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 * Australia Warns Japan to stop Whaling**

On February 19, 2010 there was a report made on Japan that Australia has set a deadline for Japan to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean by November of this year or they will enforce legal actions. Japan has killed hundreds of whales each year and it all started around 1986 and they would used the hwales for scientific research. The Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd is hopeful that talks with Japan could hopefully lead to a voluntary stop of whaling. Australia has made threats to Japan about how if Japan doesn't stop whaling they'll take them to court but has never confirmed as a statement to them. Also the Japanese and the Australian people have worked together because they've been economic partners. Japan is their top export market with sales that is worth about $55 billion dollars that was made from this year to last June. The Prime Minister is hoping to meet with Japan this weekend, February 20, and 21st.

Sources: BBC:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8523328.stm Yahoo (AFP):http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100219/wl_afp/australiajapanwhalingdiplomacy

Some similarites that I noticed was that they both obviously talked about the same issue, and they had similar titles. They shared the same statistic about how much money Australia has made with Japan working together. Also they shared some similar quotes from the Prime Minister of Japan about what's happening and his plan about what to do. Some differences I noticed was how important this event was to Kevin Rudd, the Prime Minister, the BBC didn't include anything about it. Although both articles talked about New Zealand and Australia have been oppposed to Japan's whaling, the BBC article went into a little more detail about why.

My opinion is that its good that Australia is finally acting on this event because whaling is a serious thing. Too much of it could lead to whales becoming an endangered species and that isn't good. I thought Australia should've acted faster because it would reduce the number of whales being killed. Even though both countries work hand in hand to help each other and Australia might ruin their relationship with them, it was a smart decision made by them.