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Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya
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...Tags: CNN (tv network), Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lockerbie (Scotland), Prostate Cancer
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Lebanon court releases Islamist whose arrest triggered clashes
World NowA Lebanese court on Tuesday released on bail an Islamist whose arrest earlier this month triggered deadly clashes between rival Syrian groups in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli.... -
Sunni cleric who supported Syrian uprising slain in Lebanon
World NowA Sunni Muslim cleric known to support the uprising in neighboring Syria was slain Sunday in northern Lebanon, raising tensions in the area following clashes last week in the city of Tripoli that left at least 11 people dead.... -
Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya
World NowAbdel 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... -
Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi, Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing, has died
Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died at home in Tripoli Sunday, nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the...Tags: Interim Transitional National Council, London (England), Prisons, Justice System, London Heathrow Airport
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Leaders in eastern Libya declare their region semiautonomous
World NowLeaders from eastern Libya declared their oil-rich region semiautonomous Tuesday, a provocative move likely aimed at extracting concessions from the nation’s interim authorities while highlighting widening divisions in a country still reeling from... -
Bill deals with sailors killed in 1804, Jewish WWI heroes, ship names
Nation NowA defense bill expected to clear Congress today deals with Jewish American World War I heroes, sailors killed in Tripoli in 1804 and Navy policies for naming ships.... -
Panetta honors long-dead U.S. sailors in Tripoli
World NowLibya, Panetta, Kadafi, Navy, sailors: In a walled cemetery overlooking Tripoli’s harbor lie the plain sandstone graves of the crew of the Intrepid, a U.S. ship that blew up on a secret mission 200 years ago.... -
Panetta, in Libya, warns of 'long and difficult transition'
World NowLibya, Panetta, Arab Spring, Kadafi: Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, on his first visit to Libya since the fall of Moamar Kadafi, warned that its government faces "a long and difficult transition" as it seeks to bring militias and tribes under its... -
Britain to probe whether its spies turned over pair to Libya
World NowScotland Yard will investigate whether British spies facilitated the abduction of two Libyan men who were allegedly shipped back to their homeland and tortured there by the late dictator Moammar Kadafi’s regime, authorities announced Thursday.... -
British government abandons torture inquiry
World NowAn inquiry on reports that the British security services tortured terrorism suspects has been abandoned to make way for a police investigation of torture allegations that emerged last week.... -
Libyan militias torture alleged Kadafi supporters, report says
World NowArmed militias that helped bring down Moammar Kadafi are now repeating many of his abuses, Amnesty International warned Thursday in a report that comes a year after the start of the uprising against the Libyan strongman....
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