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Week of Aug. 22-28

WASHINGTON — Above the Arctic Circle in Canada near Greenland, five Inuit villages have won a court order that blocks a German icebreaker from conducting seismic tests of an underwater region that abounds with marine life — and possibly with oil, gas and minerals.

JUNEAU — Selling Alaska Native art is a big draw downtown, but some shopkeepers and artists say stocking it on the shelves isn’t as easy as it used to be.