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Call for Libya to pay IRA victims

During the Troubles, Libya supplied guns and explosives to the IRA, and the families want the country to face up to its responsibilities.

They are calling on the Libyan leader to demonstrate the same compassion shown to Abdelbaset Ali Al Megrahi.

The terminally-ill bomber was released from a Scottish prison last week.

Read entire article at BBC