Whalers 'try to return activists'
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Japanese whalers say they are trying to return two protesters detained after boarding their vessel.
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Stephane Dion, the former environment minister who was unexpectedly elected leader of Canada's opposition Liberals, on Sunday tried to heal splits in his party by reaching out to the many legislators who did not support him.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - The union representing B.C. fishermen says something's rotten in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and is demanding a judicial inquiry.
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Japan's coast guard said Tuesday it has sent a team of officers to protect its whaling fleet against intensifying protests by environmentalists.
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Australia has sent a customs ship to retrieve two activists who were seized by a Japanese whaling vessel, the country's foreign minister said.
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Two activists harassing a Japanese whaling boat off Anarctica were lost for seven hours in bad weather Friday before being rescued with the Japanese vessel's help, according to colleagues.
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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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Environmental group Greenpeace's  anti-whaling ship Esperanza sailed into Sydney Harbour on  Friday to re-supply after protesting against Japanese whalers  in the Antarctic and heads on from there to Japan to pursue its  protest.
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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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Protesters scored a victory in a high-seas campaign to disrupt Japan's whale hunt in the Antarctic, forcing the fleet to a standstill Wednesday while officials scrambled to unload two activists who used a rubber boat to get on board a harpoon vessel.
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Two activists who boarded a Japanese whaling ship to protest are taken into custody, officials confirm.
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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.
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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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Lawyers in Zimbabwe try to get access to key members of the opposition after their arrest at a rally.
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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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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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The BBC's Jonah Fisher is reporting from a Greenpeace ship which is protesting against whaling. Is it right to hunt whales? Send us your views.