NucNews Headlines - collected January 21-31, 2006 Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date ---- NUCLEAR The next generation of nuclear power? January 25, 2006 Environmental Science & Technology http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2006/jan/tech/cs_nuclearpower.html The Nuclear "Threat" At the End of the Age of Petroleum by Zbignew Zingh Dissident Voice.org January 26, 2006 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Jan06/Zingh26.htm The Energy Race Posted by Stephen Gordon at January 26, 2006 The Speculist http://www.blog.speculist.com/archives/000634.html New fusion experiment produces results without external neutron source Submitted by BJS on Sat, 2006-01-28 http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/new_fusion_experiment_produces_results_without_external_neutron_source_9894 ---- accidents and safety Privatised nuclear clean-up 'will cause accidents' By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor Sunday Herald - 22 January 2006 http://www.sundayherald.com/53688 Worker falsified safety records Fire watch technician has pleaded guilty By SEAN ADKINS Jan 22, 2006 Daily Record/Sunday News http://www.ydr.com/newsfull/ci_3429430 Radioactive Leak Taints Water in Illinois United Press International, January 25, 2006 http://www.knrs.com/script/headline_newsmanager.php?id=461036&pagecontent=nationalnews&feed_id=59 http://www.postchronicle.com/news/health/article_2124460.shtml Nuclear Power Company Negotiates with Property Owners After Leak Wednesday, 25 January 2006 (AP) http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/3854.php? Kazakhs Hunt For "Radioactive Dollars" REUTERS KAZAKHSTAN: January 27, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34702/story.htm The Industrial Safety Accident Rate in the Nuclear Energy Industry Tuesday, January 31, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/01/industrial-safety-accident-rate-in.html Here'?s NEI'?s link to the data back to 1980. http://www.nei.org/documents/Industrial_Safety_Accident_Rate.pdf ---- africa South Africa told to take moral stance on Iran nuclear row JOHANNESBURG, Jan 25 (AFP) Jan 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060125160101.lsw3gxzf.html ---- britain Sleaze probe into nuclear lobbying at Holyrood By Paul Hutcheon, Scottish Political Editor UK Sunday Herald 22 January 2006 http://www.sundayherald.com/53711 U.K. opens debate on nuclear power By HANNAH K. STRANGE UPI U.K. Correspondent 1/23/2006 1:25:00 PM -0500 http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20060123-010941-1381r 'Decision time' on nuclear power The government is asking industry and the public for ideas Monday, 23 January 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4638610.stm Nuke waste panel wants delay on new plants 1/24/2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060124-085022-2522r BNFL set to sell power plant arm BNFL manages 11 nuclear power stations in the UK Thursday, 26 January 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4649386.stm Scientists back nuclear power to help beat global warming Scotsman | Tue 31 Jan 2006 | JAMES KIRKUP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569170/posts ---- business Company gets record fine for hiding nuclear-plant damage 12:00 AM CST on Saturday, January 21, 2006 / Associated Press http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-nukeplant_21nat.ART.State.Edition2.22d82b68.html Toshiba to buy Westinghouse for twice expected sum: report TOKYO, Jan 23 (AFP) Jan 23, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060123035918.2tqopa7b.html Toshiba Bets Heavily on China in Westinghouse Bid By REUTERS January 24, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-manufacturing-westinghouse-toshiba.html?_r=1 Fluent Partners With Utah State University In DOE Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Grant LEBANON, N.H.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Jan. 24, 2006 http://www10.mcadcafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&articleid=237498 Nuclear power boom means Westinghouse Electric needs workers Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | January 25, 2006 | Patricia Sabatini http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1564612/posts GE, Ecomagination and Nuclear Power January 31, 2006 05:59 AM - Lloyd Alter, Toronto http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/01/ge_ecomaginatio.php ---- china Nuclear issues on agenda as senior US official meets China's Wen BEIJING, Jan 24 (AFP) Jan 24, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060124053015.xs71mb5c.html Chinese President Plans U.S. Visit By CASSIE BIGGS, Associated Press writer Tue Jan 24, 10:16 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060124/ap_on_re_as/china_us An experimental nuclear fusion project used to generate clean energy will be built by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Hefei Media Release Jan. 24, 2006 India Daily http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/6618.asp Zoellick to raise nuclear stand-offs in China Tue Jan 24, 5:21 AM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060124/pl_nm/china_usa_dc_4 Datang to take stake in China nuclear project By Wing-Gar Cheng Bloomberg News THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2006 http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2006/01/26/bloomberg/sxnuke.php China key to Toshiba’s nuclear strategy By Carola Hoyos in London Published: January 27 2006 02:14 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7e7c530c-8e86-11da-ae63-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=ef30a108-c989-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html China's Datang to Invest in $2.9 Billion Nuclear Project Story by Wendy Lim and Alison Leung REUTERS CHINA : January 27, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34700/story.htm Chinese Pebblebed Reactor Program January 29, 2006 http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2006/01/chinese_pebbleb.html Intergraph's SmartPlant 3D and SmartPlant Enterprise selected by Chinergy ChemicalProcessing.com 01/31/2006 http://www.chemicalprocessing.com/industrynews/2006/010.html ---- depleted uranium Mushrooming depleted uranium (DU) scandal Heads roll at Veterans Administration Bob Nichols, SF Bay View January 21, 2006 http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m19809&l=i&size=1&hd=0 AMERICA'S CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY / RADIOACTIVE GENOCIDE It will take generations to remove the stain of our illegal and inhumane transgressions. by Allen L Roland, Ph.D January 24, 2006 OpEd News http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_allen_l__060124_america_s_crime_agai.htm The Killing Fields: Ghosts of the Walking Dead Oil, Simply Oil By Manuel Valenzuela 01/26/06 "ICH" http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11680.htm BLB welcomes the next generation of fighting buses - perfect for a visit to Millwall by Brian Weatherley 30/01/2006 Reed Business Information http://www.tnn.co.uk/BigLorryBlog/plonearticle.2006-01-30.6077795515 Ireland - Former US marine claims uranium ammunition passes through Shannon Military cargo planes going through Shannon Airport are carrying depleted uranium ammunition according to a former U.S. Marine. TUESDAY 31/01/2006 UTV http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=69854&pt=n International Isotopes Announces High Purity Germanium Tetrafluoride Production Posted 31st January 2006 AZoM - Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, Composites, An Engineers Resource http://www.azom.com/details.asp?newsID=4785 ---- europe Cold snap affects Czech nuclear power plant reactor Mon Jan 23, 11:20 AM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060123/sc_afp/czechenergynuclearweather_060123162049 Czech nuclear plant Temelin disconnects first unit from grid due to temperature gauge malfunction Interfax Information Services, B.V. (January 23, 2006) http://pepei.pennnet.