Britain Rejects Talk Of Deal In Lockerbie Release (ap)

In this image made from television Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, right, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, is greeted by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, in Tripoli, Libya on Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. The release of al-Megrahi, the only man convicted of blowing up a Pan Am flight in 1988 has brought high drama and controversy: the jeering mob outside a Scottish prison, the cheering crowd at a Tripoli airport, the furious families of the 270 people who died in the Lockerbie bombing. (AP Photo/Jamahiriya Broadcasting via APTN)AP – Britain on Saturday rejected any suggestion that it had struck a deal with Libya to free the Lockerbie bomber ? after questions arose when Moammar Gadhafi embraced the man convicted of killing 270 people and publicly thanked British officials.

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