RSS 2.0 FeedAugust 2009 vol 5, World news
Lockerbie bomber's release agreed
The Lockerbie bomber is to be released on compassionate grounds, the Scottish Government has announced.
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, 57, was jailed in 2001 for the atrocity which claimed 270 lives in 1988.
Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill revealed that the Libyan, who has terminal prostate cancer, would be allowed to return to his homeland.
The BBC understands he will be flown to Tripoli on a specially chartered plane due to leave Glasgow after 1400 BST.
The government said it had consulted widely before Mr MacAskill made his decision on applications for Megrahi's compassionate release or his transfer to a Libyan jail.
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