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WIREN&Category=HOME&NewsID=130165 Even Americans 'Embarrassed' By Chirac's Nuclear Talk Comments by French President Jacques Chirac last week appearing to threaten the first use of nuclear weapons in the case of a terrorist attack against France is out of step with 'civilized nations.' Saying that this would mean 'an incredible change in direction,' this editorial from NRC Handelsblad of The Netherlands warns that Chirac's comments have 'deeply offended' the E.U. and NATO, and even embarrassed the 'blunt' Americans. EDITORIAL Translated By Jan de Nijs January 23, 2005 NRC Handelsblad - The Netherlands(Dutch) http://www.watchingamerica.com/nrchandelsblad000026.shtml France unveils proposals for EU energy policy January 24, 2006 Peak Oil http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11156 Survey shows Europeans lukewarm on nuclear energy Tue Jan 24, 2:18 PM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060124/sc_nm/energy_eu_survey_dc_1 France Warns EU on Nuclear Power Vote Tuesday January 24, 12:26 pm ET By Aoife White, AP Business Writer http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060124/eu_france_nuclear_power.html?.v=1 EU court backs legality of German tax exemption for nuclear power plants Associated Press (January 26, 2006) http://pepei.pennnet.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WIREN&Category=HOME&NewsID=130277 http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060126/eu_germany_nuclear.html?.v=1 Germany may need own nuclear weapons: Scholz 26 January 2006 Expatica Communications BV http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=27147&name=Germany+may+need+own+nuclear+weapons%3A+Scholz Lithuania pleads for Baltic nuclear plant VILNIUS, Jan 26 (AFP) Jan 26, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060126140218.0dljtxsq.html Baltic states agree feasibility study on nuclear plant VILNIUS, Jan 26 (AFP) Jan 26, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060126154920.ku6h44gr.html Italy Experts Urge Nuclear Relaunch after Gas Crunch Story by Svetlana Kovalyova REUTERS ITALY: January 31, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34766/newsDate/31-Jan-2006/story.htm French nuclear watchdog gives thumbs-up to deep waste burial Tue Jan 31, 2:21 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060131/sc_afp/franceenergynuclear_060131192151 ---- india US diplomat sees ‘complexity’ in India-US N-talks Saturday January 21, 2006 Pakistan News International http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2006-daily/21-01-2006/main/main12.htm U.S. To India: Shun Iran Or Lose Nuclear Help Nuclear Deal Used As Leverage To Block Support In U.N. By Associated Press 01/25/06 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11669.htm US envoy's comments on Iran nuclear vote 'inappropriate': India NEW DELHI, Jan 26 (AFP) Jan 26, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060126145612.4jd1bgfg.html India says it will abstain in Iran nuclear vote Reuters MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/30/news/india.php?rss ---- iran 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 Jan 14, 2006 UK Independant http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1137193813484&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1112188062620 Iran ready for talks on Russian uranium offer Fri Jan 20, 11:52 AM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060120/ts_afp/irannuclearpoliticsrussia Nuclear tango forces new US strategy By Guy Dinmore in Washington Published: January 21 2006 02:00 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1a06ef56-8a24-11da-86d1-0000779e2340.html No Military Options By Joseph Cirincione Saturday, January 21, 2006 DeshCalling http://deshcalling.blogspot.com/2006/01/no-military-options.html Iran denies has shifted assets from Europe TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 21, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060121113441.hq982uo9.html Iran wants China in on Russian uranium enrichment plan: report BERLIN, Jan 21 (AFP) Jan 21, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060121103217.u9vjk29a.html Iranian athletes shield nuclear facility ISFAHAN, Iran, Jan 22 (AFP) Jan 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060122141940.7l5l0clk.html Iran mocks west over 'N-weapon design' request Published: January 22 2006 21:56 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/5006fa0e-8b84-11da-91a1-0000779e2340.html Transcript of interview with Ali Larijani By Roula Khalaf and Gareth Smyth; translation by Najmeh Bozorgmehr Published: January 22 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/976d081c-8b7e-11da-91a1-0000779e2340.html Bush warns Iran on Israel MANHATTAN, KANSAS (AFP) Jan 23, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060123204739.kunmue9v.html Diplomacy and Force Interview: The United Nations' top inspector is prepared to issue a report on Iran's nuclear program that will 'reverberate around the world.' Newsweek Jan. 23, 2006 issue http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10858243/site/newsweek/ Iran threatens to carry out enrichment on industrial scale: Larijani LONDON, Jan 23 (AFP) Jan 23, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060123044606.cfzkark3.html Senior UN nuclear inspector leaving for Iran Tue Jan 24, 11:41 AM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060124/wl_mideast_afp/irannucleariaea_060124164159 Iran 'positive' on Russian uranium enrichment plan MOSCOW, Jan 25 (AFP) Jan 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060125163048.zttpwarg.html Iran says Russian nuclear proposal a basis for compromise TEHRAN, Jan 25 (AFP) Jan 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060125132211.nn0omfrr.html Straw says Russia plan may resolve Iran nuclear row NICOSIA, Jan 25 (AFP) Jan 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060125133858.4zj8e3c2.html Bush supports Russian compromise for Iran nuclear dispute Thu Jan 26, 2:12 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060126/pl_afp/irannuclearpolitics_060126190324 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060126154638.y22q01b7.html US says support for Russia nuclear plan not 100 percent Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:09 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060127/pl_afp/irannuclearpoliticsus_060127230931 US Senate condemns