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Sat 03 Mar 2010Whaling militant held in Japan after collision at sea
THE BITTER test of wills between Japan and militant anti-whaling opponents has taken a new twist with the arrest of a leading environmental activist in Tokyo.
Peter Bethune, a member of the US-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, was taken into custody by Japan’s coastguard when the whaling ship Shonan Maru 2docked in Tokyo Bay yesterday.
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