For the past two days, Syrian activists and the anti-Assad rebels have been mourning and remembering one of the icons of the 2011 Revolution against Bashar Assad and his regime, Abdelbaset Sarout.

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Libyans expressed relief rather than sadness on Sunday at the news of the death of the convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. The state news channel Libya Hora (Libya Free) broadcast a ...

The family of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi have lodged a new bid to appeal against his conviction, five years after his death. Lawyer Aamer Anwar joined family members and supporters to hand ...

A cancer doctor who predicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi had just three months to live now thinks he should have hedged his bets. Megrahi, 58, the only person jailed for the 1988 bombing ...

A father whose daughter died in the Lockerbie bombing has said 'we need the truth' as the bombers family won the the right to appeal against his conviction for the ...

It’s said that President Obama has already drawn up plans to snatch the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, and bring him back to justice in America. How the Scottish government must ...

NOW that Gaddafi has gone, the debate about what to do with Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has resurfaced. And the main question is whether the Scottish authorities sent him back to Libya on ...

Lawyer for Libyan’s widow and son says files will be handed to Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission within fortnight The family of the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is to launch a ...

At the time of his death, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was the only person to have been convicted for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie on 21 Dec 1988. The attack, ...

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