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	Falklands Corruption. Falkland Islands Government guilty in Supreme Court for Human Rights Abuse
		The Falkland Islands Government were very hostile towards Bingham’s report, and he was told by Councillor Mike Summers and Chief Executive Andrew Gurr that such a report could be very damaging to the Falklands economy which depended on commercial fishing.
		The Governor assured Bingham that he would not tolerate any harassment by the police or government officials, and promised that if Bingham’s prediction that his property was about to be searched turned out to be true, that he would investigate the matter most thoroughly.
		The Falkland Islands Government had notified the public that Bingham was a convicted burglar, knowing full well that in such a small community this would make him and his family the subject of hate and retaliation.
	www.falklands.net /FalklandsCorruption.shtml (5943 words)

	Governor of the Falkland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nowadays, the Governor of the Falkland Islands is the local representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands.
		1.6 Lieutenant Governor of the Falkland Islands at Anson's Harbour
		Lieutenant Governor of the Falkland Islands at Anson's Harbour
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Governor_of_the_Falkland_Islands (302 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 (2575 words)

	Falklands War - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Falklands War (in Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas, or the Malvinas War) was a conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands between March and June 1982.
		The attack was pre-empted by the 'invasion' of the island of South Georgia (1,390 km east of the Falklands) on March 19, 1982 by a group of patriotic Argentinian civilians posing as scrap metal merchants.
		Falkland Islands Governor Rex Hunt was informed by the British Government of a possible Argentine invasion on the 31 March.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /f/fa/falklands_war.html (5088 words)

	Falkland Islands
		The arms of the Falkland Islands are: 'blue chief with a white ram on a grass compartment over a blue and white wavy base bearing a Tudor style ship'.
		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).
	flagspot.net /flags/fk.html (1374 words)

	The Falklands War (1982) / La Guerra de Las Malvinas (1982)
		The government of the Falkland Islands administers the British dependent territories of South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the Shag and Clerke rocks, lying from 700 to 2,000 miles (1,100 to 3,200 km) to the east and southeast of the Falklands.
		The total population of the islands was estimated at 2100 (in 1991) and 2967 in July 2003.
		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.
	www.yendor.com /vanished/falklands-war.html (3069 words)

	Falkland Islands
		The Falklands Islands Colours Order was issued under powers granted by Act of Parliament, and placed before that body in proper form; it is therefore law.
		During the last edition of the Island Games (2003) held in Guernsey, the teams from the Cayman Islands and the Falkland Islands both flew the British Blue Ensign with the arms within a white circle.
		In the Falkland Islands, the circular picture of a ship and a cow/bull/bullock was the seal from 1846 until 1925.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/fk.html (1842 words)

	Newsletter Online
		FALKLANDS veterans have taken a piece of the North to the South in memory of their comrades who died in the conflict.
		The Queen's stone was chosen on her behalf by the Governor of the Falkland Islands, His Excellency, Mr Donald Lamont, from the gardens of Government House in Port Stanley.
		The Governor of the Falkland Islands, His Excellency, Mr Donald Lamont, who is the brother of Alison Skene, a member of the University Court, pictured with a piece of granite from the University, which he requested and will be part of the Falklands memorial cairn.
	www.abdn.ac.uk /newsletter/issue_16/story12.hti (394 words)

	The Mad-Sheep Falkland Islands Site - History Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Colonial Lands and Emigration Commissioners decided that the Islands could be colonised, following which, at age 28, Richard C Moody was appointed Lt Governor and despatched to the Falkland Islands.
		After Governor Rennie tried to bring order to the islands by establishing laws, with crimes punishable in the Magistrate's Court, more colonists were sought from the home country.
		Governor Moody noted that despite having sighted about a thousand ships passing the islands only thirty had actually called in to port.
	www.mad-sheep.co.uk /falklands/history.htm (2451 words)

	Falkland Islands - A history of the 1982 conflict
		This was the beginning of the Argentine take-over of the Falkland Islands, and was followed by the landing of over 1000 more special troops and marines.
		The garrison of Royal Marines on the Falkland Islands was known as Naval Party 8901.
		At 15:30 that day the two majors were sent for by the Governor of the Falkland Islands, Mr Rex Hunt, who showed them a signal from London.
	www.raf.mod.uk /falklands/inv1.html (2620 words)

	Falklands Network: Falkland Islands wildlife
		The Governor, Chief Executive, Attorney General and members of Executive Council were declared to have acted illegally and immorally in their attempts to silence a marine biologist calling for penguin protection.
		The Supreme Court over-turned Governor Pierce's ruling, declaring it a gross breach of human rights for improper motives, and ordered the Falkland Islands Government to pay all Bingham's costs.
		Investigate the plant species of the Falkland Islands.
	www.falklands.net (576 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Falkland Islands Economic Study of 1982 (which updated an earlier study by Lord Shackleton in 1975) recognised the international conservation importance of the Falklands and recommended the employment of a permanent scientific officer for conservation matters (Oldfield, 1987).
		The Falklands Islands Foundation was a charity registered in the UK which promoted and supported both natural and cultural conservation in the Islands.
		East Falkland is divided into two large land blocks, connected by a narrow land bridge the southern block is dominated by the plain of Lafonia, an area of gentle relief.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/countrysheets/flk.html (1295 words)

	Falkland Islands News Network -
		Encouraged by the success of the Norseman, the Falkland Islands Government sought another similar aircraft and selected the DHC-2 Beaver, which again was a single-engine utility bush type transport aircraft, and which could be operated as land-craft or as a floatplane, purchasing direct from the De Havilland Corporation.
		The second Cessna aircraft was purchased by the Governor of the Falkland Islands, Sir Rex Hunt, and ferried to Port Stanley in January 1982.
		Falkland Oil and Gas and Falkland Gold and Minerals are now separately quoted on Aim, and FIH holds a 18 per cent stake in the oil business and a 14 per cent stake in the gold venture.
	www.falklandnews.com /public/story.cfm?get=3068&source=2 (4176 words)

	Falkland Islands Information Web Portal - Government Mission
		THE PRESENCE OF THE FCO IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
		It is the Governor's responsibility on the one hand to communicate the wishes of Falkland Islanders to the British Government, but on the other hand to act as the voice of the British Government in the Falkland Islands.
		The Governor is assisted in his responsibilities by the First Secretary (a diplomat who deputises as Acting Governor in his absence) and by two other staff members from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
	www.falklands.info /background/fco.html (357 words)

	StampTraders.com -- Falkland Islands Stamps Gallary - Falkland Islands Dependencies
		The main islands are East Falkland, which is 90 miles (145 kilometers) by 55 miles (89 kilometers), and West Falkland, which is 80 miles (129 kilometers) by 45 miles (72 kilometers).
		The Falkland Island coat of arms in a white disk centered on the outer half of the flag.
		The island is home to very large populations of elephant and fur seals, four species of penguin and many species of seabird.
	www.stamptraders.com /falkland-dep/GallaryDEP.html (2123 words)

	Falkland Islands Conservation and Management Zone
		The constitutive documents are the Declaration on the Conservation of Fish Stocks and on Maritime Jurisdiction around the Falkland Islands, 29 October 1986 and Proclamation No. 4 of 1986 of the Governor of the Falkland Islands.
		In December 1990, by a further Proclamation, the zone was extended to the north, east and south of the Falkland Islands (the Falkland Islands Outer Conservation Zone (FOCZ)) to deal with unregulated fishing beyond the 150-mile outer limit of the FICZ.
		The SAFC is composed of delegations from Britain and Argentina with participation of observers from the Falkland Islands as part of the British delegation.
	www.oceanlaw.net /docs/ficz-sum.htm (342 words)

	MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
		The couple first met in the Islands in 2003 at Stanley Airport while waiting for a flight to one of the archipelago's outlying Islands.
		H.E. the Governor will be married in his formal Governor's uniform and be supported by his best man Robert Napier, Chief Executive of the World Wildlife Fund.
		Falklands school children have been given the day off and the wedding service will be relayed on loud speakers outside the Cathedral.
	www.falkland-malvinas.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=4465 (807 words)

	Falkland Islands Government
		Falklands school children have been given the day off and the wedding service will be relayed on loud speakers outside the Cathedral.
		Supreme authority is vested by HM The Queen and exercised by H.E. The Governor on her behalf, with the advice and assistance of an Executive and Legislative Council.
		The Islands are economically self-sufficient in all areas except defence - the cost of which amounts to some 0.5% of the total UK defence budget.
	www.falklands.gov.fk /media/governor-to-wed.htm (562 words)

	The Royal Air Force - History Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Former Governor of the Falkland Islands, Sir Rex Hunt, was today reunited with the RAF Hercules C130 pilot who returned him to the islands following the liberation in June 1982.
		The final leg of the trip from Ascension Island to Stanley was made in a Royal Air Force Hercules C130, flown by Sqn Ldr Harry Burgoyne, later awarded the Air Force Cross for his service during Operation Corporate the Falklands conflict.
		He was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Falkland Islands between 1980 and 1982, Civil Commissioner upon the liberation of the islands and then again as Governor under the new constitution in 1985.
	www.raf.mod.uk /history/falkvets.html (823 words)

