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Clinton repeats Lockerbie stance

She said it would be "absolutely wrong" for the Scottish Government to release Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi or transfer him to jail in his homeland of Libya.

Megrahi, dying from terminal prostate cancer aged 57, dropped his second appeal against conviction on Tuesday.

Some 189 Americans were among the 270 people killed in the airliner bombing.

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