MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 10th 2002
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Thursday, October 10th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands children welcome 1982 veterans
Falklands children born long after the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands will play a major part in welcoming Task Force veterans on their first mass pilgrimage since 1982, from November 7th to 12th . It will be the last and most memorable of the 20th anniversary events which have involved so many veterans and their supporters in the United Kingdom and the Falklands.
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Thursday, October 10th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
EU approves expansion
The European Commission approved this Wednesday a historic report recommending that ten new countries be admitted into the European Union by 2004. Future members who have fulfilled EU political and economic criteria are Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Cyprus and Malta.
