1 Greenpeace activists unveil the carcass of a stranded fin whale on a truck in front of the Japanese embassy in Berlin January 18, 2006. The whale, which was 17 metres (55 feet) long and weighed some 20 tons, died in the Baltic sea last weekend. It was placed by Greenpeace in front of the embassy to protest against Japan, which abandoned commercial whaling in 1986, in line with an international moratorium, but began catching whales again the following year for what it calls scientific research. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 2 The carcass of a stranded fin whale lies on a truck as Greenpeace activists hold banners in front of the Japanese embassy in Berlin January 18, 2006. The whale, which was 17 metres (55 feet) long and weighed some 20 tons, died in the Baltic sea last weekend. It was placed by Greenpeace in front of the embassy to protest against Japan, which abandoned commercial whaling in 1986, in line with an international moratorium, but began catching whales again the following year for what it calls scientific research. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 3 A dead whale is on display on a truck as Greenpeace members protest against whale hunting in front of the Japanese embassy in Berlin, Wednesday, Jan.14, 2006. The dead whale was washed on the shore of the Baltic Sea near Rostock. Banner below reads:' Stop Mindless Whaling'. (AP Photo/Jockel Finck) 4 Greenpeace activists are arrested by members of the Uruguayan navy next to an area where a pulp mill is being built along the Uruguay River in Fray Bentos, Uruguay, across the river from Gualeguaychu, Argentina January 17, 2006. Uruguay has been unusually defiant in a diplomatic spat with Argentina over a $1.7 billion investment in two European-built pulp mills. Residents, farmers, ecologists and politicians from Argentina are demanding the Uruguayan government block the construction of the paper mills because they say the mills would damage the air and the wildlife of the Uruguay River, shared by the two countries. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Greenpeace/Handout 5 A sign that reads 'Closed by Greenpeace' is hung next to an area where a pulp mill is being built along the Uruguay River in Fray Bentos, Uruguay, across the river from Gualeguaychu, Argentina January 17, 2006. Uruguay has been unusually defiant in a diplomatic spat with Argentina over a $1.7 billion investment in two European-built pulp mills. Residents, farmers, ecologists and politicians from Argentina are demanding the Uruguayan government block the construction of the paper mills because they say the mills would damage the air and the wildlife of the Uruguay River, shared by the two countries. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Greenpeace/Handout 6 Greenpeace members Juan Carlos Villalonga (L) from Argentina, Delia Villalba from Uruguay and Mikael Syovall (R) from Finland address a news conference in Montevideo, Uruguay, January 17, 2006 The conference was called after a group of Greenpeace activist chained up themselves in a dock of the Finland capital paper mill Botnia in Fray Bentos, Uruguay, in an attempt of stopping the construction of the factory. Greenpeace is demanding that the Uruguayan Government stop the construction of two paper mills in the Uruguayan brook of the Uruguay river. REUTERS/Andres Stapff 7 A sign that reads 'Closed by Greenpeace' hangs on a ship docked next to an area where a pulp mill is being built along the Uruguay River in Fray Bentos, Uruguay, across the river from Gualeguaychu, Argentina January 17, 2006. Uruguay has been unusually defiant in a diplomatic spat with Argentina over a $1.7 billion investment in two European-built pulp mills. Residents, farmers, ecologists and politicians from Argentina are demanding the Uruguayan government block the construction of the paper mills because they say the mills would damage the air and the wildlife of the Uruguay River, shared by the two countries. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Greenpeace/Handout 8 A sign that reads 'Closed by Greenpeace' hangs on a ship docked next to an area where a pulp mill is being built along the Uruguay River in Fray Bentos, Uruguay, across the river from Gualeguaychu, Argentina January 17, 2006. Uruguay has been unusually defiant in a diplomatic spat with Argentina over a $1.7 billion investment in two European-built pulp mills. Residents, farmers, ecologists and politicians from Argentina are demanding the Uruguayan government block the construction of the paper mills because they say the mills would damage the air and the wildlife of the Uruguay River, shared by the two countries. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Greenpeace/Handout 9 Greenpeace activists who buried solar panels under a load of coal during a protest outside the Development Ministry in Athens, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. The group accuses Greece's government of not doing enough to promote the use of environmentally friendly renewable energy sources. The banners from left to right read 'Stop climate Change,' 'Let the Sun Shine' and 'Don't Bury Clean Energy.' (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) 10 A beachgoer signs a paper whale tail petition during a Greenpeace action at Bondi Beach in Sydney January 17, 2006. The event is being marked in 17 countries to draw attention to the fact hundreds of whales are being slaughtered in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary according to Greenpeace. REUTERS/Will Burgess 11 Greenpeace New Zealand Whales campaigner Pia Mansia holds one of 267 replica whale tails before hammering it into the sand at Mission Bay in Auckland, New Zealand January 17, 2006. The event is being marked in 17 countries to draw attention to the fact hundreds of whales are being slaughtered in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, according to Greenpeace. