Q+A - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi and the Lockerbie bombing

Aug 13th, 2009 - Reuters

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LONDON (Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence agent convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, could be released from prison on compassionate grounds and returned to Libya, Scottish officials have indicated.

Following are some questions and answers about the Megrahi case, the debate that surrounds his 2001 conviction and subsequent appeals, and the implications his release could have for British-Libyan relations.

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