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Stories for 2001
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Thursday, June 14th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Liberation Day Speech
ADDRESS BY THE REPRESENTATIVE
AT THE FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT ANNUAL RECEPTION
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Thursday, June 14th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Ezeiza “battle”
Dozens of former and active Aerolineas Argentinas staff members battled riot police in Ezeiza airport last Tuesday and Wednesday in an attempt to prevent Spanish airline Iberia flights from operating.
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Wednesday, June 13th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
New Ministers for Latin America and Falkland Islands.
Two new Foreign Office Ministers have been given responsibility for Latin American and Falkland Islands issues -- Dr Denis MacShane, a former journalist and BBC producer, who replaces John Battle; and Baroness Amos, an academic, who takes over Overseas Territories affairs from Baroness Scotland.
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Wednesday, June 13th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Gurkha soldier remembers terror of Argentines
It has long been a legend of the Falklands War that the Argentines defending Stanley were so terrified of the Gurkhas, Nepalese soldiers fighting for the British, that they ran from their positions before the small but ferocious Gurkhas were able to make contact.
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Wednesday, June 13th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Concern over Falklands veterans suicides.
A recent estimate that as many as 100 veterans of the Falklands War may have committed suicide in the 19 years since 1982, seven of them in the past year alone, has caused concern in Combat Stress, the leading British charity concerned with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Tuesday, June 12th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
UK Government denies Royal Navy is “unfit to fight”
A report that the Royal Navy is so run down it is unfit to fight or mount another Falklands-type Task Force has been strongly denied by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in London. It declares: “ The Royal Navy's operational capability remains highly effective. The Government is committed to strong defence and the continued modernisation of Britain's Armed Forces”.
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Tuesday, June 12th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Prince Andrew Talks of His Dangerous Falklands Experiences.
As the Duke of York leaves the Royal Navy after 22 years service, he has been recounting his war experiences as a naval helicopter pilot in the Falklands Conflict.
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Monday, June 11th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
RAF using Argentine aircraft from Falklands War.
The Royal Air Force is for the first time using the “spoils of war” captured from Argentina in the 1982 Falklands Conflict to provide aircraft and parts in front-line squadrons.
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Monday, June 11th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Breaking News.
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Monday, June 11th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
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