This is the headline over a report on the BBC News website. After talks held in London between Libya and the United States, a mechanism has been agreed for resolving outstanding compensation claims, including the final payment to the families of the Lockerbie victims. The report reads in part:
"The US and Libya have agreed to work together to resolve compensation claims from the Lockerbie bombing and other 1980s attacks blamed on Libyan agents.
"Libya has already paid out $8m (£4m) to each Lockerbie victim's family but has not made final payments of $2m amid a dispute over America's obligations.
"A US court ruling that Libya should pay billions of dollars to Americans killed by another bomb incensed the Libyans.
"They are hoping for an all-in-one deal to cover that and the other attacks."
ABC News's coverage of the story can be read here and the Daily Express's here.
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