Japan Fumes Over Whales as U.N. Meeting Winds Up
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Japan was fuming over the failure of  its bid to expand trade in whale products and Africa swapped  blows over ivory Thursday as a U.N. meeting on trade in wild  plants and animals wrapped up.
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An animal rights group claimed Tuesday Japan has illegally killed hundreds of whales in an Australian whale sanctuary and launched legal action aimed at stopping the hunt.
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Japan expressed outrage on Friday after  anti-whaling activists poured acid on the decks of a whaling  ship in the Southern Ocean and slightly injured two crew  members, terming their activities "piratical, terrorist acts."
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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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Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the Japanese fleet, a news report said Tuesday.
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The stormy annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) entered its final day Thursday with member states grappling with a contentious Japanese bid to allow coastal communities to hunt whales.
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Pro-whaling nations, led by Japan, lost two key votes Friday at the International Whaling Commission&#039;s annual meeting &amp;#151; an indication they may not have the majority necessary to take control of the body and try to repeal its ban on commercial hunting.
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The International Whaling Commission (IWC), the world&#39;s only regulator of whale hunting, risks collapse as Japan threatens to quit the 77-nation group, raising fears of a free-for-all slaying of the majestic creatures.
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Long a forum for protecting endangered species like whales or tigers, a UN meeting in Bangkok next month will seek a wider role in regulating the
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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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Japan&#39;s proposal to legitimize hunting of minke whale was rejected on Tuesday by a world wildlife protection meeting. The proposal was dropped with 67 votes against, 55 support
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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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Japan lost a bid on Wednesday to require the world body that regulates global wildlife trade to review the status of whales, a step that could have led to the resumption of commercial whaling.
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Pro-whaling countries meet in Japan to plan the lifting of the global moratorium on commercial hunting.
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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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Japan condemns anti-whaling activists who dropped acid onto the deck of a whaling ship in the Antarctic.
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The leaders of Japan and Canada met for the first time to discuss bilateral and global concerns.