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2016 for Falklands oil
Wednesday, 14 September 2011ROCKHOPPERExploration has unveiled plans for a $2 billion investment in the Falkland Islands. The company said today (Wednesday) it expected to start pumping oil in 2016 from the Sea Lion discovery made in 2010 and production would ramp up to a maximum of around 120,000 barrels of oil per day by 2018. Rockhopper said its reserves, which it estimated at around 350 million barrels of recoverable o...
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Airport for St Helena
Friday, 04 November 2011ST Helena will finally have its airport announced Governor Mark Capes yesterday. In a statement he notes "We are pleased to announce that the Secretary of State's conditions have now been m...
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Another Legislative Assembly Member resigns (updated)
Friday, 04 November 2011MEMBER of Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Camp constituency Bill Luxton, announced his decision to resign today and his resignation has been accepted by H E The Governor. MLA Luxton, who has serve...
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Antarctic journeys planned for Poncet's newest yacht
Wednesday, 21 September 2011ANTARCTIC sailors Jerome Poncet and his son Dion are in the process of preparing their newly purchased yacht the Hans Hansson (left) for a late December chartered journey down South. The 26.5 metre y...
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Argentina demands apology for Chilean Mayor's use of Falklands name
Saturday, 17 September 2011By Lisa Watson: PATAGONIAN radio, Polar, has claimed that Chilean Mayor Hugo HenríquezMatus of Cabode Hornos (Cape Horn see image left) caused outrage in Argentina when he spoke of an intended visit t...
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Argentina not a complete nation says Timerman
Friday, 30 September 2011In a week full of news about Argentina's demands for negotiations over the Falkland Islands, Foreign Minister, Héctor Timerman (left)in an interview with the C5N TV channel in New York late this ...
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Argentine 1982 War veteran dies kayaking to the Falklands
Friday, 30 December 2011ARGENTINE newspapers report that an Argentine veteran of the Falklands War has died this week while attempting to kayak to the Islands. Left: Alejandro Daniel Carranza died while kayaking to the Falk...
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Argentine president threatens Falklands/Chile airlink
Thursday, 22 September 2011ARGENTINE President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's speech at the opening session of the United Nations in New York yesterday threatened the airlink between the Falklands and Chile. She indicat...
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Argentine revelations in book on 1982 War
Wednesday, 05 October 2011JUAN B Yoffre(left)an Argentine journalist, businessman and politician has written a book '1982' on the Falklands conflict, reports Mercopress. In it he reveals how the idea of the military ...
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Argentine threat to airlink act of desperation
Thursday, 22 September 2011IF Argentina goes through with its threat to suspend the Falklands/Chile airlink it will be an, "act of desperation," said Member of Legislative Assembly Jan Cheek (left).
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