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Oct. 12, 2009
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SYDNEY, April 22 (UPI) -- Greenpeace says it confronted a U.S. tuna boat in the South Pacific this week as part of an effort to fight overfishing by commercial fishing fleets.

Confrontations multiply with whaling fleet

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Greenpeace can't find Japanese whalers

TOKYO, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Greenpeace activists aboard the Esperanza said they were unable to locate the Japanese whaling fleet in Antarctic waters.

Greenpeace activists arrested

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Greenpeace hot air balloon forced down

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Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace, dies

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Brazil: Activists block soya-loaded ship

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler