Britain Nixes Argentina’s Falklands Claim
Britain reiterated its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and rejected Argentina’s claims in a letter to Secretary-General Kofi Annan circulated Wednesday. The letter from Britain’s U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry was a response to a Jan. 9 letter to Annan from Argentina’s charge d’affaires protesting ”the illegitimate occupation” of the islands. Full Story