Falklands : Internet News Relevant to the Falkland Islands (18/04/08)
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 18.04.2008 (Article Archived on 02.05.2008)
Occasionally some of the Island newspapers will be compiling news from the internet relevant to each one. Tristan da Cunha has a compilation on its site at http://www.tristantimes.com.
INTERNET NEWS RELEVANT TO THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
Compiled by J. Brock (FINN)
Occasionally some of the Island newspapers will be compiling news from the internet relevant to each one. Tristan da Cunha has a compilation on its site at http://www.tristantimes.com.
(Argentine Economy)
ATFA ran a full-page color advertisement in the Wall Street Journal identifying Argentina as a growing threat to the U.S. and demanding the country to repay its debts and follow the examples of Latin American countries such as Brazil and Mexico, which are embracing the global economy and working to join the ranks of developed nations.
The ad features Venezuela's dictator Hugo Chavez, former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and current Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner clenching hands and also details how Argentina presents a growing threat to the U.S. and its allies:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/atfa-runs-wall-street-journal,356314.shtml
(Royal British Legion)
MORE than 200 members of the Royal British Legion women's section paid their respect to Britain's war dead with a parade along Blackpool's Promenade last night.The parade culminated in a moving service at Blackpool's war memorial.
The march, which was led by the Poulton band, began in South Shore at 4.30pm.
Dignitaries from the group laid wreaths at the memorial before holding a minute's silence.
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Legion-pay-respects-at-resort.3990280.jp
(Falklands Mention)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office on Thursday, April 17, 2008, during his second trip to the United States as premier. The talks are expected to cover a range of issues from the Iranian nuclear question to international development.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/wm1892.cfm
(Falklands Connection)
For David Cobb, the marine artist, leaving his home in the New Forest is a wrench. This is not surprising, since he has lived in the house, overlooking woodland near Brockenhurst, for 54 years, sharing it with his wife, Jean.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2008/04/15/pretreat115.xml
(Dave Heeley)
The British benevolent association for blind men, “Guide Dogs for the Blind”, announced that Tunisia was selected to host the sixth stage of the “seven splendid marathons”, which is an individual marathon that includes seven stages in seven continents in seven days
http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2008%5C04%5C04-09%5Czalsoz%5C940.htm&dismode=x&ts=09/04/2008%2012:23:47%20%C3%A3
Marathon man Dave Heeley was moved to tears as he completed the third leg of his Seven Magnificent Marathons challenge in Los Angeles.
See also: Big send-off for Blind Dave
The West Bromwich runner, known as Blind Dave, and his sighted running guide Malcolm Carr successfully tackled the 26.2 mile course around the world-famous Rose Bowl stadium last night, completing it in 4hrs 35mins.
http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/04/09/blind-daves-tears-at-end-of-latest-run/
Blind Dave’ Heeley has shown that courage and desire can literally take one pretty far.
As he crossed the finish line of the London Marathon with sighted guide and compatriot Malcolm Carr in 5hrs and 20mins yesterday, the blind runner from West Bromwich in central England completed his extra-ordinary globe-trotting feat of running seven marathons in seven days across seven continents.
http://www.xpress4me.com/sport/international/other_sports/20006886.html
Under the brisk directives of a retired lieutenant-colonel, the support machine was in full swing. A massage table was set up for a pre-race rubdown. An ice bath was waiting to soothe aching limbs when they crossed the finishing line.
From the first marathon in the Falkland Islands, via Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, Sydney, Dubai, Tunis and culminating today at the Flora London Marathon, the routine was the same.
What makes it all the more remarkable is the fact that Mr Heeley, 50, is blind.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/13/nmarathon113.xml
(Argentina)
The top U.S. diplomat for Latin America signaled a thaw in relations with Argentina on Thursday after meeting with President Cristina Fernandez. U.S. relations with Argentina have been tense since U.S. prosecutors in December implicated the president's election campaign in a corruption scandal.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j48e9XrmeC0P128yXv0gzV5LpoXgD8VVESCG0
(Arlette Betts)
up there hurtling around in his concatenation of tin cans and plumbers tubing and we were on a speaker phone in the Falklands, at Arlette Betts' house. ...
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=27648
(British Overseas Territories)
Few relationships were more difficult to manage during the history of the British empire than that between the crown in London and the settlers' government in distant lands. Their interests were often not the same, particular when it came to dealing with third parties - usually foreign governments or indigenous peoples.
Today these difficulties still survive in the government's dealings with the vestiges of empire, in particular with an "overseas territory" like the Falkland Islands, when much of the custom and practice of the imperial era has been lost. Successive British governments have made clear in discussions about the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands that "the wishes of the islanders are paramount", yet imperial practice would suggest that their wishes do not need to be obeyed when lesser matters are at stake.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/richard_gott/2008/04/the_right_to_remember.html
(Maratime)
The final resting places of more than 750 people who lost their lives at sea will be protected by the Ministry of Defence. The MOD has extended additional legal protection to ten shipwrecks under the Protection of Military Remains Act (PMRA) 1986 to ensure the sites are safe from disturbance from divers.
The latest list of shipwrecks to be protected by the Act include the ATLANTIC CONVEYOR, lost during the Falklands campaign of 1982, HMS CURACAO, where 338 men perished in the Atlantic in 1942, and the merchant ship SS STORAA, where 21 crew members lost their lives after enemy action off the coast of Hastings.
http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=24842
(Diego Garcea)
The issue of whether it would actually be viable for the Chagossian people to return to their former island lives
Around 150 people are crammed into the Moses Room of the House of Lords. All seats are taken and it is standing-room only. The occasion (on March 8) is the launch of “Returning Home”, a report on the prospects of resettlement of Chagossian exiles currently living in Mauritius, the Seychelles and the UK to two of the outer islands in the Chagos archipelago, Peros Banhos and Salomon, which lie some 2200 miles east of Madagascar.
http://www.newstatesman.com/200804090005
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