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	Flag of the Falkland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Flag of the Falkland Islands was adopted on September 29, 1948.
		It is a Blue Ensign with the Union Flag in the canton and the Coat of Arms of the Falkland Islands superimposed.
		The Governor of the Falkland Islands uses a Union Flag defaced with the coat of arms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands (269 words)

	Falkland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The islands are a self-governing and English speaking Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom and are referred to by the islanders and in the United Kingdom as "(The) Falkland Islands".
		The largest company in the islands is the Falkland Islands Company, a publicly quoted company on the London Stock Exchange and responsible for the majority of the economic activity on the islands, though its farms were sold in 1991 to the Falkland Islands Government.
		The extra-provincial Anglican parish of the Falkland Islands is under the direct jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Falkland_Islands (2639 words)

	FALKLAND ISLANDS - LoveToKnow Article on FALKLAND ISLANDS
		The government barrack is a rather imposing structure in the middle of the town, as is the cathedral church to the east, built of stone and buttressed with brick.
		The Falkland Islands consist entirely, so far as is known, of the older Palaeozoic rocks, Lower Devonian or Upper Silurian, slightly metamorphosed and a good deal crumpled and distorted, in the low grounds clay slate and soft sandstone, and on the ridges hardened sandstone passing into the conspicuous white quartzites.
		The Falkiand Islands are a crown colony, with a governor and executive and legislative councils.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FA/FALKLAND_ISLANDS.htm (2434 words)

	Falkland Islands
		The Falkland Islands red ensign was designed by the late director of the Flag Institute, Dr William Crampton, in spring 1996.
		The Red Ensign defaced with the badge of the Falkland Islands was approved by Her Majesty 16th December 1998 and came into effect on 25th January 1999 (Statutory Instrument 1998 No 3147).
		The present defaced Union Flag flown by the Governor of: the Falkland Islands.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/fk.html (1842 words)

	Flags of the Third British Empire
		The current union flag is a mixture of the Cross of St. George and the Cross of St. Andrew, the English and Scottish flags respectively.
		Wales, being a principality, is not represented on the flag.
		The official flag of Ireland is the Union Flag of Great Britain and Ireland and this flies at Equal height to the Emerald flag and the relevent provincial flag outside all UK government building in Ireland.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/9292/2300/Flags.htm (1610 words)

	Falkland Islands - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Falkland Islands [1] are a group of about 200 sub-antarctic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, off the east coast of southern South America.
		The Falklands are a UK Overseas Territory and are an associated territory of the European Union.
		Falkland Island Tours and Travel (Tel: 21775, fitt@horizon.co.fk) operates a shuttle bus that meets all flights and can take visitors to and from the capital for £13.00 per person (one-way).
	wikitravel.org /en/Falkland_Islands (2590 words)

	Falkland Islands Flag - World Flags 101 - Falklandians Flags
		The flag of the Falkland Islands consists of a dark blue base with a British Union jack in the upper left corner which extends to half the length of the flag.
		The Falkland Islands is an overseas territory of Britain.
		The current Falkland Islands flag was adopted on September 29, 1948.
	www.worldflags101.com /f/falkland-islands-flag.aspx (292 words)

	History of the Falkland Islands Islas Malvinas
		The colony was turned over to Spain two years later and the islands have since been the subject of a territorial dispute, first between Britain and Spain, then between Britain and Argentina.
		The United Kingdom asserted its claim to the islands by establishing a naval garrison there in 1833.
		Argentina invaded the islands on 2 April 1982.
	infotut.com /geography/Falkland-Islands-(Islas-Malvinas) (113 words)

	British shipping companies (F)
		The flag is white with a red cross and a blue rectangle superimposed on the cross.
		The legend of how the flag originated has another slightly different version of the occasion with one of the officers said to have climbed to the masthead, cutting off the tail of his blue coat and attaching it to the centre of the cross.
		Formed 1901 by a merger with the flag being that of one of the parties, Fenwick, Stobbart and Co. Ltd., previously to 1893 being Fenwick and Co., with the flag applying at that point as confirmed by Reed 1891.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb~hff.html (1645 words)

	falkland islands map and map of he falkland islands and information page
		As the British presence in the Falklands was reduced in the late 1970s, the Argentina military saw an opportunity, and subsequently invaded the islands on April 2, 1982.
		Landforms The Falkland Islands, an archipelago comprised of two large islands and several hundred smaller ones, are ringed by a rugged coastline, and for the most part are hilly, rocky and covered with low shrubs and coarse grass.
		Throughout the islands, bike riding and hiking are popular activities, and the two larger islands offer a variety of golf courses from which to choose.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/samerica/fk.htm (1044 words)

