Word: glasgowe
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...heavily medicated, which may affect their responsiveness when tested by doctors. Popular diagnostic tools may also be to blame. In a study published in the medical journal BMC Neurology in July, Laureys found that one of the main tools for assessing brain function in intensive-care settings - the Glasgow Coma Scale - does not perform well in chronic cases. Laureys wrote that PVS patients should be tested frequently using a standardized evaluation called the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised, which involves more thorough tests such as measuring patients' eye-tracking abilities by moving a mirror slowly over their faces. Laureys and other...
...minister once gave assurances to Libya that neither Prime Minister Gordon Brown nor his Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, "would want Mr. Megrahi to pass away in prison." This revelation, embedded in one of the newly released minutes of a meeting between Scottish and Libyan officials that was held in Glasgow in March 2009, has been confirmed by Miliband. "We did not want [al-Megrahi] to die in prison. No, we weren't seeking his death in prison. We have been absolutely clear," he told the BBC. (See pictures of Lockerbie 20 years...
...Libya repeatedly warned Britain of "catastrophic effects" for their relationship if al-Megrahi died in jail - the alarmist phrase also emerges in the minutes of the March 2009 Glasgow meeting. Ministers in Westminster duly conveyed these threats to Edinburgh. Labour and the Scottish Nationalists are fierce opponents. "The British government have a better relationship with [Libyan leader Colonel Muammar] Gaddafi than they do with Scotland," says Ed Owen, a former special adviser to Straw. But Scottish politicians could not ignore the overlap between Scottish and U.K. interests. Instead, they devised a plan to release al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds, rather...
...statement released after Al-Megrahi departed Glasgow, the convicted bomber expressed sympathy for the relatives of the victims but reiterated his claims of innocence. "This horrible ordeal is not ended by my return to Libya. Perhaps the only liberation for me will be death...
...Making the announcement on Thursday, Justice Secretary of Scotland Kenny MacAskill said that Al-Megrahi was released on compassionate grounds because he has terminal prostate cancer and is unlikely to live past the next three months. A Libyan jet met Al-Megrahi at Scotland's Glasgow Airport to take him back to Tripoli, where he was greeted by hundreds of people, many of them waving flags. Al-Megrahi was met by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son, Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, who was quoted as saying, "I would like to thank the Scottish government for its courageous decision and understanding...