Falkland Islands News

A CHINOOK pilot who spent nearly 20 years at RAF Odiham has called it a "massive privilege" to return as the new station commander.

Falklands : Falklands fire Engine Pull for Charity Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network 21.11.2009 The annual Falkland Islands Fire & Rescue Service Fire Engine Pull will take place on Saturday 28th November2009.

Original letters from Charles Darwin are displayed at the Herbaruim library on March 25, 2009, at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London.

Memories of people involved in salvaging the ship ss Great Britain are to be turned into an animation to help the story reach a new generation.

Biologists say that testing DNA samples proves that wolves that once inhabited the Falkland Islands when Charles Darwin visited them in 1835, must have gotten there from someplace else.

Washington, November 16 : A team of biologists has solved the mystery contemplated by Charles Darwin in 1835 about how a wolf-like species got on the Falkland Islands, determining that it might have come to the islands on icebergs.

It is hard to escape the war in Puerto Argentino. At the city's tiny airport, a gigantic mural commemorates the soldiers from the mainland who lost their lives.

When Charles Darwin visited the Falkland Islands during the voyage of the Beagle in 1835, he saw a wolf-like species, wrote about it in his diaries and correctly commented that it was being hunted in such large numbers that it would soon become extinct.

Falklands : Legislative Assembly Meeting Tuesday, 10 November 2009 Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network 11.11.2009 Photo J. Brock Left to right : Mrs Jan Cheek, Mr Bill Luxton, Mr Gavin Short, Mr Glenn Ross and Mr Roger Edwards Left to right : Miss Emma Edwards, Mr Dick Sawle, And Mrs Sharon Halford LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY MEETING Tuesday, 10 ...

Market Harborough: An historic Japanese sword fetched the top price in a Market Harborough sale.

The 1982 war with Britain for the Falkland Islands - which Argentina still calls Islas Malvinas - left deep wounds that persist decades later.

A HEREDITARY peer whose ancestor gave his name to the Falkland Islands has admitted "exploiting a loophole" in the rules to claim more than 140,000 in expenses from the House of Lords.

November 2, 2009 by J. Brock CHRIS DOYLE'S REPORT By J. Brock Dr Doyle's report was received on Friday, 23 October 2009.

Falklands : The Election Manifesto of Clive Wilkinson Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network 04.11.2009 Clive Wilkinson has thrown his hat in the ring for Thursday's election in the Falklands.

The Election Manifesto of Andrea Clausen November 4, 2009 by Dr Andrea Clausen Dr Andrea Clausen Background Firstly a little background about myself.

Three members of the Armed Forces have been injured while serving in the Falkland Islands, the Ministry of Defence said.

A Darwin called it Canis antarcticus , placing it in the same genus as the domestic dog, wolf and coyote Since then, biologists have also puzzled over the Falklands wolf's ancestry, with suggestions that they were related to domestic dogs, North American coyotes, or South American foxes.

The Human Rights Capacity Building Project for the UK Overseas Territories is proposing a schedule for human rights awareness training in the week beginning 30 November.

A British newspaper says three U.K. soldiers were shot in a live firing exercise on the Falkland Islands off the coast of Argentina.

Three soldiers from a Kent-based battalion are believed to have been seriously injured during a training exercise in the Falkland Islands.