Clinton urges no Megrahi release
A spokesman said she "expressed strongly" the view to Kenny MacAskill that Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi should serve out his sentence in Scotland.
Earlier it was confirmed the Libyan had applied to abandon his appeal against his conviction.
Terminally-ill Megrahi is serving a life sentence at Greenock Prison.
On Wednesday BBC News revealed that Kenny MacAskill was likely to announce next week that Megrahi, who is gravely ill with prostate cancer, would be released on compassionate grounds.
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Earlier it was confirmed the Libyan had applied to abandon his appeal against his conviction.
Terminally-ill Megrahi is serving a life sentence at Greenock Prison.
On Wednesday BBC News revealed that Kenny MacAskill was likely to announce next week that Megrahi, who is gravely ill with prostate cancer, would be released on compassionate grounds.