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Lockerbie bomber is near death, brother says (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, gestures on his arrival in Tripoli, Libya. The Libyan rebels' interim government says it will not deport the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. The rebel Justice Minister Mohammed al-Alagi told journalists in Tripoli Sunday that no Libyan citizen would be deported, even Abdel-Baset al-Megrahi, who was convicted in a Scottish court and imprisoned for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, which killed 270 people, but then released due to sickness.(AP Photo, File)AP – The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is near death and slipping in and out of consciousness, his brother said Monday, insisting he should not return to prison for the 1998 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people.


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Libya won’t turn over Lockerbie bomber

Libya’s rebels won’t hand over the Lockerbie bomber.

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NY senators ask Libya to imprison Lockerbie bomber (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, gestures on his arrival in Tripoli, Libya. Al-Megrahi, convicted of murdering 270 people by blowing up a passenger jet could live for several more years, a leading cancer specialist said - two years after the terminally ill bomber was freed on compassionate grounds because he was close to death. (AP Photo, File)AP – The state’s U.S. senators have asked the Libyan transitional government to hold the convicted Lockerbie, Scotland, plane bomber fully accountable for his terrorist actions.


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BP boss Tony Hayward refuses to testify in Lockerbie probe

Outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward has refused a request by U.S. senators to testify next month about BP’s role in the release of the man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

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Obama seeks reimprisonment for Lockerbie bomber (AP)

AP – The Obama administration asked Friday that the only person convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 be returned to a Scottish prison.

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From loss to love: Lockerbie victims’ loved ones getting hitched

Love through Lockerbie? An American couple, who both lost loved ones in the 1988 Lockerbie airplane bombing and later met at a memorial dinner, will tie the knot on Saturday, the BBC reported.

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Cancer expert questions Lockerbie bomber case (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi holds his prisoner release papers as he boards an aeroplane at Glasgow International Airport, Glasgow, Scotland,  bound for Tripoli.  Al-Megrahi was released on compassionate grounds from a Scottish prison in August 2009, and allowed to return home to Libya, where a year later he continues to be treated for prostate cancer, although the cancer expert Prof. Karol Sikora, who said al-Megrahi had only three months to live before his release from prison is quoted in news reports Sunday Aug. 15, 2010, as saying he should have been more cautious about the prisoner's chances of survival. (AP Photo/Danny Lawson, File)AP – A cancer expert who said Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi had only three months to live before his release from prison was quoted Sunday as saying he should have been more cautious about the prisoner’s chances of survival.


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