Lockerbie Bomber

The family of the only person convicted in the Lockerbie bombing joined relatives of the attack's victims on Thursday in demanding a fresh effort to overturn his murder conviction for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters - a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane that fell out of the sky a generation ago. His name, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was little known compared to the single word that his deeds represented: Lockerbie.

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.

A Libyan man convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan America plane over the Scottish town of Lockerbie has attended a rally in Tripoli in support of Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's state TV said.

As international pressure mounted to send Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi back to prison, a media report has said he "refused" chemotherapy and manipulated his illness to get out of jail.Megrahi, the only person convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie town in Scotland that killed 270 people, did not take ...

The Lockerbie bomber, who has outlived the three-months prognosis that led to his release on sympathetic grounds could survive 10 years or longer, the cancer specialist who examined the Libyan last year has said.Suffering from terminal cancer, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi of Libya was assessed last year by Prof Karol Shikora who predicted he wo...

The release of the alleged Lockerbie bomber was in line with Gandhi's principles of compassion and non-violence, Scotland First Minister has said.

A new report claims Britain, Scotland and Libya connived to free the Lockerbie bomber responsible for the death of 270 people.

Scotland has rejected allegations that its decision to free the Lockerbie bomber because he is terminally ill was based on medical advice from doctors paid by Libya.

The convicted Lockerbie bomber, released from a Scottish jail in August on health grounds, has been admitted to hospital intensive care in Tripoli.

The only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing returned home to Libya to die after Scotland released him from prison.

Scotland has freed the terminally-ill Libyan jailed for the 1988 Pan Am Lockerbie bombing on compassionate grounds.

The family of the only person convicted in the Lockerbie bombing joined relatives of the attack's victims on Thursday in demanding a fresh effort to overturn his murder conviction for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters - a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane that fell out of the sky a generation ago. His name, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was little known compared to the single word that his deeds represented: Lockerbie.

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.

A Libyan man convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan America plane over the Scottish town of Lockerbie has attended a rally in Tripoli in support of Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's state TV said.

As international pressure mounted to send Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi back to prison, a media report has said he "refused" chemotherapy and manipulated his illness to get out of jail.Megrahi, the only person convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie town in Scotland that killed 270 people, did not take ...

The Lockerbie bomber, who has outlived the three-months prognosis that led to his release on sympathetic grounds could survive 10 years or longer, the cancer specialist who examined the Libyan last year has said.Suffering from terminal cancer, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi of Libya was assessed last year by Prof Karol Shikora who predicted he wo...

The release of the alleged Lockerbie bomber was in line with Gandhi's principles of compassion and non-violence, Scotland First Minister has said.

A new report claims Britain, Scotland and Libya connived to free the Lockerbie bomber responsible for the death of 270 people.

Scotland has rejected allegations that its decision to free the Lockerbie bomber because he is terminally ill was based on medical advice from doctors paid by Libya.

The convicted Lockerbie bomber, released from a Scottish jail in August on health grounds, has been admitted to hospital intensive care in Tripoli.

The only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing returned home to Libya to die after Scotland released him from prison.

Scotland has freed the terminally-ill Libyan jailed for the 1988 Pan Am Lockerbie bombing on compassionate grounds.