Libya also took responsibility for acts of terrorism, including the 1988 bombing of a PanAm jet over Lockerbie, and paid compensation to victims' relatives.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the only man convicted of bombing Pan-Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie,Scotland, posted the 353-pages of legal arguments on the Internet Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Parliament reconvened early from its summer recess to consider the implications of the release of the only man convicted of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie,Scotland,in 1988.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Al Megrahi was convicted, in January this year, of mass murder over the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988, with the loss of 270 lives.

BBC: Relative's doubts over Lockerbie case

The claim was made at the civil retrial of two men being sued over the bombing.

BBC: Omagh bomb scene

Only one person has been charged over the bombing, and is awaiting trial in the Republic of Ireland.

BBC: 'Split' on thwarting Real IRA