Falkland Islands

• Monday, November 4th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  Headlines: Lan Chile again in the spotlight; UK support for Argentina; Argentina beating pessimism;
  New cruise vessel for Punta Arenas

• Sunday, November 3rd 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Fisheries News

  Spain seized Moroccan poacher; Satellite tracking systems; Mussel farmers seek EU aid; Octopus farming potential; Good prospects for Pacific tuna; Galicia to fish in Mozambique; Brussels issues another cod warning...

• Friday, November 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Friday Update

  Headlines: JCR hit by tanker; HMG appeal against
  Quark dismissed; Prosecution criticised
  charges withdrawn; New Falklands Minister; Charity boat tours; Happy Birthday
  Royal Falkland
  Islands Police.

• Friday, November 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  After-tax charges affect Evergreen Resources 3Q earnings

  Evergreen Resources Inc. reported a third-quarter loss of $15 million, or a loss of 79 cents per diluted share, compared with net income of $7.1 million or 37 cents per diluted share in the third quarter of 2001.

• Thursday, October 31st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Government punished for favouring foreign fishing boats

  The Foreign Office has been censured by three senior judges for lacking “fairness, candour and openness”.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  New Minister for Latin America and Falkland Islands

  A new Foreign Office Minister has been appointed by the Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, to take over responsibility for Latin American and Falkland Islands issues.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islanders recall invasion trauma

  Brave Falkland Islanders have been re-telling the stories of their resistance to the 1982 Argentine invasion, in the last of a series of programmes called “Falkland Families”, on BBC Radio Four in the United Kingdom.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Sex, Drink, Scandal ? and Duty

  Allegations of promiscuous sex and excessive drinking by servicemen and women in the Falklands Garrison has met with mixed reaction in the United Kingdom with a reminder that whatever happens in off-duty hours, the tri-service force remains at a high state of readiness to deter any military threat, which is its reason for being based there.

• Tuesday, October 29th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News

  Australia on full war against poaching; Conflicting reports about cod; EU must reconsider sardine protectionism; La Coruña prepares for new market; California bans rich squid fisheries; South Brazil shrimp production doubles?

• Tuesday, October 29th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands “Flying Devils”

  The remarkable story of how the rare Falkland Islands bird of prey called the striated caracara survives has been told in a BBC wildlife television programme, with superb photography of these birds and other prolific Falklands species.