Whaling body begins talks

ABERDEEN - The International Whaling Commission, began its annual meeting yesterday with the number of whales being hunted at…

ABERDEEN - The International Whaling Commission, began its annual meeting yesterday with the number of whales being hunted at a 10 year high, despite a global ban on commercial whaling.

Off Edinburgh, a Danish fishing boat rammed the Greenpeace vessel Sirius as the environmental group tried to stop the Danes from industrial fishing in an ecologically sensitive area.

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