Iran nuclear program Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:18 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060128/pl_afp/irannuclearusun_060128001844 Iran says Russian nuclear proposal not good enough TEHRAN, Jan 27 (AFP) Jan 27, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060127090104.uv8qj474.html Iran promises access to Lavizan nuclear site in Iran VIENNA, Jan 27 (AFP) Jan 27, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060127175408.ij4pdybf.html Iraqi Shiite cleric backs Iranian nuclear program BAGHDAD (AFP) Jan 27, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060127171237.uy7h9bxw.html Iran wants 'more time' for Russia nuclear talks Sat Jan 28, 11:05 AM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060128/wl_mideast_afp/iranpoliticsnuclearrussiaiaeaun Iran warns of missile strike Revolutionary Guard general puts West on notice not to interfere as Tehran presses ahead with nuclear power programme Jason Burke, chief Europe correspondent Sunday January 29, 2006 UK Observer http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1697505,00.html Iran vows to retaliate if attacked 29/01/06 REUTERS http://seven.com.au/news/topstories/139235 Straw rules out threat of military action against Iran By Philip Sherwell in Washington and Colin Freeman (Filed: 29/01/2006) UK Telegraph http://telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=UM142HXEWUJ05QFIQMGCFFWAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2006/01/29/wiran29.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/29/ixworld.html West tries to close ranks with Russia and China over Iran nuclear program VIENNA, Jan 29 (AFP) Jan 29, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060129030807.edsj1q7r.html China Could Be Brought Into Moscow Talks On Iran Russia is trying to persuade Iran to enter an arrangement under which the uranium needed to run its nuclear power programme will be enriched on Russian soil, rather than in Iran. by Staff Writers Moscow, Jan 30 (AFP) Jan 30, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/China_Could_Be_Brought_Into_Moscow_Talks_On_Iran.html Iran nuclear talks go nowhere, EU says By Dan Bilefsky and Judy Dempsey International Herald Tribune MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/30/news/iran.php?rss U.N. Says Iran Holds Illicit Nuke Document By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 31, 4:27 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060131/ap_on_re_mi_ea/nuclear_agency_iran Iran Hits Back At UN Nuclear Referral By Hannah K. Strange, UPI U.K. Correspondent London (UPI) Jan 31, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Hits_Back_At_UN_Nuclear_Referral.html Iran Threatens To End Nuclear Cooperation On Saturday Mottaki said that any decision to involve the Security Council could affect the "Russian plan," under which Iran is being urged to agree to conduct any enrichment activities in Russia. by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Jan 31, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Threatens_To_End_Nuclear_Cooperation_On_Saturday.html ---- israel High radioactivity recorded in Israel Wednesday 14 July 2004 10:29 AM GMT Reuters http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/AE4FB40C-5F1C-4AED-B02C-2EEAB498AA6B.htm Talk of military action in Iran standoff 1/21/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-21-iran-nuclear-standoff_x.htm ---- japan Japan fears missile data leak to North Korea TOKYO, Jan 24 (AFP) Jan 24, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060124065813.79hglw19.html ---- korea S Korean president wants agreement on regaining wartime military control from U.S. ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 24, 2006 http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusintl/ap01-24-175907.asp?reg=pacrim&vts=12420061853 US urges South Korea to join crackdown on North Korea SEOUL, Jan 24 (AFP) Jan 24, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060124103524.547u8jbw.html North Korea's plutonium pile attracts Iran Michael Sheridan, Beijing January 29, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2014464,00.html North Korean Counterfeiting Complicates Nuclear Crisis By MARTIN FACKLER, January 29, 2006 NY TIMES http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/news2/nytimes4.html N. Korea sees 'dark clouds of a nuclear war' January 29, 2006 (AP) http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-nkor29.html North Korea accuses US of aerial espionage for war Tue Jan 31, 11:19 AM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060131/pl_afp/nkoreausspy_060131161934 ---- latinamerica Pinochet's daughter arrested in Chile after trip to US Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:23 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060128/en_afp/chilepinochetjustice_060128192303 N. Korea slightly tones down nuclear talks rhetoric By Jon Herskovitz Tue Jan 31, 3:42 AM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060131/wl_nm/korea_north_dc_2 ---- mideast Turkey Set to Complete Nuke Plants Study This Week REUTERS TURKEY: January 27, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34708/story.htm ---- missile defense Annual U.S. Missile Defense Spending Could Double By David Ruppe Global Security Newswire Tuesday, January 24, 2006 http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/2006_1_24.html#E34392C0 BMD Watch: Trident subs will fight terror; BMD will cost $247 billion by 2024: CBO; General Dynamics wins $56 million Trident contract By MARTIN SIEFF UPI Senior News Analyst 1/25/2006 5:07:00 PM -0500 http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060125-043428-7124r BMD Focus: Canada joins the BMD team By MARTIN SIEFF UPI Senior News Analyst 1/26/2006 http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060126-045831-6999r ---- pacific Report: French Polynesia nuke tests were harmful By Elizabeth Bryant United Press International Published January 30, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060130-023514-3146r War on agenda in Asia-Pacific military talks Tuesday January 31, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2006-daily/31-01-2006/world/w13.htm ---- pakistan Pakistan PM warns against arms race in Asia WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (AFP) Jan 24, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060124030505.i3c4pmxk.html Pakistan on the spot over Iran nuclear secrets By Syed Saleem Shahzad Jan 25, 2006 Asia Times http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HA25Df01.html ---- russia Visiting U.S. Official Talks of Spent Nuclear Fuel The Associated Press Wednesday, January 25, 2006 http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2006/01/25/013.html PUTIN BROACHES NUCLEAR ISSUE, SPIES, AT EURASIAN SUMMIT IN ST PETERSBURG NTV Mir, Moscow 25 Jan 06 Armenian News Network / Groong http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg135451.html Russia plans to put a mine on the Moon to help boost energy supply By Andrew Osborn in Moscow 27 January 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article341273.ece Russia Plans to Mine Helium-3 On Moon January 28, 2006 http://novaspivack.typepad.com/nova_spivacks_weblog/2006/01/russia_plans_to.html