Guardian: The Australian government has been urged to lodge a formal protest with Japan after activists said they chased the Japanese whaling fleet from a designated whale sanctuary in the Southern Ocean. Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said three of its vessels chased Japanese boats from the area. Sea Shepherd also released video footage that appears to show the butchering of four minke whales on the deck of Japanese factory ship Nisshin Maru. The Greens party said the prime minister, Tony Abbott, should...