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Greenpeace/Phil Crawford/Handout 12 Some of the 267 replica whale tails are seen at Mission Bay in Auckland, New Zealand January 17, 2006. The event is being marked in 17 countries to draw attention to the fact hundreds of whales are being slaughtered in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, according to Greenpeace. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Greenpeace/Phil Crawford/Handout 13 Greenpeace New Zealand Executive Director Bunny McDiarmid uses her shoe to hammer one of 267 replica whale tails into the beach at Mission Bay in Auckland, New Zealand January 17, 2006. The event is being marked in 17 countries to draw attention to the fact hundreds of whales are being slaughtered in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, according to Greenpeace. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Greenpeace/Phil Crawford/Handout 14 Greenpeace New Zealand Whales campaigner Pia Mansia hammers one of 267 replica whale tails into the sand at Mission Bay in Auckland, New Zealand January 17, 2006. The event is being marked in 17 countries to draw attention to the fact hundreds of whales are being slaughtered in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, according to Greenpeace. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Greenpeace/Phil Crawford/Handout 15 A large inflatable whale sits in Sydney's city center, 12 January 2006, after being placed by Greenpeace protesters. Japan defended its whaling as within international rules as confrontation grew in the Antarctic Ocean between Japanese whalers and environmentalists.(AFP/File/Greg Wood) 16 Greenpeace activists launch a postcard signature campaign against the Clemenceau, in New Delhi. Egyptian technicians were to inspect a decommissioned French aircraft carrier ahead of its planned transit through the Suez canal after a delay caused by controversy over the warship's asbestos insulation.(AFP/Prakash Singh) 17 Two Greenpeace activists boarded the decommissioned French aircraft-carrier Clemenceau to protest its transfer to an Indian breakers' yard where environmentalists say workers will be at risk of asbestos poisoning.(AFP/Greenpeace/David Sims) 18 A Greenpeace activist grabs the rope from a harpoon as he tries to get back aboard an inflatable boat after a harpoon fired from a Japanese whaling ship narrowly missed them in the Southern Ocean January 14, 2006. Greenpeace said the harpoon had been fired directly over their boat into a Minke whale, but their boat got caught up in the rope coming from the harpoon back to the whaling vessel. Picture taken January 14, 2006. NO SALES NO ARCHIVE REUTERS/Greenpeace 19 A Greenpeace inflatable boat is seen under the harpoon line that has been fired from the Yushin Maru No 2, top, to a whale in Antarctic seas in the Southern Ocean, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006. (AP/Greenpeace, Kate Davison, HO) 20 Greenpeace activists sit in their inflatable boat after a harpoon fired from a Japanese whaling ship narrowly missed them in the Southern Ocean January 14, 2006. Greenpeace said the harpoon had been fired directly over their boat into a Minke whale, but their boat got caught up in the rope coming from the harpoon back to the whaling vessel. One of the activists fell overboard and grabbed the rope to climb back aboard. REUTERS/Greenpeace 21 In this photo released by Greenpeace, a Greenpeace activist holds onto a harpoon line that was fired from the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No2, right, in Antarctic seas in the Southern Ocean, Saturday, Jan. 14 2006. Japanese whalers fired a harpoon over a Greenpeace boat, throwing one of the environmental group's activists into Antarctic waters, the group said Sunday. The incident was the latest escalation in increasingly acrimonious clashes between whalers and environmentalists intent on halting Japan's annual hunt of the marine mammals. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Kate Davison, HO) 22 In this photo released by Greenpeace, a Greenpeace inflatable boat is seen under the harpoon line that has been fired from the Yushin Maru No 2, top, to a whale in Antarctic seas in the Southern Ocean, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006. Japanese whalers fired a harpoon over a Greenpeace boat, throwing one of the environmental group's activists into Antarctic waters, the group said Sunday. The incident was the latest escalation in increasingly acrimonious clashes between whalers and environmentalists intent on halting Japan's annual hunt of the marine mammals. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Kate Davison, HO) 23 Greenpeace activists sit in their inflatable boat after a harpoon fired from a Japanese whaling ship narrowly missed them in the Southern Ocean January 14, 2006. Greenpeace said the harpoon had been fired directly over their boat into a Minke whale, but their boat got caught up in the rope coming from the harpoon back to the whaling vessel. One of the activists fell overboard and grabbed the rope to climb back aboard. EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES NO ARCHIVE Picture taken January 14, 2006. REUTERS/Greenpeace 24 Two Greenpeace activists board the decommissioned French aircraft-carrier Clemenceau, in international waters off the Egyptian coast. Egypt and France were locked in legal wrangling over the decommissioned aircraft carrier containing asbestos, leaving the French warship stranded off the Egyptian coast for the third day running.(AFP/David Sims) 25 Two Greenpeace activists board the decommissioned French aircraft-carrier Clemenceau in international waters off the Egyptian coast. Egypt said it had barred access to the Suez Canal to the Clemenceau bound for an Indian breakers' yard, demanding proof that the asbestos-insulated ship is not carrying dangerous waste.(AFP/David Sims) 26 In this photo released by environmental organization Greenpeace Thursday Jan.12, 2006, a French military helcopter escorts the carrier ship Clemenceau, where two Greenpeace militants stand atop the mast, off the coast of Egypt, Thursday Jan.12, 2006. Greenpeace militants were protesting against the French government's decision to send the Clemenceau, a ship that allgedly contains abestos or toxic materials, for dismantling at a shipyard in India. (AP Photo/ Greenpeace, David Sims) NO ARCHIVE NO SALEs MANDATORY CREDIT: GREENEPEACE 27 ATTENTION EDITORS - RESENDING WITH BYLINE A Greenpeace activist holds a placard to protest against the European Commission (EC) order for Greece to lift its ban on planting genetically modified (GMO) maize seeds made by U.S. biotech giant Mosanto outside the EC office in Athens January 12, 2006. In September 2004, the EU authorised 17 different seed strains of Monsanto maize from a parent crop known as MON 810 for planting and sale across EU territory, flying in the face of widespread consumer resistance to GMO crops and foods. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis 28 Greenpeace activists wearing hats with the European Union flag feed a man with seeds to protest against an European Commission (EC) order for Greece to lift its ban on planting genetically modified (GMO) maize seeds made by U.S. biotech giant Mosanto outside the EC office in Athens January 12, 2006. In September 2004, the EU authorised 17 different seed strains of Monsanto maize from a parent crop known as MON 810 for planting and sale across EU territory, flying in the face of widespread consumer resistance to GMO crops and foods. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis 29 Greenpeace activists protest by simulating force-feeding outside the European Commission offices in central Athens, on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. The European Union's executive arm drew criticism from environmentalists earlier this week by overruling a Greek ban on a variety of genetically modified corn seed developed by the U.S. biotech giant Monsanto Co. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) 30 Greenpeace activists protest by simulating force-feeding outside the European Commission offices in central Athens, on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. The European Union's executive arm drew criticism from environmentalists earlier this week by overruling a Greek ban on a variety of genetically modified corn seed developed by the U.S. biotech giant Monsanto Co. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) 31 In this photo released by environment organization Greenpeace Thursday Jan. 12, 2006, activists board the carrier ship Clemenceau, off the coast of Egypt, Thursday Jan.12, 2006 and hang a banner that reads 'Asbestos carrier stay out of India'. Militants were protesting against the French government's decision to send the Clemenceau, a ship that allegedly contains abestos or toxic materials, for dismantling at a shipyard in India.(AP Photo/Greenpeace, David Sims) 32 Two Greenpeace activists boarded the decommissioned French aircraft-carrier Clemenceau to protest its transfer to an Indian breakers' yard where environmentalists say workers will be at risk of asbestos poisoning.(AFP/File/Eric Estrade) 33 Greenpeace activists march with banners and an inflatable whale to the Japanese consulate in Sydney January 12, 2006. Japan's whaling fleet and environmental group Greenpeace have accused each other of dangerously ramming their vessels in a confrontation on Sunday in remote, icy Southern Ocean waters south of New Zealand and Australia near Antarctica. New Zealand escalated the row between the two sides when it said on Thursday that it would seek international support for a letter of protest to Tokyo. NO SALES NO ARCHIVE REUTERS/Greenpeace/Handout 34 The bow of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise. Video footage of a high-seas crash showed that a Japanese whaler was at fault in the collision with a Greenpeace ship in Antarctic waters, the environmental watchdog said.(AFP/File/Don Emmert) 35 A Japanese whaling ship harpoons a whale off Antarctica on January 7. Japan released a video in a bid to prove Greenpeace targeted its whaling ship in an Antarctic collision this week and accused the environmentalists of violent tactics.(AFP/Greenpeace/File) 36 A Greenpeace activist protesting in front of the French Embassy in New Delhi against warship Clemenceau. Environmentalists want France to order back asbestos-laden aircraft carrier Clemenceau at the centre of a major row over its voyage to the world's largest ship graveyard on India's west coast.