Falkland Islands

• Friday, February 1st 2002 - 20:00 UTC

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• Friday, February 1st 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Foreign jiggers once again at '200-mile' border

  Hundreds of jiggers along with about a dozen large factory vessels are once again operating near the country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in Argentina from where they move into territorial waters to illegally catch squid (Illex argentinus).

• Thursday, January 31st 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands Defence Ministry Chief Dies

  The British Government official who headed the Ministry of Defence during the Falklands War, Sir Frank Cooper, GCB, CMG, has died, aged 79.

• Thursday, January 31st 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  'Negotiations on Gibraltar”. Peter Hain Speech

  FCO Minister of State, Peter Hain, gave a speech on Gibraltar in an adjournment debate in Westminster Hall today.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands fighters hitch a ride.

  The Royal Air Force has introduced a novel way of flying its front-line Tornado fighters to the Falkland Islands. They go as passengers inside the giant C17 Globemaster transport aircraft on lease from the United States.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Astiz Freed: Extradition bid fails

  A former Argentine naval officer, Captain Alfredo Astiz, arrested in December at Sweden's request in connection with the killing of a 17-year-old Swedish student, Dagmar Hagelin in Buenos Aires in 1977, has been released by the Argentine authorities.

• Monday, January 28th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

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• Friday, January 25th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

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• Thursday, January 24th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  New Governor in October.

  Howard Pearce has been appointed Governor, Falkland Islands and Commissioner, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

• Wednesday, January 23rd 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Fishing and South America News.