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Article: Argentine president arrives in Britain for reconciliation visit
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- October 28, 1998
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KRISTIN GAZLAY Associated Press Writer
AP Online
10-28-1998
LONDON (AP) _ In a simple ceremony of reconciliation, Argentine President Carlos Menem today laid a wreath at St. Paul's Cathedral to honor the dead of the 1982 war over the still-disputed Falkland Islands.
Menem, the first Argentine president to visit Britain officially since the war, placed the wreath of blue-and-white flowers before a plaque listing the 255 British soldiers slain in the 74-day conflict.
He made the sign of the cross and stood in silence, head bowed, for a minute. His daughter, Zulema, 28, wept by his side, brushing tears away from under her dark glasses.
Most of the 970 soldiers killed were ...