Abdel Baset al-Megrahi

Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya

2012-05-21 00:00:00

TRIPOLI, Libya — The Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, died at home here Sunday nearly three years after passions around the case were reawakened when he was freed on...

Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya

2012-05-20 16:40:08

Unpredictable to the end, Moammar Kadafi ruled Libya for decades

2011-10-20 19:39:00

In the modern pantheon of the world's dictators, Moammar Kadafi stood apart. Far apart. Erratic and mercurial, he fancied himself a political philosopher, practiced an unorthodox and deadly diplomacy, and cut a sometimes cartoonish figure in flowing...

LIBYA: U.S. officials call for extradition of Lockerbie bomber

2011-08-22 16:32:31

Thanks to Donald Trump, Libya's Kadafi pitches a tent in upstate New York. Neighbors pitch a fit

2009-09-23 16:34:25

Gulf oil spill: BP Lockerbie conspiracy accusations to be aired

2010-07-15 16:33:45

Obama and Cameron appear to agree on everything, down to their neckties

2010-07-20 16:36:29

Social media wrap: Cameron and Bloomberg: British bulldog meets New York hot dog

2010-07-22 16:36:22

Primer: The case of the Lockerbie terrorist bomber

2009-08-21 00:00:00

The release from prison Thursday of Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi, described as terminally ill with prostate cancer, was the latest development in the case of the 1988 Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, which was seared into American and British...

Some of the Key Events in Moammar Kadafi's Rule

2005-09-04 00:00:00

1969: Lt. Col. Moammar Kadafi comes to power at age 27, when he leads a coup against Libya's pro-Western monarchy. 1979: The Carter administration places Libya on a list of state sponsors of terrorism, where it remains. 1981: The U.S. closes down the...

Lockerbie bomber dies at age 60

2012-05-20 07:34:00

Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the only person convicted in connection with the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, died Sunday, the Libyan government and a family member said. He was 60. The former intelligence officer, who had suffered from...

News brief for Monday, May 21

2012-05-21 03:56:00

Robin Gibb, co-founder of Bee Gees who defined disco era, dies at 62 after long cancer battle LONDON (AP) — With his carefully tended hair, tight trousers and perfect harmonies, Robin Gibb, along with his brothers Maurice and Barry, defined the...

British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Obama hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House. During his first visit to Washington, Cameron said he will work to redefine the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.

2010-07-20 00:00:00

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi boarded a plane after being released from a prison in Glasgow, Scotland. Abdelbaset ali al-Megrahi had been serving a life sentence for the 1988 Pan-AM flight 103 Lockerbie bombing, which killed 270 people. Megrahi, who is terminally ill with prostate

2009-12-14 18:09:11

Convicted Lockerbie PanAm airline bomber Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi (in wheelchair) is visited in Tripoli Central Hospital by a delegation of African parliamentarians in Tripoli, Libya. Megrahi died Sunday in Libya.

2009-09-09 00:00:00