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Birthday party for Lockerbie bomber … five months after doctors said he would be dead

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The freed Lockerbie bomber will today celebrate his birthday in a Libyan mansion  –  almost eight months after the “dying” man was released from prison.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi is said to have made a “remarkable recovery” after being allowed to return home from a Scottish jail on compassionate grounds last year.

The prostate cancer sufferer will “quietly mark” his 58th birthday in Tripoli with family, friends and Libyan government officials who will be “enjoying a dignified celebration and thanking God for his survival.”

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