Falkland Islands

• Friday, December 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Front Page plus Editorial

  Headlines :
  Nothing to apologise for: Governor Pearce: ?No nuclear weapons entered Falklands or Argentine waters'; Sir Rex Hunt's warning; Passengers left behind; Flight lobby continues; Ship Orion on its own; Students' change to benefit hospital patients; Editorial.

• Thursday, December 11th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  1914 Falklands Battle Remembrance

  The Armed Forces were represented at the annual Falklands Battle Day ceremony in London by Admiral Sir Michael Layard, the senior naval officer who escaped from the transport ship Atlantic Conveyor sunk by an Argentine exocet in the 1982 war. He later became one of the most senior Royal Navy Admirals.

• Thursday, December 11th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Rex Hunt warning about Argentina.

  The former Governor of the Falkland Islands, Sir Rex Hunt, has expressed concern that the Argentine President, Nestor Kirchner, has made it clear that his government will ignore the Falkland Islanders but continue the campaign for sovereignty negotiations with Britain.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Conservation important for both Argentine & Falklands Fishery, says Falklands Fisheries Director

  According to the Falklands Director of Fisheries John Barton, an agreement on the conservation of fish stocks in the South Atlantic which will be beneficial to both Argentine & the Falkland Islands, remains a priority when a meeting of the South Atlantic Fisheries Commission (SAFC) begins in Buenos Aires on Thursday.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  “Discrimination” claims against Lan Chile

  One of Lan Chile's top officials was summoned this Monday to a Santiago court for the company's alleged involvement in a “physical discrimination” case presented by a passenger who last October 26 was impeded from taking a domestic flight to Santiago.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Whale monitoring in South Atlantic

  A group of Brazilian scientists will be satellite monitoring five “Jubarte” whales (humpback or black whales, megaptera novaengliae) in their travel from the coast of Rio do Janeiro to Antarctic waters.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Princess Anne in Gibraltar's tercentenary

  Gibraltar's Government House announced Monday that Princess Anne will be carrying out her first official visit to Gibraltar in the coming spring in coincidence with the 300th anniversary of British Gibraltar.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Cash fund for environment protection in Overseas Territories

  The remote islands of Ascension, St Helena and Tristan da Cunha in the Atlantic, and pristine coral atolls in the Indian Ocean are just some of the unique habitats in the UK's Overseas Territories which stand to benefit from a new £3 million cash fund designed to save precious eco-systems from destruction, it was announced today.

• Tuesday, December 9th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Cable & Wireless reveals US exit.

  Cable and Wireless, the UK-based telecommunications operator, on Monday said it would use bankruptcy laws to exit its ailing US business, selling the US assets to Gores Technology for $125m.

• Tuesday, December 9th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  London Territories talks open on Monday.

  These are mostly structured towards Caribbean policy. This is the first time that Governors have been invited to the OTCC.