MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 2002
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Monday, April 15th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
British Royal Marine returns to Battlefield.
Not surprisingly perhaps, Royal Marine Warrant Officer 2 John Cartledge, shows little emotion as he talks fluently and openly about the 10 hours battle for Mount Harriet, which he experienced nearly 20 years ago. He confirms the view that those Servicemen who stayed on in the Forces after the 1982 War, recovered far more quickly from their ordeal, than those who decided to return to a civilian way of life.
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Sunday, April 14th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez Freed, Returns to Venezuela
Hugo Chavez was freed by his military captors and returned to reclaim the Venezuelan presidency Sunday, in a dramatic restoration of power two days after the military said he had resigned.
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Sunday, April 14th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Beckham accepts Duscher apology
England's soccer captain, David Beckham, has sportingly accepted a belated apology from Argentine player Aldo Duscher who telephoned him personally after facing mass British media criticism, condemning what is widely regarded here as his vicious two-footed tackle which broke a bone in Beckham's foot.
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Saturday, April 13th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
From the hand of God to the Devil's blow.
Argentine British relations - at the popular level at any rate - face heightened tension following a European Cup soccer match between Manchester United and the Spanish club, Deportivo La Coruña played at Old Trafford on Wednesday night in which the skipper of the English soccer squad, David Beckham, was injured in a collision with Argentine born player Aldo Duscher and could be out of the forthcoming World Cup scheduled to open in eight week's time.
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Saturday, April 13th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
UK Monitoring Media Service.
BOOKS: Where generals dared to tread NEW IN PAPERBACK:Financial Times; Apr 13, 2002. By LUDOVIC HUNTER TILNEY
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Saturday, April 13th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Rio Group Summit end in Costa Rica.
The 16th Rio Group Summit ended Friday in Costa Rica with a call for a reduction in defense spending in order to better fight poverty.
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Saturday, April 13th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Carmona sworn in, vows to restore Venezuelan democracy
Vowing to restore Venezuelan democracy, business leader Pedro Carmona was sworn in Friday as the nation's interim president following the ouster of Hugo Chavez.
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Saturday, April 13th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Special stamps will celebrate Queen Mother's life
The life of the Queen Mother will be celebrated with a set of commemorative stamps, Royal Mail has announced.
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Friday, April 12th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
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Friday, April 12th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela's Chavez Resigns Under Military Pressure.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez resigned on Friday after senior military officers insisted the flamboyant ex-paratrooper leave office, blaming him for violence against a huge anti-Chavez protest in which at least 10 people were killed.
