NucNewsHeadlines - collected January 1-10, 2006 Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date ---- NUCLEAR Global Nuclear Survey: Public Support for New Power Plants Remains Tentative IAEA Press Release 2005/16 14 December 2005 http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/PressReleases/2005/prn200516.html A Manhattan project for the 21st century Friday, December 30, 2005, Chandigarh, India Tribune http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051230/science.htm#1 The Potential Emerging Energy Crunch Part II The Nuclear Solution by Sol Palha, January 03, 2006 http://www.safehaven.com/article-4377.htm Is The World Going Nuclear Again To Offset Rising Cost Of Fossil Fuels? By Jan Jun Tuesday, 10 January 2006 Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/01/47ce4ee2-30b0-4741-8933-251651105737.html ---- accidents and safety After Environmental Accidents, Public Deserves Full Candor The Scientist 1991, 5(8):11 Author: LEE A. KIMBALL, p. 11 Published 15 April 1991 Posted Online January 5, 2006 http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/10734/ ---- africa Clandestine nuclear deals traced to Sudan Ian Traynor and Ian Cobain Thursday January 5, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/sudan/story/0,14658,1678336,00.html ---- asia Kazakhstan Must Develop Nuclear Energy Sector Sunday, January 01, 2006 http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10386 Japan, India to start talks to bridge nuclear divide Wed Jan 4, 2006 8:38 AM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060104/wl_nm/nuclear_india_japan_dc_1 ---- britain FALLOUT OVER ENERGY ADVISER’S STRONG ANTI-SELLAFIELD STANCE Published in Whitehaven News on Thursday, January 5th 2006 UK Business Gazette http://www.businessgazette.co.uk/viewarticle.asp?id=317504 Nuclear sub 'drunk' claim probed Friday, 6 January 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/4587362.stm UK cleared nuclear cargo to Iran Defence experts demand tightening of export regulations on potential weapon materials Antony Barnett Sunday January 8, 2006 The Observer http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1681851,00.html Blair and Mesapotamian Mirages Northern Ireland Police Chief Ronnie Flannagan is galloping to the rescue. Belfast and Basra being confused again. By Felicity Arbuthnot Special to PalestineChronicle.com Monday January 09th, 2006 http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=010506233654 Ministers Warned of Huge Rise in Nuclear Waste · Lethal radioactivity could rise five-fold, warn experts · Industry denies massaging statistics by David Adam Published on Monday, January 9, 2006 by the Guardian / UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,16518,1682244,00.html http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0109-03.htm Treasury faces 'big bill' for nuclear workers' pensions By Jean Eaglesham,UK Business Editor Published: January 9 2006 02:00 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2e47306c-80b4-11da-8f9d-0000779e2340.html Call for bids to build new plant 10 January 2006 Hartlepool Today (UK) http://www.hartlepooltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1109&ArticleID=1308165 ---- business GE Energy's Nuclear Business Wins Contract To Boost Mexico Nuclear Plant's Output 1/3/2006 SOURCE: GE Energy http://www.poweronline.com/content/news/article.asp?docid=%7B272548E0-CD3C-4618-AF0B-F452ED0AA7AA%7D&VNETCOOKIE=NO Norway pulls investments in seven multinationals over ethical concerns Groups producing nuclear arms components OSLO (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060105124532.fv9cov1k.html Teledyne Awarded $7.9 Million Washington Contract 1/5/2006 San Diego/Orange County Tech News http://www.freshnews.com/cgi-bin/jsj_news/viewnews.cgi?action=one&cat=20&article_ID=29063 BNFL to name Westinghouse bidder by early Feb Fri 6 Jan 2006 (Reuters) http://business.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=25922006 Mitsubishi may acquire Westinghouse By Thomas Olson PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Saturday, January 7, 2006 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/business/s_411204.html ---- canada Bruce Power launches Bruce A restart website Canada Newswire January 13, 2006 http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2006/10/c1083.html ---- china China calls for cooperation with US on oil, nuclear power (AFX UK Focus) 2006-01-01 http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=5509790&subject=markets&action=article ---- depleted uranium Russia could up share of global depleted uranium market to 45% by 2010 Dec 28, 2005 (Interfax) http://www.interfax.com/3/117383/news.aspx Uranium cleanup moves ahead By Davis Bushnell, Boston Globe Correspondent | January 1, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/01/01/uranium_cleanup_moves_ahead/ The Dark Clouds of NATO Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. - 1/2/2006 Global Politician http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=1523&cid=10&sid=48 Legislators plot year's priorities Area lawmakers put taxes, health care atop their lists By Karen Lincoln Michel, kmichel@greenbaypressgazette.com Press-Gazette Madison bureau Posted January 2, 2006 http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060102/GPG0101/601020469/1207/GPGnews Depleted Uranium: Dirty Bombs, Dirty Missiles, Dirty Bullets A Death Sentence Here and Abroad The US has a dirty (DU) little (CIA) secret By Leuren Moret, January 3, 2006 Coastal Post http://www.coastalpost.com/06/01/03.html Army collected depleted uranium ammunition at Schofield Gina Mangieri January 5, 2006 KHON, Hawaii http://khon.com/khon/displayStory.cfm?storyID=10312 Uranium revelation upsets isle activists Army e-mails detailing the presence of spent metal at Schofield are troubling, critics say By Rosemarie Bernardo rbernardo@starbulletin.com Friday, January 6, 2006 Hawaii Star Bulletin http://starbulletin.com/2006/01/06/news/story06.html Depleted uranium found at Schofield (Hawaii) By Audrey McAvoy Associated Press January 06, 2006 http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1451335.php Schofield uranium find prompts call for probe By Rod Ohira Honolulu Advertiser Staff Writer Friday, January 6, 2006 http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060106/NEWS08/601060367/1018/NEWS UI to study health of munitions workers By the Iowa U Press-Citizen From University News Services Friday, January 6, 2006 http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060106/NEWS01/60106002/1079 Most Costs of Iraq War Remain Immeasurable As the Pentagon’s tab for the ongoing occupation continues to accumulate, the costs to the people, environment and cultural heritage of Iraq have spiraled beyond any sense of reckoning. by Chris Shumway (bio), Jun 7, 2005 Syracuse NY New Standard News http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/1904 ---- europe Anti-nuclear activists block Austrian-Czech border: report January 2, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060102/sc_afp/czechaustrianuclear_060102192833%3b_ylt=A9FJqZH5hLlDCmQArQrPOrgF%3b_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060102170531.hadn4syr.html Germany debates energy future By Stefan Nicola UPI Germany Correspondent Published January 4, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060104-101429-7007r Gas Halt May Produce Big Ripples in European Policy By MARK LANDLER, January 4, 2006 NY TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/04/international/europe/04germany.html?pagewanted=print Lithuanian government invites investors to consider building new nuclear plant By Milda Seputyte 04.01.2006 Baltic Times http://www.baltictimes.com/art.php?art_id=14335 Opinion: Putin shows why Britain must go nuclear (Filed: 04/01/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/01/04/dl0401.