Person: Abdel Basset al-Megrahi

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Assange arrest leads to cyber retaliation

WIKILEAKS supporters apparently attacked the websites of the Swedish prosecutor and MasterCard in retaliation over moves made by them against Julian Assange, who has published secret US diplomatic cables that have angered and embarrassed Washington.

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Support for doctor who said al-Megrahi was close to death

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Britain: No plans to review Libya prisoner deal

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BP denies role in Lockerbie bomber release

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Party time as Gaddafi’s Libya turns 40

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Lockerbie bomber’s welcome condemned

Megrahi release puts Anglo-Libyan trade ties back on track

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.

Fri, 21 Aug, 2009

Terminally ill Lockerbie bomber returns to Libya

SCOTLAND yesterday released a former Libyan agent jailed for life for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, most of them Americans, because he is dying of cancer.

Fri, 21 Aug, 2009

Decision on fate of Lockerbie bomber due next week

SCOTLAND’S justice secretary will make an announcement by the end of next week on the fate of Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, a spokeswoman said yesterday.

Tue, 18 Aug, 2009

Lockerbie bomber seeks to drop appeal

A FORMER Libyan agent jailed for the murder of 270 people in the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing has asked to end his second appeal against his conviction, his lawyer said yesterday.

Sat, 15 Aug, 2009

Families split over ‘Lockerbie release’

FAMILIES of victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing stood sharply divided yesterday over reports that the former Libyan agent jailed for life for the attack is to be freed on compassionate grounds.

Fri, 14 Aug, 2009