Abu Agila Masud is the first person charged on US soil in connection with the 1988 airline attack.
A man accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, 34 years ago was told he would not face the death penalty as he appeared in a US court.
At Monday's hearing, the judge elected to delay the formal reading of charges until after Mr Masud secures legal representation for his trial. He did not enter any plea. Wearing a teal prison jumpsuit, he lightly limped into court with a medical mask covering his white beard. Some of the families of the victims were in court - they told the BBC beforehand they were nervous. They sat silently as the hearing got under way.
A number of observers have voiced concerns that the confession may have been coerced in the chaotic months following the regime's fall, when Libya did not have a fully functioning legal system. It remain unclear how Mr Masud came to be in US custody. In late November, it was reported that he had been kidnapped by armed militia members in Tripoli.
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