Falkland Islands

• Friday, August 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Straw to meet Bielsa: ?no sovereignty talks'; Loligo going well; Drink driver avoids jail; Servicemen's San Carlos to Stanley yomp raises over £1,000.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar: Breaking News.

  Caruana re-states conditions for dialogue with Spain; Daily Mail knocks US policy; Madrid: “we've regained initiative”; Freedom of the City for Royal Navy; Nude Spanish model “conquers” Gibraltar.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Straw-Bielsa meeting next September.

  British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will be meeting Argentine Foreign Affaire Minister Rafael Bielsa next September in New York during the United Nations General Assembly, reports this Wednesday the Buenos Aires press.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Sir Robin questions Argentina's Falklands' policy.

  British ambassador in Buenos Aires Sir Robin Christopher suggested Argentina has taking distance from the spirit of the Falklands 1999 and 2001 agreements and regretted the next of kin had cancelled the visit to the recently finished Memorial in the Darwin Argentine cemetery.

• Sunday, August 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Heath was ready to give Madrid Gibraltar sovereignty.

  The Daily Telegraph published last week that Edward Heath Conservative government was prepared in 1973 to hand Gibraltar over to the Spanish in a deal with General Franco's regime according to documents revealed under the British 30-year disclosure rule.

• Saturday, August 7th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  First Sea Lord warns about Navy cuts.

  British Commander in Chief of the Fleet allegedly revived the spectre of the Falkland Islands conflict as a direct result of last month's defence cuts and redeployment of units.

• Friday, August 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News update.

  Headlines:
  Next of kin visit cancelled:' political implications' cited; Falklands loses formidable champion; No entry for Castle; Soldiers support hospital; Petrol price increase.

• Thursday, August 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  “Leeds Castle” forced to cancel Punta Arenas visit.

  The Chilean Foreign Affairs Ministry annulled this Wednesday the Punta Arenas visit of British Falklands based patrol vessel HMS Leeds Castle that was scheduled to spend a week in the Chilean port.

• Thursday, August 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Councillors regret Friday's flight's call off

  Falklands Councillors regretted the “circumstances” that compelled the Argentine Families Commission to call off this Friday's private visit to the Darwin cemetery Memorial in Falklands where 237 Argentine combatants of the 1982 South Atlantic conflict are buried.

• Wednesday, August 4th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Next of kin suspend Memorial visit “till further notice”.

  A spokesman for the Families Commission confirmed Tuesday night in Buenos Aires that a visit to the Argentine Cemetery at Darwin scheduled for later this week had been “suspended till further notice”.