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana) 37 Greenpeace activists vow that they will press ahead with anti-whaling action despite what they called a deliberate ramming of their ship by a Japanese whaler in the Southern Ocean.(AFP/Jermey Sutton) 38 In this photo released by Greenpeace, the Yushin Maru catcher ship of the Japanese whaling fleet captures a whale after harpooning the mammal in the Southern Ocean Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006. The Greenpeace activists had been chasing Japan's whaling fleet in Antarctic waters for almost two weeks, hampering their hunt for whales as part of Japan's scientific research program. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Kate Davison, HO) 39 In this photo released by Greenpeace, the damage to the bow of the Greenpeace ship MV Arctic Sunrise is seen following an alleged collision with the Nisshin Maru, a factory ship in a Japanese whaling fleet operating near Antarctica, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006 in the Southern Ocean. The Greenpeace vessel has been chasing Japan's whaling fleet in Antarctic waters for almost two weeks, hampering their hunt for whales as part of Japan's scientific research program. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Kate Davison, HO) 40 In this photo released by Greenpeace, activists survey the damage to the bow of the Greenpeace ship MV Arctic Sunrise following an alleged collision with the Nisshin Maru, a factory ship in a Japanese whaling fleet operating near Antarctica, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. The Greenpeace vessel has been chasing Japan's whaling fleet in Antarctic waters for almost two weeks, hampering their hunt for whales as part of Japan's scientific research program. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Kate Davison, HO) 41 In this photo released by Greenpeace, the Greenpeace ship MV Arctic Sunrise, left, and the Nisshin Maru, a factory ship in a Japanese whaling fleet operating near Antarctica, are seen before an alleged collision Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006 in the Southern Ocean. The Greenpeace vessel has been chasing Japan's whaling fleet in Antarctic waters for almost two weeks, hampering their hunt for whales as part of Japan's scientific research program. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Kate Davison, HO) 42 In this photo released by Greenpeace, two minke whales get transferred up the ramp of the Nisshin Maru factory ship in the Southern Ocean Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006. A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists have been involved in clashes in the remote Southern Ocean with both groups accusing each other of ramming their vessels. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Kate Davison, HO) 43 Crew aboard Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru move boxes Greenpeace say are full of whale-meat in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica January 8, 2006. Environmentalists continued their attempts to thwart Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, as both sides accused each other of underhand tactics in the high-seas struggle. NO ARCHIVE NO SALES EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Greenpeace 44 The Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru harpoons a whale in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica January 8, 2006. Environmentalists continued their attempts to thwart Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, as both sides accused each other of underhand tactics in the high-seas struggle. EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Greenpeace 45 In this handout picture, the Yushin Maru catcher ship of the Japanese whaling fleet injures a whale with its first harpoon attempt in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica. Environmentalists continued attempts to thwart Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, as both sides accused each other of underhand tactics in the high-seas struggle.(AFP/Greenpeace/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert) 46 A catcher ship from a Japanese whaling fleet attempts to kill a whale with a harpoon in the Southern Ocean, January 6, 2006. NO ARCHIVES NO RESALE REUTERS/Kate Davison/Greenpeace Handout 47 Greenpeace activists hold a protest in front of the French Embassy in New Delhi against the French warship Clemenceau being scrapped in India. An Indian Supreme Court panel has accused France of violating an international treaty on hazardous waste movement by sending the asbestos-laden warship Clemenceau to be scrapped in an Indian shipyard.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana) 48 A Southern Ocean inflatable from the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza and MY Arctic Sunrise tries to hinder the transfer of a whale by a catcher ship of the Japanese whaling fleet to the Nisshin Maru factory ship, January 6, 2006. Greenpeace is trying to bring the hunting of whales to an end. NO ARCHIVES NO RESALE REUTERS/Kate Davison/Greenpeace Handout 49 A Southern Ocean inflatable from the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza and MY Arctic Sunrise tries to hinder the transfer of a whale by a catcher ship of the Japanese whaling fleet to the Nisshin Maru factory ship, January 6, 2006. Greenpeace is trying to bring the hunting of whales to an end. NO ARCHIVES NO RESALE REUTERS/Kate Davison/Greenpeace Handout 50 In this photo released by Greenpeace, one of the inflatables from the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza and MY Arctic Sunrise tries to hinder the transfer of minke whales by a catcher ship of the Japanese whaling fleet to the Nisshin Maru factory ship, in Antarctic seas in the Southern Ocean, Friday Jan. 6, 2006. Greenpeace reported at least 20 minke whales had been slaughtered in the past 48 hours but the environmental activist group claimed some success, maintaining its tactics of harassment had allowed other whales to escape the harpoons. (AP Photo / Greenpeace / Kate Davison, HO) 51 In this photo released by Greenpeace, a minke whale is seen harpooned in Antarctic seas in the Southern Ocean, Friday, Jan. 6 2006. Inflatables from the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza and MY Arctic Sunrise tried to hinder the transfer of minke whales by a catcher ship of the Japanese whaling fleet to the Nisshin Maru factory ship, in Antarctic seas in the Southern Ocean, Friday, Jan. 6 2006. Greenpeace reported at least 20 minke whales had been slaughtered in the past 48 hours but the environmental activist group claimed some success, maintaining its tactics of harassment had allowed other whales to escape the harpoons. (AP Photo / Greenpeace / Kate Davison, HO) 52 In this photo released by Greenpeace, one of the inflatables from the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza and MY Arctic Sunrise tries to hinder the transfer of minke whales by a catcher ship of the Japanese whaling fleet to the Nisshin Maru factory ship, in Antarctic seas in the Southern Ocean, Friday Jan. 6 2006. Greenpeace reported at least 20 minke whales had been slaughtered in the past 48 hours but the environmental activist group claimed some success, maintaining its tactics of harassment had allowed other whales to escape the harpoons. (AP Photo / Greenpeace / Kate Davison, HO) 53 In this photo released by Greenpeace, one of the inflatables from the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza and MY Arctic Sunrise tries to hinder the transfer of minke whales by a catcher ship of the Japanese whaling fleet to the Nisshin Maru factory ship, in Antarctic seas in the Southern Ocean, Friday Jan. 6 2006. Greenpeace reported at least 20 minke whales had been slaughtered in the past 48 hours but the environmental activist group claimed some success, maintaining its tactics of harassment had allowed other whales to escape the harpoons. (AP Photo / Greenpeace / Kate Davison, HO) 54 In this photo released by Greenpeace, one of the inflatables from the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza and MY Arctic Sunrise tries to hinder the transfer of minke whales by a catcher ship of the Japanese whaling fleet to the Nisshin Maru factory ship, in Antarctic seas in the Southern Ocean, Friday Jan. 6 2006. Greenpeace reported at least 20 minke whales had been slaughtered in the past 48 hours but the environmental activist group claimed some success, maintaining its tactics of harassment had allowed other whales to escape the harpoons. (AP Photo / Greenpeace / Kate Davison, HO) 55 The bow of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is seen in October 2005 in New York. A high-seas struggle between Japanese whalers and anti-whaling activists resumed in the Southern Ocean, the environmental group Greenpeace said.(AFP/File/Don Emmert) 56 In this photo released by Greenpeace, an inflatable from the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza shows a 'Gortons' banner, corporate sponsors of whaling, beside a dead minke whale as it is transferred by the Kyo Maru No. 1 in Southern ocean on Thursday December 5, 2006. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, HO) I 57 Indonesian workers install solar cell panels at Lam Awe district on the outskirts of Banda Aceh January 3, 2006. Greenpeace installed the solar cell panels for a new electric system to replace the old one which was broken during the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Aceh province. REUTERS/Tarmizy Harva 58 Indonesian workers install a florescent lamp as part of a trail of a new electric system which includes solar panels in Lam Awe district, on the outskirts of Banda Aceh January 3, 2006. Greenpeace installed solar panels for a new electric system, to replace the old system which was destroyed during last year's Indian Ocean tsunami in Aceh province. REUTERS/Tarmizy Harva 59 Indonesian workers install a new electric system with solar panels in Lam Awe district, on the outskirts of Banda Aceh January 3, 2006. Greenpeace installed solar panels for a new electric system, to replace the old system which was destroyed during last year's Indian Ocean tsunami in Aceh province. REUTERS/Tarmizy Harva 60 A Greenpeace activist holds a brochure during a protest in New Delhi January 3, 2006. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters) 61 A Greenpeace activist attends a protest in New Delhi January 3, 2006. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters) 62 A Greenpeace activist holds a brochure during a protest in New Delhi January 3, 2006. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 63 A Greenpeace activist protesting in front of the French Embassy in New Delhi. A dozen Greenpeace activists were detained by police after a protest at the French Embassy in New Delhi against a decision to send an asbestos-laden defunct warship to India to be broken up for scrap.