Lockerbie Bomber

• Lockerbie Bomber's Relatives Try to Clear His Name

  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.

• Convicted Lockerbie bomber al-Megrahi dies of cancer in Libya

  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.

• Lockerbie bomber is near death, brother says

  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.

• Lockerbie bomber appears at pro-Gaddafi rally

  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.

• Lockerbie bomber manipulated illness to win freedom?

  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 ...

• Lockerbie bomber may live another 10 years: Cancer specialist

  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...

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  Gandhi's ideas influenced Lockerbie bomber's release

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

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  Conspiracy to free Lockerbie bomber?

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

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  Libya never paid for Megrahi's medical advice: Scotland

  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.

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  Lockerbie bomber in intensive care: Libyan official

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

• Libya welcomes Lockerbie bomber

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

• Lockerbie bomber released on compassionate grounds

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