Anti-whalers vow bigger Antarctic presence next year
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Militant environmental activists on Saturday vowed to increase their presence in the Southern Ocean next year in their bid to prevent Japanese whalers from killing the giant mammals.
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Australia could act to end an Antarctic stand-off by collecting activists currently on board a Japanese whaler.
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Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, which  has clashed with Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, will  end its protest on Wednesday as its ships are running low on  fuel.
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Australia will send planes and a ship to conduct surveillance of Japanese whaling ships off Antarctica in a bid to build a potential legal case against whaling for scientific research, the government said Wednesday.
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TORONTO -- Canada announced plans yesterday to increase its Arctic military presence in an effort to assert sovereignty over the Northwest Passage -- a potentially oil-rich region the United States says is international territory.
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Canada announced plans Monday to increase its Arctic military presence in an effort to assert sovereignty over the Northwest Passage &#151; a potentially oil-rich region the United States says is international territory.
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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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New Zealand's prime minister warned Japanese whalers Monday they would face international condemnation if their crippled ship caused an environmental disaster on the Antarctic coast.
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An anti-whaling group searching Antarctic waters for a Japanese whaling fleet with the aim of disrupting its operations said both its vessels will soon be "pirate ships" following a decision by Britain to deregister one its vessels.
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The indigenous peoples of the Arctic are told their culture will be threatened by climate warming.
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A militant anti-whaling group vowed Friday to immediately resume harassing Japanese whalers as two of its activists were returned to their protest ship after being detained on board a harpoon vessel.
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Nunatak, an unknown rock band from  Antarctica, is about to become famous.
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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 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 tiny speck of pebbles found off the northern coast of Greenland could open up a new front in the looming battle for control of the Arctic and the North Pole.
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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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New Australian PM reportedly plans to use armed vessel to track Japanese whalers