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana) 64 Greenpeace activists hold protest literature in front of the French Embassy in New Delhi. A dozen Greenpeace activists were detained by police after the protest against a decision to send an asbestos-laden defunct warship to India to be broken up for scrap.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana) 65 A Greenpeace activist attends a protest in New Delhi January 3, 2006. Indian police detained about a dozen Greenpeace activists on Tuesday during a protest over plans to dismantle in India a mothballed French aircraft carrier which they said contains tonnes of highly toxic material. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 66 A Greenpeace activist holds a brochure during a protest in New Delhi January 3, 2006. Indian police detained around a dozen Greenpeace activists on Tuesday during a protest over plans to dismantle in India a mothballed French aircraft carrier which they said contains tonnes of highly toxic material. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 67 A Greenpeace activist holds a brochure during a protest in New Delhi January 3, 2006. Indian police detained around a dozen Greenpeace activists on Tuesday during a protest over plans to dismantle in India a mothballed French aircraft carrier which they said contains tonnes of highly toxic material. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 68 The Yushin Maru whale catcher ship (L) following the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza which in turn is itself pursuing the whale fleet factory ship the Nisshin Maru in the Southern Ocean. A new high-seas struggle between a Japanese whaling fleet and anti-whaling activists is expected to erupt within days in the icy waters of the Antarctic, a Greenpeace spokesman said(AFP/HO/File/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert) 69 A Greenpeace inflatables tries to hinder the shooting and eventual transfer of a minke whale by the Yushin Maru No.2 catcher ship in Southern Ocean. A new high-seas struggle between a Japanese whaling fleet and anti-whaling activists is expected to erupt within days in the icy waters of the Antarctic, a Greenpeace spokesman said(AFP/HO/File/Kate Davison) 70 Body of the French decomissioned warship, the Clemenceau, 29 December 2005. The asbestos-insulated warship has begun the first stage of its final voyage to an Indian breaker's yard after a court reportedly ordered the environmental group Greenpeace to keep clear of the ship.(AFP/File/Eric Estrade) 71 The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza is pursued by a Japanese whaling ship on the Southern Ocean December 31, 2005. Greenpeace activists will put their lives on the line to disrupt this year's Japanese whaling hunt, the group said recently. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Greenpeace 72 Crew members of the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza wave a banner whilst being pursued by a Japanese whaling ship on the Southern Ocean December 31, 2005. Greenpeace activists will put their lives on the line to disrupt this year's Japanese whaling hunt, the group said recently. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Greenpeace 73 Crew members of the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza wave a banner whilst being pursued by a Japanese whaling ship on the Southern Ocean December 31, 2005. Greenpeace activists will put their lives on the line to disrupt this year's Japanese whaling hunt, the group said recently. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Greenpeace 74 Nicolas Schifman, a crew member of the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza, waves a banner in front of a Japanese whaling ship on the Southern Ocean December 31, 2005. Greenpeace activists will put their lives on the line to disrupt this year's Japanese whaling hunt, the group said recently. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Greenpeace 75 Greenpeace ship 'Esperanza.' Japanese harpooners slipped away from Greenpeace anti-whaling activists under cover of a storm in the Southern Ocean, the environmental group's team leader said.(AFP/File/Marcel Mochet) 76 A handout image shows a harpooned whale below crew members aboard a Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean December 22, 2005. A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists have been involved in clashes in the remote Southern Ocean with both groups accusing each other of ramming their vessels. Picture taken December 22, 2005. EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Greenpeace/Kate Davison/Handout 77 A handout image shows Greenpeace activist Mikey Resato atop a harpooned whale as crew members aboard a Japanese whaling vessel hose him down in the Southern Ocean December 22, 2005. A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists have been involved in clashes in the remote Southern Ocean with both groups accusing each other of ramming their vessels. Photograph taken December 22, 2005. EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Greenpeace/Kate Davison/Handout 78 Five Greenpeace activists aboard a decommissioned French aircraft carrier. French campaigners made a fresh legal bid to prevent a decommissioned warship insulated with asbestos from leaving France for India, where it is due to be broken into scrap.