Argentina accuses Cameron of 'irate' reaction in Falklands row

Heated exchange at Brussels dinner as Argentina's foreign minister raises colonialism at the table

Falklands
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Argentina has accused Prime Minister David Cameron of bad manners after a row over the Falkland Islands broke out at a European Union summit.

Cameron reportedly stepped in to defend Britain's claim on the islands after Argentina's foreign minister Hector Timerman urged the EU to support his country's fight against the "colonialist" British.

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