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| | Falkland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The sovereignty of the Falkland Islands has been disputed since their discovery, with France, Spain, Argentina and the United Kingdom all claiming possession after establishing settlements on the islands. | | | Argentina declared independence in 1816 and laid claim to the Islands, which were then uninhabited. | | | Argentina, which had never renounced its claim to the islands, used the newly formed United Nations as an avenue for pursuing its claims, and talks between the British and Argentine foreign missions took place in the 1960s. |
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| | Falklands War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | British diplomacy centred on arguing that the Falkland Islanders were entitled to use the UN principle of self-determination and an apparent willingness to compromise. | | | The Falklands consist of two large and many small islands in the South Atlantic Ocean east of Argentina, whose ownership had long been disputed. | | | After heavy combat, the British eventually prevailed and the islands remained under British control, although as of 2006, Argentina has still not relinquished its claim to the Falkland Islands. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Falkland Islands |
| | Argentina continued to claim the islands; the British government refused to participate in further negotiations, but the two nations resumed diplomatic relations in 1990. | | | In 1816 Argentina overthrew Spanish rule and in 1820 claimed sovereignty of the islands. | | | Negotiations to settle the sovereignty dispute between Argentina and Britain began in the mid-1960s at the United Nations. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761578569/Falkland_Islands.html
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| | Falkland Islands |
| | Vernet's occupation of the Falkland Islands in 1830 | | | The United Kingdom claimed that Spain had left the Falkland Islands in 1811 without reiterating their claim and thereby had sacrificed their claim to the Falkland Islands. | | | The British left Falklands three years later, but reiterated their claim on the islands and they left a plaque behind to mark English sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. |
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| | The Falklands War (1982) / La Guerra de Las Malvinas (1982) |
| | The fact that the islands are 100% populated by English speaking "Kelpers" (about 1800 of them then, and over 2300 today), who preferred to remain under British rule according to the falkland islands government official statements, was never mentioned to us. | | | Afraid that the Americans seized the islands, the British remember the expedition of the 17th century, re-invade the islands, forcefully depose Vernet and send the Argentines back to the mainland albeit without having to fire a shot. | | | These historical ``revisionists'' began to reexamine the 19th century and to catalogue Britain's imperialist encroachments: the british invasions of 1806-1807, Britain's role in the foundation of Uruguay in the late 1820s, its seizure of the Falkland Islands in 1833, the blockades under Rosas... |
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| | Falkland Islands News |
| | IN his activity report to the Falkland Islands Development Board last week, General Manager of the Falkland Islands Development Corporation Julian Morris said there are, "lots of things happening which in the... | | | There was drama at sea on Monday, as the Argentines arrested a Falklands registered ship, the JOHN CHEEK for allegedly operating illegally in their waters. | | | Falklands : Councillors Examine Camp Economics Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network 16.02.2006 Chris Simpkins tells us about... |
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| | Falkland Islands |
| | The country bases its claim to the Falklands (or the 'Malvinas' as they are known in Argentina) on the grounds that it succeeded to rights claimed by Spain in the eighteenth century. | | | This was followed by an invasion of the Falkland Islands themselves on 2 April 1982. | | | The Falkland Islands have been in continuous British occupation since 1833. |
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| | Falklands Network: Falkland Islands wildlife |
| | Read more about the Falkland Islands Government's attempts to silence our work. | | | Attempts to silence Mike Bingham's research into penguin declines included false arrests, fabrication of evidence by the police, death threats, and an order by the Governor to deport Bingham on the grounds that he had criticised the government for not protecting penguins. | | | We have also been the subject of a number of newspaper reports. |
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| | Falkland Islands - Wikitravel |
| | The UK asserted its claim to the islands by establishing a naval garrison there in 1833. | | | Additional information can be found at the Falkland Islands Government site. | | | Surveys have revealed oil deposits within a 200 mile oil exploration zone around the islands, but thus far this resource has not been exploited. |
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| | Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles |
| | Although the British Government had no doubt about British sovereignty of the Falklands, they were concerned by the difficulty of defending the Islands, and by the threat to the Islands' economy from declining world demand for wool and from their isolation without links to the mainland. | | | The Argentine Government has argued that the Falkland Islanders do not enjoy the right of self-determination, on the (false) basis that they replaced an indigenous Argentine population expelled by force. | | | An Argentine-inspired poll, conducted in 1994, revealed that 87 per cent of them would be against any form of discussion with Argentina over sovereignty, under any circumstances. |
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| | WashingtonPost.com: International: Falkland Islands |
| | The small islands off the coast of Argentina are claimed by that country, but administered by the United Kingdom. | | | This document describes the history, government, politics and economy of Falkland Islands. | | | A detailed list of facts and figures for Falkland Islands. |
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http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/worldref/country/falkland.htm
