Falkland Islands

Britain to start clearing mines on Falklands

Britain will start next year to clear land mines left by Argentina on the Falkland Islands, a British ambassador said Friday at a U.N. conference on the treaty banning the weapons. Ambassador John Duncan said Britain has...

Govt commits to demining Falklands (AFP)

AFP/File – Tourists strolling in Stanley, Falkland Islands. Britain has committed to demining the Falkland Islands … GENEVA (AFP) – Britain has committed to demining the Falkland Islands after coming under pressure from other...

UK to delay de-mining of Falkland Islands

The British government said Tuesday it would miss an international deadline to de-mine the Falkland Islands and was seeking a 10-year extension. Britain and other signatories to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty are committed to...

HMS Iron Duke faces icebergs in the Antarctic

25-Nov-2008

A Military Operations news article HMS Iron Duke, accompanied by RFA Black Rover, has successfully navigated large icebergs in the Antarctic Convergence Zone to make a safe passage from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia....

UK misses Falklands mine deadline

Britain will not clear the Falklands of landmines by next year despite signing an international treaty to do so. The Foreign Office said the remoteness of the Falklands and its varied terrain made the clearance very difficult....

Exhibit reveals Darwin as reluctant evolutionary

DENIS FINNIN/AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY The "Darwin" exhibit, on display in London, features a vast array of specimens, including his two rare mockingbirds from the Galapagos Islands. Europe Bureau LONDON–Wandering...

2 YORKS: from Afghanistan to the Falklands

20-Nov-2008

After a busy year which started in Afghanistan, 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) [2 YORKS] have just returned to their base in Blackpool from a six-week deployment to the Falkland Islands.

Former Falkland Islands Governor Richard Ralph fined for insider trading

Patrick Hosking and Miles Costello A former British ambassador and governor to the Falkland Islands who confessed to insider dealing has been spared a criminal prosecution. Richard Ralph, the former ambassador to Romania and...

Brown sees redemption in Scotland

By OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT with agency inputs London Nov. 7: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday called the Labour party’s victory in Glenrothes byelection as a vote of confidence in his handling of the credit...

New Falklands constitution agreed

Argentina disputes the islands' status as a British overseas territory A new constitution for the Falklands has been agreed which the UK government says will "enhance local democracy" for the south Atlantic islands' residents....