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Not all bad news: Blair stays rich

30.10.09
If Tony Blair fails to become EU president, he will escape public scrutiny of his private business deals and keep millions of pounds of income from different jobs... more

Gaddafi apologises for Pc Fletcher killing and hails 'good UK relations'

26.10.09
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has apologised for the 1984 killing of a British policewoman outside the Libyan embassy in London... more

US rethinks its aid to Libya in backlash over Lockerbie

25.09.09
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

Former Scotland Yard officer to train Gaddafi police

22.09.09
NEW: Retired police officers from Scotland Yard and Northern Ireland are to travel to Libya to provide training for Gaddafi's police forces at the public's expense... more

‘Libya kicked me out for asking how my husband died in air crash’

16.09.09
Wife of London oil worker killed in mysterious plane crash in Libya accused the British Government of abandoning her family as she was 'kicked out' of Tripoli... more

NHS to train Gaddafi doctors in new Libyan deal

15.09.09
EXCLUSIVE: Libyan doctors will be trained by the NHS in deal agreed by Cabinet ministers with Colonel Gaddafi's regime ahead of Lockerbie bomber's release... more

Police condemn Libya trial for Yvonne Fletcher killer

14.09.09
Frontline police officers condemn as 'an absolute disgrace' a deal that means the killer of Pc Yvonne Fletcher will never be brought to justice in Britain... more

Friend of George Clooney and Matt Damon who held Gordon Brown to account over Libya

08.09.09
It was lawyer Jason McCue who succeeded in putting Libyan compensation to IRA victims back on the political agenda. Now he says he has BP in his sights... more

Gaddafi's son pledges court fight over cash for IRA victims

07.09.09
Gordon Brown faced fresh embarrassment over Britain's links to Libya after Colonel Gaddafi's son vowed to fight compensation for IRA terror victims... more

Don't blame the PM for his Libya U-turn

07.09.09
Sometimes, the Prime Minister must get the feeling he simply can't win... more

'Disgusted' US senator plans inquiry into Lockerbie case

04.09.09
Senior US senator John Kerry is considering a congressional inquiry into the release of the Lockerbie bomber, his office has told the Standard... more

Threat of US Congress inquiry into Brown and Lockerbie

03.09.09
Gordon Brown was threatened with a possible US Congress inquiry into the Lockerbie affair amid growing American anger with Britain... more

Timeline of Lockerbie correspondence

02.09.09
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Gordon Brown: No plot, no cover-up and no oil deal with Libya

02.09.09
Gordon Brown insisted there had been "no cover up, no double-dealing, no deal for oil" over the release of the Lockerbie bomber... more

Kilted pipers at Gaddafi's pageant to honour Scotland for freeing Megrahi

02.09.09
Pipers in kilts formed the centrepiece of Muammar Gaddafi's 40th anniversary celebrations because the Libyan dictator wanted to "honour" Scotland for freeing the Lockerbie bomber... more

Revealed: How Jack Straw backed Gaddafi talks

01.09.09
The Government made no objections to the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdulbasset Ali al-Megrahi, according to ministerial letters... more

'My father died at Lockerbie but US treated me like a terrorist'

28.08.09
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

Tories renew attack on PM for ‘secret Libya deal’

28.08.09
David Cameron stepped up his attack on Gordon Brown over the Lockerbie affair after Colonel Gaddafi’s son claimed a UK-Libya prisoner deal was linked to oil and trade... 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

Britain facing backlash over Lockerbie release

24.08.09
Scottish Justice Secretary faces fierce criticism over decision to free the Lockerbie bomber amid deepening international backlash and potential boycott over the move... more

Megrahi to write book 'which will argue his innocence'

24.08.09
Ma convicted over the Lockerbie bombing is planning to write a book to back up his claim that he is innocent, it was claimed... more

Fury at 'hero's welcome' for Lockerbie bomber

21.08.09
Return of the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing to a "hero's welcome" in his native Libya was met by a volley of criticism... more

Libya snubs Gordon Brown’s plea for restraint over Lockerbie bomber

21.08.09
British government drawn into the storm over the Lockerbie bomber's release after Colonel Gaddafi's son praised London for allowing his freedom... more

Oil, Christianity and the Lockerbie bomber

21.08.09
The decision by the Scottish administration to free the convicted Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, is both controversial and interesting... more

Terror and the fight for justice

20.08.09
Events that stirred emotions on both sides of the Atlantic. ... 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

Passage to Libya

19.06.09
Police escorts, Roman ruins, roast camel and gold by the gram, Godfrey Barker salutes Colonel Gaddafi on a fine holiday... more

Hundreds drown off Libya trying to escape to Europe

31.03.09
Hundreds of African migrants are feared dead after at least one packed boat heading for Europe sank off the coast of Libya... more

A night at the hip-hopera

08.09.06
Gaddafi: A Living Myth was given its world premiere at a Coliseum packed with leading lights of arts and politics as well as a multi-cultural presence never before seen in this gilded auditorium.... more

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