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| | Falkland Islands - A history of the 1982 conflict |
| | This timeline traces the history of the Falkland Islands from their discovery to the events leading up to the conflict in 1982. | | | 1765- John Byron lands on Saunders Island, which lies off West Falkland, and claims sovereignty over the group for Britain. | | | Falkland Islands - A history of the 1982 conflict |
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| | MercoPress: Penguin News |
| | Falkland Islands councillors have attended the Conference when it has been held in Britain, but do not attend those held in Argentina. | | | Spanish speaking Michael Portillo has always been a strong supporter of the rights of Falkland Islanders and it is anticipated that if he attends he will make it clear that Britain continues to support the wishes of Islanders. | | | THE `Blonde Angel of Death’, the notorious former Argentine Navy officer Alfredo Astiz, has been rearrested in connection with alleged human rights abuses during the 1976/1983 military rule in Argentina. |
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| | FALKLAND ISLANDS - LoveToKnow Article on FALKLAND ISLANDS |
| | As they had not been actually colonized by England, the republic of Buefros Aires claimed the group in f82o, and subsequently entered into a dispute with the United States of America concerning the rights to the products of these islands. | | | Sea-birds are abundant, and, probably from the islands having been cornparativelylately peopled, they are singularly tame. | | | In 1867 there were no settlers on the west island, and the government issued a proclamation offering leases of grazing stations on very moderate terms. |
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| | Falkland Islands |
| | Falkland Islands in the CIA World Facts Book. | | | This is provided for in the Merchant Shipping (Falkland Islands Colours) Order, 1998, which came into force on 25 January 1999. | | | Boats and ships registered in the Falkland Islands are entitled to carry a special defaced red ensign. |
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| | Falkland Islands on Encyclopedia.com |
| | The British have long claimed the islands, based on probable discovery by the navigator John Davis in 1592; but they have been claimed and occupied at various times by Spain, France, and Argentina. | | | Islas Malvinas, officially Colony of the Falkland Islands, group of islands (2005 est. | | | War brought Falkland Islands to the fore, left scary reminders. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/F/FalklandI1.asp
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| | Falkland Islands map and information page |
| | The islands are also claimed (but not occupied by) Argentina. | | | Read more about the Falkland Islands, and their history here! | | | A few battles were fought to control the islands, and through it all the British prevailed. |
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| | Penguins and seabirds of the South Atlantic |
| | Our campaign to protect Falklands penguins from over-fishing and oil pollution brought us into conflict with government officials, who attempted to stop our work through bribery, harassment, false arrests, and threats of imprisonment and deportation. | | | This led to an historic court battle in which the Falkland Islands Government were found guilty of human rights abuse in the Supreme Court (Read about our Supreme Court victory). | | | Mike Bingham has also been added to the International Who's Who of Professionals in recognistion of his work to save Falklands penguins. |
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| | Hotels Falkland Islands Hotels Map Tours Picture War History Malvinas Lodging Accommodation Information |
| | Tourist Information is available in Stanley from Travel Agencies and from the Falkland Island Tourist Board Information Office at the Public Jetty. | | | Pebble Island is some 24 miles long and has some of the most important wetland, and consequently wildfowl breeding areas, in the Islands. | | | Other places such as Sea Lion Island, Pebble Island and Saunders Island also have large colonies of penguins. |
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| | Falkland Islands - Atlapedia Online |
| | Argentina pursued the claim more actively and in April 1982 the Argentine forces invaded and occupied the islands. | | | The islands are rocky and hilly with boggy undulating plains. | | | The British also landed troops on East Falkland on May 21 and drove back the Argentine forces. |
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| | Where do you want to go birding in the Falkland Islands today? |
| | Falkland Islands Wildlife - Falkland Islands Government page - | | | The Islands have what is the world's largest breeding population of Black-Browed Albatross, although some of the major colonies are remote and inaccessible.Several species of Petrel nest on offshore islands. | | | A large proportion of these are to be found in the the Falkland Islands which hold the world's largest concentration of Rockhopper Penguins and a quarter of the world population of Gentoo penguins, with three other breeding species (King, Magellanic and Macaroni). |
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| | Overview - Falkland Islands Country Guide - World Travel Guide |
| | Argentina refused to recognise British sovereignty and has maintained a consistent claim to sovereignty ever since. | | | Despite the political inertia, the Falkland Islands has made substantial economic progress in the two decades since the war, and the seabeds surrounding the Islands are thought to contain substantial oil reserves which have yet to be located and exploited. | | | Until the war of 1982, the rainy, windswept Falkland Islands were a lowly, almost forgotten remnant of the old British Empire. |
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| | Falklands home |
| | We had enormous difficulty finding information about the Islands before we came to live here. | | | Most people think immediately of the conflict in 1982 when the Falkland Islands are mentioned. | | | The Falkland Islands are situated in the South Atlantic, about 280 miles north-east of Tierra del Fuego at the tip of South America. |
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| | Ethnologue report for Falkland Islands |
| | Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Falkland Islands | | | The number of languages listed for Falkland Islands is 1. | | | This web edition of the Ethnologue contains all the content of the print edition and may be cited as: |
