Stories for July 25th 2001

Wednesday, July 25th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
1982 Falklands paratrooper's High Court action. Judge rules on newspaper publishing war allegations

Echoes of allegations that British troops shot Argentine prisoners of war after they had surrendered in the 1982 Falklands Conflict have been heard in the British High Court, which has rejected a defamation action against a Spanish newspaper group, Unidad Editorial SA.
Wednesday, July 25th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Antarctic Secretariat: Britain plans “gentle pressure” for Argentina to modernise its Antarctic scie

Following the completion of the annual meeting of the Antarctic Treaty nations in St Petersburg, Russia, the head of the Polar regions Section at the British Foreign Office has been discussing the decision to base the Treaty's secretariat in Buenos Aires

1982 Falklands paratrooper's High Court action. Judge rules on newspaper publishing war allegations