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  • U.S. seeks Lockerbie justice, after convicted bomber's death
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Families of U.S. victims of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, said on Sunday the death of the convicted bomber did not ease their loss and the White House said it would not end the quest for justice. Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, 60, the Libyan convicted of the bombing that killed 270 people, died at his home in the Libyan capital from complications from prostate cancer, his brother said on Sunday. ...

  • NATO leaders launch first phase of missile shield

    US Navy personnel descend from the USS Monterey, equipped with the AEGIS air defense system, in RomaniaNATO leaders agreed to launch the first phase of a missile shield to protect Europe, an alliance official told AFP, despite Russian opposition to the system.




  • Russia says West still considering military action on Iran

    Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov speaks during a news briefing in the main building of Foreign Ministry in MoscowMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Sunday that military action against Iran over its nuclear program was being considered in some Western countries. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was speaking to reporters on a plane on his way back from the G8 summit in Camp David, where the G8 leaders signaled their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Iran threatened to strain supplies. ...




  • IAEA chief in Iran to urge more cooperation

    International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya AmanoThe UN nuclear watchdog chief, Yukiya Amano, arrived in Tehran Monday to demand more cooperation from Iran on its nuclear activities, as Tehran prepares to engage with world powers in crucial talks in Baghdad over its controversial nuclear programme.




  • Convicted Lockerbie bomber dies of cancer in Libya

    FILE - This undated file photo, issued by the British Crown Office, shows Abdel Baset al-Megrahi. A son says Al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Scotland that killed 270 people, has died in Tripoli, Libya. Al-Megrahi suffered from prostate cancer. His death was announced Sunday, May 20, 2012, by his son Khaled. (AP Photo/Crown Copyright, File)He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters ? a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane that fell out of the sky a generation ago. His name, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was little known compared to the single word that his deeds represented: Lockerbie.