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Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:23 PM

Falkland Islands

Type: Country
Name: Falkland Islands
population: 2,661
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
IN PICTURES: HMS Gloucester in the South Atlantic
Sailors on board HMS Gloucester were given the royal seal of approval by curious wildlife as they approached South Georgia as part of their ongoing mission.The Portsmouth-based Type 42 destroyer sailed past wary groups of King penguins and sleepy elephant ... [Ministry of Defence - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents
Indian Navy vessel on solo circumnavigation of world reaches New Zealand
Christchurch (New Zealand), Nov 21 : Mhadei, the Indian Naval Sailing Vessel, with Commander Dilip Dhonde at the helm entered Lyttelton Port of Christchurch on Saturday after covering about 9000 Nautical miles of his voyage.A large crowd from the local ... [Topnews.in - 8 hours ago]
First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 Documents
Wolves rode icebergs to travel to Falkland Islands, say biologists
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.When Charles Darwin ... [NewKerala.com - 19 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Energy)
Falklands drilling program to test new play types, deeper objectives
November 1,2009 --One of the “final” exploration frontiers falls under the spotlight next February when drilling resumes off the Falkland Islands. The semisubmersible Ocean Guardian will spud the first series of wells in these waters since t....... ... [Offshore oil and gas - 11/19/2009]
Entities: Falkland Islands
First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents
Setting the record straight
Is it possible to avoid claims in a construction contract? In reality, no. However, there may be a contract whereby the contractor does not make any claims and so such a contract can be finalised without any claims. Claims can originate from many different ... [Arabian Business - 11/14/2009]
First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
New DNA data solves the mystery of Falklands wolf that puzzled Darwin
While visiting the rugged Falkland Islands in the 1830s, Charles Darwin puzzled over a local wolf that was the only endemic land-dwelling mammal and looked little like other canids on the mainland. By 1876, the Falklands wolf ( Dusicyon australis ) ... [Scientific American - Observations - 11/14/2009]
First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 1 Documents
International visitors buoy US tourism industry
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Utah — Human voices echo among the spectacular salmon-colored hoodoos of Bryce Canyon, and they aren’t American. They are the few and the shrewd international travelers who have braved the worldwide recession to come and see ... [GlobalPost - 11/15/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents
Researchers Finally Solve Charles Darwin's Mystery
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 extin ... [US News - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents
MINE BAN TREATY
To mark the tenth anniversary of the highly successful Mine Ban Treaty, arms control experts are calling on President Obama to get in line with key U.S. allies and the international community by bringing the United States into the agreement. (Continu ... [Arms Control Association - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 10/31/2009 - Updated 11/01/2009 - 6 Documents
Three soldiers injured during shooting exercise in Falklands
Three soldiers have been injured during a shooting incident on the Falkland Islands.The men are understood to be from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion of The Royal Regiment of Scotland.A military police probe is now underway after ... [Stv.tv - 11/01/2009]
First Reported 10/31/2009 - Updated 11/01/2009 - 3 Documents
Three UK soldiers injured in Falklands
CommentPORT STANLEY, Falkland Islands , Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Britain's Royal Military Police say they have been called in to investigate the wounding of three soldiers on a firing range in the Falkland Islands.One of the soldiers was injured seriously enough ... [UPI - 11/01/2009]
First Reported 11/07/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)
Sweeping changes in Falkland Islands general election
The Falkland Islands electorate wanted change, and effectively returned eight new names for the Legislative Assembly on Thursday’s General Election.Dick Sawle received an impressive 770 votes Zoom ImageNot one of the previous Legislative Assembly members ... [Merco Press - 11/07/2009]

Quotes

"There is a possibility that a pack of wolf-like animals could be marooned on an iceberg that would eventually land at the shores of the Falkland Islands, then live off the sea birds and marine mammals there and give rise to a new population that over time would turn into a dramatically different species" he added
Wolves rode icebergs to travel to Falkland Islands, say biologists [NewKerala.com - 19 hours ago]
La representación diplomática señaló en un comunicado que la CNDA "ha distribuido un mapamundi de National Geographic en el que las Islas Malvinas figuran con un color diferente al de la República Argentina, con la denominación 'Falkland Islands' y como pretendidamente pertenecientes al Reino Unido"
Argentina pide a Bolivia retirar el mapa que muestra a Malvinas como británicas [Nuestromar - 11/20/2009]