Putin Boasts of New Missile's Capability By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV The Associated Press Tuesday, January 31, 2006; 2:39 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/31/AR2006013100234_pf.html Putin: Our missiles can beat your system 1/31/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-31-russiamissiles_x.htm ---- security Could nuclear plants withstand an attack? By BENNETT RAMBERG Originally published January 23, 2006 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.nuketerror23jan23,0,114215.story Plutonium monitor could help nuclear police: New Scientist PARIS, Jan 25 (AFP) Jan 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060125190132.el1ffa7c.html Hearing Granted on Proposed Nuclear Irradiator at Honolulu Airport HONOLULU, Hawaii, January 25, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-25-09.asp#anchor4 Nevada Site Tests 'Dirty Bomb' Sensors Associated Press | January 28, 2006 http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,86568,00.html ---- terrorism Afghanistan cautions on Chirac nuclear threat DOHA, Jan 22 (AFP) Jan 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060122205632.wrr6uo91.html The Worst-Case Scenario (CBS) Jan. 29, 2006 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/27/60minutes/main1245714.shtml ---- treaties Living on the Edge: Skirting With Nuclear Danger Speech by Alice Slater at the United Nations, January 19, 2006 Thursday, January 26, 2006 by CommonDreams.org http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0126-25.htm ---- ukraine Russia, Ukraine Reach Agreement on Nuclear Sector Cooperation Created: 22.01.2006 MosNews http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/01/22/russiaukraine.shtml ---- u.n. Diplomacy and Force Interview: The United Nations' top inspector is prepared to issue a report on Iran's nuclear program that will 'reverberate around the world.' Newsweek Jan. 23, 2006 issue http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10858243/site/newsweek/ U.N.: Iran got atomic warhead papers on black market 1/30/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-30-un-iran_x.htm Annan: World Under Threat Of Nuclear Proliferation by Staff Writers London (AFP) Jan 31, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Annan_World_Under_Threat_Of_Nuclear_Proliferation.html ---- u.s. nuc weapons SLIPPERY SLOPE TO NEW NUKES San Francisco Chronicle (forum) January 24, 2006 by Robert Civiak http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/01/24/EDGEPGQSRR1.DTL&type=printable Annan's spokesman warns against use of nuclear weapons UNITED NATIONS(AFP) Jan 26, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060125234502.bqvwiaw6.html ---- u.s. nuc facilities Bush Seeks to Jump-Start Nuclear Power Proposed Test of New Waste-Reprocessing Methods Aims to Ease Concerns Over Storage By JOHN J. FIALKA Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 26, 2006; Page A4 http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113824318540956675.html?mod=todays_free_feature Graph: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/images/NA-AH499B_Nukes_20060125203212.gif US plan would recycle spent nuclear fuel: report (Reuters) Thu Jan 26, 2006 02:13 AM ET http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=10978871&src=rss/ElectionCoverage Nuclear Energy Plan Would Use Spent Fuel By Peter Baker and Dafna Linzer Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, January 26, 2006; A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012502229_pf.html ---- arizona Cooling Problems Shuts Down Palo Verde Reactor Ken Alltucker The Arizona Republic Jan. 17, 2006 04:59 PM http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0117paloverde-ON.html Nuclear reactor restarted, solutions sought for coolant line The Arizona Republic Jan. 21, 2006 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/breakingnews/012106palo_verde ---- california Study to focus on Diablo's waste By April Charlton January 13, 2006 Adobe Press http://www.theadobepress.com/articles/2006/01/19/news/news07.txt ---- florida Citrus Rolls out red carpet for nuke plant By: Dave Bohman, Tampa Bay's 10 News, January 26, 2006 http://www.tampabays10.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=24353 ---- georgia Westinghouse Pleased With Selection of AP1000 Nuclear Technology for Potential Expansion at Plant Vogtle PITTSBURGH, Jan. 27, 2006 /PRNewswire/ http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/372188/westinghouse_pleased_with_selection_of_ap1000_nuclear_technology_for_potential/index.html?source=r_science Nuclear Power Returning to Ga.? (AP) 1/28/2006 11:42:30 AM http://www.11alive.com/money/money_article.aspx?storyid=75281 ---- illinois Tritium levels around Braidwood plant worry nuclear watchdog Associated Press Wed, Jan. 25, 2006 http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/13711551.htm Nuclear Co. Plans Post-Leak Land Buyouts By the Associated Press, January 26, 2006 http://wokv.com/common/ap/2006/01/26/D8FC3VCG3.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060126/ap_on_re_us/braidwood_tritium_3 Exelon admits its fault in leak Apologetic officials call risk minimal By Hal Dardick and Michael Hawthorne Chicago Tribune staff reporters Published January 26, 2006 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0601260133jan26,1,675767.story?coll=chi-newslocal-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true ---- iowa Alliant Energy completes sale of Iowa nuclear plant January 27, 2006 American City Business Journals http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2006/01/23/daily53.html?from_rss=1 ---- missouri Regulators order AmerenUE to shed more light on expansion plans By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Associated Press Writer Tuesday, Jan 31, 2006 http://www.newstribune.com/articles/2006/01/31/news_state/0013106010.txt ---- nevada Bush eyes Yucca funds By BENJAMIN GROVE Las Vegas Sun 23-JAN-06 http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=YUCCA-01-23-06 Porter set against Yucca Mountain nuclear storage By STACEY BONNAR Sunday, January 29, 2006 7:02 PM PST Mohave Daily News http://www.mohavedailynews.com/articles/2006/01/30/news/local/local4.txt BLM Returns $700,000 in Federal Cleanup Funds for Nevada WASHINGTON, DC, January 31, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-31-09.asp#anchor3 ---- new jersey Nuclear power plant temporarily shuts down to repair pumps January 29, 2006, 7:06 PM EST (AP) http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--oystercreek0129jan29,0,2730862.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey Creating the Nation's Largest Utility Company By SUSAN WARNER January 29, 2006 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/29njCOVER.