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13. Whale-killing Japan buys votes, claim Greens

By Denis Barnett

Sorrento, Italy - Japan, determined to overturn an 18-year moratorium on commercial whaling, was accused on Monday of mounting a "hostile takeover" of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) by using foreign aid to buy the votes of developing countries.

The allegations came from an alliance of anti-whaling groups, including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Greenpeace, on the margins of the 56th annual IWC meeting in Italy.

The opening day of the four-day meeting has heard strong calls for a resumption of commercial whaling from a resurgent pro-whaling lobby led by Japan.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=qw1090255321140B251

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