Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, August 17th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Leeds Castle rerouted: “good will gesture” towards Argentina.

  The current Argentine administration aggressive Falklands/Malvinas campaign and the subsequent “exchange” of statements with the Foreign Office seem to have definitively involved Chile, according to the Santiago press.

• Monday, August 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  A new site on the Falkland Islands has emerged in the web.

  The creation of Jason Lewis and Alison Inglis
  www.falklands.info offers an extensive pro-active coverage of the Islands plus an invitation to all visitors to participate in the Falklands experience.
  
  Jason has roots going back to the original settlers of the Islands and Alison is a recent newcomer who quickly fell in love with the Islands making them her home.
  
  Impeccable credentials for an authentic peoples' website initiative with the necessary human sensitivity to counterbalance a world overwhelmed by the influx of statistical and strategic facts.

• Saturday, August 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Storm over the South Atlantic

  The following article was published in today's Buenos Aires Herald by Michael Soltys.
  
  Book launch “Argentina-Britain, Bilateral Agreements 1823-2002”

• Friday, August 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Straw to meet Bielsa: ?no sovereignty talks'; Loligo going well; Drink driver avoids jail; Servicemen's San Carlos to Stanley yomp raises over £1,000.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar: Breaking News.

  Caruana re-states conditions for dialogue with Spain; Daily Mail knocks US policy; Madrid: “we've regained initiative”; Freedom of the City for Royal Navy; Nude Spanish model “conquers” Gibraltar.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Straw-Bielsa meeting next September.

  British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will be meeting Argentine Foreign Affaire Minister Rafael Bielsa next September in New York during the United Nations General Assembly, reports this Wednesday the Buenos Aires press.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Sir Robin questions Argentina's Falklands' policy.

  British ambassador in Buenos Aires Sir Robin Christopher suggested Argentina has taking distance from the spirit of the Falklands 1999 and 2001 agreements and regretted the next of kin had cancelled the visit to the recently finished Memorial in the Darwin Argentine cemetery.

• Sunday, August 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Heath was ready to give Madrid Gibraltar sovereignty.

  The Daily Telegraph published last week that Edward Heath Conservative government was prepared in 1973 to hand Gibraltar over to the Spanish in a deal with General Franco's regime according to documents revealed under the British 30-year disclosure rule.

• Saturday, August 7th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  First Sea Lord warns about Navy cuts.

  British Commander in Chief of the Fleet allegedly revived the spectre of the Falkland Islands conflict as a direct result of last month's defence cuts and redeployment of units.

• Friday, August 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News update.

  Headlines:
  Next of kin visit cancelled:' political implications' cited; Falklands loses formidable champion; No entry for Castle; Soldiers support hospital; Petrol price increase.