Minette Walters

Environmental group Greenpeace today said that Japanese whalers used high-powered water cannons against its chase boats in a confrontation in Antarctic waters.

The mother of six children who refused to leave their Idaho home during a five-day stalemate with police said she does not want her case to become a political cause.

Five children who surrendered after a five day siege at their isolated home will stay with a family friend until a judge decides what will happen to them.