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...Born Feb. 11, 1947, in Tokyo. His grandfather, Ichiro Hatoyama, was Prime Minister from 1954 to '56, and his father, Iichiro Hatoyama, served as Japan's Foreign Minister. His younger brother was until recently a Cabinet member of the outgoing LDP government...
...pledged to revive Japan's sagging economy and strengthen ties with Asian neighbors, signaling a potential weakening of the close military and economic relationship with the U.S. A Stanford-trained engineer, Hatoyama was born into a wealthy political dynasty sometimes compared to the Kennedys - his grandfather was a Prime Minister, his father a Foreign Minister, his brother a Cabinet member, and the whole clan is related to the founder of the Bridgestone tire company. Hatoyama has been nicknamed "the alien" (some say because of his aloof nature, others because of his prominent eyes), and one of the most interesting things...
...murky as conspiracy theorists might have imagined. While the British government made a public show of neutrality on the issue, saying any change in al-Megrahi's status was a matter for Scotland, it turns out that a British 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...
...That's at best a moot point. The Prime Minister criticized Libya's jubilant homecoming ceremonies for al-Megrahi but has yet to comment on the decision to let al-Megrahi go. Brown "stands accused of double-dealing, on the one hand apparently saying to the Americans they wanted Megrahi to die in prison, but on the other hand saying privately to the Libyans that they wanted him released," said Conservative Party leader David Cameron, calling for an inquiry into the affair. Brown angrily rejected that interpretation of events: "On our part, there was no conspiracy, no cover...
...least one of the absent leaders, Prime Minister Brown, is attempting to face down a backlash at home, while in Edinburgh, members of the Scottish parliament have been debating their government's handling of the affair. Critics of both governments hope the controversy will weaken their hold on power. The terrorist atrocity that killed 270 passengers, crew and Lockerbie residents more than three decades ago continues to reverberate...