Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, February 15th 2012 - 00:24 UTC

  FIFA warns Argentina football leaders about Falklands’ conflict reference

  

  FIFA has asked Argentina's football leaders to explain reports that their league has been named after a naval ship sunk by British forces during the Falkland Islands conflict 30 years ago.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 21:49 UTC

  Argentina confirms it has accepted UN mediation offer for the Malvinas dispute

  

  The Argentine government confirmed on Tuesday through a letter sent by Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly President, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, that Argentina had accepted the mediation offer in order to find a pacific solution with the United Kingdom over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 20:46 UTC

  C&W Worldwide soars 30% after Vodafone said it was interested in takeover

  

  Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile operator by revenue, is considering a bid for Britain's Cable & Wireless Worldwide, whose fixed-line network could boost bandwidth for its Internet-hungry customers.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 20:39 UTC

  Argentine transport union promises to boycott all English and UK convenience flag vessels

  

  The Argentine Confederation of Transport Workers, CATT announced Monday a boycott against all those “English vessels” that call in any port of the country to protest the UK “militaristic pretensions” in the Malvinas Islands and South Atlantic.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 04:50 UTC

  Don’t cry for Argentina

  

  By Ronald Sanders - The national and regional interests of Commonwealth Caribbean countries would hardly be served by backing Argentina in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 22:25 UTC

  Seven crew members abandon jigger in Falklands, but later decide to return

  

  Seven Vietnamese crewmen who jumped into Stanley Harbour from their Falklands’ licensed fishing vessel in the early hours of Sunday morning were later found safe and well by a local resident.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 21:25 UTC

  The Falklands “a fantastic corner of the world with much trade to be done”

  

  “Far beyond expectations; this is a fantastic corner of the world”, said Dr. Nicolas Negrin, Head of Mission for the Uruguayan delegation describing his impression of the Falkland Islands. The 19 member Uruguayan business delegation spent a week in the Falklands and left on Saturday with impressions considerably different to those they had arrived with.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 21:05 UTC

  Chilean community in Falklands plan to write a letter to President Piñera

  

  After a successful turnout and demonstration last week, the Chilean community in the Falkland Islands will be deciding this week on addressing letters to President Sebastian Piñera and President of the Senate, Guillermo Guiralde to tell them that in the Islands there is also a piece of Chile.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 20:41 UTC

  Falklands: Sean Penn in Argentina, calls for dialogue and an end to colonialism

  

  US actor Sean Penn gave his full support to Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and underlined the conflict must be solved through dialogue. The Hollywood star visited Buenos Aires on Monday as representative of the Haitian people and survivors of the earthquake that bashed the Caribbean nation in 2011.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 20:15 UTC

  Baroness Meryl Thatcher wins Bafta best actress for “The Iron Lady”

  

  Meryl Streep won the best actress at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Bafta, for her performance in The Iron Lady, continuing a triumphant awards season that looks set to carry her all the way to Oscar glory.