ONCE NATO gave military support to those Libyans who wished to depose Col Muammar Gaddafi, the tyrant who had run that country as a plaything for 42 years, his fate was sealed.

THE man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing said “new facts” surrounding the 1988 attack that killed 270 people would be announced in the coming months.

FOR four decades, the willful, mercurial figure of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been a thorn in the side of the West.

A review of US government records found no information about BP attempting to influence the release of the Lockerbie bomber, a committee hearing in America was told.

The Obama administration today called for the only person convicted of the Lockerbie bombing to be returned to a Scottish prison.

The UK government warned Libya not to celebrate the return of the Lockerbie bomber today, the first anniversary of his release from a Scottish jail.

US senators who want a hearing into the Lockerbie bomber’s release were urged to sign a letter asking the Scottish Government to hold its own public inquiry into the tragedy, it emerged last night.

A string of high profile British witnesses who refused to testify at a US Senate hearing into the release of the Lockerbie bomber were today facing accusations of “stonewalling”.

The release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was “wrong and misguided”, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a letter to US senators today.

FOUR US senators have written a letter calling on Britain to investigate the circumstances surrounding last year’s release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.

A body which investigates alleged miscarriages of justice has been given permission to release details of the case of the Lockerbie bomber, it was announced today.

British MPs are to study the handling of the case of the Lockerbie bomber as part of a wider probe into relations between Westminster and Holyrood, it was announced today.

DIAGEO said trading was “particularly difficult” in Ireland over the last year as sales of Guinness remained flat.

Throughout the meeting, when the Taoiseach was making his representations, Gadaffi’s gaze drifted regularly in my direction. I was determined not to make eye contact. Some wag later joked that he was probably wondering where my bodyguard weapons were concealed

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today he was “angry” and “repulsed” at the reception given to the freed Lockerbie bomber in Libya – but still declined to say if he agreed with the decision to release him.

Relatives of some of the IRA's victims over the last 40 years are renewing their calls for compensation from Libya following the controversy in recent days surrounding the release of the Lockerbie bomber.

Both the British and Scottish governments are facing acute pressure over the release of the Lockerbie bomber after the most stinging criticism yet of the move.

THE release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi removes the sharpest thorn in Britain’s relations with Libya and boosts the prospects for British companies there.

THE Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has formally dropped the second appeal against his conviction for the attack which killed 270 people.

The Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing today formally dropped the second appeal against his conviction for the attack which killed 270 people.

Seven US senators have written to Scotland’s justice secretary calling for the Lockerbie bomber to remain in jail, it was confirmed today.

Anger was growing among US relatives of Lockerbie bombing victims today over the possible imminent release of the man convicted of the atrocity.

LOVED ones of the 270 victims of the Lockerbie bombing yesterday began taking part in a series of events to mark the 20th anniversary of the atrocity.

THE Lockerbie bomber is battling “advanced stage” cancer, his lawyer said yesterday.

A FORMER Libyan intelligence agent may have been wrongly convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, a judicial panel said yesterday, recommending that he be granted a new appeal.

THE September 11 terror attacks in the US topped a poll of the most emotional moments in the past 50 years, it emerged yesterday.

France will today veto a US resolution to lift more than a decade of sanctions against Libya if no agreement is reached on compensation for the families of the victims of an airliner bombing over the Niger desert.

Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi has called European Commission President Romano Prodi to say he longs to normalise relations after agreeing to compensate the families of victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, the EU head office said today.

The families of the 270 people killed in the Lockerbie bombing 15 years ago are likely to receive only half the £6m (€8.5m) Libya has agreed to pay each of them.

Abu Nidal, the once-feared terrorist who died mysteriously in Baghdad last month, was not involved in the Lockerbie bombing, his group claimed today.

RELATIVES of the victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing have given a cautious welcome to a statement by Libya that it is ready, in principle, to pay them compensation.

Nelson Mandela has arrived in Scotland to visit the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.

The Lockerbie bomber told his mother not to worry about him during his last phone call home before beginning his life sentence, it was reported today.

A man found guilty of the Lockerbie bombing has lost his appeal against his conviction.

The man jailed for the Lockerbie bombing is beginning his bid to overturn his conviction.

The Libyan jailed for the Lockerbie bombing has lodged an appeal against his conviction.

Colonel Gaddafi is expected to produce evidence he claims will clear the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.

Nelson Mandela is criticising the British and US Governments for maintaining sanctions against Libya after the conclusion of the Lockerbie trial.

The Libyan secret agent found not guilty of the Lockerbie bombing has returned to jubilant scenes at Tripoli Airport.

The Libyan acquitted of murder charges in the Lockerbie bombing has boarded a flight back to Tripoli.

A Libyan intelligence agent has been sentenced to life for the Lockerbie bombing.

The case against two Libyans accused of carrying out the Lockerbie bombing has been proved "beyond reasonable doubt", claims prosecutor Alastair Campbell QC.