Britain: BP not linked to Lockerbie bomber release

There is no evidence BP Plc had any connection to last year's release of a Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing, Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Saturday.

Hague sent US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry a letter offering that assurance as BP remains under scrutiny over its massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the US coast. (Reuters)