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Court Awards US Victims More Than $6 Billion For 1989 Libyan Terrorist Bombing Of French Airliner...

crowell.com     May 9, 2008    Send to a friend

Translation Download: Arabic [PDF] - French [PDF] Washington, D.C. – January 15, 2008: A federal judge has ordered the Government of Libya and six of its officials to pay a total of approximately $6 billion in damages arising from the mid-air suitcase bombing of a French-operated UTA Flight 772,...

Care Of Oaps Is Too Precious To Jeopardise

dailyrecord.co.uk     May 8, 2008    Send to a friend

THIS newspaper has a proud history of campaigning on behalf of our old folk and those in care homes. ... And it is of deep concern that the NHS have slapped a ban on sending senior citizens to the Burnfoot Coach House in Dumfriesshire. The ban comes shortly after a...

Schlock and gore

scotsman.com     May 6, 2008    Send to a friend

NOT so long ago, would-be film producers Kieran Parker and Arabella Page Croft had doors closed in their faces whenever they tried to pitch ideas to executives. Now Hollywood ... Published Date: 06 May 2008 NOT so long ago, would-be film producers Kieran Parker and...

U.S.-Libya deal angers jet bombing families

cnn.com     May 5, 2008    Send to a friend

Nearly 20 years after the terror bombing aboard Pan Am Flight 103 killed 189 Americans, the Bush administration is trying to resolve a bitter dispute between U.S. terror victims and Libya -- while still boosting oil supplies. ... The victims' families say Libya, which...

Forgotten World (128): Libya

bloggers4labour.org     Apr 30, 2008    Send to a friend

The standing of Libya in the international community has been transformed in recent years. Once shunned by much of the world over the 1988 bombing of a PanAm plane above the Scottish town of Lockerbie, the country formally took responsibility for the incident in 2003. This move, part of a deal to...

Libya's Conduct in UN Security Council Makes Waves

cnsnews.com     Apr 25, 2008    39 related    Send to a friend

(CNSNews.com) - Four months after Libya assumed a seat on the U.N. Security Council, its conduct in the global organization's top decision-making body continues to stoke controversy. ... By Patrick Goodenough CNSNews.com International Editor (CNSNews.com) - Terrorists...

Abu Talb

britishblogs.co.uk     Apr 19, 2008    2 related    Send to a friend

The website of the International Herald Tribune reports that the life sentence for terrorist offences being served in Sweden by Abu Talb, who was the subject of a special defence of incrimination lodged by the accused at the Lockerbie trial (ie a claim that he, not the accused, was the true...

Russia writes off $4.5B in Libyan debt, signs business deals

wtop.com     Apr 18, 2008    68 related    Send to a friend

By KHALED EL-DEEB Associated Press Writer TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up his two-day visit with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Thursday by writing off $4.5 billion in Libyan debts in exchange for multibillion-dollar deals for Russian...

Review: Plane tragedy adaptation a production to mourn

scotsman.com     Apr 16, 2008    Send to a friend

The Women of Lockerbie * Scottish Storytelling Centre ... THE arguments opposing the adaptation of tragedies like the Lockerbie disaster were last night justified following Random Act's production of The Women of Lockerbie at The Scottish Storytelling Centre Set in...

Gamekeeper arrested over badger deaths

scotsman.com     Apr 8, 2008    1 related    Send to a friend

A GAMEKEEPER has been arrested in connection with the deaths of six badgers following a joint operation involving police and wildlife welfare officers. ... Investigators swooped on a farm near Moffat, Dumfriesshire, following a tip that snares were being laid and the...