Falklands : Internet News Relevant to the Falklands
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 05.01.2009 (Article Archived on 19.01.2009)
We look at how other newspapers and news agencies are reporting about the Falkland Islands.
INTERNET NEWS RELEVANT TO THE FALKLANDS
Compiled by J. Brock (FINN)
We look at how other newspapers and news agencies are reporting about the Falkland Islands.
(1982 Conflict)
THE former captain of the QE2 who took the ship to the Falklands war has died.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4013485.Captain_who_skippered_QE2_in_Falklands_conflict_dies/
(Sovereignty)
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez reiterated her country's claim on Friday to the disputed Falkland Islands on the occasion of the 176th anniversary of Britain's "illegal occupation" of the territory.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/03/content_10596923.htm
(Constitution)
January 1 was an important day for the history of the Falkland Isles, as the new constitution takes effect, providing enhanced local democracy and internal self government for the Islanders.
http://www.farminguk.com/news/Falkland-Islands-New-Constitution-for-sheep-farmers.9683.asp
(People)
She preferred to fly: to the Falkland Islands, where she walked with penguins; to Kenya, where she watched the sunrise from a hot-air balloon; and to Antarctica, where she honeymooned with her second husband.
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081231/NEWS02/312319949/-1/NEWS
(Military Training)
DOZENS of soldiers have flown out to the Falkland Islands for a training exercise.
The first of around 120 infantry soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) left for the South Atlantic at the end of last month.
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Falklands-mission-120-squaddies/article-580971-detail/article.html
Heather Crosby was in Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands when she received a long-distance phone call from Sgt Chris Reed's commanding officer in Helmand province. She is on a university placement in the Falklands with the MV Saint Brandan as part of her degree in Marine Studies and Merchant Shipping.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1104823/Devastating-phone-Falklands-told-girl-fiance-died-Afghanistan.htm
(Science)
British scientists have discovered that green algae could bury CO2 omissions at the bottom of the ocean. A team working on board the Royal Navy’s HMS Endurance off the coast of Antarctica discovered tiny particles of iron are released into the sea as the ice melts.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1104772/Amazing-discovery-green-algae-save-world-global-warming.html
When warned by Whitehall to prepare his tiny Royal Marine detachment for an invasion by the Argentine Army, the governor of the Falklands remarked:
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/04/the-rise-demise-of-an-empire/
(Landmines)
Efforts to begin ridding the Falkland Islands of thousands of deadly landmines left over by Argentine forces 26 years ago are to finally get under way.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/3966735/Landmine-clearance-work-to-begin-in-Falklands-after-quarter-century-wait.html
(Falklands History)
David Owen, James Callaghan's Foreign Secretary, feared that revelations about what he accepted was a "violation of British sovereignty" on Southern Thule would derail talks between the two countries about the future control of the Falklands themselves.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/4014500/National-Archives-How-Britain-covered-up-Argentine-occupation-of-Falklands.html
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