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WORLD IN BRIEF : BRITAIN : Official Probe of 747 Bombing Urged

The opposition Labor Party issued a fresh call for an official British inquiry into the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am 747 airliner over Scotland that killed 270. The call, backed by families of British victims, follows a U.S. report that suggested the bombing could have been prevented by better security. The British government has said that an independent inquiry cannot take place until criminal investigations are complete.

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