	United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The heraldic banner is properly a square flag, but for a flag flying in the wind from a flag pole some increase in length over the depth is admittedly desirable.
		It should thus be noted that the jack flag had existed for over a hundred and fifty years before the jack staff came into being, and its name was related to its size rather than to the position in which it was flown.
		Naval flags were changed in 1908 when the Admiralty decided that the blue in Union Flags and Ensigns should be the same shade of blue as that selected by King Edward VII for the Royal Standard.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/gb.html (2933 words)

	Landmines in the Sand: The Falkland Islands, by Juan Carlos Ruan and Jill E. Macheme (5.2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Landmines in the Sand: The Falkland Islands, by Juan Carlos Ruan and Jill E.
		However, Argentina contests Britain’s rights to the islands and contends that their rights to the islands are defined in the Spanish Papal Grants of 1493 and 1494, which claimed all of South America (except for regions maintained by Portugal) as territory of Spain.
		Argentina also sees the Falkland Islands as a representation of British colonialism, and they state that their proximity to the islands compared to that of Britain warrants control.
	maic.jmu.edu /journal/5.2/focus/falklands.htm (1199 words)

	British overseas territories - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Exceptions were made for Gibraltar, and the Falkland Islands which are both claimed by neighbouring countries.
		Ascension Island (a dependency of Saint Helena) - RAF Ascension Island is used by both the Royal Air Force and the United States Air Force.
		Traditonally, the flags follow the Blue Ensign design, with the Union Flag in the canton, and the territory's coat of arms in the fly.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Crown_Colony (2212 words)

	Ausflag - Newspaper and Magazine Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		However, recognition of the flag was better, but still poor, when respondents to the poll were shown six flags, each of which included a blue background and the Union Jack.
		The NSW flag is a Blue Ensign with the Union Jack in the left-hand corner and the Red Cross of St George on a circular white ground.
		Recognition of the flag was greatest in the 18-24 years group (49 per cent) and the 40-54 years group (44 per cent).
	www.ausflag.com.au /debate/nma/smh951123.html (337 words)

	Falkland Flag - Flag Of Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		If you would like to use this flag of Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this map of Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this information for Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /flags_of_the_world/flag_of_falkland_islands_islas_malvinas.shtml (267 words)

	Falkland Islands Government
		The Islands average annual wool clip is 2,400 tonnes (greasy) with an average fibre diameter of 27 µm.
		As a direct result of the EU licence, some supplies of meat were also sold, for the first time, to visiting cruise liners - with fresh Falkland Islands' lamb appearing on the menus in a number of cruise ship restaurants as they sailed away from Stanley to their next destination.
		Most of the 88 farms in the Falkland Islands are 'free range', employing extensive farming methods over an area of 11,408 km² / 1,140,800 hectares, with a total of 650,000 sheep and 4,600 adult cattle (average farm size 10,000 hectares with 6,400 sheep).
	www.falklands.gov.fk /media/royal-show-2003.htm (780 words)

	Republic of the Fiji Islands Flag - World Flags 101 - Fijian Islands Flags
		The flag of Fiji consists of a light blue base with a British Union jack in the upper left corner which extends to half the length of the flag.
		In the coat-of-arms are three sugar canes, a coconut palm, a dove with an olive branch and a bunch of bananas.
		One reason for the light blue base was to distinguish the Fijian flag from the flags of neighboring British Commonwealth countries.
	www.worldflags101.com /f/fiji-flag.aspx (307 words)

	Blue Ensign - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Blue Ensign is a flag, one of several British ensigns, used by certain organisations or territories associated with the United Kingdom.
		With the Act of Union 1800, Ireland joined the United Kingdom and the St Patrick's Cross was added to the Union Flag of the United Kingdom and, accordingly, to the cantons of the British ensigns from 1 January 1801.
		The jack of the Royal Canadian Navy from its inception until the adoption of the Maple Leaf flag in 1965.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Blue_Ensign (649 words)

	Falkland Islands
		The Falkland Islands are a UK Overseas Territory situated in the South Atlantic, some 350 miles north east of Cape Horn.
		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.
		The role of the British Forces on the Falkland Islands today is to defend the Islands against an attack by an aggressor and to provide any military aid to the civil authorities.
	www.army.mod.uk /aroundtheworld/flk (635 words)

