Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, August 14th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Faklands Day

  Many Falkland Island people are today celebrating Falkland Day. The holiday was introduced in 1992, Heritage year to mark the anniversary of the sighting of the Islands in 1592 by John Davis. This holiday replaced peat cutting Monday, which used to be taken on the first Monday in October.

• Monday, August 13th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  News from South America.

• Monday, August 13th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Tristan Da Cunha recovering.

• Friday, August 10th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  PENGUIN NEWS

• Thursday, August 9th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Fire protection needed for Falklands Plant collection.

  Falklands plants collected in recent years could survive for a hundred years if carefully maintained in the correct conditions in the newly created National Herbarium in Stanley. Further funding is needed for fireproof cabinets to provided adequate protection for the plants.

• Wednesday, August 8th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  French-Brazil ambitions stir fears of South America Arms Race.

  Fears of a damaging arms race in South America have been expressed as a result of French ambitions of boosting sales of Dassault Aviation's sophisticated supersonic Mirage combat aircraft, in partnership with Brazil's booming Embraer aircraft manufacturer.

• Tuesday, August 7th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  South America News.

• Monday, August 6th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Discrepancies over battling FAM.

• Sunday, August 5th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  DAP wants to take off again.

  Andrés Pivcevic pioneer in charter flights to the Falkland Islands from Chile is now involved in the creation of a regional air company that will fly to the extreme south and north of the country, according to Punta Arenas press.

• Saturday, August 4th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  “I'll be back” promises Menem.

  “You can be certain I'll be back in 2003 as president of Argentina”, forecasted former president Carlos Menem to British Channel 4.