Japan hands whale militants to Australia
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A Japanese whaling ship late Thursday handed over to an Australian customs vessel two anti-whaling activists who climbed aboard two days earlier, an official from Japan's Fisheries Agency said.
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Australia's foreign minister held talks with Japan Thursday amid a bitter feud on whaling as the two countries tried to show that their close relationship was otherwise intact.
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Australia's John Howard arrives in Japan on a visit that will include signing a bilateral security pact.
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Activists intent on disrupting Japan's whale hunt offer a $25,000 reward for details leading them to the fleet.
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Anti-whaling activists hunted a Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean on Tuesday, intent on ramming its flagship, as pro-whaling nations met in Tokyo to push for a return to commercial fishing of the giant creatures.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday wrapped up a visit to Japan in which he signed a landmark security pact.
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Japan is dropping its plan to kill humpback whales in the seas off Antarctica, the countryâs top government spokesman said.
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Australia and Japan agreed to disagree Thursday on a bitter feud over whaling as their foreign ministers tried to show that the countries' close relationship was otherwise intact.
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Australia's foreign minister warned Friday of tougher action to stop Japan whaling, despite calls for calm from both sides over the increasingly emotive dispute.
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Militant environmentalists who have halted Japan's whaling in the Antarctic Ocean said Monday they were set to return to shore as they were running out of fuel.
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ELEANOR HALL: An international conservation group is today launching an unprecedented legal action, alleging that a Japanese whaling company has been killing protected whales inside Australia&#39;s Whale Sanctuary.
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - The International Humane Society is taking a Japanese whaling company to court in Sydney on Tuesday, accusing it of killing whales in an Australian whale sanctuary.
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Sunday said the threat of diplomatic action from Tokyo would not stop his government from gathering evidence against Japanese whalers to help stop the slaughter of the animals.
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Australia is to send a patrol ship and aircraft to monitor the actions of Japan's whaling fleet off Antarctica.
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Japan said Friday it will complain to Australia after the government released graphic pictures of bloody whaling operations, accusing Canberra of stirring up emotions.
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Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the countryâs fleet, a Japanese official said.
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Japan urged Australia Tuesday to take legal action against two anti-whaling protestors who climbed aboard a Japanese whaler in Antarctic seas last week, a foreign ministry statement said.