Whaling protest staged outside Japan mission in Melbourne
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Australian anti-whaling protesters staged a demonstration outside the Japanese consulate in Melbourne Thursday, unfurling a giant Japanese flag with a woman in a pool of blood replacing the rising sun.
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Anti-whaling protesters lost in the Southern Ocean on Friday after a clash with a Japanese whaling ship tied their damaged boat to an iceberg for protection from icy winds as they drifted in fog, media reported.
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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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Australia will continue to photograph  Japan's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, Prime Minister  Kevin Rudd said on Sunday, despite Japan's warning of a  diplomatic protest over Australia's tough anti-whaling stance.
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Australia urged Wednesday Japanese whalers and environmental activists heading for a showdown in the Southern Ocean to show restraint, warning deaths could occur if anything went wrong.
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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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Australia accused Japan Sunday of a &quot;dummy-spit&quot; -- a childish tantrum -- over its failure to lift the ban on commercial whaling at an international conference last week.
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Australia welcomed Saturday Japan's backdown on plans to hunt humpbacks but said it had still lodged a formal protest with Tokyo calling for an end to all whaling.
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ANIMAL rights campaigners today claimed Japan has illegally killed hundreds of whales in an Australian sanctuary, and launched legal action aimed at stopping the hunt.
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Science & environment: Japan accuses Australia of offering 'limousine service' to environmental activists
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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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A UN meeting has harpooned a Japanese bid to ease curbs on trade in whale products, but a defiant Tokyo accused the West of &quot;cultural imperialism&quot; and vowed to press efforts to expand whaling.
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Anti-whaling protesters displayed whale-shaped chocolates and activists sent Japan's Health Minister a giant chocolate urging him to "Be Our Valentine and Resign!" as the country's sweet-giving tradition took on a bitter tinge on Wednesday.
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Pro-hunt demonstrators dumped animal carcasses and women went topless amid noisy protests on Tuesday outside Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party conference.
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Australia sent a customs ship to pick up two anti-whaling activists held on board a Japanese whaler as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd moved Thursday to end a tense standoff in the Antarctic.
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Australian anti-whaling protesters smeared fake blood on themselves in the Japanese consulate in Melbourne Thursday before police moved them on, police and protesters said.
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Australia releases "distressing" pictures of whales harpooned by a Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean.