1. Business as Usual
(Newsletter)

...  Saturday, 17 February 2007 The body of a seaman missing after a fire broke out on the Japanese whaler, Nisshin Maru, has been found by crew members. FULL STORY... Kirkuk struck by double...

2. Activists clash with Japan whalers
(Archived/News/S+T)

Two environmental activists have been injured in clashes with Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says.

3. Japan whaling fleet 'leaves port'
(Archived/News/S+T)

Japan's whaling fleet has left port and set sail for Antarctica in preparation for its annual whale hunt, the environmental group Greenpeace has said.

4. Japan whaling ship returns to port
(Archived/News/S+T)

The mother ship of Japan's whaling fleet has returned to port with a catch of 551 - just about 60 per cent of its target.

5. Japan begins hunt for 1,000 whales
(Archived/News/S+T)

A Japanese whaling fleet has begun a five-month expedition that environmentalists say will hunt humpback whales for the first time in decades.

6. Japan asked to spare humpbacks
(Archived/News/S+T)

New Zealand has asked Japan to drop 50 humpbacks from its whaling hit-list as a goodwill gesture for helping a crippled whaling ship in Antarctica early this year.

7. Greenpeace ship docks in Japan
(Archived/News/S+T)

After being barred from port for more than a week, a Greenpeace anti-whaling protest ship has been allowed to dock in Japan.

8. Japan whaling fleet abandons hunt
(Archived/News/S+T)

Japan has decided to abandon this year's Antarctic whale hunt after a deadly fire crippled the main processing ship of the whaling fleet.

9. Engine running on crippled whaler
(Archived/News/S+T)

A Japanese whaling vessel stranded off Antarctica could move on its own power within several days, an official said, while anti-whaling activists continue to warn of possible environmental disaster.

10. NZ warns Japan over crippled whaler
(Archived/News/S+T)

Japan will face international condemnation if a crippled whaling ship causes an environment disaster off the Antarctic coast, New Zealand's prime minister has warned.