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Stories for August 16th 2001

• Thursday, August 16th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Is. Prepare to export truly organic meat.

  The Falkland Islands have opened an abattoir, built to European Union standards, to allow farmers on the Islands to export meat produced using traditional methods from livestock fed on natural pastures. The steel-framed structure is 6 kilometres from Stanley and will have the capacity to process 1,500 sheep and up to 200 cattle per week.

• Thursday, August 16th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine bases to close.