NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Libya still denies any official connection to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, but Libyan officials say they will respect today's verdict in the Lockerbie finding one of the two defendants guilty. CNN's Brent Sadler is in Tripoli, with more Libyan reaction -- Brent.</s>BRENT SADLER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Throughout the day, Libyan officials here and elsewhere have sought to play down the impact of the murder conviction against one of their own intelligence officials. While officials here say they respect the verdict, responsibility on Libya, they say, for any involvement of the bombing will be strenuously denied. Earlier today, state-run television reported the verdict from the Netherlands without, but did note later that the convicted man, Megrahi, could appeal. Libyan government focus, meanwhile, has shifted to calls for an immediate lifting of economic sanctions. Libyan expectation that Tripoli's standing with the West will not be harmed, despite the verdict, was underlined by a senior foreign ministry official here who said, a short time ago, that the trial has ended and Lockerbie belongs to the past. Brent Sadler, CNN, reporting live from Tripoli.</s>ALLEN: Brent, thank you.
Pan Am 103 Bombing Verdict: Libyan Government Denies Involvement, Will Honor Outcome