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Stories for December 6th 2003

  • Saturday, December 6th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    OT Consultive Coucil in London

    Bill Rammell MP, Overseas Territories Minister, is hosting the fifth Overseas Territories Consultative Council (OTCC) starting on 8 December at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The event will be attended by Chief Ministers (and equivalents) of Britain's Overseas Territories.

  • Saturday, December 6th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    RN vessels with nuclear weapons in Falklands conflict

    British surface warships during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with Argentina carried nuclear depth charges but the weapons never entered territorial waters of any Latinamerican country and a decision not to use the weapons was made before the ships left for the Falkland Islands, confirmed this Friday the British Ministry of Defence.

  • Saturday, December 6th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    Argentina eliminates all antipersonnel mines.

    In a symbolic ceremony Argentina this week destroyed the last twenty antipersonnel mines of its inventory, thus complying with the terms of the 1997 Ottawa Convention for the elimination of all of these deadly explosives by January 2004.