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Activists Hurl 'Acid' at Whalers

Action draws condemnation from Japan, Australia

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 3, 2008 8:46 AM CST

(Newser) – In the latest clash between Japanese whalers and activists in Antarctic waters, members of a militant anti-whaling group threw bottles of a slick, foul-smelling rancid butter concoction onto the whaling fleet's flagship. Japanese officials said three sailors were injured when butyric acid, found in spoiled...   Read full story »

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