Falkland Islands

• Sunday, December 9th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  RAF Chief at Battle Day Ceremony

  On a wintry but sunny morning, the traditional Battle Day Act of Remembrance in London took place at the Cenotaph in Whitehall on the exact anniversary of the day the battle took place in 1914 -- on 8th December. Police halted the traffic as members of the Falkland Islands Association stood in silence as wreaths were laid first by Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire, GCB,DFC,AFC,ADC, Dsc, who led low-level Harrier attacks on the Argentines in the 1982 Conflict and is now head of the RAF as Chief of Air Staff.

• Saturday, December 8th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands “Masters of their own Destiny”. UK must not betray them.

  The Falkland Islands Association has pledged continuing vigilance to prevent any weakening of United Kingdom resistance to Argentina's sovereignty claims.

• Friday, December 7th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  South America News. Update.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Oh No, It's Argentina!

  There is widespread foreboding in Britain that the draw for next year's World Cup in Asia pits the England football team against their old enemy Argentina in their first play-off group in Japan.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Fisheries News

• Monday, December 3rd 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Admiral West pays tribute to “Belgrano”

  During a visit to the seat of the Argentine Navy Fleet in Puerto Belgrano, the Commander of the British Fleet, Admiral Sir Alan West paid tribute to the Argentine officers and sailors killed in the sinking of the cruiser ARA “General Belgrano” in the 1982 Falklands conflict.

• Friday, November 30th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News. Family affair for EXCO.

• Thursday, November 29th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands General survives liver cancer.

  The Commander of the British land forces which liberated Stanley in the 1982 Falklands Conflict, Major General Sir Jeremy Moore, has been describing how a liver transplant saved his life when he was diagnosed as having liver cancer.

• Thursday, November 29th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Could RAF Brize Norton be scrapped?

  Speculation that the Royal Air Force base at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire -- used for the military and civilian flights to the Falkland Islands -- could be scrapped has been played down by the Ministry of Defence in London.

• Thursday, November 29th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  New Zealand Prime Minister visits Argentina.

  During her recent visit to the country, New Zealand's Prime Minister, Helen Clark, spoke with the top Argentine authorities about several issues including fisheries.