Lockerbie

Lockerbie Wreckage Returns To Scotland Nearly 25 Years On

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK

Wreckage from the jumbo jet blown up over Lockerbie has been returned to Scotland almost 25 years after the terrorist atrocity. The torn fuselage o...

Malta 'Holding Secret Investigation Into Lockerbie Bombing'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.09.2012 | UK

Fresh investigations into the 1988 Lockerbie bombing are being held in secret court hearings on Malta, a local newspaper has reported. The reported...

Libyan Government Will 'Continue To Investigate Lockerbie Bombing'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK

Scotland's top prosecutor met with the interim Libyan Prime Minister on Wednesday to discuss the continuing investigation into the Lockerbie bombing. ...

Public Figures Call For New Lockerbie Inquiry

Posted 22.05.2012 | UK

More than 40 politicians, religious leaders and journalists have signed a letter calling for an independent inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber's convic...

'Megrahi Died With A Guilty Verdict Still Hanging Over Him'

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK

More evidence will come out that will force the Scottish government to re-examine the late Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's conviction, his bi...

Funeral For Lockerbie Bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK

Convicted terrorist Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was buried on Monday in his home county of Libya. Pallbearers carried his coffin, draped in a white ...

Scottish Justice Secretary Stands By al-Megrahi Release

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK

Scotland's Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has defended his decision to release the Lockerbie bomber almost three years ago as the only man convicte...

Cameron Dismisses Fresh Lockerbie Inquiry Calls After Megrahi Death

PA | Posted 20.07.2012 | UK

David Cameron has dismissed calls for a fresh inquiry into the conviction of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi in the wake of his death. T...

'Our First Thoughts Must Be With The Victims' Families'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK

First Minister Alex Salmond has stressed the importance of remembering the victims of the Lockerbie bombing on Sunday, following the news that the man...

Timeline Of Lockerbie Case: Politics, Oil And Pain

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi died on Sunday, after two appeals against his conviction for the Lockerbie bombings and more than a decade of tense p...

Megrahi Victim's Mother: 'I Hope He Died A Painful, Horrible Death'

PA | Posted 20.07.2012 | UK

The mother of a young aspiring actress who was killed in the Lockerbie bombing today said she hoped convicted terrorist Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi had ...

'Megrahi Is The 271st Victim Of Lockerbie' Claims Spokesperson For Families

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK

David Ben-Ayreah, a spokesperson for the families of those killed in the Lockerbie disaster, has said that Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi's death was to be...

Lockerbie Bomber Al Megrahi Rushed To Hospital

PA | Posted 13.04.2012 | UK

The Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has been admitted to hospital for a blood transfusion, it has been reported. Al-Megrahi's health is said...

Lockerbie Was 'Britain's Worst Mass Murder And The Real Terrorist Has Got Away With It'

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 27.02.2012 | UK

Less than 12 hours after James Ashton published his book on Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, opposition leaders were calling for a debate in th...

Megrahi 'Told To Drop Lockerbie Appeal'

PA | Posted 27.02.2012 | UK

Scotland's Justice Secretary allegedly sent a message to the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing that he should drop his appeal against convic...

'I Am Innocent': Megrahi Speaks Out In New Book

PA | Posted 27.02.2012 | UK

New claims that will allegedly "destroy the prosecution case" against the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing will be revealed today. A new...

Lockerbie Bombing Probe Request Made To Libya

PA | Posted 23.04.2012 | UK

A formal request has been sent to the Libyan Government requesting access to the country for police and prosecutors involved in the Lockerbie bombing ...

Victim's Father Visits Lockerbie Bomber To 'Say Goodbye'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.01.2012 | UK

A father who lost his daughter in the Lockerbie bombing has travelled to Libya to "say goodbye" to the man convicted of the atrocity. Dr Jim Swire,...

Lockerbie Bomber Gives Last Interview

PA | Posted 22.12.2011 | UK

The only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing again protested his innocence as Scotland's law chief pledged to "find the answers" victims' families ...

Gaddafi's Death Leaves Lockerbie And Yvonne Fletcher Questions Unanswered

PA | Posted 21.12.2011 | UK

Muammar Gaddafi has taken unanswered questions about the Lockerbie bombing and the murder of WPc Yvonne Fletcher with him to the grave, justice campai...

Did The Newspapers Go Too Far Over Gaddafi Killing?

The Huffington Post UK | Stephen Hull | Posted 20.12.2011 | UK

The public lynching of Colonel Gaddafi sent journalists into meltdown and created a media frenzy that would have sent Liam Fox into a cold sweat. B...

Lockerbie Bomber Megrahi Promises New Facts In The Case

PA | Posted 03.12.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has said "new facts" surrounding the 1988 tragedy which killed 270 people will be anno...

Lockerbie Bomber Al-Megrahi Close To Death

PA | Posted 06.11.2011 | UK

The son of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi has allowed a team of British journalists into his home to show UK residents how ill ...

Libya: Gaddafi Warned UK Over Plane Bomber

PA | Posted 03.11.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION - The Gaddafi regime warned British officials that there would be "dire consequences" for relations between the UK and Libya if Lock...

Hunt For Gaddafi As Family Flees

Posted 29.10.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Muammar Gaddafi's close family is said to have fled Libya as the hunt for the ousted dictator continues. Gaddafi's wife Safiya...