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print Power plant to shut for malfunction check 01/29/06 (AP) http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006601290370 ---- new york IP foes call for more security Wednesday, January 25, 2006 http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/IP_security-25Jan06.htm Hinchey, Kelly, others rip Indian Point evacuation plan The Associated Press Saturday, January 28, 2006 http://www.pojonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060128/NEWS01/601280313/1006 ---- north carolina Cape Fear region won’t host a nuclear plant From staff and wire reports Tuesday, January 24, 2006 Fayetteville (NC) Observer http://www.fayettevillenc.com/article?id=224991 Triangle picked as nuclear site Progress Energy to seek license for two new reactors at Shearon Harris in Wake John Murawski, Staff Writer (Staff writer Jonathan B. Cox contributed to this report.) Jan 24, 2006 Raleigh News Observer http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/392027.html U.S. nuclear plant proposed, battle looms Company picks existing plant near Raleigh, N.C., for proposal Associated Press Updated: 10:42 a.m. ET Jan. 24, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11005719/ Nuclear plant plan to draw opposition BY ROB SHAPARD : The Durham Herald-Sun rshapard@heraldsun.com Jan 25, 2006 : 7:44 pm ET http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-693848.html Triangle picked as nuclear site Progress Energy to seek license for two new reactors at Shearon Harris in Wake Charlotte News & Observer Jan 28, 2006 http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/392027.html Duke Power puts up meteorological tower in Davie Company gathering information at possible site for nuclear-power plant By Jim Sparks WINSTON SALEM JOURNAL REPORTER Tuesday, January 31, 2006 http://journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137833754502 Let’s hope Bush articulates a plan to move America toward greater energy independence January 31, 2006 6:00 am Asheville Citizen-Times http://citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060131/OPINION01/60130032/1006 ---- ohio Penalty makes some who live near David-Besse edgy By DAN DEARTH Staff writer Port Clinton, OH News Herald January 21, 2006 http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060121/NEWS01/601210301/1002 Scare causes D-B lockdown Contractor's false report of carjacking lands him in jail for inducing panic By KRISTINA SMITH Staff writer Originally published January 24, 2006 http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060124/NEWS01/601240306/1002 FirstEnergy Nuclear Pays $28 Million for Davis–Besse Reactor Hole WASHINGTON, DC, January 27, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-27-09.asp#anchor2 Two plead innocent in D-B probe Associated Press January 28, 2006 http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060128/NEWS01/601280302/1002 Record Davis-Besse fine to aid area wildlife refuge, UT, others Wetlands Project, visitor center to share $1.35M By TOM HENRY TOLEDO BLADE STAFF WRITER Monday, January 30, 2006 http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060130/NEWS08/601300315/0/NEWS24 ---- south carolina Savannah River Site plans to consolidate plutonium Associated Press 01.23.2006 http://www.wbt.com/news/detail_wbt.cfm?article_id=25377 Federal Decision Triples Radioactive Burden In Permanent Sacrifice Zone of the Southeast JANUARY 24, 2006 CONTACT: Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Action For A Clean Environment, Carolina Peace Resource Center http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0124-04.htm DuPont no longer wants contract to run SRS January 26, 2006 Associated Press http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4412752 State leaders hope recycling program comes to SRS Published Friday, January 27, 2006 (AP) http://www.islandpacket.com/news/state/regional/story/5487234p-4948277c.html SC to Gain from President's Energy Initiative By Paige Tucker WJBF NewsCHANNEL 6 Tuesday, January 31, 2006 http://www.wjbf.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WJBF%2FMGArticle%2FJBF_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137833787543&path= ---- utah Hatch Says Plan Underway to Reuse Nuclear Waste January 30th, 2006 @ 8:03am Associated Press http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=156685 ---- vermont Yankee power boost may exceed 'fence-line' standard January 21, 2006 By Susan Smallheer Rutland Herald Staff http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060121/NEWS/601210354/1003 Welch calls for state review of VY relicensing By Kathryn Casa | Vermont Guardian Posted January 27, 2006 http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/012006/WelchVYLetter.shtml Power increase brings Yankee radiation levels under public scrutiny Published: Saturday, January 28, 2006 The Associated Press http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060128/BUSINESS/601280301/1003 Groups push for safest VY storage casks By KRISTI CECCAROSSI Brattleboro Reformer Staff Tuesday, January 31, 2006 http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,102~8860~3220957,00.html ---- washington Navy subs strike nerve By Patrick J. Sullivan Port Townsend, WA, Leader Staff Writer Wednesday, January 25, 2006 http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=14149 Doc urges White House to restore vit plant funding Published Saturday, January 28th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7397099p-7309166c.html Crystallization could streamline Hanford tank waste treatment Published Monday, January 30th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7403441p-7315562c.html Governor threatens suit over Hanford By SHANNON DININNY Jan. 31, 2006 Associated Press http://www.theolympian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060131/NEWS06/60131020/1001 ---- wisconsin Nuclear waste plan open for public comment By Kirsti Marohn kmarohn@stcloudtimes.com Published: January 31. 2006 6:00AM St. Cloud MN Times http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060131/NEWS01/101310010/1001 ---- us nuc waste Nuclear waste experts quell hopes of nuclear revival Jan 26 2006 Friends of the Earth UK Press Release http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/nuclear_waste_experts_quel_26012006.html Bush Wants to Resume Nuclear Recycling - Source Story by Tom Doggett REUTERS USA: January 30, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34743/story.htm http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060127/sc_nm/energy_bush_dc_4 Interim nuclear waste site mulled Bush may ask for temporary dump in State of Union tonight By Benjamin Grove LAS VEGAS SUN Washington Bureau January 31, 2006 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-wh/2006/jan/31/520053218.html To MOX or Not to MOX by Gordon Prather Antiwar.com, January 31, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=8471 ---- MILITARY ---- arms Croatia probes arms sales to Macedonia: report Jan 21, 2006 ZAGREB, (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060121132212.lxxalwbc.html US arms sales top imports 28 jan 06 Australia Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17963216%255E1702,00.html CIA Expands Use of Drones in Terror War 'Targeted killing' with missile-firing Predators is a way to hit Al Qaeda in remote areas, officials say. Host nations are not always given notice. By Josh Meyer Times Staff Writer January 29, 2006 Los Angeles Times http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes014.html ---- biological weapons A Biodefense Breakfast January 23, 2006 Project On Government Oversight Blog http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2006/01/a_biodefense_br.html#more ---- britain Taking The Wind Out Of Nuclear Power Thursday, 19 January 2006, 4:50 pm Opinion: PACIFIC ECOLOGIST, issue 11 - pp 51 - 57. http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:z8sprKsm8_AJ:www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0601/S00155.htm ---- business Halliburton swings to $1.1 billion profit, cites 2005 as company's best January 26, 2006 By Steve Quinn ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20060126-1745-earns-halliburton.html Lockheed Profit Up 53%, but Aircraft Business Was Flat By Renae Merle Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 27, 2006; D04 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012601997_pf.html Mystery Surrounds Dead U.S. Contractor By DEBORAH HASTINGS AP National Writer January 28, 2006, 12:19 PM EST http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-dead-in-iraq,0,7418701,print.