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First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Ford Laser

Star and Car: Leisel Jones

The lowdown: Born in Katherine, Northern Territory, Leisel began swimming at two years old. Today regarded as one of the world's greatest ever breaststroke exponents, the nine-time Olympic medallist is also the first Australian swimmer to compete at four ... [Published Canberra Times - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Leisel Jones, Phil Collins, Ford Laser, Anti-whaling

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Letter: Lord Gilbert's savoir-faire made him a force in animal welfare

John Gilbert was a long-term supporter of animal welfare causes. Whilst in the Ministry of Defence in charge of procurement, he insisted that the department find alternatives to sperm whale oil which had been used to tan ceremonial gloves for, among others, ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: John Gilbert, Anti-whaling, Red Arrows, Import Ban

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Sharon Dijksma (Government of the Netherlands)

Anti-Whaling Campaign A Success

Words by Catharine FultonPhotos byAs the Grapevine reported last week, online activism website Avaaz.org had launched a petition urging the Dutch government to block ships transporting whale meat from accessing the country’s ports.With 1.13 million supporters, ... [Published Rekjavik Grapevine - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Anti-whaling, Ports, Sharon Dijksma (Government of the Netherlands), Petitioner, Rotterdam (Netherlands)

First reported Jun 09 2013 - Updated Jun 09 2013 - 1 reports

NZ seeks closer ties with Japan

New Zealand and Japan have vowed to increase cooperation on earthquake engineering and disaster recovery following the devastating quakes which struck both nations.Foreign Minister Murray McCully and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida made the pledge ... [Published New Zealand Herald - Jun 09 2013]

Entities: Japan Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan, Nuclear Weapon, Vessel

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

International Whaling Commission

Japan Spring whaling at a record low

Japanese whalers caught a record low 34 Minke whales in the northwestern Pacific this spring, reported Japan Today on June 6.The whaling, conducted in the name of “scientific research” took place from April 18 to June 3 and netted 17 male and 17 female ... [Published Examiner.com - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Japan, International Whaling Commission, Institute of Cetacean Research, Anti-whaling, Tokyo

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 2 reports

Icelanders among Lowest Paid Immigrants in Denmark

Icelanders are close to the bottom of a new list on the wages of foreign workers in Denmark. The new statistics, compiled by the employee committee of the Danish Workers Union, indicate that Icelanders have among the lowest average wages of foreign workers; ... [Published Iceland Review Online - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Iceland, Anti-whaling, Denmark, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, Reykjavik (Iceland)

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Over One Million Sign Anti-whaling Campaign

Over one million people have signed the anti-whaling petition organized by the international movement Avaaz to try to ban the transfer of Icelandic fin whale meat through Dutch ports.A fin whale being processed. Archive photo by Páll Stefánsson/Iceland ... [Published Iceland Review Online - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Anti-whaling, Iceland, Kristján Loftsson, AVAAZ.org

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Iceland’s MPs Learn about Work Hours from Menu

The first session of Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament, after the general elections, will be held on Thursday. Chair of the Social Democrats, Árni Páll Árnasson, and chair of Bright Future, Guðmundur Steingrímsson, commented on Facebook that they first ... [Published Iceland Review Online - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Iceland, Anti-whaling, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, United States, Fruit

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Keflavík Music Festival

Anti-whaling campaigners in the U.S. have sent an appeal to President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson in the hope that he will help put an end to commercial whaling in Iceland. A number of associations that collectively go by Whales Need US are behind ... [Published Iceland Review Online - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Keflavik (Iceland), Iceland, Species, Anti-whaling, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 2 reports

Anti-Whaling Groups: Outlaw Japanese Dog Food Sourced from Endangered Whales

Tokyo pet food producer Michinoku comes under fire from environmental campaigners. ... [Published International Business Times Canada - May 29 2013]

Entities: Anti-whaling, Tokyo, Environment

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Whaling exhibit captures changing times

An exhibition in an historic Hobart house is exploring the changing attitudes to whaling.Once a thriving industry in Australia, the exhibition looks back at how attitudes have evolved to a practice now internationally condemned.The exhibition is being ... [Published News.net - May 30 2013]

Entities: Whaling, Australia, Anti-whaling, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Hobart (Australia)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Library news

Memorial Day holiday. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, May 28 (9 am to 9 pm).New Fiction for Adults“The Afterlife of Emerson Tang” – by Paula Champa. Four unlikely adventurers, united in the aim to reunite the original body and engine of a prized ... [Published Northeast Pennsylvania Weekender - May 22 2013]

Entities: Lauren Willig, Anti-whaling, Mercenaries, Yacht

Quotes

...People who indicate too late is the other thing. They've already started to turn and then they put their indicator on. It's like, "that would have been good to know two seconds earlier"

Star and Car: Leisel Jones [Published Canberra Times - Jun 15 2013]

...''I don't think he meant to connect,'' says Mr Woof. "It was more like when a person ? keeps their elbow quite bent and brings the fist sort of across the face." Nevertheless, he adds, ''I had to duck''

Swings and arrows of Abbott's outrageous uni life [Published Canberra Times - Jun 07 2013]

"From that heroic, romantic age of whaling where the Bayleys were one of the leading whaling families in Tasmania with ships traversing the Pacific and Indian Oceans and Southern Oceans, to the industrial whaling in the 20th century and now the very strong conservation ethic" he said

Whaling exhibit captures changing times [Published News.net - May 30 2013]

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“Get a warrant”: Ludlam net privacy bill lands ... [Published Delimiter - 5 hours ago]
Star and Car: Leisel Jones [Published Canberra Times - Jun 15 2013]
Letter: Lord Gilbert's savoir-faire made him a ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 11 2013]
Anti-Whaling Campaign A Success [Published Rekjavik Grapevine - Jun 10 2013]
Cetacean advocates look to make Europe a dolphi... [Published Digital Journal - Jun 10 2013]
NZ seeks closer ties with Japan [Published New Zealand Herald - Jun 09 2013]
Swings and arrows of Abbott's outrageous uni life [Published Canberra Times - Jun 07 2013]
Fresh Abbott punch claim [Published Canberra Times - Jun 07 2013]
Japan Spring whaling at a record low [Published Examiner.com - Jun 06 2013]
Icelanders among Lowest Paid Immigrants in Denmark [Published Iceland Review Online - Jun 05 2013]
Iceland’s Highland Roads to Open Later than Usual [Published Iceland Review Online - Jun 05 2013]
Over One Million Sign Anti-whaling Campaign [Published Iceland Review Online - Jun 05 2013]
Iceland’s MPs Learn about Work Hours from Menu [Published Iceland Review Online - Jun 03 2013]
Keflavík Music Festival [Published Iceland Review Online - Jun 03 2013]
Whaling exhibit captures changing times [Published News.net - May 30 2013]
So What's This Hunting Of Endangered Whales I K... [Published Rekjavik Grapevine - May 29 2013]
Anti-Whaling Groups: Outlaw Japanese Dog Food S... [Published International Business Times Canada - May 29 2013]
Anti-Whaling Groups: Outlaw Japanese Dog Food S... [Published International Business Times UK - May 29 2013]
Gambit or gamble? [Published Canberra Times - May 25 2013]
Australia Tests Satellite Oil Spill Detection S... [Published Ship & Bunker - May 24 2013]
Library news [Published Northeast Pennsylvania Weekender - May 22 2013]
Bob Irwin gets on board [Published Today Tonight - May 21 2013]
Bethune strikes deal with Sea Shepherd [Published Pacific Islands News Association - May 20 2013]
Assange's Senate chances slim [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Apr 16 2013]
Japan's whaling season ends with record-low catch [Published Xinhua News Agency - Apr 05 2013]
Sea Shepherd sues Japan whaler in Netherlands f... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Mar 22 2013]
Anti-Whaling Activists Hit a Nerve in Japan [Published Global Voices Online - Mar 16 2013]
Sea Shepherd releases new video of Southern Oce... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Mar 01 2013]
Sea Sheperd anti-whaling protesters are pirates... [Published Taipei Times Online - Feb 28 2013]
Anti-whaling protesters are ‘pirates’ – US court [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - Feb 28 2013]

Blogs

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Sea Shepherd sues Japan whaler in Netherlands f... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Mar 22 2013] Environmental group Sea Shepherd has filed a suit against the crew of Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru alleging piracy and attempted manslaughter after they clashed in the Antarctic Ocean in February, their lawyers said on Thursday. “We hereby lodge ...
Anti-Whaling Activists Hit a Nerve in Japan [Published Global Voices Online - Mar 16 2013] Japanese whaling authorities and anti-whaling activists are trading blame after a harpoon ship collided with two vessels from the marine conservation group Sea Shepherd in Antarctic waters on February 20, 2013. The incident offered a glimpse into ...
Sea Shepherd releases new video of Southern Oce... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Mar 01 2013] After a collision in the Southern Ocean between Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ships and a Japanese whaling vessel, the conservation group has made public new footage of the Nisshin Maru pushing the Bob Barker into a South Korean fuel tanker. ...
Stars of Animal Planet’s ‘Whale Wars’ Convicted... [Published NewsBusters.org blogs - Feb 27 2013] The liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the crew of the “Sea Shepherd,” a group of anti-whaling protesters, were modern-day pirates . The February 25 decision reversed a district court decision in Washington State. The Sea Shepherd ...
Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd Are Pirates, U.S. ... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Feb 27 2013] Sea Shepherd Ship Bob Barker collides with the refueling tanker Sun Laurel February 25, 2013 in the Southern Ocean REUTERS/The Institute of Cetacean Research/Handout A United States Court of Appeals has confirmed what many mariners have been saying ...

Audio/Video

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On Scene: Whale Hunters Clash With Activists at... [Published Bloomberg - YouTube - Feb 26 2013]
Sea Shepherd Sandwich: Anti-whaling activists r... [Published Russia Today - YouTube - Feb 26 2013]
Sea Sheherd releases dramatic new video [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Feb 26 2013]
Protesters say Japanese whaling ship rammed its... [Published Reuters Video: Entertainment - Feb 20 2013]
Protesters say Japanese whaling ship rammed its... [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Feb 20 2013]