Stories for April 1st 2002

Monday, April 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC
No invasion commemorations in the Falklands.

During the early hours of the morning of 2 April 1982, 904 Argentine troops overwhelmed the defending 65 British Royal Marines, and raised the Argentine flag on the Falkland Islands.
Monday, April 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Apathy and Lula lead Brazilian poll

Three presidential hopefuls from the ruling Brazilian coalition for the October election are running a tight race but only one of them could in the second round confront Luiz Igancio Lula da Silva, the opposition candidate from the Socialist Workers Party who is leading in the polls with 25,9%, according to one of the latest polls released and published in the Brazilian media.

No invasion commemorations in the Falklands.