ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Facing the most serious challenge to a 21-year-old ban on commercial whaling, anti-whaling nations look to reclaim a voting majority at a meeting next week to slow Japan's push to end the moratorium.
The International Whaling Commission holds its annual conference in Anchorage starting on Monday, one year after pro-whaling countries including Japan secured a one-vote majority and said a global ban on commercial whaling was no longer necessary.
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