Britain and Libya have ratified a prisoner transfer deal that could potentially allow the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombings to serve out the remainder of his sentence in the North African country.

An appeal into the conviction of a Libyan man jailed for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie got under way in a packed courtroom Tuesday.

Ceremonies are being held in the Scottish town of Lockerbie to mark the 20th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in which 270 people were killed.

Ceremonies are being held in the Scottish town of Lockerbie to mark the twentieth anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in which 270 , which killed 270 people.

Much of the political fallout from the Lockerbie air disaster has been resolved, but doubts remain about who was behind the explosion 20 years ago Sunday in the skies above Scotland.

A court refused Friday to release from prison a cancer-stricken Libyan man convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.

A Scottish court refused on Friday to release from prison a cancer-stricken Libyan man convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people.

A Scottish court has refused to release cancer-stricken Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi on bail pending an appeal of the case.

A lawyer for the man convicted of the Lockerbie airline bombing says his client has advanced cancer.

The former Libyan intelligence agent convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland has won an important victory in his effort to have his conviction overturned.