Animal welfare group challenges Japanese whaling in Australian sanctuary
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An international animal welfare group brought a landmark legal case accusing Japan's last commercial whaling company of killing more than 400 whales in an Australian whale sanctuary.
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A Japanese whaling ship and protest  vessels have collided in the Southern Ocean, with the  protesters saying they will next ram a Japanese factory ship,  despite Australian calls for them to back off before someone is  killed.
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A Greenpeace ship on Saturday confronted a Japanese whaling fleet that had initially planned to hunt protected humpbacks, the environmentalists said Â setting off the latest round of cat-and-mouse in a sometimes dangerous feature of the hunting debate.
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Police will grill the hardcore activists who docked in Australia on Saturday amid pressure from Japan for Canberra to take stronger action over recent anti-whaling protests in icy waters near Antarctica.
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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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New Zealand has pressed Japan to move a crippled and burning whaling ship away from the Antarctic coast, fearing an ecological disaster if it remains there.
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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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Volunteers are battling to save whales and dolphins who have beached themselves off the coast of Australia. More than a hundred of them have already died after getting stuck on beaches off Tasmania over the weekend.
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Australia said Wednesday that Japan has agreed to release two activists detained after going aboard a Japanese whaling ship near Antarctica, as whale hunters and defenders traded accusations of piracy.
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Japan said Tuesday it was pushing ahead with its controversial plan to hunt humpback whales after key powers   refused a compromise offer and despite warnings by Australia and New Zealand it would be a &quot;provocative act.&quot;
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Greenpeace campaigners scouring remote seas near Antarctica found their quarry, a Japanese whaling fleet that plans to kill nearly 1,000 whales in the name of science.
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Australia says it will send a ship to collect two activists from a whaling vessel, in a bid to end a two-day stand-off.
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New Zealand demanded an explanation from Japan why a crippled whaling ship remained in Antarctic waters posing a potential environmental threat.
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Australia releases "distressing" pictures of whales harpooned by a Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean.
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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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An Australian government ship has left on a mission to track Japan's whaling fleet and gather evidence for a potential international court case against Tokyo, an official said Wednesday.
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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.