"Will three anti-whaling activists from the UK and US end up standing trial in Tokyo? Japan is attempting to press charges against activists for the first time since 2000, when protesters started harassing the Japanese whaling fleet in earnest. Earlier this week Tokyo's...
May 23, 2008by: tbphotos, NP contributorIt would seem that ninety-four years is a long time to wait for or receive an apology, but it happened today in an unanimous decision by B.C. politicians in the...
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High drama on the high seas continues: "Japanese whalers are holding two anti-whaling activists who leapt aboard a Japanese ship near Antarctica. The Japanese fleet is being followed by environmental campaigners,...
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Way to go, Greenpeace! I hope you can keep it up. This is such a dramatic situation, happening way out there in the middle of the ocean. I will be watching for more news about it. " * Justin McCurry in Tokyo This article appeared in the...
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BC residents are feeling less safe and facing more discrimination, says the first study on racial profiling in the province.
The study, which will be released in full in early 2008, was conducted by the MARU...
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"The month saw Yahoo! Sites continue to lead the top 10, with Wikipedia Sites jumping one spot to capture the number eight position. Top 10 Properties for September Yahoo! Sites remained the top-ranked property in Japan with 40.7 million visitors, while Google Sites...
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"Tsuyoshi Kurosawa, a 28-year-old crewman on the 2,997-ton tanker Sakura Maru, was lost at sea for 10 hours after he fell in the sea late Tuesday while relieving himself over the side of the vessel.
"As an empty plastic bottle was floating by, he used it as buoyancy until he...
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New Zealand's prime minister warned Japanese whalers Monday they would
face international condemnation if their crippled ship caused an
environmental disaster on the Antarctic coast.The whalers have refused help...
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