Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, February 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Kofi Annan appeals to G 24.

  Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General has called on the administering Powers of listed colonies and the UN Committee of 24 to work together in the search for “innovative and practical ways to reinvigorate the decolonisation process and enable us to close this unfinished chapter in history.”

• Wednesday, February 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  “Marco Polo” in Antarctic emergency.

  The luxurious “Marco Polo” with 538 passengers and a crew of 320 had to return urgently to Ushuaia after experiencing three cracks in the hull while sailing in the South Shetland Islands.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  Headlines: Punta Arenas loosing to Ushuaia; Milk scare; Wine exports up; Ushuaia, Calafate and Puerto Madryn; Santiago airport and Lan Chile praises; The most obese in Chile.

• Monday, February 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Regional News from Pta. Arenas.

  Headlines:Improving lamb breeding; Cholera alert in Santiago; Chilean finances in the red; Free trade agreement with Korea; Farmers' week; Joint Antarctic patrolling.

• Sunday, February 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  DAP helicopter operations.

  Punta Arenas based DAP airlines that pioneered flights from Chile to the Falkland Islands in the early nineties have incorporated two helicopters to its regional fleet of aircraft.

• Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  International Fisheries News

  Headlines: Australian armed patrols to combat toothfish poaching; December 2002 inventory figures released; Marine fish farming offers huge economic opportunity; Private sector funds shrimp research; Brazil after Spanish know-how; EUR 40.8 million for Spanish fisheries.

• Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines: Tourism insurance FIDC take advice / Squid conference / FIDC defend project / Dennis home at last - thank you say Middletons / Mental Health new officer / Kays overseas close / Vehicle accident / MP's pay a visit.

• Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Actualización Penguin News

  Titulares: FIDC se asesora por seguros para Turismo / Conferencia sobre calamar / FIDC defiende proyecto / Dennis finalmente en casa - familia Middleton agradece / Nueva encargada de Salud Mental / Kays ultramar cierra / Vehículo accidentado / Diputados de visita.

• Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Fish exports surpass traditional beef sales

  Argentina: In 2002, exports of raw and processed fish and shellfish surpassed beef, both meat products and livestock, which is traditionally the country's staple export commodity.

• Thursday, February 13th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Epic long-distance toothfish swim

  Scientists say that a fish normally found only in South Atlantic waters must have made an epic unprecedented journey of eight-thousand miles (nearly 13-thousand kilometres) when it was caught off the coast of Greenland. The furthest north that a Patagonian toothfish has previously been caught is in the Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay.