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    THE LATEST NEWS FROM FEBRUARY 2005

    Nov 25, 2021 4 minutes

    FEBRUARY 2005 – The PSP has landed and the press are very excited indeed, Donkey Kong is back as a vehicle for some unusual ideas, and the post-Christmas slump is in full effect elsewhere. Nick Thorpe revs up the DeLorean to see what’s going on…

    NEWS FEBRUARY 2005

    Sailor Ellen MacArthur set the record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe on 7 February, completing a voyage of 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds. Her record time stood for just under three years before Frenchman Francis Joyon, whose February 2004 record was beaten by MacArthur, beat it by almost two weeks in January 2008.

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