Two men from the Sea Shepherd conservation group Benjamin Potts and Giles Lane are being held on board of a whaling ship Yushin Maru 2. The two boarded the harpoon ship on Tuesday near Antarctica and were detained. Both sides are accusing each other of behaving like terrorists. The Japanese are calling the boarding of their ship piracy and the Sea Shepherd is saying the men are being treated like hostages.Japanese officials say they wanted to release the men if their protest ship Steve Irwin stayed 10 nautical miles clear of the Yushin Maru 2. Paul Watson, captain of the Steve Irwin and founder






















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