Stories for 2002 , page 67

Monday, March 11th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands “turning point for Britain”

Coinciding with her articles, the Times praises Margaret Thatcher's handling of the Falklands crisis, declaring that “re-examination of the conflict shows that Baroness Thatcher earned her international reputation through true leadership. She was not lucky. She deserved it”.

Monday, March 11th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Fisheries News

Monday, March 11th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Amnesty warns IMF

Amnesty International requested the International Monetary Fund, IMF, delegation currently working in Buenos Aires to “ensure that its procedures are coherent with human rights rules”.

Monday, March 11th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Duhalde to meet IMF Director

In a attempt to force the pace of the current Argentina-IMF negotiations, president Eduardo Duhalde announced he has requested meeting IMF Director General, Horst Koheler and the World Bank president, James Wolfensohn.

Monday, March 11th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

British Defence Minister talks of Falklands/Argentina “Cooperation”

Geoffrey Hoon, the British Secretary of State for Defence, on a brief one-day visit to the Falkland Islands, has stressed the importance of ?wider cooperation' between the Islands and Argentina.

Friday, March 8th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News: Argentine memorial- permission granted.

Thursday, March 7th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Praise for Falklands from SAMA

The Falkland Islands have been praised for their help to veterans of the 1982 Conflict by the South Atlantic Medal Association (SAMA).

Thursday, March 7th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands VC Not Shot by Own Men

A new book about paratroop Colonel H. Jones VC, rejects a claim that he may have been killed by his own men at Goose Green in the 1982 Falklands War because they were worried he was leading them into a suicide attack.

Wednesday, March 6th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Chile forecasts strong recovery

Chile's Finance Minister Mr. Nicolás Eyzaguirre anticipated that the country's economy will pick up strongly in the second half of 2002, contrary to what happened in the last quarter of 2001, “the worst in several years”.

Wednesday, March 6th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Strong US support for Duhalde

The number three man in the US State Department, Marc Grossman met this week with Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde to express Washington's support to the current Argentine government.