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Bomber compassion 'like Gandhi' (Scotland)

It comes in the wake of the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber.

Mr Salmond told the SNP conference it should be "proud" of Kenny MacAskill's decision to free terminally-ill Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi in August.

In his keynote speech, the SNP leader also set out his objective to boost the number of SNP MPs from seven to 20.

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