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Orphaned by Job Loss: Pan Am Soaring Downward

Helen Davey | Posted 02.19.2010 | Los Angeles

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Pan American World Airways, Pan Am Clippers, Traumatic Loss, Corporate Meltdown, Economic Collapse, Job Loss, Trauma, Economy, Pan Am 103, Global Job Loss, Loss, Juan Trippe, Orphaned, Pan Am, Airlines, Los Angeles News
Helen Davey

People often ask, "What happened to Pan Am?" It was the airline that rose the highest and had the farthest to fall. As you will see, there was not one single cause.

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Orphaned By Job Loss: The Rise And Fall Of Pan Am And The Traumatic Impact On Its Employees

Helen Davey | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living

Read More: Job Loss, Traumatic Loss, Trauma, Pan Am 103, Economic Collapse, Corporate Meltdown, Loss, Juan Trippe, Airlines, Orphaned, Economy, Living News
Helen Davey

Fasten your seatbelts: in this three-part series, I'm going to tell you the story of the rise and fall of Pan Am, and perhaps you will benefit from hearing about the painful impact of the fall on its employees and how we survived this trauma.

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'Flaws' In Key Lockerbie Evidence

BBC News | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Lockerbie, Lockerbie Bombing, Lockerbie Bomber, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Terrorism, Pan Am 103, Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie Scotland, World News

An investigation by BBC's Newsnight has cast doubts on the key piece of evidence which convicted the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi....

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Lockerbie Bomber Missing: Al-Megrahi Can't Be Reached, Reports Times

Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Lockerbie, Libya, Megrahi Missing, Lockerbie Bomber, Prostate Cancer, Terrorism, Pan Am 103, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Megrahi Dead, World News

UK authorities do not know where convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi is. According to The Times, the Libyan national convicted of in...

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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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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
Eric Margolis

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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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

Read More: Lockerbie, Lockerbie Bombing, Britain, United Kingdom, United Nations, Abdel-Basset-Al-Megrahi, Kenny MacAskill, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Scotland, Gordon Brown, Libya, Lockerbie Bomber, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Pan Am 103, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Robert Mueller, Scotland, Politics News
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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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
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

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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Terrorists Who Don't Face Justice: A Disappointing Trend

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: International Terrorism, Domestic Terrorism, Crime, Terrorism, Rule of Law, Pan Am 103, World News
Brian Levin, J.D.

As the 'Lockerbie bomber' suns himself amid cheers in Tripoli, an examination of the outcomes of other cases of terrorism against Americans over the last century yields its own pattern of disappointments.

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

The Daily Beast | Lloyd Grove | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lockerbie Bomber, Muammar Gaddafi, President Obama, Pan Am 103, Steve Rothman, Politics News

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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Libyan Oil Is Thicker Than American Blood

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Read More: Scotland, Oil, British, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, Pan Am 103, World News
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld

The pretext "compassion" for the allegedly terminally ill Libyan prisoner, barely disguised the real reason -- oil buried deep in the Libyan sand.

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Salt in Their Wounds

Nancy Snow | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Lockerbie, Libya, Syracuse University, Lockerbie Bomber Released, S.I. Newhouse School, Terrorism, Pan Am 103, Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi, New York News
Nancy Snow

I can't imagine what it must have been like for the families of the 35 Syracuse University students to get the news that Pan Am Flight 103 had exploded over the tiny Scottish town of Lockerbie.

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The Lockerbie Trial: A Unique Moment in International Justice and Diplomacy

Cynthia P. Schneider | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Read More: Lockerbie, The Hague, Lockerbie Families, Zeist, Megrahi Lockerbie, Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi Released, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Libya, Lockerbie Bomber, Megrahi Heroes Welcome Libya, Pan Am 103, The Lockerbie Trial, Lamin Khalifah Fhimah, Prime Minister Wim Kok, Libya Lockerbie, World News
Cynthia P. Schneider

The understandable outrage at the release of Megrahi should not overshadow the memory of the trial that brought him to justice.

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Lockerbie Terrorist's Release Debased Justice with Misplaced Mercy

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

Read More: Scotland, Libya, Lockerbie, Simon Wiesenthal, World News, Talmud, Pan Am 103, World News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Today's release is devoid of any compassion for those blown out of the skies over Scotland -- or their families.

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Remembering Lockerbie (Audio Slideshow)

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

Read More: Lockerbie, Libya, Lockerbie Bombing, Pan Am Flight 103, Pan Am 103, Remembering Lockerbie, World News

The quiet Scottish town of Lockerbie was brought suddenly and shockingly to the world's attention on a wintry evening 20 years ago....

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How to Get an Op-Ed Published in The New York Times

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media

Read More: The New York Times Op-Ed, Muammar El-Qaddafi, The New York Times, Op-Ed, Munich Massacre, Pan Am 103, Libya, Senator John McCain, Newspaper Op-Eds, Berlin Disco Bombing, Media News
Leora Tanenbaum

Last week, the New York Times published an op-ed by Muammar el-Qaddafi, leader of Libya. Perhaps soon we will read Times op-eds penned by Blagojevich, Madoff, and Ahmadinejad.

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