falklands

  1. LazyLion

    New Pope Welcome in UK, Despite Falklands Views: Press

    Britain's press on Thursday set aside its bitterness towards Argentina over the Falkland Islands to welcome in Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's first head from the New World. Britain’s newspapers hailed the Vatican's decision to look farther afield for a leader, but The Times and Sun both...
  3. LazyLion

    Argentine Leader Refuses to bow over Falklands

    Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, her approval rating plummeting, has refused to recognize the results of a referendum in which the people of the disputed Falkland Islands voted to remain British. The vote in the sparsely populated South Atlantic archipelago that triggered a war between...
  4. LazyLion

    Falkland Islanders Vote Massively in Favour of Remaining British

    Falkland Islanders on Monday voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a British oversees territory in a referendum designed to send a strong message to Argentina, which earlier derided the poll as illegal. Some 92 percent of the islands' 1,672 eligible voters turned out to deliver a 99.8...
  5. LazyLion

    Falklands to Vote on Last Day of Referendum on Future Status

    Falkland Islanders were to vote Monday on the final day of a two-day referendum designed to make clear their staunch desire to remain British despite Argentina's increasingly bellicose sovereignty claims. In a move instigated by residents themselves, 1,672 eligible voters are being asked...
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