Falkland Islands

• Thursday, May 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Swiss sailor wins Around Alone.

  Seven and a half months of racing, without counting the preparations Swiss sailor Bernard Stamm has won the final leg and taken an overall win in the Around Alone.

• Wednesday, April 30th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  Headlines:
  Santiago, second best; Respiratory diseases in Punta Arenas; Crime “boom” in Chile; Sea sciences congress in Magallanes; Sharks in Rio beaches.

• Tuesday, April 29th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Government of South Georgia Increase toothfish catch quota.

  Eighteen vessels, an increase of three, have been licenced this season by the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) to catch Toothfish in the waters surrounding the two Islands.

• Tuesday, April 29th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  FIG donates £ 3,000 for drinking water in Bangladesh.

  The Falkland Islands government made a donation of £3,000 to the charity Wateraid that works for the improvement of contaminated drinking water sources and poor sanitation levels in poor countries. The donation is specifically for Bangladesh one of the world's most crowded countries.

• Monday, April 28th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Destruction of antipersonnel mines in Punta Arenas

  The Chilean Fifth Army Division seated in Punta Arenas, last week destroyed a batch of 2,680 antipersonnel mines stored in powder magazines and in the coming days expects to complete the elimination of 71,000 of these lethal explosives.

• Monday, April 28th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  South Atlantic war game on Internet

  The 1982 South Atlantic War between Argentina and Britain can now be fought all over again ? albeit as a war game called Operation Flashpoint ? Malvinas Campaign - on Internet.

• Monday, April 28th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Unique shipwreck preserved in Print.

  As the famous American emigrant ship Charles Cooper finally falls apart in the Falklands Islands nearly 150 years since she first set sail, the story of this splendid vessel will not be forgotten, thanks to a timely book giving the first comprehensive account of her history ? her construction, travels and ultimate fate. She is now preserved in full splendour in print and in photographs, illustrating her years gracefully sailing the world's oceans and as a decaying but useful hulk in Stanley Harbour.

• Friday, April 25th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Aerolineas Argentinas Malvinas' flight application rejected

  Plans by Aerolineas Argentinas to operate a twice weekly air service to the Falklands have been rejected by the Department of Transport in Britain. An application was made by the airline on 2 April, to open an air link between Buenos Aires, Rio Gallegos and the Islands. Had permission been granted the airline proposed to begin the service as early as next month.

• Friday, April 25th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines: Custody for indecent offender; Action against SARS; Her Majesty's 77th birthday; Sudden death at MPA; Argentine election Sunday; Progress on second flight.

• Wednesday, April 23rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Madrid-Gibraltar flights plan

  Mayor of Spanish city Algeciras Patricio Gonzalez issued a statement in which he claimed that an aviation agreement between Britain and Spain for three daily flights between Madrid and Gibraltar is about to be finalised.