Abdel Basset al-Megrahi (L) walks up the stairs to a waiting jet at Glasgow airport August 20, 2009. The Scottish government decided on Thursday to free Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi from prison on compassionate grounds as he is suffering from advanced prostate cancer and he will return home to Libya. Megrahi was sentenced to 27 years in prison in 2001 for his part in blowing up New York-bound Pan Am flight 103 in December 1988, killing 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

Abdel Basset al-Megrahi (L) walks up the stairs to a waiting jet at Glasgow airport August 20, 2009. The Scottish government decided on Thursday to free Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi from prison on compassionate grounds as he is suffering from advanced prostate cancer and he will return home to Libya. Megrahi was sentenced to 27 years in prison in 2001 for his part in blowing up New York-bound Pan Am flight 103 in December 1988, killing 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland.

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  1. Wreaths are placed at the Lockerbie Memorial site in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, December 21, 2009 during a memorial service to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing.
  2. Faye Duggan stands at the Lockerbie Memorial site in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, December 21, 2009 during a memorial service to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing.
  3. MK Stratis, who lost her husband in Pan Am flight 103, reads the names of victims at the Lockerbie Memorial site in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, December 21, 2009 during a memorial service to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing.
  4. Family members of the victims of Pan Am flight 103 attend a memorial service in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, December 21, 2009 to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing.
  5. Family members of the victims of Pan Am flight 103 attend a memorial service in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, December 21, 2009 to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing.
  6. Family members of the victims of Pan Am flight 103 place a wreath at the Lockerbie Memorial site in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, December 21, 2009 during a memorial service to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing.
  7. Family members of the victims of Pan Am flight 103 place a wreath at the Lockerbie Memorial site in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, December 21, 2009 during a memorial service to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing.
  8. Family members of the victims of Pan Am flight 103 attend a memorial service in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, December 21, 2009 to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing.
  9. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi walks up the stairs to a waiting jet at Glasgow airport August 20, 2009. The Scottish government decided on Thursday to free Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi from prison on compassionate grounds as he is suffering from advanced prostate cancer and he will return home to Libya. Megrahi was sentenced to 27 years in prison in 2001 for his part in blowing up New York-bound Pan Am flight 103 in December 1988, killing 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland.

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