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/04/ixworld.html France to develop fourth-generation nuclear reactor: Chirac PARIS (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060105133554.lxe2m0ii.html http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060105180943.r9bk6iq9.html France announces launch of G4 nuclear reactor 2006-01-05 21:53:30 (Xinhuanet) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/05/content_4014672.htm Germany stands by decision to phase out nuclear power: minister BERLIN (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060105143853.yc3655nn.html German Environment Minister Favours Phase-Out of Nuclear Power Plants Friday, 6 January 2006 BBC Monitoring European http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/349858/german_environment_minister_favours_phaseout_of_nuclear_power_plants/index.html?source=r_science Europe Warms To Nuclear Power PARIS, Jan. 6, 2006 (Christian Science Monitor) By Peter Ford http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/06/world/printable1183535.shtml German Minister Dismisses Nuclear Power Lobby Story by Philip Blenkinsop REUTERS GERMANY: January 6, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34350/story.htm Looking after number one Sunday, January 08, 2006 EU Referendum http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2006/01/looking-after-number-one.html Fossil-fuel crisis drives Europe to nuclear, green energy Sun Jan 8, 4:31 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060108/sc_afp/europeenergynuclear_060108213136 Lithuania Hopes To Delay Nuclear Plant Closing 9 January 2006 -- (RFE/RL) http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/1/adff2065-f215-4233-b6b3-afb048eb5068.html Gas Crisis Rekindles Nuclear Option Julio Godoy, Jan 10 2006 (IPS) http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=31713 German govt. remains divided on ending nuclear power Tue Jan 10, 2006 09:23 AM GMT (Reuters) http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=10801477§ion=news&src=rss/uk/scienceNews ---- india India and Pakistan swap list of nuclear facilities ISLAMABAD (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060101082713.7lin8q1s.html Controversy over India’s CIRUS reactor heats up By Khalid Hasan Thursday, January 05, 2006 Pakistan Daily Times http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\01\05\story_5-1-2006_pg7_7 India submits nuke plan to U.S. 1/6/2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20060106-034541-7252r Rice endorses India’s quest for nuclear energy Washington, January 06, 2005, Sridhar Krishnaswami (PTI) http://www.defenceindia.com/02-jan-2k6/news9.html ---- iran Takeyh: New Talks Unlikely to Produce Agreement to Curtail Iran's Nuclear Program Interviewee: Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor December 21, 2005 Council On Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/publication/9470/takeyh.html Nuking Iran With the UN's Blessing Only the American people can stop it by Jorge Hirsch Antiwar.com December 28, 2005 http://www.antiwar.com/orig/hirsch.php?articleid=8312 Iran develops uranium separation technology: report TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060101132225.8h1n8gzk.html Russian nuclear proposal has 'serious problems': Iran TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060101221748.dizqqnb2.html Iran rejects Russian nuclear offer From Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr (CNN) Monday, January 2, 2006; Posted: 4:38 a.m. EST (09:38 GMT) http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/01/iran.nuclear/index.html?section=cnn_latest Iran Says It Will Resume Nuclear Fuel Research By JOHN O'NEIL, January 3, 2006 NY TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/international/middleeast/03cnd-iran.html?oref=login&pagewanted=print US threatens action if Iran resumes nuclear fuel research WASHINGTON (AFP) Jan 03, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060103204753.1n8ll1m1.html Secret services say Iran is trying to assemble a nuclear missile Document seen by Guardian details web of front companies and middlemen Ian Cobain and Ian Traynor Wednesday January 4, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,16518,1677541,00.html US freezes assets of two Iran nuclear firms WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (AFP) Jan 04, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060104193707.03zvcxja.html Iran Declares Its Nuclear Plan Nonnegotiable By ELAINE SCIOLINO January 5, 2006 NY TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/05/international/middleeast/05iran.html?pagewanted=print Cirincione: Iran's New 'Hard Line' President Pushing Iran toward Security Council Action on Nuclear Issues Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor Interviewee: Joseph Cirincione January 5, 2006 Council On Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/publication/9495/cirincione.html Castro backs Iran's 'right' to peaceful nuclear energy HAVANA (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060105163013.4mn6ez3d.html Iran calls nuclear weapons story false Paper tells of search for parts, know-how John Daniszewski, Los Angeles Times Thursday, January 5, 2006 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/05/MNG1LGHEMM1.DTL Iran skips Vienna nuclear meeting ElBaradei acknowledges the right of Iran "to the peaceful use of nuclear technology." (CNN) Thursday, January 5, 2006; Posted: 4:42 p.m. EST (21:42 GMT) http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/05/iran.nuclear/index.html?section=cnn_latest Iran rejection of nuclear deal becoming clear: Rice By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent Thu Jan 5, 2:34 PM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060105/pl_nm/nuclear_iran_usa_dc_2 IAEA-Iran nuclear talks stumble as US threatens Security Council action Thu Jan 5, 12:53 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060105/wl_mideast_afp/irannucleareuiaeaus_060105175343 Western Agencies Say Iran Out To Build Nuclear Missile London (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/news/Western_Agencies_Say_Iran_Out_To_Build_Nuclear_Missile.html Iran's abrupt no-show stuns atomic negotiators By Elaine Sciolino The New York