Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, June 5th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands football fans favour England

  ?It's so sad that some Argentine football players talk of “revenge for the 1982 defeat”, as opposed to wanting to win the game for sporting reasons'. The thoughts of Julie Clarke, proprietor of the popular Globe Tavern bar in Stanley, where around 300 football fans are expected to stand, shoulder to shoulder, at 7-30 on Friday morning to watch the eagerly awaited Argentine ? England clash.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Six Islanders in Manchester Games

  The Falkland Islands will be represented by a team of six competitors in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in Manchester beginning July 25th, until August 4th.

• Monday, June 3rd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  South America Breaking News

  Some Headlines: Radioactive alert in Santiago; Multi purpose vessel for Uruguay; Lagos optimistic; Meat summit in Uruguay; Argentines pessimistic; Less frozen, but still cold

• Sunday, June 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  New York honors Queen Elizabeth

  New York's Empire State Building, the highest skyscraper of the Big Apple, next Tuesday will be illuminated with the royal colors, violet and gold, to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

• Friday, May 31st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Headlines

  Her Majesty the Queen Happy Golden Jubilee; Half Stanley population join Challenge Day 2002;World Cup Beijing; Jack born in BA; Fitzroy Memorial

• Thursday, May 30th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  20th Anniversary of Goose Green Liberation

  ?It is not the beginning but the continuing of the same until the end'.
  The epitaph which is inscribed on the tombstone of Lt. Colonel ?H' Jones VC OBE, 28 May 1982, Age 42. He is buried at the San Carlos cemetery on the Falkland Islands, but the outline of a soldier, formed in whitewashed stones, lies halfway up Darwin Hill, the place where Colonel ?H' died after being hit by an Argentine bullet.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Beckham ready for old enemy

  The England football captain, David Beckham, has been declared fit to play in the World Cup in plenty of time to prepare for the clash with the old enemy, Argentina, on June 7th, which coincides with the 20th anniversary of the final phase of the Falklands War.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina plane crash criticism

  Argentina has been criticised in the British Press for failure to clear up the mystery of a 1947 plane crash in the Andes in which British people were killed.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Rex Hunt reunited with 1982 RAF pilot

  Former Falkland Islands Governor, Sir Rex Hunt, has been re-united for the first time for 20 years with the Royal Air Force Hercules pilot who flew him back to the Islands after the Argentine surrender in 1982.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Jack Peck born in Buenos Aires

  Jack, son of James Peck and Maria Abriani was born in the early hours of Wednesday morning at the Swiss Argentine Maternity hospital in Buenos Aires.