Falkland Islands

• Friday, August 22nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  FIBS Breaking News

  Headlines:
  Health; BFBS; Lan Chile; GAP; Ozone; Africa; OED; Comp.

• Thursday, August 21st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Patrol boat finally joins pursuit.
  Frozen squid supply may drop.

  The SA Agulhas finally set sail on Tuesday (19 August) from Marion Island, and was heading at full speed to join the Australian patrol boat, the Southern Supporter, in hot pursuit of the Uruguayan vessel, Viarsa.

• Thursday, August 21st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  12th World Corriedale Congress in Uruguay

  The Corriedale Breeders Society of Uruguay has the pleasure to organize the 12th World Corriedale Congress at the Radisson Victoria Plaza Hotel, Montevideo, Uruguay, in September 2003.

• Tuesday, August 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  South Africa joins in chase for Uruguayan poacher

  South Africa has joined Australia in the hunt for a South American vessel fleeing sub-Antarctic waters with what is believed to be a valuable cargo of illegally-caught Patagonian toothfish, official said yesterday.

• Tuesday, August 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  Headlines:
  LAN Chile couldn't unload the cargo; High winds moved MPA dish; Harbour news.

• Monday, August 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  DAP Airways incorporates 50 seats Dash-7

  Punta Arenas DAP Airways will be receiving on lease at the end of September a 50 seats refurbished De Havilland Dash-7 that will be used this summer for charter flights to Antarctica and possibly other destinations such as the Falklands.

• Monday, August 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Regional News from Pta. Arenas.

  Headlines:
  Marine Biology PhD course in Punta Arenas
  “Ladies exotic adventure”
  Ostrich “delicatessen”.

• Friday, August 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Friday 15th update

  Headlines: Argentine Presidential visit could be helpful believes FCO official; Planned merge for FIG departments?; Bill Rammell to visit; Possible restructure for PWD; Inside Penguin News: Page 2:Twilight row.Page 3:Antarctic flight.Page 5:Weddings.Page 7:'Open' FIG?

• Friday, August 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Antarctic flight collects Kirsty's body

  THE British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Dash-7 aircraft used to retrieve the body of scientist Kirsty Brown from Antarctica, landed safely back in the Islands yesterday afternoon.

• Thursday, August 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Presidential support for Malvinas Monument welcomed by next-of-kin and veterans

  President Nestor Kirchner's decision in support of the construction of a monument in memory of the Argentine dead of the 1982 South Atlantic War at Darwin Cemetery in the Falklands Islands was warmly greeted here by both the Families Commission that groups the next-of-kin of servicemen killed during the conflict and veterans.