Times FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2006 http://iht.com/articles/2006/01/05/news/iran.php# UN inspectors to reopen Iran nuclear centres: report TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 06, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060106133929.v78mglz5.html Q&A: Iran's Nuclear Issues By BERNARD GWERTZMAN January 6, 2006 NY TIMES From the Council on Foreign Relations, January 6, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/cfr/international/slot1_010606.html?pagewanted=print Nuclear powers aim to pressure Iran January 7, 2006 - 12:24PM Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Nuclear-powers-aim-to-pressure-Iran/2006/01/07/1136387652070.html Algeria stresses Iran's peaceful nuclear right Algiers, Jan 8, 2006 IRNA http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0601083130101958.htm UK nuclear export sent to Iran: claim From correspondents in London January 08, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17761565%255E29277,00.html Fanatic Netanyahu stands waiting with a bomb for Iran 1/8/2006 12:30:00 PM GMT Aljazeera http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/review/article_full_story.asp?service_ID=10342 Russians Visit Iran on Nuclear Plan January 8, 2006 (Reuters) http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/international/middleeast/08iran.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1137176016-Z7ybAf9Koa3ENH529/5i9A&pagewanted=print Five nuclear powers send messages to Iran: US By Sue Pleming Mon Jan 9, 6:21 PM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060109/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_usa_dc IAEA Confirms Iran Broke UN Seals at Nuclear Plant By REUTERS January 10, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran-iaea.html?pagewanted=print Iran Delays Threatened Resumption of Nuclear Work By Dafna Linzer and Karl Vick Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, January 10, 2006; A12 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/09/AR2006010900313_pf.html Iran defies U.N. agency, restarts uranium enrichment By Barbara Slavin, USA TODAY 1/10/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-10-iran-nuclear_x.htm Iran has built 5,000 centrifuges, says opposition Tue Jan 10, 4:11 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060110/wl_mideast_afp/usirannuclearpolitics US says Iran nuclear move marks 'serious escalation' WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060110203253.p795e4as.html World leaders slam Iran over nuclear row WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060110211652.qwl2qb6d.html Bush has no plans to attack Iran: White House WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060110191909.xdwtvs1v.html Straw rules out military action on Iran, but warns on UN referral LONDON, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060110164445.7hghx1kc.html ---- iraq / inspections Secretive military unit sought to solve political WMD concerns prior to securing Iraq, intelligence sources say Larisa Alexandrovna, January 5, 2006 Raw Story http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Secretive_military_unit_sought_to_solve_0105.html ---- israel Israel's War Deadline Iran in the Crosshairs By JAMES PETRAS Counterpunch Weekend Edition December 24/25, 2005 http://www.counterpunch.org/petras12242005.html BMD Focus: Israel-Iran nuclear balance By MARTIN SIEFF UPI Senior News Analyst, Dec. 29, 2005 http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20051229-013056-9028r Israel considers protesting BBC show on `secret weapons' Program focuses on country's nuclear program By Sharon Sadeh January 1, 2006 Haaretz http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=273071&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y Interview with Mordechai Vanunu: Israel preparing to use nuclear weapons against Iran January 2, 2006 Voyenny Parad, No. 4, 2005 (original Russian) http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20060102&articleId=1703 Palestinian planned to attack Israeli nuclear plant JERUSALEM (AFP) Jan 02, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060102202029.6mqzifur.html Bomber planned to hit reactor [Captured at Gaza Checkpoint] YNet News | Jan. 2, 2006 | Anat Barshkovsky http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3194010,00.html British program uncovers Israel’s secret nuclear plans AlJazeera 2006-01-04 11:11:47 http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2006/01/04/4347.shtml Israel Iran Nuclear Balance One of many places Israel is itching to bomb By Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) Jan 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/news/Israel_Iran_Nuclear_Balance.html Netanyahu and Ahmadinejad - Axis of Fanatics By NORMAN SOLOMON, January 6, 2006 Counterpunch http://www.counterpunch.org/solomon01062006.html Israelis plan pre-emptive strike on Iran IAN BRUCE, Defence Correspondent January 10 2006 UK Herald http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/53948-print.shtml ---- japan Commercialization far away for Monju fast-breeder reactor 01/01/2006 The Asahi Shimbun http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200512310212.html Japanese Govt to seek cut in oil dependency The Daily Yomiuri Publication Date : 2006-01-06 http://www.asianewsnet.net/level3_template1.php?l3sec=2&news_id=50726 Japan can burn 6.5 tons of plutonium a year under plan+ (Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) January 06, 2006 (Kyodo) http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/jan/1266543.htm Rokkasho tests break plutonium pledge, activists tell IAEA By ERIC JOHNSTON Staff writer Friday, January 6, 2006 Japan Times http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060106a8.htm Murder fuels Japan's hostility to US navy presence Justin McCurry in Tokyo Saturday January 7, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,7369,1681142,00.html?gusrc=rss Pluthermal to use 6.5 tons a year The Japan Times: Jan. 8, 2006 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060108a5.htm Japanese troops to begin amphibious combat training in US Mon Jan 9, 4:38 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060109/wl_asia_afp/usjapanmilitary ---- korea North Korea gathers kit for nuclear bombs Michael Sheridan, Far East Correspondent January 01, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1965140,00.html N. Korea calls for strengthening of power to end U.S. 'provocation' (Kyodo) Sunday January 1, 2006 http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060101/kyodo/d8erj1sg3.html ‘NK Has Plutonium to Make 8 Bombs’ 01-03-2006 16:09 (Yonhap) http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200601/kt2006010316072111950.htm U.S. Sanctions Called Hurdle to Nuclear Talks From Times Wire Reports January 3, 2006 Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-briefs3.2jan03,1,6090480.