Stories for May 2003 , page 12

Thursday, May 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

South Georgia incidents ? Korean ship evacuated.

A Korean fishing trawler operating around South Georgia has struck a rock and the crew has been evacuated, while two other ships are also in trouble, due to extremely bad weather.

Thursday, May 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands in UK media.

Headlines:
Desire Oil narrows pre-tax loss; Carrier is flagship for battle commemoration; Falklands' hero takes centre stage.

Thursday, May 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Swiss sailor wins Around Alone.

Seven and a half months of racing, without counting the preparations Swiss sailor Bernard Stamm has won the final leg and taken an overall win in the Around Alone.