Falkland Islands

• Sunday, March 3rd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Colonel H. Jones -- Hero or Hothead?

  A new book about paratroop Colonel H. Jones VC , killed at Goose Green in the 1982 Falklands Conflict, defends him against criticisms of reckless impetuosity and foolhardiness leading to his death at the hands of an Argentine sniper. He was awarded the Commonwealth's highest medal for valour, the Victoria Cross.

• Friday, March 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News:“ Democratic window dressing”

• Thursday, February 28th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  CTF producer arrives March 9th.

  BBC “Calling the Falklands” producer Dee Palmer, will be visiting the Islands for a week in March, collecting material for an “Omnibus” program to be broadcasted during the first week of April in coincidence with the twentieth anniversary

• Thursday, February 28th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  SAMA praises Falklands Government.

  Falklands war veterans have expressed disappointment with what they call Government ministers' neglect of the 20th anniversary while praising the Falklands Government for their unstinting support and the Islanders' for their hospitality and welcoming attitude.

• Wednesday, February 27th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Richard Ralph in Riga

  In more revelations in the British press about the former Falklands Governor, 55-year-old Richard Ralph, now Ambassador to Romania, he is alleged to have had an affair in a previous post as Ambassador to Latvia as well as in the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, February 27th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Veterans Sue British Government.

  A vital court case in which Falklands and other war veterans are suing the British Government over battle stress begins in the High Court in London on Monday (March 4th) and is expected to last about six months. It will have far-reaching consequences whichever side wins.

• Wednesday, February 27th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News from South America.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  South America: Breaking News.

• Monday, February 25th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  No surrender!: Falklander Graham Bound on the dangerous and comic ways in which islanders resisted.

  For the people of the Falklands, occupation was at best demeaning, at worst terrifying. Islanders were under the heel of a foreign dictatorship, which had so far generally behaved with moderation, but in whose armoury summary arrest, terror and even murder were known weapons.

• Monday, February 25th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Media Falklands War Coverage

  As United Kingdom media coverage of the 20th anniversary of the Falklands War gathers momentum, the Guardian newspaper has published the latest supplement on various aspects of the conflict and how it has affected Argentina and the Falkland Islands since. Twenty pages of articles and pictures depict a somewhat unbalanced and unflattering scenario.