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Breaking News Mon, 21 May 2012
In this Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009 file photo Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing but recently released from his Scottish prison on compassionate grounds, is seen below a portrait of Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi, as he is visited by a group of African parliamentarians, not pictured, at Tripoli Medical Center in Tripoli, Libya.
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 Mail Guardian South Africa 
UK rules out further Lockerbie inquiries after Al-Megrahi's death
| The prime minister said the court case, which convicted Megrahi, was properly conducted and news of his death on Sunday should “be a time to remember the 270 people who lost their lives in wha... (photo: AP / Abdel Magid Al Fergany)
Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, top left, is hugged by Seif al-Islam el- Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, upon his arrival at airport in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.
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 The New York Times 
Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, Convicted in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing, Dies at 60
| Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, has died in Libya, family members told news agencies on Sunday, three yea... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Libyans in Tripoli, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009, hold a poster showing Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.  BBC News 
Lockerbie: David Cameron criticises al-Megrahi release
David Cameron has reacted to the death of the only person convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing by saying he should not have been released. | Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, 60, has died at his home in Libya... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Government Buildings in Dublin, Wednesday, May 18, 2011.  BBC News 
The Queen's lunch for monarchs attracts controversy
The King of Bahrain and Swaziland's King Mswati III are among controversial monarchs expected at a Windsor Castle lunch being hosted by the Queen later. | Critics accuse Bahrain of human rights a... (photo: AP / Peter Morrison)
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Cargo Ships Newstrack India
India ranked 46th in trade logistics performance
| Washington, May 16 (IANS) Global trade logistics performance slowed down over the last two years amid the global recession, but India and others that pursued aggressive... (photo: WN / prajkta)
India   Photos   Trade   Washington   Wikipedia: Trade  
Libya former rebels' Tripoli military commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj, second left, speaks with Libya fighters prior to the arrival of Libyan Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil at Metiga airport in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. The Daily Telegraph
'Rendition' Libyan commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj to form his own party
Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a prominent Islamist commander suing MI6 over his alleged rendition by the CIA in 2004, is poised to emerge as a powerful political force in Libya af... (photo: AP / Francois Mori)
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In this photo taken on a government organized tour, soldiers and civilians gather in front of a burning official building following an airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, early Tuesday, May 17, 2011. The Independent
Nato defends its role over civilian deaths in Libya
| Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published evidence that scores of ordinary civilians, many of them women and children, were wrongly targeted in a series of missile attacks... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic)
Human Rights   Libya   Nato   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 military intervention in Libya  
Soldiers operate their Bradley armored fighting vehicle during an operation to search for weapons and munitions in areas of anti-Coalition activity along the Iraq-Syria border. The troopers are assigned to 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment. U.S. Otago Daily Times
Fighting kills 32 as Syria peace plan falters
Fighting in Syria has killed at least 32 people, activists said, and Saudi Arabia said stubborn violence was shredding the credibility of a U.N.-Arab League peace plan st... (photo: U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Joseph Roberts)
Government   Photos   Politics   Syria   Wikipedia: Syria  
Rights Group Pressures NATO Over Libya Civilian Deaths Novosti
Rights Group Pressures NATO Over Libya Civilian Deaths
| MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti) - A leading human rights group called on NATO on Monday to investigate the deaths of 72 civilians in air strikes in Libya last year. | The ... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Libya   Nato   Photos   Rights   Security   Wikipedia: United Nations Security Council  
Gay rights pioneer Lilli Vincenz, 74, right, and her life partner Nancy Ruth Davis, 75, pose intheir home in Arlington, Va., Thursday, May 10, 2012. At the birthplace of the gay rights movement, patrons at New York City's Stonewall Inn said they felt like they were living history. CounterPunch
Gay Marriage – It May Destroy Western Civilization, But It Sure is a Wonderful Fundraiser
| It started with lesbian couples in Vermont in the mid-90s, freaked out they’d lose their babies. Vermont Freedom to Marry was born, and is now the most powerful Dem... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)
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Thousands remain in secret Libya militia prisons Middle East Online
Thousands remain in secret Libya militia prisons
| UNITED NATIONS - About 4,000 people are still being held in militia detention centres in Libya, often in secret and many are tortured, a UN envoy said Thursday. | Ian M... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
Libya   Mission   Photos   Security Council.   UN   Wikipedia: Libya  
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