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Lockerbie bomber may be released

Aug. 19, 2009
A Scottish court is expected to release convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi on compassionate grounds, senior State Department officials tell CNN.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Scotland has dropped plans to release Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi due to U.S. pressure, The Times of London reported Monday.

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EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Families of victims of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing have expressed anger at the visit of a Scottish official to see of the convicted bomber, officials say.

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GREENOCK, Scotland, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Lockerbie jet bomber Abdel Baset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, imprisoned in Scotland, is suffering from advanced-stage cancer, his lawyer says.

Court mulls Lockerbie document options

EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 27 (UPI) -- Scotland's advocate general says he wants the country's appeals court to discuss a document related to the Lockerbie bomber case in a closed-door hearing.

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Lockerbie bomber appeals to Europe court

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Judges reject Lockerbie bomber's appeal

CAMP ZEIST, Netherlands, March 14 (UPI) -- A Libyan man found guilty in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jetliner lost an appeal Thursday. Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi is to serve a 20-year jail sentenc

Lockerbie appeal hearing set for January

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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch