Falkland Islands

• Thursday, February 1st 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  'Baroness Scotland concludes her Antarctic tour'

  Baroness Patricia Scotland, Minister in Tony Blair's British Government sitting in the House of Lords, has indicated that Britain will not be rushed into agreeing that the proposed Antarctic Secretariat be located in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, February 1st 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  FIBS Direct News

• Wednesday, January 31st 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Resigned Minister Welcomed ex-President Menem

  The Cabinet Minister forced to resign, causing a major political row in Britain, Peter Mandelson, played a major part in welcoming former Argentine President Carlos Menem on his visit to the United Kingdom in October 1998 and in the negotiations to boost Anglo-Argentine trade and investment links, on which the two countries signed an agreement.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguayan organic beef for Britain.

  The first ever twenty tons of European certified “organic beef” left from Montevideo for Briatin last Friday. Further shipments to Holland, Italy and United States will follow during February.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Goodbye and Hello to CBFFI.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Emotional return for Argentine ex-soldier.

  In 1982 Silvio Katz was an innocent 19-year-old Argentine conscript who suddenly found himself pitched into a War which he could not understand. He was a member of ?Regimento Tablada' which offered support to other Argentine units in the Falklands as they waited for the British to arrive. Katz ended up at Goose Green but luckily survived a battle, which saw the deaths of 50 of his colleagues. ?We were not told where we were going when we left Buenos Aires and were horrified when we found ourselves in a battle zone totally unprepared for War' said Silvio.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Emotivo retorno para un ex soldado argentino

  En 1982 Silvio Katz era un inocente conscripto argentino que de golpe se vio lanzado a una guerra que no podía entender. Era integrante del “Regimiento Tablada” el cual tenía como tarea ofrecer apoyo a otras unidades argentinas en las Falklands/Malvinas mientras esperaban la llegada de los británicos. Katz terminó en Ganso Verde pero afortunadamente sobrevivió una batalla en la cual vio morir a cincuenta de sus compañeros.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

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• Tuesday, January 30th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

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• Tuesday, January 30th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Defense to appeal Pinochet's house arrest.

  Defense lawyers of former military ruler General Augusto Pinochet will go to Court to try to block an order for his house arrest and indictment on murder and kidnap charges.Judge Juan Guzmán reissued the arrest order this week after it was thrown out earlier in January on a technicality.