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A blast early Wednesday at a military base controlled by a Syria-backed Palestinian faction in eastern Lebanon killed five Palestinian militants and wounded 10 others, according to two Palestinian officials with the group. The faction said an Israeli airstrike caused the blast, but that account was disputed by an Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, who denied the country had any role in the incident. Israel does not typically respond to foreign reports.

Two Palestinian officials said an explosion at a military base has killed five militants of a Syria-backed Palestinian faction in eastern Lebanon and wounded 10 others.

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The Libyan government has announced that it will pay $2.7 billionin compensation to the families of the 270 victims of the 1988 PanAm Lockerbie bombing, including 189 Americans.  Thecompensation offer is expected to result in a UN Security Councilresolution calling for the lifting of sanctions against Tripoli,which have been in place since 1992.

The dissolution of the Soviet Union and the defeat and isolation of Iraq, Iran's traditional archrival, has given Iran the opportunity to expand its influence.

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Weakening of PLO, fall of Soviet Union, create a window ofopportunity to initiate a vital war on terrorism.

Thirty-four years on, there are still far too many unanswered questions around the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, writes Campbell Gunn.

The DOJ first announced charges against Masud (aka Abu Agila Masud Kheir Al-Marimi) two years ago, in connection with the bombing of the New York-bound Boeing 747 four days before Christmas 1988.