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Japan rejects plan to limit whaling to its waters
Feb 3 2009, AP

Japan said Tuesday it will reject any proposal by the International Whaling Commission that halts its research missions in the Antarctic, making it unlikely that a compromise plan for limited coastal whaling would work.

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