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Whaling resumes despite outcry

Iceland broke a global moratorium commercial whaling, killing an endangered fin whale for the first time since the 1980s, on Oct. 22.

Workers cut up a whale in Iceland on Oct. 22. AP PHOTO

Iceland's RUV television showed footage of a large fin whale being towed by a whaling boat. It said the whale was harpooned in the north Atlantic about 320 km west of Iceland.

Fisheries Minister Einar Kristinn Gudfinnsson said his ministry would issue licenses to kill nine fin whales and 30 of the more numerous minke whales in the year ending Aug. 31, 2007.

The announcement was condemned by conservation groups and many governments around the world but praised by pro-whaling nations Norway and Japan.

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