US is rethinking a decision to give $2.5million in aid to Libya because of the 'hero's welcome' the country gave to the Lockerbie bomber freed from a Scottish prison... more
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
Downing Street faced charges of confusion over the Lockerbie bomber case after it emerged that Gordon Brown raised the issue of his release in a call to Barack Obama... more
London man whose father died in the Lockerbie bombing told today how US border guards treated him 'like a terrorist' and refused him entry when he travelled to New York to visit relatives... more
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
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, boards a private jet to fly to Libya after being released on compassionate grounds... more
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
The story of the Lockerbie bombing is to be made into a Hollywood film. Kiwi director Niki Caro - whose previous films include the critically acclaimed Whale Rider - is behind the project.... more
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