Activists clash with Japan whalers – 6 Jan 10
Six anti-whaling protesters who suffered minor injuries when their boat collided with a Japanese whaling ship have been rescued in the Southern Ocaen.
The conservationists say the whalers rammed their vessel, but the Japanese maintain the collision was an accident. They say the proetsters had been throwing stink bombs at ist whaling ships and were trying to tangle their propellers with ropes.
Al Jazeera’s Tarek Bazley reports the incident has raised questions about Japans government-backed whaling programme.