Stories for March 8th 2001

Thursday, March 8th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Came from Asia

Suspicion has switched from Argentina to Asia as the original source of Britain's foot- and- mouth outbreak, causing wide-scale slaughter of farm animals.
Thursday, March 8th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Rappallini loses licence for 4 months after Falklands flight.

Martin Rappallini, the intrepid pilot who in January became the first Argentine to land an aircraft in Port Stanley since 1982, has been ?grounded' for 4 months on the orders of the Argentine Air Force. 49 year old Rappallini flew his small Piper Aerostar aircraft from the Chilean port of Punta Arenas to the Falklands as he had not received permission from Argentine authorities to fly from Comodoro Rivadavia. He stayed 3 days in the Islands before flying directly back to Comodoro, accompanied by his 2 daughters, 23 year old Maria Eliana and 20 year old Maria Paula.

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Came from Asia