NucNews Headlines - collected February 1-10, 2006
Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date


---- NUCLEAR

Nuclear Weapons and Representative Democracy
by Wayne Hall
January 25, 2006
GlobalResearch.ca
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=HAL20060125&articleId=1806

US proposes global N-power 'partnership'
By Ben Bain in Washington
Published: February 7 2006 02:00 Financial Times
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/e72c7650-977f-11da-82b7-0000779e2340.html

World has 200 Years of Uranium Reserves - Germany
REUTERS GERMANY: February 10, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35026/story.htm


---- accidents and safety

U.S. Aims for Nuclear Workers' Safety
By NANCY ZUCKERBROD, Associated Press Writer Wed Feb 1, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_go_ot/nuclear_workers_2

Radiation Concerns Return While Collections Grow and Glow
by Robert Kyle, February 6, 2006 Maine Antique Digest
http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/articles/feb06/radiation0206.htm

Nuclear power dangerous
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Letters to the Business Editor
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06038/651206.stm

One killed in Pakistan nuclear facility blast
Wed Feb 8, 2006 2:12 AM ET (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060208/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistannuclearaccident_060208071240

Illinois Residents to probe tritium spill
Will County group is skeptical of regulators
By Hal Dardick
Chicago Tribune staff reporter
Published February 8, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/chi-0602080312feb08,1,1451017.story

Science panel OKs nuclear waste shipments
‘Extreme’ fire, radiation unlikely from accident; report urges terror studies
Updated: 2:39 p.m. ET Feb. 9, 2006 Associated Press
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11257828/

TRANSPORT OF NUCLEAR WASTE: Panel says shipments safe
Scientists did not evaluate security risks to cargo
By STEVE TETREAULT
STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Feb. 10, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Feb-10-Fri-2006/news/5808663.html

Nuclear safety study denied data
Agency looking at waste transport risks can't address terrorist attacks
Keay Davidson, San Francisco Chronicle Science Writer
Friday, February 10, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/10/MNG73H6A4S1.DTL&feed=rss.news

Nuclear plant foes want tests on corrosion
Friday, February 10, 2006
By GREGORY J. VOLPE
Gannett State Bureau
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060210/NEWS01/602100366/1006


---- australia

ALP won't pursue nuclear power: Beazley
February 1, 2006 - 3:20PM Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/ALP-wont-pursue-nuclear-power-Beazley/2006/02/01/1138590550014.html


---- britain

Nuclear plant life set to extend
Hunterston B had been due to close in 2011
BBC, Friday, 3 February 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4678650.stm

UK’s secret nuclear sites exposed online
By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor
05 February 2006 UK Sunday Herald
http://www.sundayherald.com/53945

---- business

Industry Welcomes President's Call to Expand Supply of Reliable, Affordable Nuclear Energy
Washington, Feb. 1, 2006
Nuclear Energy Institute
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=46107

Uranium giant Cameco high on 'optimism surrounding nuclear power'
GARY NORRIS Wed Feb 1, 4:31 PM ET (CP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060201/ca_pr_on_bu/cameco_5

Cameco to Buy Zircatec for $108M to Broaden Offerings to All Phases of Nuclear Fuel Cycle
February 1, 2006 - 10:20:20 (AP)
http://www.moneysense.ca/news/mergers_acquisitions/shownews.jsp?content=D8FGD3G8D_ap

Two Consortiums Bid for Construction of Bulgaria's Second Nuclear Plant
February 02, 2006 — By Associated Press
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9792

British Nuclear Fuels Sells BNG America
Thursday February 2, 2006 7:26 pm ET (AP)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060202/britain_us_bnfl.html?.v=1

Envirocare changes name to EnergySolutions, acquires BNG America
February 3, 2006 Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/02/03/envirocare_changes_name_to_energysolutions_acquires_bng_america/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News

Toshiba to Pay $5.4 Billion for Westinghouse
AP (Feb. 6, 2006)
http://money.aol.com/news/articles?id=n20060206061309990005&cid=403

Toshiba talking with 5-6 firms about Westinghouse
By Kiyoshi Takenaka Wed Feb 8, 7:25 AM ET (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060208/bs_nm/energy_westinghouse_toshiba_dc

Toshiba to Triple Nuclear Power Sales to 700 Bln Yen
February 8, 2006 01:32 EST (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=aSnlojEUcRQg