	Falkland Islands Info Portal - History Articles
		Claudette [Anderson] handed me the flag of the Falkland Islands that once flew outside the Councillors' Office and said it could now be used by SAMA to drape over the top table at official functions.
		The Falkland Islands Association is an independent organisation which brings together those who support the continuing freedom of the people of the Falkland Islands.
		Its Constitution states that its objectives are to assist the people of the Falkland Islands to decide their own future for themselves without being subjected to pressure direct or indirect from any quarter.
	www.falklands.info /history/hist82article15.html (6151 words)

	Stanley, Wireless Ridge, Tumbledown, Mount William in Falklands War 1982
		With the surrender of the Argentines around Stanley, and their transfer to the airfield as a POW camp, steps were taken to deal with the forces on West Falkland and far away on Southern Thule.
		Even with their losses during the fighting, the Argentines left behind considerable amounts of war material including artillery and armoured cars, missile and radar systems, and aircraft and helicopters in various states of repair, some of which returned to the UK for evaluation or integration into the Services.
		As for the islands themselves, the British Government was committed to their defence in a policy referred to as "Fortress Falklands".
	www.naval-history.net /F60surrender.htm (892 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Gallery \| Falkland Islands
		Twenty years on, memories of the Falklands war remain seared on the memories of the islanders, the survivors and the families of those killed.
		Royal Marine Commandos raise the union flag on the Falkland Islands on May 22 1982 after British troops established a firm bridgehead.
		Esteban was one of the first Argentine veterans to return to the islands in 1999, under an deal between Argentina and Great Britain allowing Argentine citizens onto the Falklands for the first time since the end of the war.
	www.guardian.co.uk /gall/0,8542,656793,00.html (447 words)

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		We have every country in our database, but if you don't find the flag you are looking for, contact us by e-mail and we will consider adding it to our database.
		We also carry the flags of world organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
		We are also proud to carry an increasing selection of regional and state flags from the United States, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and other countries.
	www.flagsonline.it /asp/south-american-flags.asp (183 words)

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		Risky Business - It's a risk to have a husband, a risk to have a son; A risk to pour your confidences out to anyone; A risk to pick a daisy, for there's sure to be a cop; A risk to go on living, but a greater risk to stop.
		Falkland Islands is off the East Coast of South America; The Standard Time in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) is 4 ours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-4).
		The Falkland Islands operate Summer Time from the the first Sunday in September to the third Sunday in April.
	www.abdicate.net /WTZ/country_details.aspx?letter=F&id=303 (131 words)

	Falkland Islands (British Empire & Commonwealth Land Forces)
		Camp flag of the Falkland Islands Defence Force, captured by Argentina in 1982.
		Falklands War 1982 over British-Argentine claim resulted in establishment of large British garrison.
		Falklands Dependencies: as of 2004 British Overseas Territories administered from the Falkland Islands are:
	www.regiments.org /nations/atlantic/falkland.htm (191 words)

	Liquid Page Design
		C would be assigned to flags that were just satisfactory, but seriously flawed in some way; B to strong attempts with minor flaws; and A to inspired or advanced work.
		Violations of rule 1c leads to horrors such as the flag of the Falkland Islands.
		Many of the states there had a chance to change their flags when they were all busy seceding from each other, and the best they could do was go back to these horrible tricolours.
	www.d.umn.edu /~mado0012/5230/exercises/liquid (940 words)

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		Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 2(3)(b) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995[1] and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
		This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Falkland Islands Colours) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 25th January 1999.
		The Union Flag occupies the upper left quartile of the flag.
	www.mcga.gov.uk /c4mca/lrgtxt/mcga-guidance-regulation/mcga-mgn/mcga-mld-page.htm?textobjid=621105D82FBFE0FB&printout=1 (556 words)

	International Flags of the World
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		Accuracy both in the flag designs and their color specifications are trademarks of Cliptures World Flags.
	www.flagart.com (430 words)

	Falkland Islands (1937-1948)
		The opportunity to replace the bull and ship as the distinctive device on the Public Seal of the Falkland Islands was taken when the circumscription on the Seal was changed after the accession of King Edward VII.
		He replied that he did he did not care to apply for Arms at that time, but would like to change the flag badge.
		Theoretically this should then have become the badge on the flags, but it did not appear in the Admiralty Flag Book until 1937.
	www.fotw.net /flags/fk_1925.html (378 words)

	World Flag Database: Falkland Islands
		In 1999 the Ministry of Defence decided to increase the size of the badges on many British flags and to remove the white discs from blue and red ensigns.
		The older versions, with white discs, are still in official use.
		Flag Drawings © The Flag Institute and Graham Bartram
	www.flags.net /old/FAIS.htm (57 words)

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