Stories for 2002 , page 63

Friday, March 22nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News: Cultural conversion for Philomel Store-

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Friday, March 22nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Chilean Armada looks to UK

Chilean Navy Commander in Chief Admiral Miguel Angel Vergara said he was willing to discuss with the Royal Navy options for the Trident Program to replace most of the Chilean surface fleet.

Friday, March 22nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Argentina to mark 2 April on April Fool's Day

The argentine government announced that the official April 2 Veterans Day holiday will be moved forward by a day and celebrated on Monday April 1st instead.

Friday, March 22nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Pressure for a quick agreement

United Nations Economic Committee for Latinamerica and the Caribbean, CEPAL, pressed for a quick agreement from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, with Argentina, to help the country overcome three years of crisis that could have threatening consequences in the rest of the continent.

Thursday, March 21st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Hot News from South America.

Thursday, March 21st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

FIBS: 20th Anniversary Plans.

Wednesday, March 20th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands Navy Chief faced dismissal.

More revelations of the conduct of the 1982 Falklands Conflict are contained in a book by the British Secretary of State for Defence at the time, Sir John Nott. He gives his version for the first time of the tensions in the War Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, of his feud with the head of the Royal Navy, of how British agents denied supplies of the feared Exocet missile to Argentina, and how France advised how to counter the missiles.

Wednesday, March 20th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands War photos

The only professional photographer visiting the Falkland Islands at the time of the 1982 invasion, Rafael Wollman, has re-visited Stanley and taken photographs of people he photographed 20 years ago.

Wednesday, March 20th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Media boost for Falklands tourism.

Falkland Islands tourism has had a double boost of positive publicity on the BBC Holiday programme watched by millions of viewers and in the London Times Travel Supplement read by hundreds of thousands.

Wednesday, March 20th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands battle stress evidence.

The Royal Navy surgeon who saved both British and Argentine lives in the Falklands Conflict, Dr Rick Jolly, has told a High Court action brought by veterans in London that many of the 29,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen in the British Task Force were not mentally prepared for battle.