Too little is known about firms with nuclear ties, critics say
Federal government licenses companies without knowing who owns them
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
ENVIRONMENT REPORTER
February 8, 2006 Toronto Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060208.TRITIUM08/TPStory/National

MSTV and NAB Oppose Part 74 Devices in Nuclear Plants
2006-02-08 TV Technology
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=1158

Constellation jumps on nuclear development, searches for equity partners
February 09, 2006 3:34 PM SNL Financial
By Amanda Jacobson Snyder
http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-2332897-11106

SCANA picks Westinghouse for new nuclear facility
Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:05 AM ET (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-02-10T130556Z_01_N10192209_RTRIDST_0_UTILITIES-SCANA-NUCLEAR.XML


---- china

EU rethinks atomic power to limit reliance on gas, oil
ENERGY: Global warming, high oil prices and the recent interruption of the natural gas supply to Europe have prompted officials to conquer their post-Chernobyl fears
DPA , PARIS
Wednesday, Feb 01, 2006 Taipei Times, Page 6
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2006/02/01/2003291296

Uranium exports to China too risky
Jim Green
From Green Left Weekly, February 1, 2006.
http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/654/654p11.htm

China develops underwater robot for nuclear reactors
2006-02-02 08:50:59 (Xinhuanet)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/02/content_4127861.htm

China Leaps Forward
The people's republic is embarking on the world's biggest nuclear building spree.
BY SARAH SCHAFER
Newsweek International
Feb. 6, 2006 issue
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11080908/site/newsweek/

China Leaps Forward
The people's republic is embarking on the world's biggest nuclear building spree.
BY SARAH SCHAFER
Newsweek International
Feb. 6, 2006 issue
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11080908/site/newsweek/


---- depleted uranium

Remembering Gandhi
by Jeff Knaebel
January 30, 2006 LewRockwell.com
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/knaebel3.html

Hole in the Future
Robert C. Koehler
February 1, 2006 Tribune Media Services
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m20203&l=i&size=1&hd=0http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m20203&l=i&size=1&hd=0

Demand for ammunition probe
By Mary Earls, February 2, 2006 Limerick Post (UK)
http://www.limerickpost.ie/dailynews.elive?id=7069&category=Daily-Thu

Government denies depleted uranium ammunition claims
WEDNESDAY 01/02/2006 UTV (UK)
http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=69907&pt=n

GSA site talks moving
By Christopher Loh / Staff Writer
Friday, February 3, 2006 Boston Herald
http://www2.townonline.com/watertown/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=422538

Poison DUst’ issued as DVD
Deirdre Griswold, Workers World
February 4, 2006
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m20293&l=i&size=1&hd=0

While USA has thousands of nuclear and DU warheads, Venezuela has none
Saturday, February 04, 2006 VHeadline.com
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=48187

U.S. Veterans to March Against DU ('Depleted' Uranium)
2006-02-06 UN Observer
http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=2126&blz=1

Alliant gets $38M Army contract
John Vomhof Jr.
Staff Writer
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
February 6, 2006
http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2006/02/06/daily29.html?jst=b_ln_hl

Forces ombudman's office denies Gulf War illnesses
One in five veterans has reported ailment
 David Pugliese
The Ottawa Citizen
Monday, February 06, 2006
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=fe91d0f0-e11f-4bcc-8cd4-7e1a788d3abc&k=77910

An American tragedy — the plight of the US war wounded
By James Cogan
Feb 7, 2006, 05:31 Axis of Logic
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_21032.shtml

Returning soldiers may face tests for exposure to depleted uranium
Activists cite high cancer rates; bill faces finance committees
BY BRAD SHANNON
THE OLYMPIAN
Feb. 07, 2006
http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060207/NEWS0402/60207023/1018

US Must Make Reparations
The Herald (Harare)
February 8, 2006
Rosemarie Jackowsk
http://allafrica.com/stories/200602080478.html

Soldiers Face Debilitating Diseases
POSTED: 10:40 am EST February 8, 2006
http://www.nbc30.com/news/6837518/detail.html

VETERAN'S GROUP GIVES 10,000 DISTURBING DVDs TO VETS ON REQUEST
David M. Bresnahan
February 9, 2006
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/news_worthy/news_worthy70.htm

Documentary focuses on depleted uranium
February 10, 2006 Battle Creek Enquirer
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060210/OPINION03/602100312/1014


---- europe

Czech workers at nuclear power plant restarted second reactor
15:16 2006-02-01 Pravda
http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2006/02/01/72180.html

