Falkland Islands

• Monday, October 1st 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur Permanent Task Force. Hot News.

  Mercosur Interior and Justice Ministers meeting in Montevideo decided the creation of a Permanent Task Force, (GTP), to coordinate efforts against terrorism and to study initiatives to be included in the Regional Security Strategy.

• Saturday, September 29th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  FIBS Breaking News.

• Friday, September 28th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News

• Friday, September 28th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Commonwealth defers leaders' meeting.

  The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting due to start in the Australian city of Brisbane next Friday has been cancelled because key leaders cannot attend.

• Thursday, September 27th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Baroness Thatcher Declines Falklands Visit.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Hot News. Punta Arenas air station ready for December.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Settling in the Falklands

  Good publicity about settling in the Falklands has appeared in an English newspaper, the Sussex Argus, which interviewed a couple who emigrated ten years ago.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Success of Falklands Farmer's Wife

  A former BBC radio producer who emigrated to the Falkland Islands in the 1970s and became an expert on wool and wool dyeing, as well as a successful writer, is launching her latest initiative by exhibiting a new range of wool in 26 shades at October's prestigious Harrogate Fashion and Embroidery Show in Yorkshire. The show is expected to attract up to 40,000 consumers interested in textile arts.

• Tuesday, September 25th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Commonwealth meeting in doubt.

  The meeting next October of the Commonwealth Heads of Government to be held in Brisbane Australia, could be postponed because of the delicate international situation in the aftermath of the US terrorist bombings.

• Tuesday, September 25th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  No Change in Councillors Stance on 1999 Agreement.

  The July 1999 agreement between Britain and Argentina was included in five of the seven motion for adjournment speeches given by Falklands councillors at Fridays Legislative council meeting, the last one before the general election.