Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, September 5th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Army Antarctic Expedition sails for Falklands

  A British Army expedition has set off for the Falkland Islands to launch an expedition to explore the remote Danco coast of Antarctica this coming southern summer.

• Wednesday, September 5th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Royal Navy 60 million dollar drugs bust waging war in Latin American traffickers.

  The Royal Navy has struck another blow against Latin American drugs runners in a dramatic encounter in the Caribbean, seizing a cocaine shipment with an estimated street value of 40-million pounds (nearly 60-million dollars).

• Tuesday, September 4th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Prado Agriculture Show

  Uruguay's main agriculture and camp industries Show begins this Friday in Montevideo and will extend for a week with the participation of over 1,100 animals.

• Tuesday, September 4th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  British Armed Forces Show of Strength.Biggest Armada since Falklands sails for Oman.

  The biggest naval task force since the Falklands War has set sail from Portsmouth to demonstrate Britain's continuing capability to mount a huge military campaign of this kind, deploying a formidable armada of warships, strike aircraft , thousands of troops, and a vast array of weaponry.

• Monday, September 3rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News from South America.

• Monday, September 3rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  British Armed Forces shrink.

  The number of soldiers in the British Army has fallen steeply from 167,000 at the time of the 1982 Falklands Conflict to only about 100,000 now, according to the latest manpower statistics released by the Ministry of Defence in London.

• Friday, August 31st 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  DAP fights Lan Chile.

  Aerovías DAP officially requested air fare regulations warning that if nothing is done Lan Chile will consolidate 90% of the Chilean home market particularly punishing residents in extreme areas of the country.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  World's best climbers tackle Shackleton's South Georgia feat.

  Three of the world's most experienced mountain climbers have paid tribute to the incredible achievement of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton in crossing South Georgia's unmapped mountains in 1916 to enable him to rescue all 27 men of his stranded trans-Antarctic expedition.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: FFC approves new ITQ Bill

  The Federal Fisheries Council (FFC) has unanimously approved the Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) Specific Scheme Bill for common hake (Merluccius hubbsi).