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General News 10/3/2009 at 1:17 AM EDT

US paid reward to Lockerbie witness, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi papers claim

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Two key figures in the conviction of the Lockerbie bomber were secretly given rewards of up to $3m ( �1.9m) in a deal discussed by Scottish detectives and the US government, according to legal papers released today.

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