Falkland Islands

• 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

• Tuesday, March 5th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands war victims in court

  The court case brought by Falklands and other war veterans against the British Ministry of Defence has begun in London (on March 4th) with accusations that the British Government failed to protect them from the “horrors of war”.

• Monday, March 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Sea Harriers to be replaced

  Sea Harrier jump jet aircraft which played such a vital role in the 1982 Falklands War are to be withdrawn from service.

• Monday, March 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Thriving Falklands.

  Under the headline “Thriving Falklands”, the British newspaper Daily Mail, carries a report by Falklands Government Representative Sukey Cameron declaring: “The Falkland Islands is no longer a dependent colony, but a dynamic overseas territory of the United Kingdom”.

• 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.