Don’t use British jails as hotels: Indian-origin MP
August 9th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Jails in Britain should not be used as hotels for foreigners, Indian-origin Conservative MP Priti Patel said after reports emerged that the public was paying 400 ... Read more...
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Sailors’ rescue in India’s hands, say hijacked ship’s owners
May 6th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) With Somalian pirates insisting on the release of their colleagues in Indian custody in return for eight Indian sailors held by them on board tanker ... Read more...
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Scottish Govt. denies striking deal with Libya over Lockerbie bomber’s release
February 7th, 2011 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
Edinburg, Feb 7 (ANI): The Scottish Government would reportedly release new documents detailing discussions with Westminster to deny speculations that it had played a major role behind the scenes to release Lockerbie ... Read more...
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Libya trade loss fears led British ministers to back Lockerbie bomber’s release: Wikileaks
February 1st, 2011 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 1 (ANI): Britain would have suffered a setback in its political and economic ambitions in Libya if the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was not released from a Scottish prison, according ... Read more...
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US secretly wanted Lockerbie bomber freed
July 25th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 25 (ANI): The United States Government is reported to have secretly told Scottish ministers that they wanted Lockerbie bomber Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi to be freed on compassionate grounds and ... Read more...
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Cameron refuses to meet US senators on BP-Lockerbie row
July 20th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 20(ANI): British Prime Minister David Cameron has refused to meet American senators to formally discuss allegations that BP had lobbied for the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi. ... Read more...
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Britain to help in probe into BP’s Lockerbie link
July 17th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 17 (DPA) The British government has promised to "engage constructively" with Washington over claims that the release of the terminally-ill Lockerbie bomber last year was linked to possible BP ... Read more...
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BP lobbied with British Government ahead of Lockerbie bomber release
July 15th, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jul 15 (ANI): British Petroleum admitted on Thursday that it had lobbied with the UK Government over a prisoner transfer agreement (PTA) with Libya in late 2007 before the release of ... Read more...
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Protest at Mexican prison where Mel Gibson movie will be filmed
December 29th, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Veracruz (Mexico), Dec 29 (IANS/EFE) Several hundred people protested outside a prison in the Mexican city of Veracruz - where an upcoming Mel Gibson movie is to be filmed - to ... Read more...
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UK Conservative Party accuses Brown of double dealing on Lockerbie bomber case
September 2nd, 2009 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep.2 (ANI): Britain's Conservative Party has accused Prime Minister Gordon Brown of double dealing with regard to the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi.An official document has emerged ... Read more...
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Prepared remarks of MacAskill’s parliamentary statement
August 24th, 2009 - 9:14 pm ICT by BNO News
EDINBURGH (BNO NEWS) -- Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill on Monday delivered the following statement regarding the release of Al-Megrahi, the dying man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.
"Presiding Officer. On 20 August ... Read more...
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Statement by Scottish Justice Minister Kenny Macaskill on the release of Al-Megrahi
August 20th, 2009 - 7:57 pm ICT by BNO News
SCOTLAND (BNO NEWS) -- Scottish Justice Minister Kenny Macaskill delivered the following remarks on Thursday to announce the release of Al-Megrahi, the dying man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing which killed ... Read more...
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Libyan ‘Lockerbie bomber’ drops appeal against sentence
August 19th, 2009 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 18 (DPA) The Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people died moved a step closer to being freed from jail Tuesday as a court in ... Read more...
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Lockerbie bomber’s release report draws mixed response
August 13th, 2009 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 13 (DPA) Relatives of the 270 people who died in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, Thursday gave a mixed response to reports that the ... Read more...
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Prostate cancer suffering Lockerbie bomber may be freed next week
August 13th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.13 (ANI): The Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, which killed 270 people when PanAm flight 103 was blown up over the Scottish town in 1988, is expected to be released ... Read more...
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NATO agrees on anti-piracy force
June 12th, 2009 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, June 12 (DPA) NATO defence ministers have agreed to send a force of up to 10 warships to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, Britain's defence minister said Friday.
NATO currently ... Read more...
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