Lockerbie (Scotland)

U.K.: No bail for ailing Lockerbie bomber

Libyan man serving life sentence for 1988 attack diagnosed with cancer EDINBURGH, Scotland - A court refused Friday to release from prison a cancer-stricken Libyan man convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the...

Dying Lockerbie bomber refused bail

A Libyan man jailed over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing will not be freed on bail despite having terminal cancer, a Scottish court ruled today. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet Al-Megrahi, jailed in 2001 over the bombing which killed 270...

EU, Libya open talks on cooperation agreement

More than 90 percent of Libya's oil exports go to Europe, so a cooperation pact with the North African nation is very important, the European Union acknowledged Thursday as the 27-member bloc began talks with Libya about the deal.

Payouts begin for US relatives of Lockerbie victims

Almost twenty years after the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland, the relatives of the American victims have begun to receive compensation from Libya. 180 US citizens were among the 269 on board who...

China rolling out stimulus package

HONG KONG – China on Sunday announced a massive $586 billion stimulus package aimed at boosting domestic spending over the next two years in its most aggressive response to the spreading global financial crisis. Photo caption:...

Libyan convicted of Lockerbie bombing seeks bail - Worldnews.com

Posted By y_soitenly 21 hours, 28 minutes ago in EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Lawyers for Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of bombing an airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 killing 270 people, asked a...

Timeline: Lockerbie bombing

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has been investigating if Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was subject to a miscarriage of justice. In 2001 Megrahi was found guilty of murdering the 270 people who died when Pan Am...

'Mad Dog' no more, Gadhafi back in US favor

He's a "mad dog" no more. With the payment on Friday of the last installment of $1.5 billion in compensation for the U.S. victims of Libyan-linked terror attacks in the 1980s, Gadhafi is now back in Washington's good graces. In...

Libya completes payments for Lockerbie case

WASHINGTON: Libya has paid $1.5 billion into a fund to compensate the families of American victims of Libyan-linked terror attacks in the 1980s, clearing the last hurdle in full normalization of ties between Washington and...

Libya pays $1.5 billion to Lockerbie fund

Funds meet requirements of Libyan Claims Resolution Act, State Department says U.S. will distribute funds in lieu of pending U.S. court cases against Libya Payment is part of complicated plan to normalize relations between the...

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