(AFP/Greenpeace/Pierre Gleizes) 79 A French Greenpeace Activist (L) gives a model of the aircraft-carrier 'Clemenceau' to Indian embassy officials in Paris, 23 December 2005. French ecologists made a last-ditch legal bid to stop the departure of the decommissioned aircraft carrier, the Clemenceau, with asbestos-laden insulation to India to be broken up(AFP/File/Jack Guez) 80 Karen Sack, Oceans Policy Advisor for Greenpeace, explains their new international campaign to the media, called ' Defending our Oceans', November 2005 in Cape Town. A Japanese whaling fleet suspended its work for the second day in stormy conditions as environmental group Greenpeace defended its tactics in disrupting the controversial hunt(AFP/File/Rodger Bosch) 81 The killing of whales in the Southern Ocean by the Yushin Maru and the Kyo Maru No.1 ships of the Japanese whaling fleet. Greenpeace protesters spent Christmas riding out a force 10 gale in the icy Southern Ocean and consoling themselves with the thought that the foul weather was preventing Japanese whalers from adding to their kill, the group's team leader said(AFP/HO/File/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert) 82 The crew of Yushin Maru No.2 of the Japanese whaling fleet tying a newly caught whale which will then be transferred to the Nisshin Maru factory ship in the Southern Ocean. A Japanese whaling fleet resumed its controversial kill after almost two days trying to elude Greenpeace activists intent on disrupting its activities.(AFP/HO) 83 A whaling vessel prepares to load a whale in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. (Greenpeace/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Handout/Reuters) 84 Activists from environmental group Greenpeace (foreground) try to disrupt a Japanese whaling vessel's operations in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. (Greenpeace/Kate Davison/Handout/Reuters) 85 Workers onboard a Japanese whaling vessel spray water on Greenpeace activists (front) during a whaling operation in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. (Greenpeace/Kate Davison/Reuters) 86 Activists onboard a Greenpeace ship and inflatable boats try to disrupt the operations of a Japanese whaling vessel (R) in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. (Greenpeace/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert /handout/Reuters) 87 A minke whale is harpooned by the crew of the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 2 in the Southern Ocean near the coast of Antarctica December 22, 2005. (Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Greenpeace/Handout/Reuters) 88 French ecologists said they plan to take legal action to try to stop the transfer of the decommissioned aircraft carrier, the Clemenceau, with asbestos-laden insulation to India to be broken down into scrap metal.(AFP/Jack Guez) 89 Whales are lined up onboard a Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. (Greenpeace/J.Sutton-Hibbert/Handout/Reuters) 90 An employee stands in front of a whale meat display at a shopping mall in Yokohama, Japan October 11, 2005. Australia should send a navy ship to monitor a Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, Australia's minority Greens party said on December 23, 2005, as the Japanese ships kept trying to fend off Greenpeace protesters. Japan abandoned commercial whaling in 1986 in line with an international moratorium and began what it calls a research programme the following year. Critics said the programme was a disguised commercial hunt for meat for upscale restaurants. Picture taken October 11, 2005. REUTERS/Rodney Joyce 91 An inflatable boat (in foreground) launched from Greenpeace ship Esperanza attempts to hinder Japanese whaling operations in the Southern Ocean near the coast of Antarctica December 22, 2005. A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists are involved in a stand-off in the Southern Ocean with the two sides accusing each other of ramming their vessels. Greenpeace said that after a month-long search it had tracked down six Japanese ships -- which set out on November 8 to conduct what Tokyo says is a scientific whaling programme -- several thousand kilometres (miles) south of Perth. NO ARCHIVE NO RESALE REUTERS/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Greenpeace/Handout 92 A handout photo shows Greenpeace acitivists aboard an inflatable boat try to hinder the shooting and eventual transfer of a minke whale by the Yushin Maru No.2 catcher ship to the Nisshin Maru factory ship in the Southern Ocean. The New Zealand government has released a damning report on Japan's whaling programme, saying it lacks scientific credibility.(AFP/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert) 93 A minke whale is harpooned by the crew of the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 2 in the Southern Ocean near the coast of Antarctica December 22, 2005. A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists are involved in a stand-off in the Southern Ocean with the two sides accusing each other of ramming their vessels. Greenpeace said that after a month-long search it had tracked down six Japanese ships -- which set out on November 8 to conduct what Tokyo says is a scientific whaling programme -- several thousand kilometres (miles) south of Perth. NO ARCHIVE NO RESALE REUTERS/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Greenpeace/Handout 94 An inflatable boat (L front) launched from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza attempts to hinder Japanese whaling operations in the