xml/NorthAfrica.xml en-gb The highlighted stories from the North Africa category of the Spiderednews web site. Mon, 21 May 2012 11:06:18 GMT © 2012 SpideredNews.com15REUTERSSat, 19 May 2012 16:02:10 +0000ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - At least 22 al Qaeda-linked militants and 12 Yemeni soldiers were killed in clashes and air strikes overnight during a new U.S.-backed offensive against insurgents in thttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993942http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993942North AfricaNPRSun, 20 May 2012 13:04:00 +0000The former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie, Scotland, bombing has died, according to reports. He was 59.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=997041http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=997041North AfricaTOPIXSun, 20 May 2012 13:33:54 +0000 Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday nearly three years after he was released from a Scottihttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996795http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996795North AfricaREUTERSMon, 21 May 2012 00:04:49 +0000TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer on Sunday aged 60, leaving many questions on the attack ahttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=999170http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=999170North AfricaGOOGLEMon, 21 May 2012 09:00:00 +0000A former Libyan intelligence agent, Megrahi died amid unresolved controversies: Whether he was freed to facilitate an oil deal; and whether he was guilty in the first place.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=999380http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=999380North AfricaNYTIMESSun, 20 May 2012 15:26:16 +0000Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi was the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996833http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996833North AfricaFEEDSPORTALSun, 20 May 2012 14:23:34 +0000Abdelbasset al-Megrahi, the Libyan intelligence officer accused of bombing Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, has died, according to his brother.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996588http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996588North AfricaTHEHINDUSun, 20 May 2012 16:43:30 +0000Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer and the only person convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, died at his home in Tripoli on Sunday after a phttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998026http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998026North AfricaGUARDIANSun, 20 May 2012 20:10:14 +0000 Cameron says bombing case was properly conducted, but MP says there are 'still so many unanswered questions' David Cameron has dismissed the possibility of a UK inquiry into the convictionhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998458http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998458North AfricaGUARDIANSun, 20 May 2012 21:10:21 +0000 One might assume that the truth about the bombing might finally emerge - but that hope could be premature The death on Sunday of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person to be convicted of thttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998502http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998502North AfricaFEEDSPORTALSun, 20 May 2012 23:41:42 +0000The former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scot land in 1988 that killed 270 peo ple has died, his brother said on Sunday. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=997767http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=997767North AfricaNYTIMESSat, 19 May 2012 05:04:10 +0000The military-backed government's victories in recent elections brought scorn on the streets of Algiers, but no Arab Spring-like marches, rallies or demonstrations. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993926http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993926North AfricaYAHOOFri, 18 May 2012 18:13:23 +0000 A lawyer for Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam said Friday he doubted Libya was able or willing to try his client, as he asked the International Criminal Court to report the matter to the Uhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=990580http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=990580North AfricaINDEPENDENTSun, 20 May 2012 23:00:01 +0000 The only person ever convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, has died from cancer in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998552http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998552North AfricaGUARDIANSun, 20 May 2012 19:16:05 +0000 * Abdelbaset al-Megrahi had always protested his innocence * Claims of flaws in conviction for Lockerbie plane bombing The death of the only man to have been convicted of the Lockerbie bhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998522http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998522North Africa