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Stories for 2001

• Sunday, June 3rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Toledo Wins Peru Presidential Vote.

  Alejandro Toledo rose from a poor childhood as a shoeshine boy to become Peru's first freely elected president of native Indian descent on Sunday, defeating controversial ex-president Alan Garcia.

• Sunday, June 3rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Last news from South America.

  Economist Alejandro Toledo won Peru's presidential election on Sunday after a 14-month odyssey in which he narrowly beat his leftist rival Alan Garcia.

• Saturday, June 2nd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Lan Chile Falklands Service: Formal announcement can be expected within the next month.

  BBC World Service Radio reported yesterday (Friday) that discussions between the Falkland Islands Government, Lan Chile and the British military (who administer the Falklands international airport) have reached a detailed stage, and that a formal announcement about a rescheduling of services can be expected within the next four weeks. It has also been confirmed that the Chilean airline is seriously considering doubling its Falklands service to two flights a week.

• Saturday, June 2nd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  British Foreign Office criticized in Falkland Court.

  The Foreign Office in London was alleged to have adopted ?a political approach' when over-ruling a decision by the Director of Fisheries for South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands after he had intended to grant a lucrative long-lining fishing license to a Falklands registered Company, to catch Mero (toothfish), it was stated in Court in Stanley on Friday.

• Friday, June 1st 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Front Page

• Friday, June 1st 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Councillors Opinions on UK General Election.

• Thursday, May 31st 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine architects hope for early Memorial siteing.

  Two Argentine architects who are currently visiting the Falkland Islands with new plans for a permanent Memorial for Argentines killed in the 1982 War, are hopeful that the structure will be in place ?well within the next year and earlier if possible'.

• Thursday, May 31st 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News form South America.

• Thursday, May 31st 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Aerolíneas in the verge of closure

  Aerolíneas Argentinas, the Argentine air flag carrier for decades that was purchased ten years ago by Iberia seems inches away from its final closure.

• Thursday, May 31st 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  FIBS Direct News.