Southern Ocean near the coast of Antarctica December 22, 2005. A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists are involved in a stand-off in the Southern Ocean with the two sides accusing each other of ramming their vessels. Greenpeace said that after a month-long search it had tracked down six Japanese ships -- which set out on November 8 to conduct what Tokyo says is a scientific whaling programme -- several thousand kilometres (miles) south of Perth. NO ARCHIVE NO RESALE REUTERS/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Greenpeace/Handout 95 An inflatable boat (C) launched from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza attempts to hinder Japanese whaling operations in the Southern Ocean near the coast of Antarctica December 22, 2005. A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists are involved in a stand-off in the Southern Ocean with the two sides accusing each other of ramming their vessels. Greenpeace said that after a month-long search it had tracked down six Japanese ships -- which set out on November 8 to conduct what Tokyo says is a scientific whaling programme -- several thousand kilometres (miles) south of Perth. NO ARCHIVE NO RESALE REUTERS/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Greenpeace/Handout 96 ATTENTION EDITORS - CAPTION CLARIFICATION Japanese whaling vessels spray water on Greenpeace activists in the Southern Ocean near the coast of Antarctica December 21, 2005. A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists are involved in a stand-off in the Southern Ocean with the two sides accusing each other of ramming their vessels. Greenpeace said that after a month-long search it had tracked down six Japanese ships -- which set out on November 8 to conduct what Tokyo says is a scientific whaling programme -- several thousand kilometres (miles) south of Perth. NO SALE NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Greenpeace/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert /Handout 97 A Japanese whaling vessel (L) appears to collide with the Greenpeace vessel Esperanza in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists are involved in a stand-off in the remote Southern Ocean with both groups accusing each other of ramming their vessels. Picture taken December 21, 2005. EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Greenpeace/Handout 98 Handout image shows workers on a Japanese whaling vessel dragging two whales which are tied to the side of their ship in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists are involved in a stand-off in the remote Southern Ocean with both groups accusing each other of ramming their vessels. Photograph taken December 21, 2005. EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Greenpeace/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Handout 99 Handout image shows workers on a Japanese whaling vessel cutting open a whale in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists are involved in a stand-off in the remote Southern Ocean with both groups accusing each other of ramming their vessels. Photograph taken December 21, 2005. EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Greenpeace/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Handout 100 Handout image shows the Greenpeace vessel Esperanza (R) and small inflatable Greenpeace boats trying to hinder the operations of two Japanese whaling vessels in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists are involved in a stand-off in the remote Southern Ocean with both groups accusing each other of ramming their vessels. Photograph taken December 21, 2005. EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Greenpeace/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Handout 101 The Greenpeace vessel Esperanza (L) is sprayed with water by a Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists are involved in a stand-off in the remote Southern Ocean with both groups accusing each other of ramming their vessels. Photograph taken December 21, 2005. EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Greenpeace/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Handout 102 Activists from environmental group Greenpeace (L) try to disrupt a Japanese whaling vessel's operations in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. Two Greenpeace ships on Wednesday confronted the Fisheries Agency of Japan whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Greenpeace/Kate Davison/Handout 103 Activists from environmental group Greenpeace try to disrupt a Japanese whaling vessel's (background) operations in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. Two Greenpeace ships on Wednesday confronted the Fisheries Agency of Japan whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Greenpeace/Kate Davison/Handout 104 A whaling vessel prepares to load a whale in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. Two Greenpeace ships on Wednesday confronted and tried to disrupt the operations of the Fisheries Agency of Japan whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Greenpeace/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Handout 105 Whales are lined up onboard a Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean December 21, 2005. Two Greenpeace ships on Wednesday confronted and tried to disrupt the operations of the Fisheries Agency of Japan whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean. 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