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Also Known As	Lockerbie bombing
Date	December 21, 1988
Location	Scotland

Did You Know?

Pan Am Airlines went bankrupt three years after Flight 103's expolsion.
President Gadhafi paid $2.7 billion compensation to family members of individuals killed in the bombing.
Only in 2004 did the United States resume direct diplomatic ties with Libya.

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Muammar al-Qaddafi

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