Ice threatens to trap stranded Japanese whaler
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Ice threatened to trap a damaged  Japanese whaling ship stranded off Antarctica, anti-whaling  activists said on Monday, raising fears of an environmental  disaster close to a major penguin colony.
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A Japanese whaling ship on fire off the  coast of Antarctica has sparked fears of an environmental  disaster if the ship's 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil and chemicals  leaks.
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A whale which hit the headlines around the world when it was stranded in the River Thames in London earlier this year was suffering from a painful form of arthritis, scientists have said.
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Activists withdrew a threat to ram a  Japanese whaling fleet in the frigid Southern Ocean on Tuesday,  while in Tokyo pro-whaling nations met to push for a return to  commercial fishing of the giant creatures.
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Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the country's fleet, a Japanese official said Wednesday.
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Japan has pledged to keep whaling as its troubled fleet headed home early from Antarctic waters, while opponents exulted at the pullout and vowed to ramp up pressure against the hunt.
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A Japanese whaling ship on fire off the coast of Antarctica has sparked fears of an environmental disaster if the ship's 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil and chemicals leaks.
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Japan has "temporarily halted" its much-criticized plan for a humpback whale hunt in the seas near Antarctica, said the chief Japanese government spokesman on Friday.
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Australia said Wednesday that Japan has agreed to release two activists detained after going aboard a Japanese whaling ship near Antarctica, as whale hunters and defenders traded accusations of piracy.
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Japan has abandoned whale hunting in the Antarctic for this season after its main whaling ship was crippled by a fire two weeks ago, the Fisheries Agency said on Wednesday.
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Environmentalists again clashed with Japanese whalers Tuesday in the Antarctic Ocean, with Greenpeace activists failing in a risky attempt to prevent the fleet's factory ship from refueling.
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A high-seas standoff between Japanese whalers and militant anti-whaling activists in the icy waters of the Antarctic drew the governments of Australia and Japan into the fray Wednesday.
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Japan fails to ease an international ban on commercial whaling, leading it to warn it may leave the IWC.
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Two members of radical anti-whaling group held on Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters
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A Greenpeace protest ship located Japan's whaling fleet in Antarctic waters and is pursuing it to stop the hunt for the giant sea creatures, the environmental group said Saturday.
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Japan said Friday it would be difficult to resolve a growing row with Australia over whaling as the issue was a cultural clash between the two countries.
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Japanese whalers detained two activists accused of throwing acid at and illegally boarding their vessel in Antarctica on Tuesday. An official denied claims the men were assaulted and tied to the mast.