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Stories for March 5th 2002

• Tuesday, March 5th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands war victims in court

  The court case brought by Falklands and other war veterans against the British Ministry of Defence has begun in London (on March 4th) with accusations that the British Government failed to protect them from the “horrors of war”.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Bank threat to quit Argentina

  One of Britain's biggest banks, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), is threatening to withdraw from Argentina after full-year profits were reduced by £714 million pounds (one billion dollars) set aside against loans in the bankrupt South American country.