Stories for 2000 , page 18

Wednesday, September 6th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands Factor Blamed in Westland Dispute; Heseltine Revelations in Attack on Margaret Thatcher.

A surprise revelation that United States' military help to Britain by General Al Haig in the 1982 Falklands Conflict was a vital factor in the controversial Westland Helicopter crisis four years later has been made by Michael Heseltine. He resigned as Secretary for Defence in 1986 in protest at Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's handling of the Westland dispute, which also threatened to force her resignation.

Wednesday, September 6th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

Revelaciones de Heseltine en ataque directo a Margaret Thatcher.

La inesperada revelación de que la ayuda militar de Estados Unidos a Gran Bretaña durante el conflicto del Atlántico Sur en 1982, orquestada por el entonces Secretario de Estado Gral. Alexander Haig, fue un factor vital en la controversia cuatro años más tarde sobre los helicópteros Westland ha sido expuesta con toda crudeza por Michael Heseltine.

Tuesday, September 5th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

Royal Donation to Falkland Islands Trust. Souvenir Booklet of Royal Visit.

A Falklands plantation has been named “Alexandra Wood” to commemorate Princess Alexandra's first visit to the Islands as Patron of the Falkland Islands Trust (FIT) and the Shackleton Scholarship Fund (SSF).

Monday, September 4th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

Support for Argentine claim.

Monday, September 4th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

Mercosur Summit

Friday, September 1st 2000 - 21:00 UTC

Semanario Penguin News

Friday, September 1st 2000 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News.

Thursday, August 31st 2000 - 21:00 UTC

Regional warning.

Thursday, August 31st 2000 - 21:00 UTC

Regional warning.

Thursday, August 31st 2000 - 21:00 UTC

Archbishop's Falklands Sermon Revelation.

It has been revealed that the controversial sermon of reconciliation and penitence which gave rise to so much criticism of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the late Lord Runcie, after the Falklands Thanksgiving Service in 1982, was not written by him. The author was the present Bishop of London, the Right Reverend Richard Chartres, who is being tipped as a strong contender to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury on the retirement of the present Archbishop, Dr George Carey, expected in two years' time.