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Qaddafi Meets With Relatives of Lockerbie Victims

Muammar Qaddafi met with at least two of the relatives of the victims of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland at the U.N. Mission to the United Nations in New York this week.

The Libyan leader said it was a "friendly" gathering where he offered his condolences.

A woman whose brother died in the bombing said she and another victim's relative met with the Libyan leader.

Lisa Gibson said she and the other relative met with Qaddafi on Wednesday, arranged through a Libyan ambassador.

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