Iceland to resume whaling

Stockholm - Iceland's parliament has voted to end a 10-year ban on whaling and asked the government to prepare for a resumption…

Stockholm - Iceland's parliament has voted to end a 10-year ban on whaling and asked the government to prepare for a resumption by next year, a senior official said yesterday.

The parliamentary resolution, passed on Wednesday, is certain to outrage environmentalists, but underlines the fiercely independent North Atlantic island's determination to fish the seas as it sees fit.