history, or a sick old man, a loving father and grandfather, who has suffered ...

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Britain Under Pressure To Explain Role In Lockerbie Release

AP | DANICA KIRKA | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

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LONDON — Britain's leaders faced new pressure Saturday to explain any role they might have had in the release of the Lockerbie bomber after Liby...

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