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A boat carrying a group of radical anti-whaling activists collided with a Japanese whaling vessel in the Antarctic Ocean on Friday in a clash Japan condemned as “unforgivable.” No one was injured.
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U.S. actress Daryl Hannah talks to the media before leaving Brisbane, Australia on a voyage to disrupt Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Hannah, an environmental activist, who will sail on the U.S.-based conservation group...
