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The UK justice secretary, Jack Straw, denied fresh allegations that he gave the Scottish government the green light to release Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, in the overwhelming interests of wider trade and oil negotiations with the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi. He made his comments as hostility in Scotland over Megrahi's release was increasing day by day. According to medical reports, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi had less than three months to live. Megrahi released from prison by the SNP government on compassionate grounds.