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true US special envoy to Korean nuclear talks quits WASHINGTON (AFP) Jan 04, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060104210133.ab6qc1m2.html ---- latinamerica Capsule Containing Radioactive Metal Missing from Venezuelan Oil Facility January 05, 2006 — By Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9600 Venezuelan Thieves Steal another Radioactive Unit REUTERS VENEZUELA: January 5, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34326/story.htm Fox to leave nuclear power plans for next govt - Mexico Monday, January 9, 2006 Business News Americas http://www.bnamericas.com/story.jsp?sector=10¬icia=340741&idioma=I ---- pacific French accused of Pacific nuclear cover-up High cancer rates in Polynesian islands are blamed on 30 years of test explosions at Mururoa Lindsay Vincent Papeete Sunday January 1, 2006 The Observer http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1676239,00.html FRENCH POLYNESIA: New Report To Highlight French Cover-Up In The Pacific Monday: January 2, 2006 Pacific Magazine http://www.pacificislands.cc/pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=19262 ---- pakistan Pakistan in talks to buy Chinese reactors Tuesday, January 03, 2006 Peak Oil http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10434 Pakistan is negotiating the purchase of between six and eight nuclear power reactors from China during the next decade in the most ambitious expansion yet of the country’s nuclear energy capability. The deal could cost $7bn-$10bn and would involve adding 3,600-4,800 megawatts of capacity using a series of 600MW reactors. The plants are expected to be completed by 2025, with construction starting by 2015, a senior Pakistani official told the Financial Times. ---- Pakistan denies new reactor plan China has already built a nuclear plant like this in Pakistan Tuesday, 3 January 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4577044.stm Pakistan Says Nuclear Network Dismantled By SADAQAT JAN, Associated Press Writer Thu Jan 5, 2006 9:54 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060105/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_nuclear_1 Pakistan says other countries did not punish Khan nuclear network members ISLAMABAD (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060105120554.2nodnr76.html Pakistan Says Interested in Buying Nuclear Reactors REUTERS PAKISTAN: January 6, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34356/story.htm ---- russia Oak Ridge researchers help Russians protect nuclear materials December 31, 2005 (AP) http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=4305858 Russian gas row reignites nuclear debate Domestic bills likely to be forced up Terry Macalister Monday January 2, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1676560,00.html Nuclear Back-Scratching by Gordon Prather, January 3, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=8336 Russia Calls Gas Row with Ukraine Bilateral Issue, Dismisses US Criticism Created: 06.01.2006 MosNews http://mosnews.com/news/2006/01/06/russiacriticism.shtml ---- security Even After 'Dirty Bomb' Exposure, Residents Might Be Allowed Back In By MATTHEW L. WALD Published: January 3, 2006 NY TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/national/nationalspecial3/03cnd-nuke.html New Preparedness Directorate at DHS up and running By Chris Strohm cstrohm@govexec.com January 4, 2006 Government Executive Magazine http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=33092&dcn=todaysnews Government Issues Cleanup Guidelines for 'Dirty Bomb' Attack January 04, 2006 — By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9599 Department of Homeland Security Issues Grossly Lax Dirty Bomb Cleanup Guidance: "A Nuclear Katrina in the Making" JANUARY 4, 2006 11:14 AM Nuclear Information and Resource Service http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0104-04.htm NC Nuclear Plant's Security Comes Under Scrutiny POSTED: 7:44 pm EST January 5, 2006 UPDATED: 11:57 am EST January 9, 2006 WRAL (NC) http://www.wral.com/news/5872285/detail.html?rss=ral&psp=news ---- space Pluto flyby may define 'planet' Mission set for Jan. 17 launch may enlighten argument over remote body's cosmic status By Jim Erickson, Rocky Mountain News January 2, 2006 http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4357326,00.html Florida activists hope to derail launch Group to protest at station today BY TODD HALVORSON FLORIDA TODAY January 7, 2006 http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060107/NEWS01/601070338/1006 Nuclear spacecraft gets White House approval January launch to Pluto poses more risk than usual BY TODD HALVORSON FLORIDA TODAY January 10, 2006 http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/NEWS02/601100346/1007/news02 ---- ukraine Ukraine will increase reliance on nuclear power: PM BERLIN (AFP) Jan 06, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060106123422.g64cpzhb.html Ukraine will increase nuclear energy production: PM Source: Xinhua January 07, 2006 http://english.people.com.cn/200601/07/eng20060107_233476.html ---- u.s. nuc weapons Not Just A Last Resort? A Global Strike Plan, With a Nuclear Option By William Arkin washingtonpost.com Sunday, May 15, 2005; B01 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=ARK20060102&articleId=1704 ---- u.s. nuc facilities Funds for Nuclear Reprocessing Set Off Debate By PATRICIA TOWNSEND Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Monday, 2 January 2006 http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/345703/funds_for_nuclear_reprocessing_set_off_debate/index.html?source=r_science ---- alabama Farley Nuclear Plant to ship old equipment to Utah 1/6/2006, 5:07 p.m. CT The Associated Press http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-18/1136589245189730.xml&storylist=alabamanews ---- california NO ADVERSE EFFECTS TO ENVIRONMENT FROM LAB Thu, Jan. 05, 2006 Contra Costa Times East Bay Roundup -- Betsy Mason http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/sports/13554780.htm State top court takes ex-lab workers' case 2 scientists say they were fired after safety complaints - Bob Egelko, Staff Writer Friday, January 6, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/06/BAGN3GICHL1.DTL ---- connecticut Radiation evaluation to end this month By JOSH MROZINSKI, Middletown Press Staff 01/10/2006 http://www.ctcentral.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15899217&BRD=1645&PAG=461&dept_id=10856&rfi=6 ---- illinois Feds slow Clinton nuke reactor process BY TIM LANDIS COPLEY NEWS SERVICE, January 5, 2006 http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/06/01/05/d.asp ---- massachusetts Plymouth asks more of nuclear plant Evacuation plan is termed inadequate By Raja Mishra, Boston Globe Staff | January 5, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/01/05/plymouth_asks_more_of_nuclear_plant/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+City%2FRegion+News Nuke plant extended By Susan Morse smorse@seacoastonline.com January 6, 2006 Seacoast Online (Exeter MA) http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/exeter/01062006/news/81595.htm Entergy joins coalition By Genevieve Wheeler MPG Newspapers, Plymouth, MA (Jan 7, 2005) http://oldcolony.southofboston.com/articles/2006/01/07/news/news01.txt ---- nevada Energy officials halt some work at Yucca Mountain By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU Jan. 06, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-06-Fri-2006/news/5232916.html ---- new hampshire Senate considering a second reactor at Seabrook N.H. considers 2d nuclear reactor Environmentalist calls idea 'reckless' January 7, 2006 Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/01/07/senate_considering_a_second_reactor_at_seabrook/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News+%2F+Local http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/01/08/nh_considers_2d_nuclear_reactor/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+City/Region+News ---- north carolina Alleged lax security at N.C. nuke plant to be examined Thursday, January 5, 2006 (AP) http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060105/NEWSREC0101/60105005/-1/NEWSRECRSS Progress says Harris nuclear facility secure Mon Jan 9, 2006 10:26 AM ET (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060109:MTFH41188_2006-01-09_15-25-38_N09137320:1 Progress to cooperate in N.C. nuclear inspection By St. Petersburg Times Staff Published January 10, 2006 http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/10/Business/Progress_to_cooperate.shtml ---- ohio Ex-Besse workers banned for actions NRC says they convinced agency to delay inspection By DAN DEARTH Staff writer Central Ohio Friday, January 6, 2006 http://www.centralohio.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/BB/20060106/NEWS01/601060303/1002&template=BB Davis Besse Update Updated 1/6/2006 at 10:56:50 http://www.foxtoledo.com/index.cfm?action=dsp_story&storyid=91725 ---- pennsylvania NRC denies petition to include non-profit daycare centers in emergency evacuation plan Associated Press Thu, Jan. 05, 2006 http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/13556134.htm ---- tennessee Oak Ridge's energy museum explores nuclear age - safely By DOUG MASON, mason@knews.com January 1, 2006 Knoxville News Sentinel http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/fun_stuff/article/0,1406,KNS_342_4350090,00.html ---- texas Meetings set to discuss nuke reactor in Andrews By Jennifer Edwards Odessa American Saturday, January 07, 2006 http://www.oaoa.com/news/nw010806b.htm Proposal for Nuclear Reactor January 10, 2006 CBS7-Texas http://www.cbs7kosa.com/newsstory.php?StoryID=d5448f62e30e4352ff3b641c54952880 Crowd seems receptive to building nuclear plant By David J. Lee Odessa American Tuesday, January 10, 2006 http://www.oaoa.com/news/nw011006b.htm Officials pitch idea for West Texas nuclear reactor Associated Press Tue, Jan. 10, 2006 http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/13590376.htm ---- utah Wilderness To Block Utah Nuclear Waste A Done Deal Bill Creates 100,000-Acre Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area Jan 6, 2006 KUTV http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_007003350.html ---- vermont Light’s on, but nobody’s home January 6, 2006 Vermont Guardian http://www.vermontguardian.com/commentary/012006/January6Editorials.shtml Key panel gives Vermont Yankee green light to boost power By Kathryn Casa | Vermont Guardian posted January 9, 2006 http://vermontguardian.com/national/012006/VYDecision.shtml Advisory panel's letter backs Yankee power boost January 10, 2006 By Susan Smallheer, Rutland Herald Staff http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/NEWS/601100337/1004 Welch makes nice with nuke groups By KRISTI CECCAROSSI Tuesday, January 10, 2006 Brattleboro Reformer Staff http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,102~8860~3197034,00.html ---- virginia New approach to possible Va. Power nuclear plant Reactor cooling plan a bid to ease fears of Lake Anna residents BY CARLOS SANTOS RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER Jan 7, 2006 http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128769158873&path=%21news&s=1045855934842 ---- washington Key WA Lawmaker: Nuclear Energy On the Table 1/3/06 KPLU http://www.nwpr.org/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=1534 Haler seeks nuclear facility Published Wednesday, January 4th, 2006 By Chris Mulick, Tri-City Herald Olympia bureau http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7332495p-7243968c.html Agreement reached on waste shipments to Hanford nuclear January 9, 2006 Associated Press http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=82385 Review finds problems in Hanford study Published Tuesday, January 10th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7347161p-7259324c.html U.S. Will Keep Four Kinds of Radioactive Waste Out of Hanford RICHLAND, Washington, January 10, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-10-06.asp Energy Department Will Wait to Ship Nuclear Waste to Washington Site January 10, 2006 — By Shannon Dininny, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9632 State, federal agency settle Hanford lawsuit THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jan. 10, 2006 http://www.theolympian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/NEWS/60110022 ---- us nuc waste Wasted Some experts view nuclear reprocessing as beneficial By Kathleen L. Turner Twin Falls, ID Times-News Monday, January 02, 2006 http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2006/01/02/news_localstate/news_local_state.2.txt Nuclear parts in S. Ga. January 05, 2005 WALB Georgia http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4325951&nav=5kZQ Bush approves Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area Dump derailed: The signature marks a victory for Utahns fighting plans for a storage facility By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune January 7, 2006 http://www.sltrib.com/search/ci_3379573 Old Nuclear Parts Heading Down the River January 10, 2006 WJHG Florida http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/2175462.html ---- MILITARY ---- afghanistan Afghanistan Casualties Doubled in 2005 Sat Dec 31, 2005 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2591 No Taliban or Al-Qaeda resurgence in Afghanistan: NATO chief MONS, Belgium (AFP) Jan 06, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060106154147.oycf9ubk.html ---- africa US bars Humvee sales to Ethiopia after post-election violence ADDIS ABABA (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060105144918.l50hrhxt.html Doctors Without Borders Aid Worker Describes Dire Humanitarian Situation in Southern Sudan Tuesday, January 10th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/1455255 ---- arms Taiwan's President Calls for Increased Arms Purchases By KEITH BRADSHER January 1, 2006 New York Times http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/nyt196.html Lithuania to buy armoured trucks from Finns: defence ministry VILNIUS (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060105142600.06nywqea.html LockMart/Netfires Tests Loitering Attack Missile Warhead Lockheed Martin and Raytheon formed the NetFires, a limited liability company to pursue missile and launcher development and production for the U.S.Army’s Non Line of Sight- Launch System (NLOS-LS), previously known as NetFires (DARPA). Products under development include a Loitering Attack Missile (LAM), a Precision Attack Missile (PAM), and an autonomous Container/Launch Unit (C/LU). Dallas TX (SPX) Jan 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/news/LockMart_Netfires_Tests_Loitering_Attack_Missile_Warhead.html Taiwan leader pushes US arms deal President Chen this week renewed a request to approve a multibillion-dollar arms purchase. By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0110/p07s02-woap.html ---- australia 'Sub-standard equipment' for soldiers January 06, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17743878%255E1702,00.html ---- britain British admit being at terror grilling Peter Beaumont and Helena Smith Athens Sunday January 1, 2006 The Observer http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1676098,00.html ---- china China Releases Jailed Journalist Tue Jan 3, 2006 4:54 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060103/ap_on_re_as/china_jailed_journalist China cuts military force by 200,000 Tuesday January 10, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2006-daily/10-01-2006/world/w2.htm China Set To Reduce Exposure To Dollar Move Would Probably Push Currency Down By Peter S. Goodman Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, January 10, 2006; D01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/09/AR2006010901042_pf.html ---- iran Pope uses message to attack hardline Iran Christopher Morgan Sunday Times UK January 01, 2006 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1965611,00.html ---- iraq Chalabi likely to succeed in new Iraq government, despite controversy By Dogen Hannah and Nancy A. Youssef Knight Ridder Newspapers Mon, Jan. 02, 2006 http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13535019.htm White House cold to Chalabi leading Iraq oil ministry Tue Jan 3, 4:43 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060103/pl_afp/usiraqoil Four Demonstrators Killed in Oil-Cost Protest Near Kirkuk Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/03/1434256 Iran's nuclear capacity 'can be destroyed' Jan. 3, 2006. 09:59 AM (AP) http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&pubid=968163964505&cid=1136289366856&col=968705899037&call_page=TS_Ontario&call_pageid=968256289824&call_pagepath=News/Ontario Bremer says US did not expect insurgency in Iraq Fri Jan 6, 5:00 PM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060106/en_nm/iraq_bremer_dc_1 Hundreds protest unemployment in Iraq January 6, 2005 Associated Press http://www.wpri.com/Global/story.asp?S=4327866 Iraq war could cost US over $2 trillion, says Nobel prize-winning economist · Economists say official estimates are far too low · New calculation takes in dead and injured soldiers Jamie Wilson in Washington Saturday January 7, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1681119,00.html Shi'ites Escalate Conflict with US Over Sunni Strategy by Gareth Porter (Inter Press Service) January 10, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/orig/porter.php?articleid=8367 Iraqi Muslims Call for End to Bloodshed By PATRICK QUINN, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:00 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq ---- israel / palestine Parents of slain US activist briefly held in Gaza 04 Jan 2006 16:14:19 GMT Source: Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04163096.htm The Fantasy of "Even-Handedness" Blair's Cynical Policy on Palestine By NICK DEARDEN January 4, 2006 Counterpunch http://www.counterpunch.com/dearden01042006.html Israeli politicians scramble to deal with power vacuum Compiled by Lebanon Daily Star staff Saturday, January 07, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=21314 Israel to build 'provisional' barrier to get round court order JERUSALEM, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060110212304.xv62hyem.html ---- latin america Castro welcomes Bolivia's Morales Saturday 31 December 2005 Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4E635C72-4A43-450E-B548-BC2EB58EA8DE.htm Colombia rebel group rules out prisoner exchange with Uribe government BOGOTA (AFP) Jan 02, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060102184102.jh5w7hgj.html Chavez: Venezuela may not buy U.S. jets By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Tuesday, January 10, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1102AP_Venezuela_US_Chavez.html ---- nato Report: U.S. preparing NATO for possible strike on Iran By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent 01/01/2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/664518.html ---- prisoners of war Group: Third EU Nation May Have CIA Prisons By JAN SLIVA, Associated Press Writer Wed Jan 4, 8:11 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060105/ap_on_re_eu/eu_secret_prisons CIA faces new secret jails claim By Daniel Dombey Published: January 10 2006 02:00 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d874f262-817d-11da-8b55-0000779e2340.html Ukraine Denies Existence of Secret CIA Prisons Created: 10.01.2006 MosNews http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/01/10/ciaprison.shtml ---- russia / chechnya Russia being watched as Moscow takes charge of G8 Commentary by RN Security and Defence Editor Hans de Vreij*, 6 January 2006 Radio Nederland Wereldomroep http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/currentaffairs/region/centralasia/rus060105?view=Standard&version=1 Rice assails Moscow on gas gambit By Steven R. Weisman The New York Times FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2006 http://iht.com/articles/2006/01/05/news/putin.php# ---- spies National Security Agency Whistleblower Warns Domestic Spying Program Is Sign the U.S. is Decaying Into a “Police State” Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/03/1435201 Former “Economic Hit Man” John Perkins on “The First Truly Global Empire” and its Impact on Latin America Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/03/1435206 Pentagon to retire U-2 spy plane By PAMELA HESS 1/4/2006 UPI Pentagon Correspondent http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060104-035558-8823r Did It Work? The Bush administration says its phone spying program yielded information that helped to foil at least two terror attacks. Some critics aren’t convinced. WEB EXCLUSIVE By Mark Hosenball Newsweek Updated: 6:31 p.m. ET Jan. 4, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10711930/site/newsweek/ CIA gave Iran nuclear design in botched plot : new book WASHINGTON (AFP) Jan 04, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060104211350.ll54g5t0.html George Bush insists that Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. So why, six years ago, did the CIA give the Iranians blueprints to build a bomb? Thursday January 5, 2006 The Guardian James Risen http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1678219,00.html NSA Destroyed Evidence of Domestic Spying By Jason Leopold t r u t h o u t | Report Thursday 05 January 2006 http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010506I.shtml NSA whistleblower asks to testify By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES January 5, 2006 http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060104-114052-6606r.htm Harman faults White House on NSA briefings Posted 1/5/2006 8:51 AM (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-05-harman-whitehouse_x.htm Gov't To Give FISA Judges Classified Briefing on Domestic Spying Democracy Now! Headlines for January 5, 2006 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/05/1454235 Report Questions Legal Basis for Bush's Spying Program By ERIC LICHTBLAU and SCOTT SHANE January 6, 2006 New York Times http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/nyt207.html Where Spying Starts and Stops: Tracking an Embattled C.I.A. and a President at War Books of the Times | 'State of War' By JAMES BAMFORD January 9, 2006 New York Times http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/nyt212.html Astronauts and Area 51: the Skylab Incident by Dwayne A. Day Monday, January 9, 2006 Space Review http://www.thespacereview.com/article/531/1 ---- un Japan to go it alone in quest for UN seat By Mark Turner at the United Nations Published: January 7 2006 02:00 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3cf6fe82-7f22-11da-a6a2-0000779e2340.html ---- us Transcript of Gen. Abizaid's interview By Joseph L. Galloway Knight Ridder Newspapers Sun, Jan. 01, 2006 http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13530387.htm The Pentagon's Homegrown Theater of War By Peter Carlson Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, January 3, 2006; C01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/02/AR2006010201543_pf.html The Dumbing-Down of the U.S. Army And some modest proposals for countering the trend By Fred Kaplan Posted Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005, at 4:41 PM ET Slate Magazine http://www.slate.com/id/2127487/ U.S. Military Chief Says Armor Improving By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer Wed Jan 4, 5:05 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060104/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_pace_interview Injuries, illnesses take more soldiers from battlefields than enemy fire BY DREW BROWN Knight Ridder Newspapers Wed, Jan. 04, 2006 http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/politics/13548965.htm It Doesn't Pay To Be A Veteran By William A. Collins January 5, 2006 Newtown, CT, Bee http://www.newtownbee.com/Opinions.asp?s=Opinions-2006-01-05-15-18-04p1.htm GI Schmo How low can Army recruiters go? By Fred Kaplan Posted Monday, Jan. 9, 2006, at 5:06 PM ET Slate Magazine http://www.slate.com/id/2133908/ Bremer claims he was used as Iraq ‘fall guy’ By Edward Alden and Guy Dinmore in Washington Published: January 9 2006 20:17 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/968e475a-814a-11da-8b55-0000779e2340.html US Army to boot reserve soldiers who won't fight By Will Dunham Mon Jan 9, 6:18 PM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060109/us_nm/iraq_usa_army_dc Bremer Criticizes Pentagon, Governing Council in New Memoirs Tuesday, January 10th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/1455244 ---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE ---- courts / tribunals Surveillance Court Is Seeking Answers Judges Were Unaware of Eavesdropping By Carol D. Leonnig Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, January 5, 2006; A02 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/04/AR2006010401864_pf.html Alito's Credibility Problem By Edward M. Kennedy Saturday, January 7, 2006 Washington Post; A17 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/06/AR2006010601490_pf.html Alito's Writings, Rulings Provide Insight By The Associated Press The Associated Press Sunday, January 8, 2006; 1:00 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/08/AR2006010800410_pf.html Proving His Mettle in the Reagan Justice Dept. By Jo Becker and Dale Russakoff Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, January 9, 2006; A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/08/AR2006010801165_pf.html ---- justice The war against civilisation Common Sense John Maxwell jonmax@mac.com Sunday, January 01, 2006 Jamaica Observer http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20051231T160000-0500_95664_OBS_THE_WAR_AGAINST_CIVILISATION_.asp Justice Deputy Resisted Parts of Spy Program By ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN, January 1, 2006 NY TIMES http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/nyt192.html ---- police Pity Baghdad's police: Insurgents want to blow them up and restaurants don't want to seat them By Huda Ahmed and Dogen Hannah Knight Ridder Newspapers Mon, Jan. 09, 2006 http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13586624.htm ---- terrorism Pope Condemns Terrorism in Annual Speech Monday, January 9, 2006, (AP) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/01/09/international/i032943S52.DTL ---- torture Bush could bypass new torture ban Waiver right is reserved By Charlie Savage, Boston Globe Staff | January 4, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/01/04/bush_could_bypass_new_torture_ban?mode=PF An Imperial President? Bush Claims Right To Ignore New Law Banning Torture Friday, January 6th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/06/1451239 ---- POLITICS ---- corruption Native American Tribes Attempt to Recover After Being Defrauded of Tens of Millions by Abramoff Wednesday, January 4th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/04/1524250 Forced Abortions & Sweatshops: A Look at Jack Abramoff's Ties to the South Pacific Island of Saipan & How Tom DeLay Became An Advocate for Sweatshop Factory Owners Wednesday, January 4th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/04/1524256 Abramoff pleads guilty to more charges By Jim Drinkard and Andrea Stone, USA TODAY 1/4/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-04-abramoff-florida_x.htm How Did the U.S. Government Annihilate $1 Trillion of American Wealth? by Michael S. Rozeff January 5, 2006 http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff57.html The Pimping of the Presidency By Lou Dubose The Texas Observer Friday 06 January 2006 http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010606Z.shtml ---- investigations Intelligence panel had clue about spying 1/3/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-03-spying-clue_x.htm ---- propaganda wars I'm Being Recruited by the Army?! Sunday, January 08, 2006 http://fuzzilicious.blogspot.com/2006/01/im-being-recruited-by-army.html I WANT YOU FOR U.S. BLOGGING Posted on January 10, 2006 at 07:53 PM http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/01/i_want_youfor_u.php The Army's Buying PR By William M. Arkin | January 10, 2006; 07:30 AM ET Washington Post http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2006/01/good_news_the_a.html Ugly Phrase Conceals an Uglier Truth Behind the US Government's corruption of language lies a far greater perversion by Salman Rushdie Monday, January 9, 2006 The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0109-25.htm ---- us politics No President Is Above the Law By U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd December 19, 2005 http://byrd.senate.gov/newsroom/news_dec/law_for_all.html U.S. military 'shuts down' soldiers' blogs Troops are detailing their experiences in online journals, but military says some are revealing too much BY JOSEPH MALLIA STAFF WRITER January 2, 2006 Newsday http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-e4572547jan02,0,1655697.story?coll=ny-linews-headlines&track=rss Presidential Snooping Damages the Nation Bush has put himself above the law and in the company of rogues By BOB BARR (former Republican Representative) Tuesday, Jan. 03, 2006 Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1145243,00.html Bush Defies Congress, Makes Series of Recess Appointments Democracy Now! Headlines for January 5, 2006 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/05/1454235 ---- ENERGY For energy, we still dig coal The ancient fuel is still the source of about half of the power we use. And its market share may be going up. By LOUIS HAU, St. Petersburg, FL, Times Staff Writer Published January 4, 2006 http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/04/Business/For_energy__we_still_.shtml US to push nuke, hydrogen power at climate confab Fri Jan 6, 9:01 PM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060107/india_nm/india230869 Merkel to plot energy strategy for Germany January 06, 2006 Financial Times News http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10740795/ The Bullying Effect Western Europe scrambles to deal with Putin's power play with Ukraine By PETER GUMBEL Saturday, Jan. 07, 2006 Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901060116-1147121,00.html Scotland: Over A Barrel When Russia turned off Ukraine’s gas, it sparked panic over the security of European energy supplies. How can the UK ensure its energy well never runs dry? Sunday Herald - 08 January 2006 By Environment Editor Rob Edwards http://www.sundayherald.com/53456 ---- alternative energy Wind power offers cost-effective choice Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 01/2/06 http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006601020309 U.S. Government Encourages Renewables on Outer Continental Shelf WASHINGTON, DC, January 2, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-02-01.asp Toronto's Exhibition Place to Install Largest Solar System in Canada TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, January 5, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-05-01.asp Britain Seen off to Slow Start on Biomass, Biofuels REUTERS UK: January 5, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34328/story.htm Debate Swirls as Wind Power Grows Rapidly January 09, 2006 — By John Christoffersen, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9628 Whole Foods goes with the wind By Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY Posted 1/9/2006 11:13 PM - Updated 1/10/2006 1:22 AM http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2006-01-09-whole-foods-usat_x.htm ---- OTHER ---- environment Dozens of beached whales shot in New Zealand NELSON, New Zealand (AFP) Jan 01, 2006 http://www.terradaily.com/2006/060101052447.xv5e9jv3.html France says contaminated ship still bound for India PARIS (AFP) Jan 06, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060106173237.h29wei35.html India panel raps France over contaminated warship MUMBAI (AFP) Jan 06, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060106151301.jkac687m.html Worst Greenhouse Gas Nations Partner for Cleaner Energy WASHINGTON, DC, January 9, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-09-04.asp ---- fema FEMA Dumps Donated Drinking Water Not Used at Hurricane Shelters January 02, 2006 — By Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9583 ---- ACTIVISTS Behind Veil of Iraq War, Winds of Peace by Jonathan Powers, Saturday, December 31, 2005 Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/12/31/behind_veil_of_iraq_war_winds_of_peace/ Last Chance to Spare Iran: You Can Do It by Dr. Mary Maxwell January 1, 2006 GlobalResearch.ca http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=MAX20060101&articleId=1699 Protesters Blockade Argentine Bridges to Uruguay in Rift over Paper Mills January 02, 2006 — By Jose Osorio, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9579 Coca-Cola Contracts Fizzle at University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Michigan, January 3, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-03-01.asp Police Briefly Hold Greenpeace Activists Accusing France of Dumping Toxic Wastes in India January 04, 2006 — By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9594 Veterans Against the War Perhaps because of the pressure or a guilty conscience, 37 recruiters have deserted the military too Theresa Wolfwood, 1/4/2006 Peace Journalism Issue 15 - January, 2006 http://peacejournalism.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=7892 Christian Peacemaker Team Activists to Fast Outside White House Democracy Now! Headlines for January 5, 2006 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/05/1454235 Vietnam war 'deserter' charged Julian Borger in Washington Thursday January 5, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1678213,00.html Arcata City Coucil Passes Impeachment Resolution Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2006-01-05 09:57 http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6389 A Peace Movement Demanding the Rule of Law By David Swanson 1-07-06, 8:57 am http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/2527/1/32/ Ex-military director speaks out Peace activist says U.S. using uranium in warfare Sunday, January 8, 2006 BY KELLY MAHONEY OF THE PEORIA, IL JOURNAL STAR http://www.pjstar.com/stories/010806/TRI_B8KQO0VS.032.shtml How to Stop the Planned Nuking of Iran Congress should enact emergency legislation January 9, 2006 Jorge Hirsch http://www.antiwar.com/orig/hirsch.php?articleid=8359 National Security Agency mounted massive spy op on Baltimore peace group, documents show Kevin Zeese Published: January 10, 2006 http://rawstory.com/news/2005/National_Security_Agency_spied_on_Baltimore_0110.html Click here to see NSA documents http://rawstory.com/news/2005/NSA_documents_show_massive_spy_operation_0110.html Activists threaten to ram Japanese whalers SYDNEY, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006 http://www.terradaily.com/2006/060110074228.4btm4330.html Japan demands Dutch rein in Greenpeace TOKYO, Jan 10 (AFP) Jan 10, 2006 http://www.terradaily.com/2006/060110074042.hqt9nen3.html