	Stanley, Falkland Islands - Psychology Central
		It is located on the isle of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope, south of Stanley Harbour, in one of the wettest parts of the islands.
		It is the world's southernmost administrative centre; however, as the Falklands are not a sovereign state, it is not usually categorised as the world's southernmost capital city— that status is generally given to Wellington, New Zealand.
		Attractions include the Falkland Islands Museum, Government House, built in 1845 and home to the Governor of the Falkland Islands, a golf course, and Christ Church Cathedral.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Port_Stanley (612 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Policy and Legislation The South Sandwich Islands are claimed by the United Kingdom and by Argentina (as Islas del Atlantico Sur) but governed from the Falkland Islands as part of the territory South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (formerly the Falkland Island Dependencies).
		International Activities The South Sandwich Islands were included in the UK ratification of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention) and Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention), as a dependency of the Falkland Islands.
		The islands group forms the only volcanic arc in the Antarctic region and is bounded by a deep sea trench, up to 8,265m deep, on its eastern side.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/countrysheets/sgs.html (1885 words)

	Blesma
		The VIP send off at Gatwick Airport included Baroness Thatcher, Sir Rex Hunt, (Governor of the Falkland Islands in 1982), Major General Julian Thompson (Commander Land Forces in 1982), and the comedian Jim Davidson who is President of the Forces Foundation.
		All ceremonial during the weekend were attended by the Governor and HRH the Duke of York, a veteran of the Falklands War and a member of SAMA82 himself.
		The Falkland Island Defence Force did a splendid and professional job in providing the guard of honour at the 3 War Memorials in Stanley.
	www.blesma.org /cgi/news/fullnews.cgi?newsid1047686400,58565, (1799 words)

	MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
		Commenting on the annual Falklands reception held in London in June attended by former Prime Minister, Baroness Thatcher, and many Falkland Islands supporters, Mr Tatham said it was such a success that it aroused Argentine press criticism as “an Anti-Argentine occasion”.
		Mr Tatham voiced gratitude to the Association’s Chairman in the Falkland Islands, Mr Gerald Cheek, for keeping the Association in touch with events in Stanley and with the concerns of Island members.
		Zoran Zuvic who is a Falkland Islands Defence Force member with ambitions to joining armed forces, took part in the traditional memorial ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall preceding the annual meeting.
	www.mercopress.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=6904 (1596 words)

	Falkland Islands Info Portal - History Articles
		The departure of a Colonial Governor today is a rare enough event, but in many ways this departure was something special; it was a significant finale for a very special Governor of the Falkland Islands, and a departure on a scale never before seen in the Islands.
		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/histarticle4.html (606 words)

	Argentina Invades Falkland Islands, World Awaits UK Reaction
		After a day of the highest tension, this evening in Portsmouth, a British naval task force was preparing to set sail in an attempt to retake the distant Falkland Islands, seized at dawn earlier today by a large contingent of the Argentine armed forces.
		There is no detailed news yet of their fate although it is thought that, despite fierce fire fights at dawn today in which at least 20 Argentinians were killed, there have been no British casualties, either among those marines or among the 2000 or so islanders themselves.
		The situation in the islands, in British hands since 1833, is obviously chaotic and a clearer picture concerning the invasion this morning may not emerge for some time yet.
	www.dailypast.com /south-america/falklands-invasion.shtml (790 words)

	Launch of Directory of Important Bird Areas in the Falkland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Falklands Conservation launched its latest publication Important Bird Areas of the Falkland Islands at the Falkland Islands Government Office in London on 25 July 2006.
		The Falkland Islands are a remote sub-Antarctic archipelago in the South Atlantic particularly significant for their bird life.
		There are 13 Falkland races, or sub-species, and a number of other birds with their stronghold in the Islands and are rarely found elsewhere (the Striated Caracara in particular).
	www.falklandsconservation.com /bird_areas_bk_launch.html (446 words)

	South Georgia’s Magistrates
		From 1909 until 1969 a Magistrate represented the crown and the Governor of the Falkland Islands in South Georgia.
		The Governor of the Falkland Islands is concurrently the Commissioner of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
		Several other officers of the Falkland Islands’ government concurrently serve appointments as officers administering South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
	www.geocities.com /treatyport/sgeorgia-magistrates.html (299 words)

	Mideast Dispatch Archive: April 2004 Archives
		The Governors' Programme Complaints Committee, the BBC's highest grievance body, has ruled valid complaints against a BBC TV programme which exaggerated the use of force by the IDF and claimed that the Israelis sought to destroy Palestinian history.
		Oh, and a former Governor of the Falkland Islands.
		We the undersigned former British ambassadors, high commissioners, governors and senior international officials, including some who have long experience of the Middle East and others whose experience is elsewhere, have watched with deepening concern the policies which you have followed on the Arab-Israel problem and Iraq, in close cooperation with the United States.
	www.tomgrossmedia.com /mideastdispatches/archives/2004_04.html (19822 words)

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