Stories for April 25th 2002

Thursday, April 25th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

More time for Duhalde

More exhausted than convinced Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde announced that the long overnight talks with the provincial governors had resulted in a fourteen points program to be implemented in the next three months.

Thursday, April 25th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

UK must resist Argentine sovereignty claim. Sir Rex Hunt's

The sacrifice of British lives in liberating the Falkland Islands in 1982 and British money and effort since will have been in vain if ever sovereignty is conceded to Argentina, declares former Governor Sir Rex Hunt in his updated book, “My Falkland Days”.

Thursday, April 25th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands hero heads Royal Navy

A hero of the Falklands war, Admiral Sir Alan West, whose frigate HMS Ardent was bombed and sunk by Argentine aircraft, has been appointed to head the Royal Navy as First Sea Lord. He takes over in September from Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh.