Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been released from prison in Greenland where he spent five months in custody, after Denmark rejected a Japanese request to extradite him. Mr Watson, 74, was detained by police when his ship docked in Greenland's capital,

Japan had asked Denmark to extradite Watson, who had been in custody in Greenland since his arrest this summer.

Danish authorities have released anti-whaling activistPaul Watson from Greenland some five months after he was originally detained on an international arrest warrant from Japan, his attorney said.