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Parents of Lockerbie Victim Want Gadhafi to Stand Trial

A couple who lost their son in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 are hoping that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will stand trial for the terrorist attack now that U.S. officials are taking a fresh look at the case. "It's about time that the United States stood up and realized that this is a serious thing against...

Report: Ex-Minister Says Gadhafi Ordered Lockerbie Bombing

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Libya's ex-justice minister on Wednesday was quoted as telling a Swedish newspaper that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988. "I have proof that Gadhafi gave the order about Lockerbie," Mustafa Abdel-Jalil was quoted as saying in an...

WikiLeaks: UK Advised Libya on How to Free Lockerbie Bomber

LONDON -- The British government secretly advised Libya on how to secure the early release of Lockerbie plane bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, according to leaked diplomatic papers from the U.S. Embassy in London. The documents also suggest that Prince Andrew, the fourth in line to the throne, played a...

Bride and Groom Met Via Pan Am 103 Bombing

(Aug. 20) -- Sometimes, out of the darkness comes a burst of light. A New Jersey couple who met at a memorial service honoring the lives of loved ones killed in the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 will be wed a year after the man responsible for the attack was freed from prison and allowed to return to his...

UK Warns Libya Against Celebrating Bomber's Release

(Aug. 20) -- Britain has warned Libya not to stage any celebrations to mark the anniversary today of the release of the Lockerbie bomber, saying to do so would be "tasteless, offensive and deeply insensitive." So far today, Libya appeared to be keeping quiet about the anniversary. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was freed from...