Japan begins hunt for 1,000 whales

A Japanese whaling fleet has begun a five-month expedition that environmentalists say will hunt humpback whales for the first time in decades.
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About 100 humpback and fin whales, which environmentalists say are both vulnerable species, are among the 1,000 whales that have been ordered to be hunted.

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