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Britain must take a lead in developing a strong European foreign policy if it is to retain its influence around the world, Foreign Secretary David Miliband warned today. The UK would lose out internationally if it tried to oppose the EU foreign policy...
Tags: Lockerbie, David Miliband, Mr Miliband, public inquiry, lockerbie bombing, foreign policy
Police review Lockerbie bombing evidence for clues to accomplices The reconstructed remains of Pan Am flight 103. Photograph: Getty Images/Peter Macdiarmid Police today said they had begun a review of the Lockerbie bombing case focusing solely on searching...
Tags: Lockerbie, lockerbie bombing, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, Libyan, British, reviewing lockerbie, police reviewing, man conviction, Abdelbasset al-Megrahi, bombing case
Gareth Peirce, who has represented a string of high-profile victims of miscarriage of justice, said that the forensic evidence on which the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, was convicted was flawed. The finding itself was “very, very...
Tags: UN Lockerbie, lockerbie bombing
John Pilger is just another of the handful of voices who have spoken out at the mainstream complete abdication of their critical faculties when talking of Lockerbie that has resulted in a bizarre disconnect between reaction of people in Libya and many...
Tags: Libyan involvement in Lockerbie, Lockerbie bombing, Megrahi appeal of Lockerbie conviction, John Pilger
British oil major BP Plc told the UK government two years ago slow progress in concluding a Prisoner Transfer Agreement with Libya threatened a multi-billion-dollar exploration deal it was negotiating. BP, Europe’s second-largest oil firm, said Friday...
Tags: Libyan Abdel-Basset al-Megrahi, BP Raised Libya Concerns, Lockerbie, U.K, prison transfer, lockerbie bomber, Britain, lockerbie bombing, recently released, oil company
43pm UK, Wednesday September 02, 2009 The British government was not involved in a conspiracy to release the Lockerbie bomber from prison in Scotland, Gordon Brown has said. Al Megrahi's return to Libya featured in video presentation His comments came...
Tags: Lockerbie, Gordon Brown, lockerbie bomber, scottish lawmakers, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, lockerbie bombing, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, Scotland, Scottish Parliament, Al-Megrahi
The Lockerbie bombing was without doubt a horrible act of terrorism. Given that al-Megrahi was found guilty of that act it is hardly surprising that there is outrage at his release and the celebration in Libya at his return. However there does not seem...
Tags: Lockerbie bombing, al-Megrahi release, al-Megrahi guilt, Libyan reception of al-Megrahi
The Scottish Parliament has been recalled from recess for a special session to debate the release after FBI director Robert Mueller said in a strongly-worded letter to the Scottish justice minister that it "gave comfort to terrorists around the world."
Tags: Lockerbie, lockerbie bomber, Kenny MacAskill, Mr MacAskill, scottish justice, Scotland, David Cameron, Scottish Parliament, lockerbie bombing, opposition parties
The Scottish Government will deliver a decision on the fate of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing within the next two weeks. A spokeswoman said Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill had only received final submissions and advice on Friday. He is due...
Tags: Lockerbie, lockerbie bomber, PA Scotland, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, Kenny MacAskill, Libyan, lockerbie bombing, justice secretary, Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi
Scotland's government says Libya has requested the return of the man jailed for his role in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. The request follows the ratification of a prisoner transfer deal with that could allow Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi to serve out the...
Tags: Libya The Libyan, Lockerbie, lockerbie bomber, Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, lockerbie bombing, Scotland, prison transfer, scottish town, al megrahi, Pan Am