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Megrahi welcome home 'distasteful'

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The Chancellor Alistair Darling has criticised the welcome given to the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing on his return to Libya.

Crowds in Tripoli greeted Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi after he was freed on compassionate grounds by the Scottish Government.

Mr Darling said "people need to remember this man was convicted of murdering 270 people".

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