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Argentina 'borrowed UK money to fund Falklands invasion'

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez

Argentina borrowed money from the UK for some of the equipment it used during the invasion of the Falklands, according to a debt forgiveness group.

Argentina livid as MPs head to Falklands

Falklands dispute escalates: Argentina goes to the UN

Confusion as Argentina demands more flights to Falklands

Clegg rejects Argentine 'baseless insinuations' over Falklands

The clash comes amid growing diplomatic tensions between Britain and Argentina as the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War approaches.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has denied claims by the Argentinean government that Britain has sent a nuclear submarine to the South Atlantic.

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Analysis: The Falklands political football

Thirty years later, Argentine-UK relations over the Falklands are distinctly frosty

Those losing sleep over the possibility of another conflict over the Falkland Islands should rest easy. The current high level of tensions suits politicians in both London and Buenos Aires.

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Argentina ready for Falklands court battle

The Falkland Islands faces a war of attrition from Argentina

Argentina is set to open a new legal front in its 'war of attrition' against the Falkland Islands.

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politics.co.uk podcast: The Falklands under threat

Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, under threat once again

Tensions are rising between Buenos Aires and London, as the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War looms.

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Podcast #18: Falklands trouble

Three decades after British forces fought a war over them, the future of the Falkland Islands is once again very much in the news. This week we're asking: what price is Britain paying for clinging hold of this small archipelago?

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Confusion as Argentina demands more flights to Falklands

Diplomats were stumped last night after Argentina demanded Britain increase flights to the Falklands from two to three times a week.

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Comment: Britain and Argentina's claims to the Falklands are equally meaningless

Nick Marwick: 'The history of the Falklands Islands is essentially meaningless.'

This is not about historical ownership. This is about pride and hypocrisy.

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Flicker of reconciliation? UK sends condolences to Argentina after crash

A helicopter transports injured people to a medical center after a train crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires.

The UK sent condolences to Argentina last night after a train crash killed 49 people in Buenos Aires.

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Argentina livid as MPs head to Falklands

Prince William and his crew prepare for their first sortie of a six week deployment in the Mount Pleasant Complex, on the Falkland Islands.

The tit-for-tat series of diplomatic escalations over the Falklands continued today, after Buenos Aires reacted angrily to news that British MPs were heading to the islands.

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Sean Penn attacks British 'colonialism' over the Falklands

Actor Sean Penn has branded Britain "ludicrous and archaic" for its continued commitment to the Falklands Islands on a trip to Argentina.

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Comment: Despite the Falklands, Argentina and Britain can still be friends

Patricio Pouchulu: 'The links between Argentina and Britain are still strong'

There is more uniting our two countries than dividing them.

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Comment: Britain and Argentina are as hypocritical as each other

Dr Matthew Ashton: 'When David Cameron talks about the right to national self-determination it sounds rather hollow considering our behaviour throughout the years.'

With an escalating row over the Falklands, let's remember the victims of Britain and Argentina's lack of respect for territory.

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Falklands dispute escalates: Argentina goes to the UN

Crowds outside the presidential house. Argentina's president is enjoying a wave of popularity after having her thyroid gland removed.

Argentina will commit to a major escalation of the rhetoric around the Falklands Islands by complaining to the UN about British 'militarisation' of the area.

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Cameron lashes out at Argentinean 'colonialism' over Falklands

Argentina has a more colonial attitude to the Falklands than the UK, prime minister David Cameron has told the Commons.

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Comment: The thuggery of Argentina's Falklands claim

Ian Dunt: 'The protection of peoples' self-determination to choose their own government is the protection of the weak from the strong.'

We are protecting the people of the Falklands from a foreign government whose claim to the territory is at the intellectual level of a five-year-old child.

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Overnight, the Falklands dispute comes alive

A pebble beach on the Falklands Islands. Ownership of the territory is still a major dispute between Britain and Argentina.

There were intense diplomatic scenes overnight, after a Latin American deal froze a host of British ships from using their national ports in response to the UK's continued ownership of the Falkland Islands.

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Britain threatens force over Falklands

There are concerns about the UK's current ability to defend the islands.

Britain is willing to use force to defend its right to the Falkland Islands no matter how robust the rhetoric from Buenos Aires, Liam Fox said today.

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'Stupid' Cameron blasted over Falklands

Port Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands

David Cameron's comments that Britain will keep the Falkland Islands have been dismissed as "mediocrity bordering on stupidity" by Argentina's president.

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