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A terminally ill Libyan man convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, moved closer to being released from his Scottish prison when a court agreed that he could drop an appeal against his conviction.
The Scottish ruling removed a legal hurdle that prevented Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi from being transferred to a prison in his homeland.
His release is opposed by the relatives of many victims, who say Megrahi should stay behind bars for the attack that killed 270 people.
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