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines ---- chemical weapons Security breached at chemical weapons arsenal Three enter restricted zone; guards inspecting vehicles leaving facility Updated: 11:15 a.m. ET Jan. 25, 2006 Associated Press http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11021203/from/ http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/25/arsenal.security.ap/index.html ---- haiti Mixed U.S. Signals Helped Tilt Haiti Toward Chaos By WALT BOGDANICH and JENNY NORDBERG January 29, 2006 NY TIMES http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/news2/nytimes7.html ---- india India flexes military muscle in Republic Day parade Thu Jan 26, 2:37 AM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060126/wl_sthasia_afp/indiarepublicdaymilitary_060126073710 ---- iran UBS ceases business with Iran ZURICH, Jan 22 (AFP) Jan 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060122151756.cg0cp74i.html ---- iraq A Town Becomes a Prison January 21, 2006 by Dahr Jamail (with Arkan Hamed) (Inter Press Service) http://www.antiwar.com/jamail/?articleid=8424 Iraqi Journalist Ali Fadhil Describes Arrest by U.S. Forces: “They Used Explosives and Shot Inside My Home” Wednesday, January 25th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/25/155221 Iraq engulfed in hostage crisis Sat Jan 28, 2006 3:41 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060128/wl_mideast_afp/iraq Saddam trial falls into chaos as it resumes Former Iraqi leader removed from court under watch of tough new judge Updated: 12:08 p.m. ET Jan. 29, 2006 (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11082046/ MOD accused of hiding real cost of Iraq war GETHIN CHAMBERLAIN CHIEF NEWS CORRESPONDENT Mon 30 Jan 2006 http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=147612006 Aussie troops in Iraq may be home soon January 31, 2006 The Age http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Australia-Japan-to-start-Iraq-pullout/2006/01/31/1138590482420.html ---- israel / palestine Israeli troops injure wall protesters Saturday 21 January 2006 Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1140771D-C2C9-4C66-9690-1DBD674FABAB.htm Israel threatens to ‘liquidate’ Hamas if attacks resume Monday January 30, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2006-daily/30-01-2006/main/main4.htm ---- latin america Evo Morales Sworn in as Bolivia's First Indigenous President, Hails Election as End of "Colonial and Neo-Liberal Era" Monday, January 23rd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/23/1441200 Morales purges Bolivian military after missile saga Tue Jan 24, 2006 LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-01-24T210836Z_01_N24169908_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BOLIVIA-MILITARY.xml&archived=False Venezuela's vice president says military officers caught sending information to U.S. Wed Jan 25, 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusintl/ap01-25-153900.asp?reg=americas&vts=12520061609 ---- nato US chooses awkward time to transform Nato By Daniel Dombey Published: January 23 2006 17:40 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2f674ca0-8c37-11da-9efb-0000779e2340.html Georgia on track to join NATO by 2008 January 23, 2006 By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060123-022310-3310r NATO Insists on Poking Russian Bear by Justin Logan and Ted Galen Carpenter January 25, 2006 Cato Institute http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5421 British NATO troops in Afghanistan to peak at 5,700 with fresh deployments Jan 26, 2006 LONDON, (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060126171005.en00v43t.html ---- pacific Army base expansion approved 24 jan 06 Australia Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17920366%255E1702,00.html ---- prisoners of war Army debates Guantanamo executions January 25, 2006 Agence France-Presse http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17933209-401,00.html Covert Activity by U.S. Called No Big Secret A Swiss investigator says European governments probably knew suspects were being seized on their soil. He finds no proof of secret prisons. January 25, 2006 By Sebastian Rotella Los Angeles Times http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes007.html ---- spies Blair evades questions over British 'spy ring' Monday January 23, 2006 Mark Oliver and agencies Guardian (UK) http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,2763,1693156,00.html?gusrc=rss Iranian report: Mossad agent arrested on border with Turkey 23/01/2006 By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/673818.html The 'British' spy operation found lurking under a rock UK Times, January 24, 2006 By Jeremy Page, in Moscow and Richard Beeston, Diplomatic Editor http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2006560,00.html A lump of rock, a sophisticated spying device, and an embassy left red-faced By Kim Sengupta and Andrew Osborn in Moscow Published: 24 January 2006 The UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article340616.ece Spies collect more toys as cold war turns to hot peace The UK Times January 25, 2006 From Jeremy Page in Moscow http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2008805,00.html Former Pentagon chief sees damage to U.S. military 25 Jan 2006 Reuters By Will Dunham http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N25366533.htm Govt denies CIA infiltration 1/26/2006 The Peninsula Qatar http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub%2DContinent&month=January2006&file=World_News200601261738.xml US commander admits military stretched in Iraq Jan 26, 2006 DIWANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060126164328.96pp4jux.html US military stretched to breaking point · Pentagon report says clear strategy is needed · Rate of deployment 'cannot be sustained' Thursday January 26, 2006 Julian Borger in Washington The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1695003,00.html Report done for Pentagon says Army close to 'snapping' But Rumsfeld says report's conclusions are 'inconsistent with the facts.' January 26, 2006 By Tom Regan | Christian Science Monitor http://csmonitor.com/2006/0126/dailyUpdate.html?s=mesdu