MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 24th 2017
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Saturday, June 24th 2017 - 12:24 UTC
Falklands demining team have recovered over 3,000 anti-personnel mines and over 150 anti-tank mines.
SINCE their deployment in October 2016 through to June 2017, the BACTEC teams have worked on 47 minefield areas from Fox Bay, Port Howard and Goose Green to the Stanley area. The team will now leave for three months before continuing the current phase.
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Saturday, June 24th 2017 - 01:53 UTC
UN C24 calls for negotiations over Falkland Islands sovereignty between Argentina, UK yet again
President Mauricio Macri's administration Friday renewed Argentina's case before the United Nations' Decolonization Committee in New York to bring the United Kingdom to discuss sovereignty over the Falkland, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and their surrounding maritime spaces.
