IWC annual conference in Panama

IWC annual conference in Panama

PANAMA CITY, Panama - The International Whaling Commission's annual conference is held in Panama City, Panama, on July 6, 2012. The commission the same day rejected a call from Japan for permission to resume hunting minke whales near its coastline, on the last day of the commission's annual conference.

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