Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Wayne Rooney: The “new” Pele.

  Forget Diego Maradona - The 18 year old English 'wonder kind' Wayne Rooney is, according to England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, the greatest teenage talent to emerge since Pele.

• Friday, June 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Saluting the heroes of 1982; Chief Justice rejects jailed nurse's appeal; Seismic 3D data ready this month; Councillors in Washington; Patrolling Sigma aground.

• Friday, June 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Rebuke of Argentine Intimidation.

  The Falkland Islands have delivered a strong rebuke to the Argentine Government for what the Falklands London representative, Miss Sukey Cameron, condemned as “blatant and unprincipled intimidation”.

• Friday, June 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' Councillors reject Sovereignty talks.

  Falkland Islands elected Councillors addressing the UN Decolonisation Committee, C 24, emphasized Islanders right to self determination and argued that Argentina's sovereignty negotiations claim means “asking us to change from an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom to a prize colony of Argentina”.

• Wednesday, June 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News.

  An aquaculture feasibility study should be completed in the islands by the end of this year, the Falkland Islands Development Board.

• Wednesday, June 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands and Argentina ready for C-24 Day.

  This Friday in New York two Falkland Islands elected Councillors and the Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister will repeat the annual ritual of addressing the United Nations Decolonisation Committee, C-24.

• Tuesday, June 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar votes Tory for European Parliament.

  Last week as 350 million Europeans participated in elections for the European parliament, for the first time a British overseas territory has voted as part of a UK area.

• Friday, June 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News update

  Headlines: C24: councillors to deliver ?real message' on self-determination; Jailed nurse to appeal sentence; Liberation Monday; Argentine film crew visits.

• Thursday, June 10th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands prepared to face C24.

  Emphasizing the significance of self determination, by as many countries as possible, is the Falkland Islands policy when elected Councillors Mike Summers and Roger Edwards address the United Nations Decolonization Committee, or C 24, in New York next June 18.

• Thursday, June 10th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands air link deal set to irk UK.

  In a move bound to rouse already deteriorating diplomatic relations with the UK, Argentina has given permission for a national airline to begin direct flights to the Falkland Islands.