Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, March 12th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  British Minister to discuss “peace-keeping” in Afghanistan, with Argentine government?

  The British Secretary of State for Defence, Geoffrey Hoon, is according to an official of the Ministry of Defence, likely to raise the issue of Argentine military involvement in Afghanistan, supporting the ?war against terror'.

• Monday, March 11th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Thatcher's “My Falklands War”

  Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is re-telling what the Times newspaper calls “the riveting inside story of how she took Britain to war to reclaim the Falklands”.

• Monday, March 11th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands “turning point for Britain”

  Coinciding with her articles, the Times praises Margaret Thatcher's handling of the Falklands crisis, declaring that “re-examination of the conflict shows that Baroness Thatcher earned her international reputation through true leadership. She was not lucky. She deserved it”.

• Monday, March 11th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News

• Monday, March 11th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  British Defence Minister talks of Falklands/Argentina “Cooperation”

  Geoffrey Hoon, the British Secretary of State for Defence, on a brief one-day visit to the Falkland Islands, has stressed the importance of ?wider cooperation' between the Islands and Argentina.

• Friday, March 8th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News: Argentine memorial- permission granted.

• Thursday, March 7th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Praise for Falklands from SAMA

  The Falkland Islands have been praised for their help to veterans of the 1982 Conflict by the South Atlantic Medal Association (SAMA).

• Thursday, March 7th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands VC Not Shot by Own Men

  A new book about paratroop Colonel H. Jones VC, rejects a claim that he may have been killed by his own men at Goose Green in the 1982 Falklands War because they were worried he was leading them into a suicide attack.

• 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