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British PM On Defensive In Lockerbie Release

Sep. 2, 2009
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has insisted Britain did not strike any deal with Libya over the return of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi. The claim comes after government documents about the case were made public.
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic