NucNews Headlines - collected January 11-20, 2006 Full text of articles will soon be found at http://nucnews.net by date ---- NUCLEAR Fuel for thought: nuke debate heats up By Jamie Freed January 14, 2006 Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/fuel-for-thought-nuke-debate-heats-up/2006/01/13/1137118966693.html ---- accidents and safety NRC seeks to allay fear of transport Testing shows casks of spent nuclear fuel surviving tunnel fire By Michael Dresser January 11, 2006 Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.nuclear11jan11,1,3212718,print.story?coll=bal-local-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true Radioactive produce on sale in Moscow 20 years after Chernobyl MOSCOW, Jan 18 (AFP) Jan 18, 2006 http://www.terradaily.com/2006/060118121909.84wkgse3.html ---- australia China's bid to beat nuclear rule By Richard Baker January 11, 2006 The Age (Australian http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/chinas-bid-to-beat-nuclear-rule/2006/01/10/1136863239032.html ---- britain Calder Hall nuclear reactor (in Cumbria) demolition underway Calder Hall in Cumbria was opened by the Queen in 1956 Wednesday, 11 January 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4603938.stm N-waste extension bid rejected Published on 12/01/2006 Whitehaven News By David Siddall http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=319768 British troops could be victims of Iran's nuclear stand-off with West By Kim Sengupta Published: 14 January 2006 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article338501.ece ‘Fiasco’ of secret nuclear waste tips 15 January 2006 UK Sunday Herald By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor http://www.sundayherald.com/53590 McConnell paves way for nuclear power U-turn First Minister asks Scottish Labour to consider new nuclear power stations By Paul Hutcheon, Scottish Political Editor Sunday Herald - 15 January 2006 http://www.sundayherald.com/53562 Nuclear energy 'too uneconomic' Lib Dems say nuclear power is 'diverting' resources Tuesday, 17 January 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4620072.stm Ireland to fight on against British nuclear plant DUBLIN, Jan 18 (AFP) Jan 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060118205534.jja99h6c.html Call for UK nuclear clean-up plan Nuclear waste can be hazardous for thousands of years Thursday, 19 January 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4627916.stm Radioactive waste inventory published Joint Announcement by Defra and Nirex 19 January 2006 http://www.nirex.com/news/na60119.htm ---- 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 US Backs Australian Uranium Sales to China Story by James Regan REUTERS AUSTRALIA: January 12, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34444/story.htm China uranium talks start Dan Box and Andrew Trounson January 13, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17808462%255E601,00.html Uranium to China could go in nukes Dan Box January 18, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17857425%255E2702,00.html ---- depleted uranium Will USA use DU weapons in fourth attempt to unseat President Hugo Chavez? Wednesday, January 11, 2006 V Headline Bylined to: Stephen Lendman http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=47629 Warning to SE ASian countries about Iran war and monsoon rains depositing radiation in environment twrunner From: Bob Nichols Date: Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:41pm Metal detection January 15, 2006 Madison weekly, By Ben Jones http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060115/APC0101/601150570/1004 Toxic dump cleaned up, to a point Some question whether arsenal site is safe yet By Christina Pazzanese, Boston Globe Correspondent | January 15, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/01/15/toxic_dump_cleaned_up_to_a_point/ 'Smart' use of nuclear waste CALVIN AND NORMA MORRISON January 13, 2006 Pahrump Valley Times http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2006/01/13/opinion/view2.html Nuclear War: Depleted Uranium Jack's "Straight-Speak" January 16, 2006 Uruk.net http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m19690&l=i&size=1&hd=0 Photo of DU baby: http://www.uruknet.info/pic.php?f=du-baby19.jpg Depleted Uranium - A Hidden Looming Worldwide Calamity by Stephen Lendman January 19, 2006 GlobalResearch.ca http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=LEN20060119&articleId=1754 Albany visit is part of unsung Senate quest [anti-DU platform] First published: Friday, January 20, 2006 Albany Times Union http://timesunion.com/AspStories/storyprint.asp?StoryID=441612 ---- europe German Minister Criticises Nuclear Reactor Safety REUTERS GERMANY: January 16, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34501/story.htm German Environ Min asserts rule over nuclear plants 01/16/06 09:54 (Reuters) http://channels.netscape.com/tech/story.jsp?floc=ne-sci-8-l8&flok=FF-RTO-romta&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20060116%2F0955398264.htm&sc=romta EU court eyes ruling against Ireland in nuclear row Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:17 AM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060118/sc_afp/euirelandbritainun_060118131735 EU must consider nuclear power: Barroso LISBON, Jan 19 (AFP) Jan 19, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060119170209.c0niu1qi.html France 'would use nuclear arms' Chirac warned of new threats in a post-Cold War world Thursday, 19 January 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4627862.stm Chirac warns of nuclear response to attack by state-sponsored terrorists 1/19/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-19-france_x.htm French nuclear deterrent targets no specific country: ministry PARIS, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060120155016.3r74rwj9.html Berlin says Chirac's nuclear warning in line with current policy BERLIN, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060120142015.l4r8r1ak.html A European dictatorship By Frederick W. Stakelbeck Jr. Published January 20, 2006 Washington Times http://washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060119-085301-3621r Chirac Nuclear Comments Draw Ire in Europe By JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press Writer Fri Jan 20, 11:38 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_re_eu/france_nuclear_7 ---- india WRONG ENDS, MEANS, AND NEEDS: BEHIND THE U.S. NUCLEAR DEAL WITH INDIA Zia Mian and M. V. Ramana Arms Control Today January/February 2006 http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2006_01-02/JANFEB-IndiaFeature.asp U.S. and India Conclude First Workshop of the Civil Nuclear Working Group Aimed at Fostering Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy U.S. Department of Energy January 12, 2006 http://www.energy.gov/news/2965.htm Iran nuclear impasse could hurt US-India atomic deal By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent (Reuters) 14 Jan 2006 01:52:27 GMT Source: Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N13154821.htm India upset by Iranian nuclear official's comments Nilova Roy Chaudhury New Delhi, January 16, 2006 Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1600359,001301970000.htm Desperate for a nuclear deal By Bharat Karnad, January 16, 2006 Asian Age http://www.asianage.com/main.asp?layout=2&cat1=6&cat2=42&newsid=203327&RF=DefaultMain US upbeat on India nuclear deal despite problems Wed Jan 18, 8:57 AM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060118/wl_nm/india_usa_nuclear_dc_1 US still sees problems in India nuclear deal NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060120142327.dr2q6zkz.html India and Iran cannot be compared on nuclear programme: US NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060120141949.ylp4x495.html ---- iran Iran reopens nuclear research plant Iran says its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes Wednesday 11 January 2006 Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B2FBB0F1-208B-4547-87BC-F53EEAF44109.htm Iran risking nuclear escalation: US By Peter Mackler in Washington 11 jan 06 Australia Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17789597%5E1702,00.html News Analysis: West finds its options on Iran are limited International Herald Tribune By Steven R. Weisman The New York Times WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2006 http://iht.com/articles/2006/01/11/news/assess.php World powers threaten defiant Iran over nuclear crisis VIENNA, (AFP) Jan 11, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060111183359.30ygf81j.html U.S. And EU Want Security Council to Tackle Iran By REUTERS January 12, 2006 Filed at 1:27 p.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-nuclear-iran.html?pagewanted=print Russia Hardens Tone on Iran, Says Won’t Block US Efforts Created: 12.01.2006 MosNews http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/01/12/noblockiran.shtml Iran could have a nuclear weapon in 2009 WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (AFP) Jan 13, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060113181433.vr5877p4.html Iran threatens to end all voluntary cooperation if referred to U.N. Security Council By Ali Akbar Dareini ASSOCIATED PRESS 8:28 a.m. January 13, 2006 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20060113-0828-iran-nuclear.html Timeline of Iran nuclear standoff (AFP) Jan 13, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060113185404.h0zs3wld.html Iranian leader says Tehran has legal right to nuclear research 1/14/2006 9:20 AM (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-14-iran-leader_x.htm Iran 'does not need nuclear arms' Saturday, 14 January 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4611908.stm No need to panic over Iranian nukes United Nations sanctions won't work but there's still plenty of time for patient talks. By Gwynne Dyer 01/15/06 " Hamilton Spectator" http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1137193813484&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1112188062620 Iran Sets Aside $215M for Nuclear Plants Mon Jan 16, 8:15 AM ET Associated Press http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060116/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear Russia bidding to buy more time in nuclear dispute with Iran: Solana WASHINGTON (AFP) Jan 19, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060118230819.gi0e79n9.html World must unite against Iran on nuclear issue: Peres WASHINGTON (AFP) Jan 19, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060118233218.5m9c78n9.html Russia says Iran ready to discuss uranium enrichment proposal 1/20/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-20-russia-iran_x.htm Iran ready for talks on Russian uranium offer: official MOSCOW (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060120154100.1ngae01a.html ---- iraq / inspections Summary - Iraq Confidential: The Untold Story of the Intelligence Conspiracy to Undermine the UN and Overthrow Saddam Hussein Author: Scott Ritter Publisher: Avalon Publishing Group Date of Publication: October 2005 ISBN: 1560258527 No. of Pages: 336 [Summary published by CapitolReader.com on December 15, 2005] http://www.capitolreader.com/sum/summary-121505-s-rit-iraqconf.pdf Spurious attempt to tie Iran, Iraq to nuclear arms plot bypassed U.S. intelligence channels Larisa Alexandrovna Published: January 11, 2006 Raw Story http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Backchannels_used_to_bypass_U.S._government_0111.html ---- japan ---- korea Kerry 'backs' India nuclear deal India says it wants nuclear power to meet its energy needs Thursday, 12 January 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4605246.stm Kim Says He Wants to End Nuclear Standoff By BURT HERMAN, Associated Press Writer Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:30 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060118/ap_on_re_as/nkorea_china_5 US, South Korea urge North Korea to return to nuclear talks Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:08 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060119/wl_asia_afp/usskoreairannuclear_060119180215 ---- mideast Assad pledges Syria's support for Iran nuclear programme DAMASCUS, Jan 19 (AFP) Jan 19, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060119145509.o3cxdexa.html ---- missile defense Japan to buy 36 missiles by 2010 The Japan Times: Jan. 11, 2006 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060111a8.htm ---- pacific BMD Focus: The Polarization Of The Pacific By Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) Jan 12, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/news/BMD_Focus_The_Polarization_Of_The_Pacific.html France's dirty little secrets Stuff.co.nz: New Zealand's source for World News on Saturday, 14 January 2006 By MICHAEL FIELD http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3539455a12,00.html Lange's secret papers reveal USA's bully tactics 15 January 2006 By HELEN BAIN NZ Star Times http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/0,2106,3540733a6005,00.html Strict data protection may stifle health research 16:01 17 January 2006 NewScientist.com news service Roxanne Khamsi http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8595 US Pacific military chief to meet New Zealand leaders WELLINGTON, Jan 19 (AFP) Jan 19, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060119024238.32o1id63.html Toxic Hawaii Jan 19, 2006 / Environment All Islands, Oahu Hawaii Health Guide http://hawaiihealthguide.com/healthtalk/display.htm?id=161 ---- russia Nuclear capability crucial to Russia - defense minister 11/ 01/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/onlinenews/20060111/42950900.html Russia Won't Block U.S. on Iran Commitment Is Cited by Officials Pressing for IAEA Vote By Dafna Linzer Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, January 12, 2006; A18 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/11/AR2006011102124_pf.html Putin Revives Nuclear Alliance By Yuriy Humber Staff Writer Friday, January 13, 2006 Moscow Times http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/01/13/003.html Russian Expert Says Israel Likely to Bomb Iran in Spring Created: 15.01.2006 MosNews http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/01/15/irkutsk.shtml United Russia Backs More Nuclear Power By Yuriy Humber Staff Writer, Moscow Times Wednesday, January 18, 2006. 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Page 5 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/01/18/041.html Russia eyes construction of 40-60 nuclear reactors abroad MOSCOW (AFP) Jan 20, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060120154039.aevj7x30.html ---- security Nuclear detection office starts new round of domestic tests By Joe Fiorill, Global Security Newswire, January 11, 2006 http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=33158&dcn=todaysnews Space technology leads to dirty bomb detector By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Published January 20, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060120-114117-6781r ---- space Green light for plutonium Pluto probe By Jim Erickson, Rocky Mountain News January 11, 2006 http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4378752,00.html NASA ready for the worst Radioactivity response will be prompt if Atlas 5 explodes BY TODD HALVORSON FLORIDA TODAY January 17, 2006 http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060117/NEWS02/601170335 ---- ukraine Russian nuclear power agency head to visit Ukraine soon - source 15:59 | 11/ 01/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/articles/20060111/42946939.html Ukraine Wants to Produce Own Nuclear Fuel By MARIA DANILOVA, Associated Press Writer Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:48 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060114/ap_on_re_eu/ukraine_nuclear_energy Yushchenko Says Ukraine Must Produce Nuclear Fuel Created: 14.01.2006 12:15 MosNews http://mosnews.com/news/2006/01/14/nuclearukraine.shtml Shelter from the Waste Europeans design a new tomb for an old nuclear reactor in Chernobyl By Elizabeth Katt-Reinders Earthwatch Radio Script for Tuesday, January 17, 2006 http://ewradio.org/program.aspx?ProgramID=4172 ---- u.n. UN nuclear chief ElBaradei held secret meeting with Iranian negotiator Tue Jan 17, 12:13 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060117/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics_060117171329 ---- u.s. nuc weapons Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists U.S. nuclear forces, 2006 By Robert S. Norris and Hans M. Kristensen January/February 2006 pp. 68-71 (vol. 62, no. 1) © 2005 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists http://www.thebulletin.org/article_nn.php?art_ofn=jf06norris ---- u.s. nuc facilities Nuclear Power Critics Taking Long View By EMERY P. DALESIO, AP Business Writer Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:38 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060113/ap_on_bi_ge/nuclear_plants_4 Nuclear power critics taking long view Published Fri, Jan 13, 2006 By EMERY P. DALESIO, AP Business Writer http://www.beaufortgazette.com/24hour/business/story/3073464p-11770978c.html U.S. pushes for more nuclear power By BRANDON THURNER UPI Correspondent 1/17/2006 4:47:00 PM -0500 http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060115-033745-6090r Race on to build new wave of nuclear plants The Associated Press January 17, 2006 http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060117/BIZ/601170370 ---- alabama Leaking seal prompts shutdown of Browns Ferry reactor January 16, 2006 Associated Press http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=4379489 ATHENS, Ala. A leaky seal forced the shutdown of one of the two operating reactors at the T-V-A's Browns Ferry nuclear plant near Athens, Alabama. It happened Sunday afternoon when operators found a seal problem on pumps that guide coolant through the reactor to generate steam. Ken Clark with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Atlanta said an initial report indicated there was no damage to the pumps, only the seal. T-V-A is spending nearly two (b) billion dollars to restart a third reactor next year. The Unit One reactor was shut down in 1985 amid safety concerns. T-V-A declined to estimate how long repairs would take. ---- california Supervisors will send letter urging state to study nuclear waste They say a study is necessary because long-term storage for high-level radioactive waste is unresolved By David Sneed The San Luis Obispo Tribune Wed, Jan. 11, 2006 http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/13599704.htm ---- florida State agency unveils plan to meet energy needs through gas pipelines, nuclear plants By Linda Kleindienst Tallahassee Bureau Chief Posted January 18 2006 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-fenergy18jan18,0,5741045.story?coll=sfla-news-florida ---- illinois The competitive edge Published January 11, 2006 Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0601110140jan11,1,4398752.story?ctrack=1&cset=true ---- massachusetts State (MA) takes a pass on toxic park By Christopher Loh/ Watertown TAB Staff Writer Friday, January 20, 2006 http://www2.townonline.com/watertown/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=412579&format=text ---- missouri Environmental groups seek disclosure of AmerenUE plans for Callaway Nuclear Plant By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Associated Press Writer Wednesday, Jan 11, 2006 http://www.newstribune.com/articles/2006/01/11/business/0011105030.txt ---- nevada Yucca Mountain project offices reorganizing By KEN RITTER ASSOCIATED PRESS January 13, 2006 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/text/2006/jan/13/011310379.html YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Laboratory gets expanded duties Nuclear waste repository duties revamped By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU Jan. 19, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://story.lasvegasherald.com/p.x/ct/9/id/88c0e666c66677c9/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/ ---- new jersey Feds Scrutinize Nuclear Plant over Alert Failure Jan 11, 2006 7:48 am US/Eastern (1010 WINS) http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_011074857.html Agency to inspect Oyster Creek plant AFTER VIOLATIONS FOUND Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 01/12/06 BY NICHOLAS CLUNN MANAHAWKIN BUREAU http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060112/NEWS02/601120521 ---- new mexico Nuke plant worker faces hacking charges Second hacker encounter for Los Alamos By John Leyden UK Register Published Thursday 11th January 2001 15:07 GMT http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/11/nuke_plant_worker_faces_hacking/ N.M. lab chosen to coordinate Yucca work From staff and wire reports Jan 19, 2006, 06:00 am Carlsbad Current Argus http://www.currentargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006601190306 ---- north carolina Progress Energy: Nuclear Regulator Finds No Security Concerns in First Assessment of Plant Friday January 13, 2006 (AP) http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060113/progress_energy_nrc_inquiry.html?.v=1 ---- ohio Three indicted in Davis-Besse leak investigation January 20, 2006 Fremont News-Messenger http://www.thenews-messenger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060119/NEWS01/60120001 FirstEnergy to Pay Fines, Admits Cover-Up By M.R. KROPKO, Associated Press Writer Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:25 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_bi_ge/nuclear_plant_damage_10 Firstenergy Nuclear Operating Company to Pay $28 Million Relating to Operation of Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station Two Employees and a Contractor Indicted for Making False Statements to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2006 (202) 514-2007 http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/January/06_enrd_029%20.html ---- pennsylvania FirstEnergy lists upgrades to nuclear unit By TOM HENRY TOLEDO BLADE STAFF WRITER Wednesday, January 11, 2006 http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060111/NEWS17/601110393/-1/NEWS New fund will help improve Schuylkill River water quality Pottstown Mercury Staff Report 01/18/2006 http://www.pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15948752&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18041&rfi=6 New fund will help improve Schuylkill River water quality Pottstown Mercury Staff Report 01/18/2006 http://www.pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15948752&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18041&rfi=6 ---- south carolina DOE's plan to remove salt waste from tanks raises concerns By JACOB JORDAN Associated Press Writer January 18, 2006 http://www.theitem.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060118/APN/601180528 ---- texas Support for Andrews reactor comes from Midland, Odessa Ruth Campbell Staff Writer Midland Reporter-Telegram 01/11/2006 http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15906870&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=475626&rfi=6 ---- utah Utahans wary of renewed interest in uranium By Patrick O'Driscoll, 1/19/2006 USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-19-utah-uranium_x.htm ---- vermont More output is OK'd for Vt. nuclear plant Some question stress on facility By Bryan Bender, Boston Globe Staff | January 13, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/01/13/more_output_is_okd_for_vt_nuclear_plant/ At Vermont Yankee: Group plans protest Monday Article published Jan 14, 2006, Rutland Herald http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060114/NEWS/601140352/1003/NEWS02 Yankee protesters arrested By CATE LECUYER Brattleboro Reformer Staff Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,102~8860~3204994,00.html 11 arrested in latest Yankee protest Article published Jan 17, 2006 Rutland Herald http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060117/NEWS/601170365/1003 ---- washington State, federal agency settle Hanford lawsuit THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jan. 10, 2006 http://www.theolympian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/NEWS/60110022 Nuclear power boost no laughing matter Published Thursday, January 12th, 2006 Tri City Herald http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/opinions/story/7352431p-7264616c.html ---- MILITARY ---- africa Hunger Threat to East Africans Grows by Millions Story by Nita Bhalla REUTERS KENYA: January 19, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34565/story.htm Liberian men queue up for days to join new army Jan 20, 2006 MONROVIA, (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060120144123.nrlmiy1x.html ---- arms Taiwan plans to build 500 cruise missiles Jan 12, 2006 By Martin Sieff United Press International/From Monsters and Critics.com http://news.monstersandcritics.com/intelandterror/printer_1075351.php Spain defies US over arms sales January 14, 2006 By Tim Reid Times Online (UK) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-1984520,00.html Croatia probes arms sales to Macedonia: report Jan 21, 2006 ZAGREB, (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060121132212.lxxalwbc.html ---- britain British officer lambasts US Army's performance in Iraq WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (AFP) Jan 11, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060111195016.7e1vtpq8.html Ireland's Bid To Shut UK Nuclear Plant Stalled REUTERS BELGIUM: January 19, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34568/story.htm About 230 British troops injured in Iraq: official Jan 20, 2006 LONDON, (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060120163931.pbdwhswj.html ---- business Army Ends Lockheed Contract for New Spy Plane By Renae Merle Washington Post Friday, January 13, 2006; A08 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/12/AR2006011201536_pf.html Army signs emergency body armor contract Friday, January 20, 2006 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1152AP_Body_Armor.html ---- europe Italy to pull Iraq troops by year's end 1/19/2006 ROME (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-01-19-italy-iraq-troops_x.htm ---- latin america Fmr. Political Prisoner and Torture Survivor Michelle Bachelet Elected as Chile's First Female President Tuesday, January 17th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/17/1449210 Selling the Amazon For a Handful of Beads: A Look at Secret Contracts Between Big Oil and the Ecuadorian Military Wednesday, January 18th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/18/1442244 Mexican Peasants Fight Power Dam Project in Court REUTERS MEXICO : January 19, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34554/story.htm ---- philippines War games in Sulu to go on, say Army officials Jan 16, 2006 Philippines Inquirer http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=2&story_id=63104 ---- prisoners of war US rejects German call to close its Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Jan. 11, 2006 India Daily http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/55386.asp CIA’s prison allegations dismissed Wednesday January 11, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2006-daily/11-01-2006/world/w3.htm Military tribunal resumes at Guantanamo Wednesday January 11, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2006-daily/11-01-2006/world/w9.htm ---- spies GERMANY: GERMAN SECRET AGENTS IN IRAQ SINCE 2003, MINISTER ADMITS 12-Jan-06 (AKI) Adnkronos international http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.248717256&par= Lange's secret papers reveal USA's bully tactics 15 January 2006 NZ Stuff By HELEN BAIN http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3541021a10,00.html Greens urge spy inquiry 17 January 2006 NZ Dominion Post http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3542167a6479,00.html FBI Missed Internal Signs of Espionage 01.17.2006 Associated Press By TED BRIDIS http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/01/17/ap2455598.html ---- un Details of UN Security Council referral procedure UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (AFP) Jan 11, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060111191539.vjuxm01x.html ---- us 'I'm a door kicker-inner,' one young Marine blurted out - to the dismay of his superiors The UK Times January 12, 2006 By James Hider and Stephen Farrell http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1981556,00.html#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=World Guard recruiting assistance program opens January 12, 2006 By Michelle Tan Army Times staff writer http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1463104.php Guard recruiting assistance program opens By Michelle Tan Army Times staff writer January 12, 2006 http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1463104.php Pentagon grilled over database on war critics Senator demands information about program first disclosed by NBC News Updated: 7:55 a.m. ET Jan. 13, 2006 (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10834915/ Just How Big is the Defense Budget? A Tutorial on How to Find the Real Numbers By WINSLOW T. WHEELER January 19, 2006 CounterPunch http://www.counterpunch.org/wheeler01192006.html ---- war crimes Public Tribunal Delivers War Crimes Indictments to White House Wednesday, January 11th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/11/1436222 ---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE ---- courts / tribunals US govt. asks top court to dismiss Guantanamo case 12 Jan 2006 Source: Reuters By James Vicini http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N12391378.htm ---- homeland security / national intelligence Pentagon grilled over database on war critics Senator demands information about program first disclosed by NBC News Jan. 13, 2006 Associated Press http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10834915/ Bush Authorized Domestic Spying Before 9/11 By Jason Leopold truthout | Perspective Friday 13 January 2006 http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011306Z.shtml Bush could seize absolute control of U.S. government Jan 13, 2006 By DOUG THOMPSON Publisher, Capitol Hill Blue http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_7986.shtml Gonzales to testify on domestic spying 1/14/2006 The Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-14-gonzalez-hearing_x.htm Bad law loses steam as Americans reassert their freedom January 19, 2006 David Weigel Reason http://www.reason.com/phprint.php Google defies US demand for data Friday 20 January 2006 Aljazeera (AFP) http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9EED154F-5BD7-4A87-846A-7E0DC8F98FF9.htm ---- prisons / prisoners U.S. builds new Guantanamo prison HUMAN RIGHTS: Officials say prisoners will be better off, but others see a sign of indefinite detention. Thu, Jan. 12, 2006 BY MIRANDA LEITSINGER ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/13607627.htm High-tech prison to open in Netherlands By Toby Sterling, Associated Press, 1/18/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-01-18-netherlands-prison_x.htm ---- terrorism US missiles blamed for 18 deaths on Pakistan border 13 Jan 2006 Reuters By Zeeshan Haider http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL247771.htm ---- torture Author explores CIA connections to torture tactics January 9, 2006 by Barbara Wolff, U Wisconsin http://www.news.wisc.edu/11995.html More claims of US detainee torture By Phil Hazlewood in London 11 jan 06 Australia Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17790128%255E1702,00.html Ex-British Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray on Why He Defied UK Foreign Office by Posting Classified Memos Blasting U.S., British Support of Torture by Uzbek Regime Thursday, January 19th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/19/1452237 ---- POLITICS ---- budget Army needs $1.2b for chopper replacement By PAMELA HESS, Jan. 12, 2006 UPI Pentagon Correspondent http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060112-034623-5532r ---- corruption Scandal leads to ethics refresher at MacDill Acquisition staff members must take "resensitization" courses on the process for approving SOCom contracts. January 12, 2006 By PAUL DE LA GARZA, St. Petersburg Times http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/12/Tampabay/Scandal_leads_to_ethi.shtml ---- propaganda wars Embedded journalism at its worst: The Ron Harris smear campaign against Marine Sgt. Jimmy Massey By Paul Rockwell Online Journal Contributing Writer Jan 15, 2006, 01:09 http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_419.shtml 'Infuriated bystander' Robert Fisk weighs in By James Hardy / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer (Jan. 15, 2006) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/book/20060115TDY20001.htm Miss Nevada supports nuclear waste facility THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Las Vegas Review-Journal January 20, 2006 http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-20-Fri-2006/news/5451078.html Bin Laden Threatens US, Hints At Truce in New Message Friday, January 20th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/20/1444258 Full Text of Bin Laden Tape By The Associated Press , 01.19.2006, 05:00 PM http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/01/19/ap2462598.html ---- us politics Gore assails domestic wiretapping program 1/16/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-16-gore-domestic-spying_x.htm ---- ENERGY ---- alternative energy Auto Show Features New Hybrids, Flex-Fuels, Concept Cars DETROIT, Michigan, January 11, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-11-07.asp French Green Lobby Wary of Biofuel Benefits Story by Muriel Boselli REUTERS FRANCE: January 12, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34442/story.htm World's Big Polluters to Fund Clean Energy Projects Story by Michelle Nichols REUTERS AUSTRALIA: January 12, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34445/story.htm Solar Power Shares Gain Ahead of California Energy Vote REUTERS USA: January 12, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34454/story.htm FLA Looking For Alternative Fuel Sunday, January 15, 2006 at 9:37am (AP) http://www.540wfla.com/cc-common/feeds/view.php?feed_id=495&feed=/news_state.html&instance=1&article_id=58693 North Dakota to House Hydrogen Refueling Station January 16, 2006 By Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9663 Quest for alternate fuels now a top priority With the price of gas and oil fluctuating wildly and growing fears about supplies, state officials are seriously looking at alternative fuel sources. BY DAVID ROYSE Associated Press Writer Mon, Jan. 16, 2006 http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/13634983.htm Snow Details US Tax Breaks for Hybrid Cars USA: January 16, 2006 REUTERS NEWS SERVICE Story by Glenn Somerville http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34500/story.htm State (TN) May Sweeten Power As energy prices skyrocket officials look to alternatives, such as sugar cane. By DAVID ROYSE The Associated Press Tuesday, January 17, 2006 http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060117/NEWS/601170335/0/FRONTPAGE California Approves $2.9 Billion Solar Power Initiative SACRAMENTO, California, January 18, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-18-09.asp#anchor3 Walgreens to Equip 112 Stores With Solar Power DEERFIELD, Illinois, January 18, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-18-09.asp#anchor4 Vestas to Establish Wind Turbine Plant in China DENMARK : January 20, 2006 REUTERS NEWS SERVICE http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34591/story.htm ---- OTHER ---- environment "Doomsday vault" to house world's seeds PARIS, Jan 11 (AFP) Jan 11, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060111190022.phx6jlgz.html French Defense Minister Confident about Indian Court Decision on Dismantling Warship January 18, 2006 By Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9680 ---- health Curried Cauliflower Effective Against Prostate Cancer January 16, 2006 RUTGERS, New Jersey, (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-16-01.asp ---- ACTIVISTS Renouncing War By William Thomas 01/09/06 WillThomas.net http://www.willthomas.net/Convergence/Weekly/Ending_War.htm Judge Demands Police Video of Grandmothers' Protest January 11, 2006 New York Times By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/nyt216.html NSA Extensively Spied on Baltimore Peace Group Wednesday, January 11th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/11/1436222 Ellsberg: Exposing wrongdoing is worth going to jail By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent Friday, January 13, 2006 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/01/13/state/n171450S48.DTL&type=printable A Protest, a Spy Program and a Campus in an Uproar By SARAH KERSHAW January 14, 2006 Santa Cruz Journal, New York Times http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/nyt222.html Group plans protest Monday January 14, 2006 Rutland Herald http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060114/NEWS/601140352/1003/NEWS02 Climate change and nuclear power January 14, 2006 at 02:40 PM http://www.newmediamusings.com/blog/2006/01/climate_change_.html Islamic groups vow continued protests 1/15/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-15-pakistan-attack_x.htm Whaling Protest: Greenpeacer Knocked Overboard, Sea Shepherd Out of Fuel SOUTHERN OCEAN, January 16, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-16-03.asp Missile deaths unite Pakistan anti-US groups in outrage By Farhan Bokhari in Peshawar and Jo Johnson in New Delhi Published: January 16 2006 02:00 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/95804914-8634-11da-bee0-0000779e2340.html New Zealand Has No Legal Options for Challenging Japan's Scientific Whaling January 17, 2006 — By Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9674 Anti-Nuke Activists Protest Pluto Mission January 17, 2006 — By Mike Schneider, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9673 Thousands Protest in Pakistan Over U.S. Missile Strike Tuesday, January 17th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/17/1448259 Protests mount after US missiles kill villagers By Farhan Bokhari in Peshawar and Jo Johnson in New Delhi Published: January 15 2006 21:15 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/6fd47972-8609-11da-bee0-0000779e2340.html Arundhati Roy Refuses Writing Prize to Protest Indian Policies Tuesday, January 17th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/17/1448259 Justices refuse to hear anti-war protester appeal 1/17/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2006-01-17-scotus-protester_x.htm Nuclear question looms large at climate change talks By Stephanie Peatling January 12, 2006 Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/nuclear-question-looms-large-at-climate-change-talks/2006/01/11/1136956242987.html Eleven arrested in anti-VY protest By Kathryn Casa | Vermont Guardian Posted January 16, 2006 http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/012006/VYArrests.shtml Have Peace Activists Ever Stopped a War? by Lawrence S. Wittner January 17, 2006 Lew Rockwell http://www.lewrockwell.com/wittner/wittner17.html Anti-Whaling Protesters Bring Dead Whale to Berlin GERMANY: January 20, 2006 REUTERS NEWS SERVICE http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34578/story.htm 8,000 Pakistanis protest airstrike that may have killed terrorists 1/20/2006 PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-20-pakistan-protests_x.htm