The Scottish first minister, Alex Salmond, said his administration had acted in good faith on the evidence available at the time – which said Abdelbaset al-Megrahi had three months to live – when it decided to release him on compassionate grounds
David Cameron of Britain said on Tuesday that the Scottish government was “wrong” last year when it released Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in connection with the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
The controversy surrounding the release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing reignited yesterday after Britain's ambassador to the US said the government regretted the Scottish decision to free Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and considered it a "mistake".
With pressure mounting on BP, Clinton responded to reports that the firm had lobbied the British government for the release of Abdelbasset al-Megrahi to help it clinch lucrative drilling contracts off the coast of Libya. "I have received the letter and we will obviously look into it," she said.
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Israeli police have arrested a former mayor of Jerusalem for questioning in a multimillion-dollar bribery scandal that has been linked to a key confidant of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
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