Spies, Lies and Wiretaps January 29, 2006 New York Times http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt015.html NSA Expands, Centralizes Domestic Spying Code Name(s) of the Week: DIAZ, Emergejust, Freedom, Highpoint, PASSGEAR, Viceroy By William M. Arkin | January 30, 2006; 08:30 AM ET Washington Post http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2006/01/nsa_expands_its.html Venezuela: U.S. Embassy officials are spies 1/31/2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060131-015435-8999r ---- us The life and death of an Iraq veteran who could take no more By Andrew Buncombe in Washington and Oliver Duff Published: 25 January 2006 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article340826.ece US Army forces 50,000 soldiers into extended duty Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:46 PM GMT By Will Dunham (Reuters) http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-01-29T144559Z_01_N196487_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ-USA-STOPLOSS.xml A New Kind of Care in a New Era of Casualties By ERIK ECKHOLM January 31, 2006 NY TIMES http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/news2/nytimes5.htm Military planners envision 'new breed of warrior' By Rowan Scarborough THE WASHINGTON TIMES January 31, 2006 http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060130-113215-3052r.htm ---- war crimes Let history judge Posted by Scott Ritter on January 23, 2006 AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/31200/ ---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE ---- homeland security / national intelligence Democrats aren't alone in questioning wiretaps Monday, January 23, 2006 By James Rosen Sacramento Bee Washington Bureau http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/14106398p-14936110c.html NSA Expert Jim Bamford on Domestic Wiretapping: The Bush Administration Has "Decided Simply to Violate the Law" Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/24/1516253 Campaign To Justify Spying Intensifies NSA Effort Called Legal and Necessary By Dan Eggen and Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, January 24, 2006; A04 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/23/AR2006012300754_pf.html AG Gonzales' Defense Of U.S. Domestic Spy Program Draws Protests and Criticism from Law Professors, Students Wednesday, January 25th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/25/155217 ACLU Releases Government Photos 1/25/2006 Reported By: Jon Shirek 11 Alive (WXIA-TV Atlanta) http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=75151 FBI won’t seize library records Thursday, January 26, 2006 By Galen Moore Metro West Daily News/Boston Herald http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=120236 Domestic Spying Hurts Our National Security January 27, 2006 Antiwar.com by Sibel Edmonds http://www.antiwar.com/edmonds/?articleid=8451 US plans to 'fight the net' revealed Friday, 27 January 2006 By Adam Brookes BBC Pentagon correspondent http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4655196.stm Official: Army Has Authority to Spy on Americans By Jeff Stein, CQ Staff Jan. 31, 2006 Congressional Quarterly http://cqpolitics.com/cq.com/www.cq.com/public/20060131_homeland.html ---- POLITICS ---- corruption How US lost billions in Wild West gamble to rebuild Iraq UK Times January 26, 2006 From Tim Reid in Washington http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-2010424,00.html Judge: Scam at SOCom 'scary' A retired Army lieutenant colonel gets three years of supervised probation and six months of home detention. And the case is far from over. January 26, 2006 By PAUL DE LA GARZA, St. Petersburg Times http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/26/Hillsborough/Judge__Scam_at_SOCom_.shtml US audit finds 'spectacular' waste of funds in Iraq Millions lost in 'chaotic misuse,' while report says many reconstruction projects won't be finished. January 27, 2006 By Tom Regan Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0127/dailyUpdate.html ---- propaganda wars US message screen angers Castro Castro does not mince his words when discussing the US Saturday 21 January 2006, 10:40 Makka Time, 7:40 GMT http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8EC36E3B-8D59-4E05-8F71-1EDBB1807025.htm Iran's postal service, darts players enter nuclear row TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 23, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060123134439.hbyvmu0l.html Russia calls on Iran to change tack on nuclear standoff MOSCOW, Jan 23 (AFP) Jan 23, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060123125844.tc65zkrm.html Bush to discuss nuclear energy in State of Union Fri Jan 27, 1:00 PM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060127/pl_nm/energy_bush_dc_2 Criminals taking tips from TV crime shows By Joe Milicia, AP Writer 1/29/2006 Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-29-crime-tv_x.htm ---- us politics The Imperium's Quarter Century By Robert Parry January 20, 2006 Consortium News http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/011906.html More Americans favor impeaching Bush, poll says Today's topic: Domestic spying Wed, Jan. 25, 2006 By Jim Puzzanghera The State (South Carolina)/KNIGHT RIDDER WASHINGTON BUREAU http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/13705324.htm New PAC to Back Antiwar Veterans The group will work to elect candidates who can promote a change of strategy for Iraq. January 26, 2006 By Ronald Brownstein Los Angeles Times http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes008.html Breathtaking Power Grab by Alan Bock, January 28, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/bock/?articleid=8452 Tribes' political giving targeted By Jim Drinkard, USA TODAY USA TODAY, January 30, 2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-30-tribes-giving_x.htm Rebels with a cause GOP libertarians like New Hampshire Sen. John Sununu are fighting Bush -- and their party -- over the Patriot Act. By Walter Shapiro Jan. 30, 2006 | Salon http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/news2/salon1.htm Palace Revolt They were loyal conservatives, and Bush appointees. They fought a quiet battle to rein in the president's power in the war on terror. And they paid a price for it. A NEWSWEEK investigation. By Daniel Klaidman, Stuart Taylor Jr. and Evan Thomas Newsweek, January 30, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11079547/site/newsweek Aide: Reagan Warned Before Beirut Blast By CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press Writer Mon Jan 30, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060131/ap_on_go_pr_wh/reagan_oral_history Text of State of the Union speech Associated Press Tue, Jan. 31, 2006 http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/13759252.htm Impeachment: Time for Citizens to Insist Bush Obey the Law Kevin Zeese January 31, 2006 http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m20153&l=i&size=1&hd=0 ---- ENERGY World Economic Forum: No Looming Energy Crisis DAVOS, Switzerland, January 29, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-29-01.asp EU Energy Chief Says Europe Must Cut Consumption Story