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Update: Gaddafi Hijacks UN General Assembly Podium

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

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Evelyn Leopold

Only a few blocks from Broadway, Colonel Gaddafi rambled on for more than an hour and a half, tearing out pages of the U.N. Charter and shaking his hands in anger before the UN General Assembly.

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Ethical Explosion Over Scotland

Gloria Duffy | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Scotland, Terrorist, Libya, Lockerbie Bomber, Compassionate Release, Ethics, Pan Am 103, World News
Gloria Duffy

The Scots made a moral tradeoff in the wrong direction by releasing the Lockerbie bomber. Here are just a few of the flaws in the thinking behind this decision.

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

Vicky Ward | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

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Vicky Ward

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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Obama Snubs Gaddafi For UN Reception

Politics Daily | Lynn Sweet | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host their first international reception for world leaders later this month, in connection with the 64th...

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The Colonel, Human Rights and Lockerbie

Tom Porteous | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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Tom Porteous

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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Africa MPs Cheer Lockerbie Bomber

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

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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....

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The Lockerbie Cover-Up Must Be Investigated

Vicky Ward | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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Vicky Ward

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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Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Bomber, Reportedly Taken To Intensive Care... UPDATE: Libya Denies

AP | KHALED EL-DEEB | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

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TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya denied reports Wednesday that the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was taken to intensive care after his ...

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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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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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Libya Celebrates Four Decades Of Muammar Gaddafi; Lockerbie Controversy Shadows Event

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and BEN CURTIS | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

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TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya staged a lavish spectacle Tuesday, parading white-robed horsemen and gold-turbaned dancers as jets streaked overhead to c...

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Gaddafi's "Green Revolution" Turns 40

Mona Eltahawy | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Louis Farrakhan, Switzerland, Lockerbie Bomber, Human Rights, Muammar Gaddafi, France, United Nations, Scotland, Libya, Italy, World News
Mona Eltahawy

How did the world's longest serving dictator make it from diplomatic deep freeze to preparing to make his first ever visit to the U.S. to address the U.N. General Assembly in September?

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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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Nick Turse

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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Vicky Ward

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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Mayor Michael Wildes and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach of Englewood, NJ, Confirm that Sunday's Rally Against Kaddafi Remains On

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

We will push for the Libyan government to sell their compound in Englewood and clear out of the neighborhood. We don't want a terrorist-funding government in our midst.

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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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Qaddafi, Trying To Shed Outlaw Status, Still Clashes With The West

nytimes.com | MICHAEL SLACKMAN | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

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CAIRO Once the mad dog of the Middle East, as Ronald Reagan called him, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Libyan leader, has focused on shedding his outlaw...

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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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Congressman On Gaddafi: Keep This "Psychopath" Out Of My State

The Daily Beast | Lloyd Grove | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Steve Rothman, Democrat of New Jersey, has a message for Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi: Stay the hell out of the 9th Congressional District. In f...

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Bar Kaddafi From Entering the U.S.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kaddafi, Lockerbie Bomber, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Abdul Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Politics News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

I lived in Europe for 11 years and I learned that Europe has lost the capacity to hate evil. Amorality that masquerades as modern liberal sensibility has left the continent morally bankrupt.

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How the Lockerbie Bomber Got Away With It

Michael Wolff | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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Michael Wolff

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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