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Sea Shepherd supporters held on Japanese whaling vessel
9 Jan 2012: Australia demands release of three citizens who climbed aboard the Shonan Maru 2 and demanded fleet return to port
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9 Jan 2012:
Yale Environment 360: Decontaminating the Fukushima region to remove radioactive particles will not be possible without removing large amounts of soil, leaves and plants
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9 Jan 2012: Australia demands release of three citizens who climbed aboard the Shonan Maru 2 and demanded fleet return to port
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8 Jan 2012: Internal report blames Olympus president Shuichi Takayama and other board members for £1bn accounting scam
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6 Jan 2012: Simon Tisdall: Obama has no wish to conjure the spectre of a new cold war but is determined to beat back any Chinese bid for
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5 Jan 2012: New laws threaten to name, fine and jail ordinary citizens who knowingly do business with established crime syndicates
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5 Jan 2012:
The 269-kg fish, bought by restaurant owner Kiyoshi Kimura, carries enough flesh for an estimated 10,000 pieces of sushi
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1 Jan 2012: Police arrest Makoto Hirata, a member of the doomsday cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway
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1 Jan 2012: Strong earthquake strikes off Japan's Izu islands but no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning issued
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30 Dec 2011:
What were the data stories of 2011? Which figures gripped the headlines and defined the year? Find our top data stories of the year
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29 Dec 2011:
At 77%, country's plastic recycling rate is about twice that of the UK, and well above the 20% figure for the US
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