National Geographic

Japan Courts Poorer Nations in Bid to End Whaling Ban

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080401-japan-whaling.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080401-japan-whaling_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>The appearance of developing countries with no history of whaling at meetings of the International Whaling Commission has anti-whalers crying foul at Japan's alleged attempts to buy pro-whaling votes.</p> </td> </tr></table>