A country’s acquittal: Negotiations at last broke through, and the Lockerbie subjects were tried in The Hague in 1999 under Scottish law. U.N. sanctions were lifted shortly thereafter, and Qaddafi emerged from international exile, trying desperately to reconstruct relationships in Europe. Above, Qaddafi embraces a Lockerbie suspect after he was acquitted. Another suspect was convicted, and in 2003, Qaddafi promised to pay compensation to the victims’ families to the tune of $10 million a piece, or $2.7 billion in total.