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| | Falkland Islands |
| | Stanley is the largest town and 'capital' of the Falkland Islands, with a population of about 2,050 people. | | | What we found was a group of fiercely British people, proud of their Islands and a suprisingly healthy economy thanks to some savvy fishing licences for squid around the islands. | | | The Falkland Islands comprise over 200 islands and with the two largest being East Falklands and West Falklands Island. |
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| | Falkland Islands Tourism |
| | These discoveries in the context of the isolation of the islands in which they were found prompted thoughts in Darwin, which were ultimately to find shape in his iconoclastic work, Origin of Species. | | | The Falkland Islands were visited by Charles Darwin in the 19th Century and, like the Galapagos, were found by him to contain examples of flora and fauna, not found elsewhere. | | | These fantastic birds breed here from october to april, in numbers unequalled anywhere in the world, rearing their huge downy chicks in some of the wildest spots around the islands. |
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| | Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas - Falklands War 1982 |
| | The reminder live outside in 'the Camp' where there are no roads, although some of the settlements have an airstrip. | | | land, the Falklands is the only major island group in the South Atlantic and lays 300 miles to the east of the Strait of Magellan. | | | Normally uninhabited and actively volcanic, the islands are totally Antarctic in climate. |
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| | Falkland Islands News Sites and Newspapers |
| | News agency specialized in Mercosur and Falkland Islands operating from Montevideo, Uruguay. | | | Comprehensive source of information and news from the Falkland Islands. |
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| | The Falkland Islands Company : |
| | A travel agency facility for visitors to the Islands. | | | The Islands have their own currency which maintains parity with sterling and follows the U.K. pattern of pounds and pence. | | | The Falkland Islands Company owes its origins to a contract signed by Alexander Ross Lafone in 1846 for the right to kill and tame wild cattle in the Southern part of East Falkland. |
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| | Falkland Islands Information Web Portal |
| | We welcome articles from residents and visitors on any subject relating to the Falkland Islands as they are today, and as they are experienced by those who live, work and travel here. | | | September 1st - Significant material on the Falkland Islands'constitutional relationship with the UK added to the section on Government (see Background). | | | Information provided at present in this portal includes current flight schedules, hourly weather updates, public holidays and other useful information, the history of the Falkland Islands, geographical and other background information, recommended reading material, and a links database which contains over 200 websites that are relevant to the Falkland Islands. |
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| | StampTraders.com -- Falkland Islands Stamps Gallery |
| | The highlight of this site includes an extensive study on Falkland Islands' postal history, as well as other related imformation about this area. | | | Stamp images of Falkalnd Islands and all its Dependencies can be found in the Gallery. | | | -->Beside Falkland Islands, we are also very expertise in both Hong Kong and Imperial China's philatelics. |
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| | Falklands War 1982 |
| | "Battle of the Falkland's War" heads the list of recommended British-published books, described as "a very useful and detailed guide to the day-by-day development of the war" | | | in preparation - "Battles of the Falklands War" |
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| | Find Falkland Islands search engines with Search Engine Colossus |
| | Falkland Islands Population - 1900: 2,000 - 1950: 2,000 - 2000: 3,000 - 2005: 3,000 | | | Find Falkland Islands search engines with Search Engine Colossus | | | Handy travel search engine, with travel directory, and friendly travel forums... |
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| | Falkland Islands |
| | 1763 French name the islands the Îles Malouines. | | | 1592 First confirmed sighting of the islands by | | | 21 Jul 1908 - 3 Mar 1962 South Shetland Islands, South Orkney Islands and |
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| | Falkland Islands : Weather Underground |
| | Falkland Islands — (Click on a column heading to sort this information) | | | Find the Weather for any City, State or ZIP Code, or Airport Code or Country |
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| | Falkland Islands Travel Information Lonely Planet Destination Guide |
| | You should verify critical information (like visas, health and safety, customs and transportation) with the relevant authorities before you travel. | | | Though next door to South America and Antarctica, the Falklands are British through and through, with peat fires burning in every hearth and teatimes to set your clock by. | | | West Falkland's small communities are worth a visit and individual farms are often welcoming to strangers, but its real attractions are wildlife watching... |
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http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/south-america/falkland-islands
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| | Home |
| | Copyright © 2004 Falkland Islands Tours and Travel Limited 00 500 21775 |
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| | FALKLAND ISLANDS |
| | One week Pebble and Sea Lion Islands, the Falklands | | | Port Howard for a taste of life in Camp | | | Sea Lion Island for wildlife within walk distance : |
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| | DCP: Falkland Islands |
| | 23.3 km (14.5 miles) NE of Wreck Island, Falkland Is. | | | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) NNE of Grand Jason (Island), Jason Islands, Falkland Is. | | | 6.0 km (3.7 miles) SSE of Fox Bay East Settlement, West Falkland Is., Falkland Is. |
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| | Horizon - the Falkland Islands' ISP |
| | Falklands image in the Horizon logo courtesy of NASA and the MODIS program. | | | Tired of Spam click and fill in the online form to subscribe to the Horizon spam filter. |
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