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Stories for July 6th 2005

• Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Professor Freedman's Official History
  Falkland Islanders' Exploits Played Down

  The vital part played by Falklands Islanders in helping to win the 1982 war against their Argentine invaders sadly receives scant recognition in the recently-published Official History of the Falklands Campaign by Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Professor War Studies at King's College, London.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  FT tops list of world's best newspapers

  The Financial Times topped a list of the world's best newspapers, according to a survey of executives, politicians, university lecturers, journalists and advertising professionals conducted by a Swiss-based consultant.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivia to hold elections

  The Bolivian Senate on Tuesday approved the constitutional reforms OK'd by the lower house, setting the stage for early general elections in December which Bolivians hope will do something to defuse the bitter political conflict that has driven two presidents from office since October 2003.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner: some reporters schizophrenic

  “If I announce public works, they say that I am campaigning and they say that we announce them and don't do them... some friends who engage in journalism must calm down, because that is really schizophrenic,” Kirchner said when announcing a home-building programme in San Juan province.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Leaders fly in for G8 summit

  Prime Minister Tony Blair flew into Edinburgh to be whisked by helicopter to host the G8 summit at Gleneagles.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Crude futures top US$61 a barrel

  Crude oil prices rose, close $61 a barrel in New York, as Tropical Storm Cindy in the Gulf of Mexico disrupted the arrival of shipments to the United States.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  London edged it by four votes

  Four votes were enough to give London a dramatic victory over Paris over the right to host the 2012 Olympics here on Wednesday.
  
  The final count was 54-50 for Paris.