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In this photo taken on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 and supplied by Sea Shepherd Australia on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, three dead minke whales lie on the deck of the Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru as it travels through the Southern Ocean. Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said it caught up with all five of Japan's whaling vessels on Monday and found evidence of whale kills on one. Japan is allowed to hunt the animals for scientific purposes under an exception to a 1986 ban on whaling. But opponents argue the scientific program is a cover for commercial whaling because whale meat not used for study is sold as food in Japan. (AP Photo/Tim Watters, Sea Shepherd Australia) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
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In this photo taken on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 and supplied by Sea Shepherd Australia on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, three dead minke whales lie on the deck of the Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru in the Southern Ocean. Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said it caught up with all five of Japan's whaling vessels on Monday and found evidence of whale kills on one. Japan is allowed to hunt the animals for scientific purposes under an exception to a 1986 ban on whaling. But opponents argue the scientific program is a cover for commercial whaling because whale meat not used for study is sold as food in Japan. (AP Photo/Tim Watters, Sea Shepherd Australia) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
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In this photo taken on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 and supplied by Sea Shepherd Australia on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, three dead minke whales lie on the deck of the Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru, in the Southern Ocean. Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said it caught up with all five of Japan's whaling vessels on Monday and found evidence of whale kills on one. Japan is allowed to hunt the animals for scientific purposes under an exception to a 1986 ban on whaling. But opponents argue the scientific program is a cover for commercial whaling because whale meat not used for study is sold as food in Japan. (AP Photo/Tim Watters, Sea Shepherd Australia) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
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Kei Nishikori of Japan reacts after winning a point in his quarter final match against Marin Cilic of Croatia during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)
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Kei Nishikori of Japan plays a shot in his quarter final match against Marin Cilic of Croatia during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)
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Kei Nishikori of Japan uses an ice pack to cool down in his semifinal match against Lleyton Hewitt of Australia during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)
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Lleyton Hewitt of Australia plays a shot in his semi-final match against Kei Nishikori of Japan during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)
