A Scottish court is expected to release convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi on compassionate grounds, senior State Department officials tell CNN

Al Megrahi, 57, is suffering from terminal prostate cancer. He is serving a life sentence for bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over the town of Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people.

The Scottish government has informally notified the U.S. State Department of the decision, the senior officials said. But they added that the conditions of his release are still being finalized. The announcement is expected to be made at 1 p.m. Thursday (8 a.m. ET).

Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has been considering two applications, one for al Megrahi to be moved to Libya under a prisoner transfer agreement, and a separate one for him to be given compassionate early release to go home to die with his family.

The Pan Am flight exploded December 21, ed hardy1988, as it flew over Scotland on its way from London to New York. All 259 people aboard the plane died, along with 11 Scots on the ground.

A Scottish court ruled in 2003 that al Megrahi must serve at least 27 years of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole. Al Megrahi first appealed the conviction in 2002 and lost.

Families of the Lockerbie victims are divided on whether al Megrahi should be ever be released.

The United States has made clear to the British government and others that it believes al Megrahi should spend the rest of his time in jail. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called MacAskill last week to stress the U.S. opposition to an early release.

Al Megrahi was convicted in Ed Hardy 2001 after the prosecution argued he had placed the bomb, hidden in a suitcase, on a flight from Malta to Frankfurt, Germany.

There, prosecutors said, the bomb was transferred onto the Pan Am plane that went first to London¡¯s Heathrow Airport and then took off for New York.

Another man ¡ª Al-Amin Khalifa Fahima ¡ª was also tried in the bombing but was acquitted.

The prosecution said that al Megrahi, discount Ed Hardy who worked at Malta¡¯s Luqa Airport, was an agent for the Libyan intelligence services and had been seen buying clothes that were in the suitcase that contained the bomb.

Libya has formally accepted responsibility for the bombing and has compensated the families, though Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi later denied any culpability

South African athletics officials have rallied behind controversial new running star Caster Semenya, who won the women¡¯s world 800 meters title just hours after the sport¡¯s governing body asked for the 18-year-old¡¯s gender to be verified.

Semenya crushed her rivals by streaking away to secure victory in a time of one minute 55.45 seconds ¡ª the best in the world this year and more than eight seconds quicker than her fastest effort of 2008.

She finished more than two seconds clear of second-placed Kenyan Janeth Jepkosgei, the 2007 champion.

However, the race was run amid controversy following the announcement by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF).
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Semenya¡¯s masculine build fueled rumors, but the South Africa team manager said there should be no dispute.

¡°Even the ID that she has, the passport, says she is a female,¡± Phiwe Mlangeni-Tsholetsane told CNN by phone from Berlin on Thursday. ¡°There was no cheating on our part, or even on the part of the athlete.¡±

She said Semenya was not bothered by the questions over her gender and was simply focusing on improving her times.

¡°If there are tests being done, we accept that.Ed Hardy  We can¡¯t stop that,¡± Mlangeni-Tsholetsane said. ¡°We have nothing to hide.¡±

Results from the IAAF¡¯s planned tests are not expected to be known in the near future.

¡°The gender verification test is an extremely complex procedure,¡± said IAAF spokesman Nick Davies ¡ª who revealed the question of Semenya¡¯s gender was first raised after her astonishing African Junior Championships displays.

¡°In the case of this athlete, following her breakthrough in the African Junior Championships, the rumors, the gossip were starting to build up,¡± Davies told reporters.

Semenya declined to take part in the scheduled post-race interview, reported South African tabloid Sowetan, and her place was taken by IAAF general secretary Pierre Weiss.

¡°The investigations will take some days or weeks and I¡¯m not a doctor to give a conclusive answer on her gender. ed hardy shopBut we know her as a woman,¡± Pierre said.

Athletics South Africa president Leonard Chuene accused South African media of trying to ¡°destroy¡± Semenya, according to Sowetan ¡ª which described the runner as ¡°our golden girl.¡±

¡°They have their own agenda and I can tell you that they will not succeed,¡± Chuene said. ¡°This girl has been to African youth championships and other international events, and why was this issue not raised then?

¡°Why now? Is it because sheed hardy clothing  is not an athlete they were expecting to do well in her maiden appearance in the senior championships?¡±

Her father Jacob Semenya told the paper before the race that the accusations were unfounded.

¡°She is my little girl. I raised her and I have never doubted her gender. She is a woman and I can repeat that a million times,¡± he said on Wednesday

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