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Indian Navy vessel on solo circumnavigation of ... [Topnews.in - 8 hours ago]
Wolves rode icebergs to travel to Falkland Isla... [NewKerala.com - 19 hours ago]
Argentina pide a Bolivia retirar el mapa que mu... [Nuestromar - 11/20/2009]
How Ashcroft became the banker to paradise [The Independent - 11/20/2009]
Falklands drilling program to test new play typ... [Offshore oil and gas - 11/19/2009]
IN PICTURES: HMS Gloucester in the South Atlantic [Ministry of Defence - 11/19/2009]
LPC Welcomes Indian Solo Round The World Sailor [Voxy.co.nz - 11/19/2009]
MINE BAN TREATY [Arms Control Association - 11/18/2009]
Cambridge Index rises 3.2% [Cambridge Network - 11/18/2009]
Restart Print to expand into B2 production [Graphic Repro On-line - 11/17/2009]
No goose in terms of wildlife [The Age - 11/17/2009]
Do we really need an Antarctic Patrol Ship? [Defence Management - 11/17/2009]
Researchers Finally Solve Charles Darwin's Mystery [US News - 11/16/2009]
International visitors buoy US tourism industry [GlobalPost - 11/15/2009]
Setting the record straight [Arabian Business - 11/14/2009]
US Marine Corps History [GlobalSecurity.org - 11/12/2009]
Funny, you don't look related [UCLA News - 11/12/2009]
Trainee sailors impressed with new accommodation [Ministry of Defence - 11/12/2009]
Falklands' new Legislative Assembly allocates p... [Merco Press - 11/11/2009]
UK proposal turns south of South Orkney Islands... [Merco Press - 11/11/2009]
Pakistan Navy ship 'Tariq' reaches Omani shore ... [Oman Observer - 11/10/2009]
PNS Tariq to visit Oman on Nov. 10 [Oman Tribune - 11/10/2009]
Cambridge Index rises 2.9% [Cambridge Network - 11/09/2009]
Weird Science ponders the inevitable stupidity ... [ArsTechnica - 11/08/2009]
Successful online marketing for Falkland Island... [Merco Press - 11/08/2009]
Eurofighter Typhoon, the multi-role aircraft hi... [AME Info - 11/08/2009]
Rock unites Argentinians, Brits on Falkland Isl... [Earthtimes.org - 11/08/2009]
Rock unites Argentinians, Brits on Falkland Isl... [Topnews.in - 11/08/2009]
NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 4 November 2009 [SpaceRef - 11/08/2009]
North American Origins for the Falklands Wolf [New York Times - 11/07/2009]
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Charles Darwin, Cristina Kirchner, Gordon Brown, [more]
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Species, Next of Kin, Biologist, [more]
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Falkland (United Kingdom), Port Stanley (Falkland Islands), London, [more]
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Scientists Create Bacteria that Lights Up Aroun... [Treehugger - 11/16/2009]
Photo via ReisendameA stunning 87 countries around the world are still littered with undetonated landmines, and their impact is devastating. Tens of thousands of ...
New DNA data solves the mystery of Falklands wo... [Scientific American - Observations - 11/14/2009]
While visiting the rugged Falkland Islands in the 1830s, Charles Darwin puzzled over a local wolf that was the only endemic land-dwelling mammal and looked little ...
Darwin’s Wolf Mystery Solved [Wired: Wired Science - 11/03/2009]
Genetic analysis of the now-extinct Falkland Islands Wolf has answered a biological riddle that caught the attention of a young Charles Darwin, and helped shape ...
What Happened To The Falkland Islands Wolf? [Scientific Blogging - 11/02/2009]
Charles Darwin described a canid on the Falkland Islands, off the east coast of Argentina, but it has long been extinct.  Darwin called it Canis antarcticus, placing ...
Robert Runcie's 1982 Falklands sermon in full [Ruth Gledhill - Times Online - WBLG - 10/09/2009]
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has been receiving praise and criticism in roughly equal measure from Times readers for his sermon at St Paul's today. When ...
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Audio/Video

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Why do so many people move to the Falkland Isla... [Slate Magazine - 05/09/2009]
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