Argentina to Sue British Oil Firms Drilling Near Falklands

Argentina said it would begin legal action Thursday against British energy firms operating near the Falkland Islands, the latest move in a growing war of words over the disputed South Atlantic territory. Last week, British firms Premier Oil Plc and Falkland Oil and Gas said they had made an oil and gas discovery at a well off the south Atlantic islands, the first in a nine-month drilling campaign. Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez called the announcement "almost...

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