Commercial whaling ban upheld
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Japan's proposal to resume commercial hunting of minke whales is rejected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
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A federal appeals court decided Wednesday that marine mammals have no standing to sue to stop the U.S. Navy from using sonar.
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The world's whales, porpoises and dolphins have no standing to sue President Bush over the U.S. Navy's use of sonar equipment that harms marine mammals, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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A German high court Friday upheld a government ban on an Islamic charity organization which was said to have collected money for the radical Palestinian movement Hamas.
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TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libya's Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting more than 400 children with HIV.
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A federal judge has upheld the government's practice of allowing development to proceed even if it is discovered after a project begins that the work could endanger protected species.
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WASHINGTON  - The United States upheld a finding that Brazil, Ecuador, India and Thailand were dumping shrimp at unfair prices, inflaming a sizzling seafood row.
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In a victory for environmentalists, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Bush administration cannot change the standards commercial fisheries must meet before the tuna they catch can carry the "dolphin-safe" label.
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Despite passing a symbolic resolution to overturn a 21-year moratorium on commercial whaling last year, it is unlikely that there will be enough support to formally end it when the International Whaling Commission meets here Monday.
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The future of hunting with dogs in England and Wales could be determined Wednesday when the Court of Appeal rules whether the legislation used to ban it was valid.
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Tony McCoy wins his appeal against a 10-day ban imposed for failing to ride out at Bangor.
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Sydney - An international animal welfare group said on Tuesday it was taking legal action against a Japanese whaling company over the deaths of more than 400 whales in Australian waters near Antarctica.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday  upheld a lower court decision to throw out a &#36;145 billion  punitive damage award against the major tobacco companies, a  big victory for the cigarette industry.
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A panel of judges approved the use of high-intensity sonar during military exercises in the Pacific, despite worries about its potentially lethal effect on whales and other marine mammals.
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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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Australia's Federal Court on Tuesday ordered Japan to stop hunting and killing whales anywhere around its coastline or off Australian Antarctic territory.
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REYKJAVIK, Sep 14 (IPS) - Commercial whaling may start in Iceland again if  the owner of the Hvalur boats has his way.