World Court to Hear Lockerbie Case

A dispute pitting Libya against the United States and Britain over the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, will be heard by the World Court in The Hague next week. The case centers on an international push for the surrender and prosecution of two Libyan nationals implicated in the bombing, which killed 270 people. The court announced that hearings will begin Monday and continue for eight days. The hearings will focus on where the case should be tried and the admissibility of claims made by both sides rather than on the actual merits of the case. Both Britain and the United States have demanded that Libya turn over the two suspects for trial, but Libya has said the two men cannot be guaranteed a fair trial in Britain or the United States.