Help Your Poor, Forget Falklands, Argentina Tells Britain

Britain should spend more helping its own poor than on defending the Falkland Islands, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said Thursday, responding to a recently announced budget increase aimed at protecting the contested archipelago. Britain's government said last week that it would reinforce its military presence on the Falklands to counter the "very live threat'' posed by Argentina. Fernandez, in a speech honoring soldiers who died in her country's failed...

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