The UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Japan must temporarily halt its whaling programme in the Antarctic.
It agreed with Australia, which brought the case in May 2010, that the programme was not for scientific research as claimed by Tokyo.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26825216
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26818863
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23045457
More on this story to come in the next few days – for now we concentrate on Serbian issues.
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