Lockerbie (Scotland)

Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the only person convicted in connection with the Lockerbie airline bombing that killed 270 people, died Sunday, the Libyan government and family members said. He was 60. The former intelligence officer, who had...

The only person convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing will be laid to rest. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi died Sunday, nearly three years after his release from a Scottish prison. His celebratory homecoming in Libya sparked outrage from the international...

TRIPOLI, Libya — The Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, died at home here Sunday nearly three years after passions around the case were reawakened when he was freed on...

Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi, convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, died at home in Tripoli on Sunday nearly three years after passions around the case were reawakened when he was freed on compassionate grounds due to...

When Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was set free two years ago, it was one of the greatest injustices of our time. The terrorist, better known as the Lockerbie Bomber, was allegedly dying of cancer and had less than one year to live so the British Government...

The Libyan convicted in the 1988 bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, has been found in Tripoli and appears “at death's door,” CNN reported Sunday. CNN correspondent Nic Robertson said he found Abdel Baset al-Megrahi...

The Scottish government has decided to leave well enough alone. They will not be going after the Lockerbie bomber because he likely wouldn`t survive the extradition back to Scotland.  Abdelbaset al-Mergahi was convicted of bombing a plane that killed...

Americans should be outraged by a a couple of new revelations that prove, once and for all, the Lockerbie Bomber was released in a deal for oil.   One revelation came when classified documents were found in Libyan Intelligence files that show Britain...

Politicians are already demanding Libya's new rulers extradite convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi now that it appears his longtime ally Moammar Kadafi is being ousted. Among those demanding Megrahi's extradition to the U.S. for trial...

TRIPOLI, Libya - The only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has returned home to Libya to die after Scotland released him from prison Thursday. The decision outraged relatives of the 270 people killed when the jetliner blew up over a Scottish...

U.S. Senators will examine whether a lucrative oil deal between BP and Libya played a role in the release from a Scottish prison of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the convicted bomber of a Pan Am flight that crashed over Lockerbie, Scotland, in......

Full text. Barack Obama and David Cameron meet warmly in the Briton's first official White House visit as new prime minister....