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Greenpeacers Convicted of Stealing Whale Meat

They tried to prove meat was for eating, not research

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 6, 2010 4:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – Two Greenpeace activists have been convicted in Japan of stealing whale meat they say they took to prove that whalers were lying about the "research nature" of their hunt. The activists were sentenced to a year in prison for theft and trespassing, but the...   Read full story »

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