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Stories for January 2003

  • Friday, January 3rd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    Fisheries News

    Headlines: Brazil creates new Fisheries Department; Canadian producers launch spawn on kelp brand; Lula unveils sustainable fishery plans; Long-term changes in Chilean fisheries legislation; Fishermen seek assurances on Spanish access to Irish;

  • Thursday, January 2nd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    Falkland Islands Honour

    As well as the MBE awarded to Claudette Anderson in the New Years Honours List for public service in the Falkland Islands, a knighthood goes to Professor Lawrence Freedman, who is writing the official history of the 1982 Falklands War.

  • Wednesday, January 1st 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    Falklands offered to settle Uganda Asians

    In a surprise report, it has been revealed that the Falklands were one of several countries asked by the British Government in 1972 to settle Asian Ugandans expelled by the dictator Idi Amin, and that the Falklands were one of the few to agree to help.

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