Stories for 2002 , page 68

Wednesday, March 6th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

South America News: Air traffic increase.

Wednesday, March 6th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Defence Secretary, Geoffrey Hoon is arriving on Monday

Wednesday, March 6th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

US condemns Brazilian police

The Brazilian police, particularly at state level, commit all sort of atrocities and are the greatest threat to human rights in the country according to the annual United States Congressional report on Human Rights.

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.

Monday, March 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

ENAP's profits increase

Chilean government oil company profits after tax reached 90 million US dollars during 2001, a 15% increase, according to the company's CEO Daniel Fernández.

Monday, March 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands Sea Harriers to be replaced

Sea Harrier jump jet aircraft which played such a vital role in the 1982 Falklands War are to be withdrawn from service.

Monday, March 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Thriving Falklands.

Under the headline “Thriving Falklands”, the British newspaper Daily Mail, carries a report by Falklands Government Representative Sukey Cameron declaring: “The Falkland Islands is no longer a dependent colony, but a dynamic overseas territory of the United Kingdom”.

Monday, March 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

IMF in Buenos Aires

An International Monetary Fund delegation is expected this Tuesday in Buenos Aires to resume talks about un locking aid to Argentina and recovering international credit in the midst of one of the country's worst financial crisis in recent history.

Sunday, March 3rd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Colonel H. Jones -- Hero or Hothead?

A new book about paratroop Colonel H. Jones VC , killed at Goose Green in the 1982 Falklands Conflict, defends him against criticisms of reckless impetuosity and foolhardiness leading to his death at the hands of an Argentine sniper. He was awarded the Commonwealth's highest medal for valour, the Victoria Cross.