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Published: 07/26/10

BP-Lockerbie Connection Raises Tension Between U.S. and U.K.

By  Delia Lloyd - Politics Daily
BP-Lockerbie Connection Raises Tension Between U.S. and U.K.

LONDON --The 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 that killed 270 people (including 190 Americans) over Lockerbie, Scotland, continues to be an open wound for many in the United States. The case is now proving to be a diplomatic wound between the United States and the United Kingdom as well. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee planned to hold hearings Thursday on the circumstances surrounding the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, convicted by the Scottish government in 2001 and sentenced to life in prison. But late Tuesday, the hearings were canceled when key Scottish and ...

Published: 07/20/10

British PM Meets Obama: The Key Talking Points

By  Theunis Bates - AOL News
British PM Meets Obama: The Key Talking Points

LONDON (July 20) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron makes his first official U.S. visit today. Behind closed doors, he and President Barack Obama are expected to engage in blunt, tough talks on everything from the BP oil leak to the war in Afghanistan. Here are the key talking points that will dominate this trans-Atlantic summit: The Lockerbie Bomber The ongoing oil-for-terrorism scandal is sure to be high on the Cameron-Obama agenda. There are allegations that BP lobbied the U.K. government to free a Libyan intelligence agent convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103, so it could secure ...

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