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US, UK unite to remember 1988 Lockerbie bombing

Relatives of the 270 people killed in the Lockerbie bombing have marked the 20th anniversary of the tragedy.

Pan Am Flight 103 was en route from London to New York when it was blown up by a bomb in the luggage hold over the Scottish town of Lockerbie on December 21, 1988.

Everyone on the plane, and 11 local residents on the ground, were killed...

Services and vigils are being held on both sides of the Atlantic to mark the anniversary and to remember the victims.
Read entire article at ABC News (Australia)