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Whalers unite

COPENHAGEN (Reuter) - Four whale hunting nations said they were setting up a regional body in protest against the International Whaling Commission's conservationist policies. Norway, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands agreed to set up the rival North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission.

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