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2009-08-22 Britain

Lockerbie bomber: Britain denies trade deal

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Posted by ryuge 2009-08-22 06:28|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 In other news: Lamps at Balmoral to get new wicks and oil.

Meeting Abdel Basset al-Megrahi and his family late on Friday, Gaddafi thanked British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Queen Elizabeth for "encouraging" Scotland to release the dying prisoner from a Scottish jail, said Libyan news agency JANA.

"This step is in the interest of relations between the two countries ... and of the personal friendship between me and them and will be positively reflected for sure in all areas of cooperation between the two countries," the Libyan leader said.

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Posted by Besoeker 2009-08-22 07:26|| 2009-08-22 07:26|| Front Page Top

#2 I recall the annual requirement back in the 80s of having to read the Code of Conduct and Ethics in which a line that always stuck with me read -

'Not only is the act, but the appearance of the act is unacceptable.'

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-08-22 08:51|| 2009-08-22 08:51|| Front Page Top

#3 From an AP article on the subject:

Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill made decision to release al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds because the Libyan has prostate cancer and was given only months to live by top British doctors. MacAskill said he rejected an option to release al-Megrahi under a prisoner transfer deal between Britain and Libya.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-08-22 15:27|| 2009-08-22 15:27|| Front Page Top

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