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Tony Blair has reportedly been asked to appear before a US hearing on the Lockerbie controversy. The former prime minister could appear alongside ex-foreign secretary Jack Straw, who has been invited to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting to discuss the release of the Lockerbie bomber. US senators also want to question Mr Straw's current Scottish counterpart Kenny MacAskill and BP chief executive Tony Hayward, amid suspicions that the oil giant may have had a hand in the decision to release Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. Mr Straw said he had yet to receive formal notification of the request to attend the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting on July 29.
