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Stories for 2002

  • Wednesday, November 27th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

    Breaking News

    Headlines: BAS vessels in Montevideo; New British Ambassador in Chile; Richard Gere finally makes it; Record fine for fishing company; Chile picking up; British schools summit; “Clipper Adventurer” rescued;
    “Time for a Magallanes airline”

  • Wednesday, November 27th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

    South America News

    Headlines: More cattle than sheep; Rich and famous; Argentina justifies hikes; The end of the Washington Consensus; Five Chilean Congressmen disbarred; Fisheries a major employer in Chile; Spanish fisheries closely tied to Argentina...

  • Tuesday, November 26th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

    Lavagna in Europe

    Argentine Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna currently in Europe to talk about Argentina's negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, IMF emphatically declared to a French newspaper that “we will not assume commitments we can't honor”.

  • Tuesday, November 26th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

    Adventures as a Falklands travelling teacher

    “Falling of a Horse in the Falkland Islands”, by Eddie Colgate, published by George Mann Publications, Easton, Winchester, Hampshire, SO 21 1ES,
    telephone: 01962 779944. Soft back, 160 pages, with many colour and black and white pictures. ISBN 0954163427. Price £10.

  • Monday, November 25th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

    Gutierrez wins Ecuadorian presidency in a landslide

    Lucio Gutierrez will be Ecuador's next president as the ongoing vote count indicated that his rival, multimillionaire Alvaro Noboa, will be unable to overcome his wide lead.
    With 97.88 percent of the ballots counted, Gutierrez had 54.33 percent of the valid votes to Noboa's 45.67 percent.

  • Monday, November 25th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

    Falklands hero for fire-fighting emergency

    The General commanding the emergency military operation in the United Kingdom to replace fire-fighters on strike is a 1982 Falklands War hero ? Lieutenant General John Kiszely.

  • Monday, November 25th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

    Keppel Island Painting for Falklands

    Falkland Islanders have been presented with a valuable miniature water colour painting of Keppel Island in 1854, donated by the Honourable Alexandra Shackleton.

  • Monday, November 25th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

    “Stunning” Falklands Photographs

    An exhibition of Falkland Islands photographs by the wildlife expert and artist, Ian Strange, and his daughter, Georgina, on view at the London Falklands Government Office has been praised by the new Governor, Mr Howard Pearce.

  • Friday, November 22nd 2002 - 20:00 UTC

    Penguin News Friday Update

    Headlines: EU says abattoir 'licensed to kill' ; FIGAS 'no fly' days reduced for sake of tourist industry ; Loligo season short ; Fees reviewed ; Curriculum proposal.

  • Friday, November 22nd 2002 - 20:00 UTC

    Actualización Penguin News

    Titulares: U. E. otorgó “licencia para faenar” a la planta ; FIGAS reduce los días de “no vuelos” en apoyo al turismo ; Zafra de Loligo más corta ; Ajuste de Tasas ; Propuestas sobre programas de estudio.