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NEWS ABOUT: Pan Am

Pan Am stories: 7 news summaries
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 Pan Am Lives—in Man's Garage 

Trips to Thailand net vintage headphones and the like for cabin mockup

Oct 26, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - To Anthony Toth, Pan Am was the epitome of airline class, with its top-notch, martini-pouring first-class service and in-flight music so excellent that the United Airlines employee brought along a tape recorder to record it on trips as a boy. Now that he’s 42 and owns a home, he’... More »

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airline • air travel • first class • airplane • Pan Am • vintage • nostalgia • replica • Jay-ZTV

Libya Seeks Transfer of Dying Lockerbie Bomber

Scotland has final say over inmate's fate

May 6, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Libya is pressing the Scottish government to OK a transfer that would allow a terminally ill Lockerbie conspirator to die at home, the BBC reports. The prisoner, who was convicted in 2001 for his role in the 1988 Pan Am bombing, would have to drop an appeal that's currently being... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • Scotland • Libya • Lockerbie • Pan Am • Pan Am Flight 103 • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

 Families Remember 
 Lockerbie, 20 Years Later 

Convicted bomber still maintains innocence

Dec 21, 08 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Mourners on both sides of the pond are commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Lockerbie airliner bombing, CNN reports. Families and friends gathered today at Arlington National Cemetery and at New York’s Syracuse University, which lost 35 students in the Pan Am explosion over the Scottish town. Mourners in... More »

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terrorism • Scotland • Libya • bombing • Lockerbie • Pan Am

analysis

20 Years Later, Lockerbie Families' Work Endures


Dec 20, 08 6:38 PM CST
(Newser) - With the 20th anniversary of the Pan Am flight 103 bombing upon us tomorrow, it's a good time not just to remember the victims but to salute their families for the wide-ranging changes they worked to bring about, writes Alan Levin in USA Today. “Laws on everything from lawsuits... More »

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terrorism • Scotland • Libya • bombing • Arlington National Cemetery • Lockerbie • Pan Am

 Rice Set for
 Historic Meet
 With Gadhafi

First secretary of state visit to Libya in 55 years

Sep 3, 08 3:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice will become  first US secretary of state to visit Libya since the Eisenhower administration when she meets Friday with leader Moammar Gadhafi, reports the Voice of America. The meeting demonstrates the radical improvement in relations between the two nations since Gadhafi turned away from terrorism and scrapped Libya's... More »

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Darfur • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Libya • Moammar Gadhafi • David Welch • Lockerbie • Human Rights Watch • Pan Am • Dwight Eisenhower • Western Sahara

ANALYSIS

Alleged Lockerbie Bomber Could Be Released 

Britain's refusal to release evidence pushes judges to consider letting al-Megrahi go

Aug 24, 08 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A convicted terrorist could be released from a Scottish jail soon just because the British government doesn’t want to reveal sensitive evidence against him, Radar reports. Abdel Basset al-Megrahi has been locked up since 1999 for his alleged involvement in the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland—... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • Scotland • Lockerbie • Pan Am • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

Libyan Minister Meets Rice, Signs Pacts

Washington visit latest chapter in makeover for former pariah state

Jan 3, 08 5:49 PM CST
(Newser) - In the latest sign of a remarkable turnaround in relations between the countries, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today hosted Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman Shalqam, who later signed agreements on science and technology. Leader Moammar Gaddafi's renunciation of terrorism and enmity with the West has opened relations, the Washington ... More »

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United Nations • Condoleezza Rice • Libya • Pan Am • Abdel Rahman Shalqam

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