MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 2nd 2002
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Thursday, May 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Sinking of Argentine Navy cruiser ARA General Belgrano recalled
2 May 1982. Ceremonies were held in Argentina today to mark the twentieth anniversary of the sinking of the Argentine Navy's cruiser ARA General Belgrano during the South Atlantic War. The 43-year-old Belgrano was sunk in the South Atlantic at mid afternoon on 2 May 1982 by two torpedoes fired from the Royal Navy nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror, with the loss of 323 lives.
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Thursday, May 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Longliners in Antarctic waters
Australian officials and Greenpeace representatives are particularly concerned about the appearance of longliners in protected Antarctic Treaty waters, at least two of them operating under Uruguayan flag.
