Scottish prosecutors are conducting a further review of the evidence related to the Lockerbie bombing, prosecutors have told families of victims from the United Kingdom.
A man accused of playing a role in the 1968 hijacking of a Pan Am flight from New York to Puerto Rico was arrested Sunday, federal officials said.
Lisa Gibson -- who lost her brother in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing -- sat down the other day with the man many blame for the notorious attack: Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
There is outrage in New York over Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's visit. CNN's Mary Snow reports.
Thousands of protesters descended on the area near the United Nations on Wednesday, shouting their condemnation of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the day of his speech before the General Assembly.
A CNN crew heads to Bedford, New York, trying to find the tent of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
The town of Bedford, New York, is not happy with a tent set up as part of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's visit to the United States for the United Nations General Assembly, a town attorney said Tuesday.
A tent was erected on a property in Westchester County, New York, in anticipation of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's visit to the United States for the United Nations General Assembly, police told CNN affiliate WABC Tuesday.
In a statement ready by his lawyer, Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi maintains that he did not bomb Pan Am Flight 103.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday he was outraged and "repulsed" by the celebratory welcome given to a man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
The government official who allowed the Lockerbie bomber to go back to Libya defended his decision before an emergency session of Scotland's parliament called Monday amid growing international outrage over the move.
The release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi from prison in due to terminal illness was greeted with wideapread derision from newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic, with few having good words for Scottish authorities behind the decisions.
The cheering, flag-waving welcome that the convicted Lockerbie bomber received in Libya after being released from a life sentence was "highly objectionable," President Barack Obama said Friday.
The man convicted of murdering 270 people by blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, two decades ago received a boisterous welcome when his plane landed in his native Libya on Thursday.
Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, convicted of murdering 270 people by blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, two decades ago was returned to his native Libya on Thursday.
The terrorist convicted in the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing may be released from jail. CNN's Diana Magnay reports.
A Scottish court has formally allowed Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi to abandon his second appeal against his conviction over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, in which 270 people were killed when an airliner was blown out of the sky.
A Libyan man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, is dropping his appeal, the Scottish Court Service said Friday.
The Scottish government have said no decision has been made on releasing the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
The man convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, began an appeal of his conviction Tuesday in a Scottish court.
Events commemorating the bombing of an American airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie were taking place Sunday in both the UK and the U.S. to mark the 20th anniversary of the attack which killed 270 people.
Libya has paid $1.5 billion to the families of terrorism victims, overcoming the final obstacle to full relations with the United States, the State Department said Friday.
A Scottish court is considering releasing convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi because he is suffering from advanced prostate cancer, a court spokeswoman says.
A Libyan man jailed for the 1988 bombing of a passenger jet over Scotland in which 270 people died has advanced prostate cancer, his lawyer said Thursday.
The United States has received "a substantial amount of money" from Libya to settle claims by American victims of terrorism, a senior U.S. official announced Thursday.
Behind closed doors, the scientists and agents of the FBI scrutinize fibers, poisons, explosives, DNA and just about any other shred of evidence that might help solve crimes.
Nearly 20 years after the terror bombing aboard Pan Am Flight 103 killed 189 Americans, the Bush administration is trying to resolve a bitter dispute between U.S. terror victims and Libya -- while still boosting oil supplies.
After years as an international pariah, Libya on Thursday ascended the world stage, taking over the rotating post as president of the U.N. Security Council.
Four years after renouncing terrorism and abandoning its WMD programs, Libya Tuesday won a two-year term on the U.N. Security Council.
Libya is once again turning on the spigot.
The Madrid train bombings trial is under way, nearly three years after terrorists killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800 on morning rush-hour commuter trains in the Spanish capital.
The trial of suspects in the Madrid train bombing case will start February 15, the National Court said Tuesday, nearly three years after terrorists killed 191 people and wounded 1,800 others in coordinated bombings of morning rush-hour commuter trains in the Spanish capital.
A Spanish court has ruled the investigative phase of the Madrid train bombings of 2004 has concluded, and the case is ready for trial against 29 defendants, although the court did not immediately set a trial date.
The White House, suspecting terrorism, readied plans for retaliation in the Middle East when TWA Flight 800 exploded over the ocean in 1996 after takeoff from New York, killing all 230 people on board.
A Spanish judge has indicted 29 people in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings, including five who are charged directly with the deaths of the 191 victims.
Unlike their East Coast counterparts, relatives of 9/11 victims who live in California won't be able to watch the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui.
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A Libyan court has sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus in an attempt to find a cure for the disease.
International acts of terror in 2003 were the fewest in more than 30 years, according to the U.S. State Department's annual terrorism report released Thursday.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Burns met with Moammar Gadhafi in Libya on Tuesday amid speculation that the United States may soon lift sanctions against the North African nation.
On Oct. 26, 1958, a Pan Am flight made the trip from New York to Paris in eight hours, 41 minutes. Today that time would be nothing special, maybe even a little slow. But in 1958, such a short tran...
France has praised the signing by Libya of a $170 million compensation deal with the families of 170 people killed in a 1989 airliner bombing.
Libya is expected to sign a new compensation deal Friday with the families of 170 people killed in the 1989 bombing of a French UTA airliner, the chief negotiator for the families said.
If you're looking for a risky business venture, follow the example of Emanuella Del Vecchio, 32. The one-time Pan Am flight attendant has moved into a former shopping-center Fotomat kiosk in the mi...
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