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Energy News // 1 decade ago

Scotland hits back on Lockerbie case

Scotland wants Washington to disclose information on the release of the Lockerbie bomber amid allegations U.S. officials put pressure on the deal.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Scotland deflects Megrahi concerns

Controversy in Washington is centered on the possible link between a Libyan oil deal with BP and the former British government, Scottish officials say.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Lockerbie bomber still alive

Lockerbie bomber Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi is still alive nine months after the Scottish government released him on compassionate grounds, it was revealed.

Odd News // 1 decade ago

250-year-old conviction to be reconsidered

Scotland's justice secretary has agreed to hear an argument to overturn a murder conviction from more than 250 years ago.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Megrahi innocent, says Gadhafi's son

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber released on compassionate grounds, is innocent, says Moammar Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Scots now split on Megrahi release

Scottish residents are divided on the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mahmed al-Megrahi, a new poll said.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

U.S. lawmaker calls for Megrahi-oil probe

The U.S. Senate should conduct a formal investigation into whether the release of the Lockerbie bomber was linked to oil contracts, a lawmaker says.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

U.S.-U.K. crisis over Lockerbie bomber

The release of the Lockerbie bomber is increasingly burdening trans-Atlantic relations.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

MacAskill defends decision amid 'outrage'

Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill defended his decision to release the Lockerbie bomber amid allegations of "outrage" from American officials.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Mueller condemns release of terrorist

U.S. FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III strongly condemned the Scottish justice secretary's decision to release the man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103.

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Kenneth "Kenny" Wright MacAskill (born 28 April 1958) is the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Eastern, formerly Edinburgh East and Musselburgh since 2007. He was previously a regional MSP for Lothian since 1999.

MacAskill was born in Edinburgh and was educated at Linlithgow Academy before studying law at the University of Edinburgh. After completing his training at a firm in Glasgow, he set up Erskine MacAskill. He is married with two sons.

He came to prominence inside the SNP through his activities in the left wing 79 Group and became a party office bearer. In the 1980s he led the "Can't Pay, Won't Pay" campaign in opposition to the Poll Tax. It was widely known that he often disagreed politically with Alex Salmond, leader of the SNP through the 1990s, and he was at one stage viewed as belonging to the SNP Fundamentalist camp, being perceived to be allied to figures such as Jim Sillars and Alex Neil within the party.

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