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Mandelson met Gaddafi's son before Lockerbie bomber move

By Jim Pickard, Political Correspondent

Published: August 17 2009 03:00 | Last updated: August 17 2009 03:00

Lord Mandelson met Colonel Gaddafi's son at a Corfu villa only a week before the announcement that the perpetrator of the Lockerbie bombing could be released from prison, the Financial Times has learnt.

Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, widely seen as the Libyan leader's most likely successor, was a fellow guest of the Rothschild family at its Greek property a fortnight ago in a wider annual gathering of powerful friends.

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