by Simon Webb REUTERS SWITZERLAND: January 30, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34744/story.htm ExxonMobil Reports Record $36 Billion Profit Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/31/1532240 With Exxon Making a Record $5 Million Per Hour, a Look at Bush's Energy Policies Ahead of His State of the Union Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/31/1532254 ---- alternative energy Micro power saves money By James Hamilton Sunday Herald - 22 January 2006 http://www.sundayherald.com/53689 Renewables vs. nuclear: surveys offer contrasting picture Wednesday 25 January 2006 Euractiv http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-151929-16&type=News&Ref=RSS Ethanol Could Reduce Fossil Fuel Need, Study Shows January 27, 2006 By Maggie Fox, Reuters http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9759 Hearing draws opposing views on wind power project January 27, 2006 Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/01/27/hearing_draws_opposing_views_on_wind_power_project/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News+%2F+Local Nevada: Military eyes more state airspace Proposed Air Force training zone may kill White Pine, Elko projects By RAAM WONG, Jan. 28, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-28-Sat-2006/news/5585073.html Cargill, Belgian Firms to Build Biodiesel Plant REUTERS NETHERLANDS: January 30, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34738/story.htm Record ExxonMobil Profits Spark Call for Renewable Energy WASHINGTON, DC, January 31, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-31-09.asp#anchor1 EU Beefs Up Biofuels Strategy to Fight Emissions Story by Jeff Mason and Jeremy Smith REUTERS BELGIUM: January 31, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34759/newsDate/31-Jan-2006/story.htm Sugar Prices Boom, More Cane Seen Used for Biofuel Story by David Brough REUTERS UK: January 31, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34771/newsDate/31-Jan-2006/story.htm ---- OTHER China's highways go the distance By Calum MacLeod, 1/29/2006 USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-29-china-roads_x.htm ---- environment Ramapough Mountain Indians Sue Ford Over Toxic Contamination January 21, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-23-09.asp State Attorneys General Oppose EPA Move to Narrow Toxics Reporting January 23, 2006 WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-23-02.asp EPA's Latest Human Pesticide Testing Rule Called Illegal, Immoral January 25, 2006 WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-25-05.asp Gore Campaigns at Sundance with Global-Warming Documentary January 27, 2006 By David Germain, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9752 Barge Accident Closes Five Mile Ohio River Stretch REUTERS USA: January 30, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34746/story.htm 14 injured in North Carolina chemical plant blast 1/31/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-31-carolina-explosion_x.htm ---- health Iraq war leaves mental scars for civilians, US troops alike Jan 27, 2006 WASHINGTON (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060127172209.jvr06uk9.html If cat poop is so toxic to pregnant women, why aren't there more birth defects? Can cat poop cause schizophrenia? 27-Jan-2006 Washington City Paper --CECIL ADAMS http://www.straightdope.com/columns/060127.html ---- whistleblowers Whistleblower suspended by Pentagon oversight committee RAW STORY January 24, 2006 http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Whistleblower_suspended_by_Pentagon_oversight_committee_0124.html ---- ACTIVISTS Athens groups march over detentions Saturday 21 January 2006 Aljazeera (AFP) http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BB015104-4CF8-428C-B4D0-97973E882FDF.htm Vanunu facing new jail threat January 22, 2006 The Sunday Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2003778,00.html Self-described 'nobody' is state's most vocal political activist By Michael Race, Harrisburg Bureau Chief The Citizens Voice 01/22/2006 http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15977216&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=6 War Protester Sentenced for Trespassing Monday January 23, 2006 Associated Press/Guardian(UK) http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5564935,00.html World Forum Draws Anti-U.S. Activists Tuesday, January 24, 2006 By IAN JAMES, Associated Press Writer http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/01/24/international/i070519S39.DTL National security vs. whistle-blowing Protections erode for those who allege governmental wrongdoing - especially if going public risks state secrets. January 24, 2006 By Alexandra Marks Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0124/p02s01-uspo.html Protesters, police clash in Nepal Wednesday January 25, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2006-daily/25-01-2006/world/w7.htm Some US church leaders step up anti-war moves CHICAGO (Reuters) By Michael Conlon Wed Jan 25, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060125/us_nm/iraq_churches_dc Vietnam cyber dissident released Thursday, 26 January 2006 BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4649242.stm Suit Turns D.C. Arrests Into Free Speech Victory By Paul Schwartzman Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, January 26, 2005; B01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/01/26/AR2005041902195_pf.html Peace activist Cindy Sheehan plans new protest, Senate bid 1/29/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-29-sheehan-chavez_x.htm Seven arrested at nuclear protest Seven people were arrested during Monday's demonstration Monday, 30 January 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/4661218.stm Harry Belafonte on Bush, Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and Having His Conversations with Martin Luther King Wiretapped by the FBI Monday, January 30th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/30/157217 Uzbekistan: Police Seal off Town for Activist's Trial January 31, 2006 Reuters (Source: Human Rights Watch, New York) http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/9520f7ec9e02ca87c5972651568744ea.htm Civil Rights Icon Coretta Scott King, 1927-2006 Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/31/1533200 Funeral law set to stop war demos By Tom Baldwin, January 31, 2006 UK TIMES http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2017135,00.html Gore Vidal Delivers State of the Union: "Let the Powers That Be Know There is Something Called We the People of the U.S. and all Sovereignty Rests in Us." Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 Democracy Now http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/31/1532246 Coretta Scott King dies at 78 By Larry Copeland, USA TODAY 1/31/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-31-corettascottking_x.htm Six Activists Jailed for School of the Americas Protest Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/31/1532240 Cindy Sheehan: "Bush's Presidency Is Illegitimate!" William Hughes Tuesday January 31 2006 http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m20137&l=i&size=1&hd=0