Wikileaks documents on the Lockerbie case

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The WikiLeaks release includes cables that provide new details on how and why the convicted Lockerbie bomber was released from prison last year and allowed to return home to Libya. The World’s Jason Margolis has more. Download MP3

BP suspected of profiting from release of Lockerbie bomber

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Already facing criticism over the Gulf oil spill, BP now faces more problems of international scope. A group of US senators charge that BP pressured the British government to release a Libyan man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing case. They say the release was part of a deal to allow BP drilling rights in Libya and want a new investigation of what happened. Meanwhile, victims’ families are angry that the accused bomber man has now recovered from the illness that set him free, and plans to write a book. Eric Niiler reports from Washington. Download MP3

Unwelcome guest

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Some world leaders due to attend this week’s UN General Assembly in New York are not exactly welcome in western countries. One of them is Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi: according to ABC News, residents of a New Jersey neighborhood recently protested against Gaddafi’s presence there, so he tried to rent a mansion in the Bronx instead. We talk with John Fitzgerald, the developer of Villanova Heights where Gaddafi hoped to stay. Download MP3

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Lockerbie papers published

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The British government has released letters to Scottish ministers on the controversial decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds. Terminally ill Libyan Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was freed on August 20th. He received a hero’s welcome when he arrived back in Libya (pictured in AP photo) which caused outrage in Britain and the US. The World’s Laura Lynch reports from London >>>click here to listen to Laura Lynch’s previous coverage

Lockerbie letters released

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The World’s Laura Lynch reports on the ongoing controversy over the decision to free the Libyan man convicted of the bombing of flight Pan Am 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. Today, the controversy grew as the British government released official letters between British ministers and Scottish officials leading up to the release.

Global Political Cartoons: August 22-28, 2009

Cartoonists around the world mark the passing of another Kennedy and what it may mean for his favorite issue: reforming healthcare. The CIA comes in for some dark caricatures after this week’s report detailing aggressive forms of interrogation. So does Libya for its warm reception of one of its own: the terminally sick (and to many sickening) convicted Lockerbie bomber.

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Families of IRA victims want Libya to pay

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In the wake of the release of the Lockerbie bomber, some victims of violent attacks by the Irish Republican Army are demanding compensation from Libya. They say Libya supplied munitions to the IRA during the height of that group’s violence. And they want the British government to support their demands. The World’s Laura Lynch reports.

Controversy over release of Lockerbie bomber

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The Scottish justice secretary has defended his decision to free the Lockerbie bomber. Terminally-ill Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi (pictured) was freed after receiving a life sentence imposed in 2001 for the UK’s worst terrorist atrocity, which claimed 270 lives in 1988. The 57-year-old, who has prostate cancer, returned home to Libya on Thursday to jubilant scenes. Laura Lynch reports. >>>Click for BBC coverage

Fallout over Lockerbie release

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Scotland’s parliament is holding an emergency session to debate the fallout following Scotland’s decision to release the Lockerbie bomber last week. The World’s Laura Lynch has the story.

Lockerbie bomber freed from jail

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The Lockerbie bomber has left prison after he was freed on compassionate grounds by the Scottish Government. Libyan Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, 57, was jailed in 2001 for the atrocity which claimed 270 lives in 1988. Megrahi, who has terminal prostate cancer, has returned to Libya. The World’s Laura Lynch will survey reaction from both sides of the Atlantic later today.(Audio available after 5PM Eastern). >>> Click here for a BBC slideshow: “Remembering Lockerbie.”

Entire program – August 20, 2009

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Today on The World: The votes are being counted in Afghanistan’s presidential election; The only person convicted in the Lockerbie bombing flies home to Libya… after a Scottish court frees him on compassionate grounds; and why waves of new immigrants are flocking to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Lockerbie bomber freed

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Scotland freed the Lockerbie bomber today on compassionate grounds. Former Libyan intelligence agent, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, was the only person convicted in the 1988 downing of the Pan Am flight over Lockerbie that killed 270 people. Scottish officials say he’s terminally ill. The World’s Laura Lynch has the story.