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Megrahi: I'll be dead soon and Lockerbie truth will out

03.10.11
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi claims his role in the atrocity has been exaggerated - and said he could be dead in days... more

Colonel Gaddafi surrender talks break down

05.09.11
Rebel fighters are continuing to step up pressure on fugitive Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi as the deadline for his surrender nears... more

US demands health screening of Lockerbie bomber

31.08.11
A US senator has called for American officials to be given access to the Lockerbie bomber to assess his health... more

Gaddafi flees to Algeria as hunt continues

30.08.11
Muammar Gaddafi's close family is said to have fled Libya as the hunt for the ousted dictator continues... more

Council steps up watch on Lockerbie bomber

23.08.11
The Scottish council responsible for monitoring the Lockerbie bomber following his release to Libya has stepped up its contact with him in the wake of unrest in Tripoli... more

UK cancer pills for Lockerbie bomber

19.08.11
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is receiving a hormone-based cancer therapy which is not available in Britain, a medic in Tripoli confirms... more

Britain recognises rebels as Gaddafi envoys are expelled

27.07.11
Britain has kicked out all of Libya's diplomats in London and announced it will only recognise the rebel government-in-waiting from now on... more

David Cameron faces calls for probe into release of Lockerbie bomber

08.02.11
David Cameron under renewed pressure from US senators for an independent inquiry into the decision to free Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi... more

Government minister advised Libya on al-Megrahi release, says WikiLeaks

01.02.11
Libya was given advice by a British Government minister on how to secure convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's release, it was reported... more

Messages sent to victims' families on Lockerbie bombing anniversary

21.12.10
'Thoughts and sympathies' sent to the victims of the Lockerbie bombing, 22 years to the day since the atrocity... more

Dark forces at work to take Julian Assange to US, says lawyer

08.12.10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's legal team claims 'dark forces' engineered his incarceration as MPs accuse the US of 'leaning on' British authorities to punish the whistleblower... more

Lockerbie bomber al-Megrahi to sue over jail 'neglect'

03.12.10
Family of the Lockerbie bomber is to sue over his 'neglect' in a Scottish jail, Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has said... more

BP in the clear over release of Lockerbie bomber al-Megrahi

30.09.10
Review of American government records find no information about BP attempting to influence the release of the Lockerbie bomber... more

Father of Lockerbie victim visits Al Megrahi in Libya

20.09.10
Father of one of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing has been to Libya to visit the only man convicted of the atrocity... more

Justice officials to meet US team on Lockerbie bomber Al Megrahi's release

16.09.10
US senators' interest in the Lockerbie bomber's release has 'waxed and waned', a spokesman for First Minister Alex Salmond said ahead of a meeting on the issue... more

Ministers urge Libya: Don’t celebrate bomber’s release

20.08.10
Row over the Lockerbie bomber escalated today as the convicted mass killer celebrated a year of freedom... more

Cancer care advances 'could help Lockerbie bomber live years longer'

17.08.10
Advances in treatment for prostate cancer mean the Lockerbie bomber could live for years, a specialist in the disease says... more

Minister defends release of Lockerbie bomber Al Megrahi

10.08.10
Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said he acted 'in good faith' when he authorised the release of the Lockerbie bomber... more

US Senator attacks UK politicans for failing to testify over Lockerbie

28.07.10
String of high profile British witnesses who refused to testify at a US Senate hearing into the release of the Lockerbie bomber face accusations of 'stonewalling'... more

Alex Salmond writes to US senators backing Megrahi release

22.07.10
Scotland's First Minister has written to US senators defending his government's decision to release the Lockerbie bomber... more

David Cameron braced for American anger over BP leak and Lockerbie deal

19.07.10
David Cameron distanced himself from BP as he prepared to face American anger over the firm’s oil leak disaster and its role in the release of the Lockerbie bomber... more

Ronnie Biggs and Lockerbie bomber release link is 'ridiculous'

11.09.09
Suggestions that the decision to free Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs was prompted by the impending release of the Lockerbie bomber have been dismissed as 'absurd and offensive'... more

London's Libyan lobby

28.08.09
As Colonel Gaddafi's son suggests the Lockerbie bomber's release was linked to oil, we reveal how our capital has become the powerbase for Libya's rehabilitation... more

'Ministerial visits' to Libya in the spotlight

27.08.09
Pressure increased on Gordon Brown to disclose details of trade deals negotiated with Libya after reports that three ministers visited the country leading up to release of Lockerbie bomber... more

Lockerbie: PM must come out of hiding

24.08.09
The repercussions from the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, are turning out to be very serious indeed... more

Barack Obama condemns Lockerbie Bomber's release

21.08.09
President Barack Obama led the US in voicing condemnation over the release of Lockerbie bomber, calling the decision to free al-Megrahi a 'mistake'... more

Absolutely wrong to free Lockerbie bomber says Hillary Clinton

19.08.09
Hillary Clinton warned the Scottish government it would be 'absolutely wrong' to free the man convicted over the Lockerbie bombing... more

Macaskill under pressure over Lockerbie decision

14.08.09
Scottish Justice Secretary comes under fresh pressure over the possible release of the Lockerbie bomber after US government insists he should spend the rest of his life in jail... more


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