The British government was negotiating a Prisoner Transfer Agreement with Libya at the time of the American cables, but was concerned it would not be completed in time for al-Megrahi to be sent home to Libya before he died.
Part of the reason is that an OBE or a knighthood expires when a person dies - but it is also highly unusual for there to be calls for a recipient to be stripped of their honour after they have died.
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The councillor also said that as the tunnel already features a memorial to a worker who died during its construction it would be right to commemorate Mrs Snell and Mr Rolfe.
Five of the 58 casualties were found to have died from the bug, suspected to be the Hendra type which struck Australian horse-racing in 1994.
Cantor Fitzgerald Chief Executive Howard Lutnick has finally decided to be more generous to the families of employees who died in the World Trade Center attack.
However, the UK Government may come under fire from the opposition Conservative Party, which called for the army to be withdrawn after a British soldier died during September's daring operation to rescue British troops held hostage by the West Side Boys militia.
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, as she was known once George VI died, lived to be 101.
Ben's father Harold, 47, - believed by Devon and Cornwall Police to be responsible - died from burns.
Harold Philpotts, 47 - thought to be responsible - died eight days later.
Despite the efforts of other passers-by, including trained first aider Anne-Marie Hoy who was on her way to work at a nearby care home, and an ambulance paramedic, Mr Aryaei Nekoo died before he could be taken to hospital.
In years to come, it may be significant that she died on the same day many of the coalition's austerity cuts started to bite.
Benches dedicated to the memory of five children who died in a house fire in Essex are to be installed at a school.
Security personnel and civilians are thought to be among those who died in the attack in Hangu.
And like Jeff, he also died young - only to be rediscovered after he was long gone.
Cpl Pun's wife, Durga, said her husband had been "proud to be a soldier and died doing a job he loved".
The local history society is currently collecting names of servicemen and women who have died in all wars to be included on the memorial.
Further tests will be carried out to ascertain how they died.
In one of the classes I sat in on at Stanford, the professor asked the students how they wanted the world to be different when they died.
Assange wanted the families of the Iraqis who had died in the attack to be contacted, to prepare them for the inevitable media attention, and to gather additional information.
Her son won a title in the British Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding Championships in the year he died and was about to be signed up by a professional ski team.
Three Britons are known to have died in the attacks and a further three are believed to be dead, along with a British resident from Colombia.
The boy's mother had custody of the child, and she decided to flee to the U.S. She died in the attempt, and her wishes ought to be honored.
When paramedics arrived, the baby was found to be pale, limp and lifeless and was taken to hospital, where she died the next day.
But the young man, who turned out to be a Rutgers student, died soon afterward.
It decreed that if a pensioner died, benefits would continue to be paid to the widow and dependents.
It would be comforting to think that such clandestine forces died away with the end of the Cold War.
Six people died and 29 are said to be missing after the Costa Concordia's hull was torn open on Friday.
In 1999 he was the first person to be publicly identified as having died in a clinical trial for gene therapy.
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The next day, two siblings aged 14 months and 30 months died of what was suspected to be hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD).
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