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NEWS ABOUT: Jack Straw

Jack Straw stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - A top British official said today that Scotland sent the Lockerbie bomber to Libya to facilitate a multi-million-dollar oil deal. Contradicting PM Gordon Brown, Justice Secretary Jack Straw told the Telegraph that the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi helped BP sign an agreement with Libya. "I’m unapologetic about that,... More »

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Gordon Brown • Scotland • Libya • Jack Straw • Britain • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

Brown Didn't Want Lockerbie Bomber to Die
in Prison

Minutes strengthen rumors of oil deal

Sep 1, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - More Lockerbie troubles for Gordon Brown. Newly released documents suggest the UK prime minister didn't want Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi to die in a Scottish prison, the London Times reports. The development will further fuel speculation that Britain tacitly led the push for Megrahi's release in exchange for a... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Scotland • Libya • Jack Straw • Lockerbie • prime minister • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi • Kenny MacAskill • justice secretary • prisoner transfer agreement

(Newser) - Ronnie Biggs, part of a crew that stole millions from a British mail train in 1963 in the notorious Great Train Robbery, has been issued a “compassionate release” from prison to undergo medical treatment in his final days, the Guardian reports. Biggs, 80, has pneumonia, and doctors say... More »

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crime • United Kingdom • England • Jack Straw • pneumonia • heist • Ronnie Biggs • Great Train Robbery • compassionate release

Blair Ally
to Step Down

Home secretary's surprise announcement frees new PM
to overhaul cabinet

May 7, 07 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - British Home Secretary John Reid will stand down, he announced yesterday, giving PM apparent Gordon Brown space to rejigger the cabinet when he succeeds Tony Blair. Tensions have run high between the old and new Labour leaders' supporters, but Reid stressed that his surprise departure was personal; the Guardian reports... More »

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Tony Blair • Gordon Brown • British elections • John Reid • Labour • British Cabinet • Jack Straw • Britain

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