The July 1999 agreement between Britain and Argentina was included in five of the seven motion for adjournment speeches given by Falklands councillors at Fridays Legislative council meeting, the last one before the general election.
As the focus switches to punishing the terrorists responsible for the horrific hi-jack attacks on New York and the Pentagon in Washington, the massive United Kingdom debate on what to do next involves senior military officers who played a decisive role in the 1982 Falklands conflict. Those still in the armed forces are engaged at the highest level in planning counter-terrorist action.
The success of an exhibition commemorating the Antarctic explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton , at his old school, Dulwich College in London, has resulted in a valuable donation of £10,300 (15,000 dollars) to the Shackleton Scholarship Fund in memory of Shackleton and his son, Lord Shackleton.