Q&A: Nuclear fusion reactor
Monday, 6 February 2006 (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4627237.stm


---- india

India says latest nuclear missile ready for launch
Fri Feb 3, 2006, 8:37 AM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060203/wl_sthasia_afp/indiamilitarynuclearmissile_060203133706&printer=1;_ylt=ArSGxT3cnPXKbWFyL3ojdpHuOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-

War is no solution: Jaswant
By our correspondent
Saturday February 04, 2006 News International, Pakistan
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/feb2006-daily/04-02-2006/main/main18.htm

Indo-France agreement on civilian nuke cooperation on cards
Feb 5, 2006 (PTI)
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/0AFB8910AA91747C6525710C0023D24E?OpenDocument

US shifting goalpost on n-deal: Atomic Energy chief
Kakodkar Putting Fast Breeder on civilian list affects minimum credible deterrent and long-term energy needs, says DAE Secy
PALLAVA BAGLA    
Monday, February 06, 2006 Indian Express
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=87388

US - India nuclear deal hits troubled waters
By Ravi Velloor
The Straits Times
Publication Date : 2006-02-07
http://www.asianewsnet.net/level3_template1.php?l3sec=4&news_id=52126

Top scientist says nuclear deal with U.S. could compromise India's strategic interests
New Delhi, Feb. 8, 2006 (AP)
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200602081642.htm

U.S., India Discuss Global Nuclear Energy Plan
Thursday, February 9, 2006
Global Security Newswire
http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/2006_2_9.html#F2C342A2


---- iran

A high-risk game of nuclear chicken
By F William Engdahl
Jan 31, 2006 Asia Times
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HA31Ak02.html

Iran 'hands over guide' to making nuclear bomb parts
IAEA’s report indicates several areas where Iran is suspected of doing nuclear work that could be military related.
By Michael Adler - VIENNA
2006-02-01 Middle East Online
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=15618

Iran got atomic warhead drawings from black market, U.N. group says
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Ali Akbar Dareini
Associated Press
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1138797025226220.xml&coll=2

UN report suggests Iran seeks arms
By Elaine Sciolino and William J. Broad The New York Times
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/01/news/nuke.php#

Ahmadinejad scorns nuclear pressure
By Paul Hughes Wed Feb 1, 2006 10:55 AM ET (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060201/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc_51

Nuke Tests In Iran?
TEHRAN, Iran, Feb. 1, 2006 (CBS/AP)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/01/world/printable1265968.shtml

A-bomb intent found in black-market paper
By George Jahn
ASSOCIATED PRESS
February 1, 2006
http://www.washtimes.com/world/20060131-100122-2107r.htm

Iran Incapable of Building Nuclear Bomb — Russian Expert
Created: 01.02.2006 MosNews
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/02/01/iranunable.shtml

IAEA Iran resolution: Full text
Thursday, 2 February 2006 (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4672566.stm

Iran's message to the west: back off or we retaliate
Ewen MacAskill and Simon Tisdall
Thursday February 2, 2006
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1700269,00.html

Sanctions against Iran would backfire: Denisov
Thursday, February 02, 2006 IranMania
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=40166&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Tehran urged to agree to 10-year nuclear freeze
· Fuel production wait could defuse dispute
· Inspectors give Iran 'a window of opportunity'
Ian Traynor in Vienna
Friday February 3, 2006
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1701327,00.html?gusrc=rss

Iran's Nuclear History, New Developments
By The Associated Press Sat Feb 4, 2006 1:55 PM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/nuclear_agency_iran_timeline_1

Iran Willing to Negotiate on Nuke Program
Iran Says Negotiations on Nuclear Program Possible Despite Referral to U.N. Security Council
The Associated Press, February 5, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/International/print?id=1581662

Iran Ends Voluntary Cooperation With IAEA
Laiyla Sheerazi 'Pakistan Times' Foreign Correspondent
February 5, 2006
http://pakistantimes.net/top02060609.htm

Iran tells IAEA to remove surveillance cameras, agency seals
ASSOCIATED PRESS
11:05 a.m. February 6, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20060206-1105-nuclearagency-iran.html

Use of force against Iran is on agenda, warns bullish Rumsfeld
MARGARET NEIGHBOUR, Mon 6 Feb 2006 The Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=185482006

Rumsfeld: Force against Iran possible
Monday 06 February 2006, AFP
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CDAF4BA6-CDFE-4C39-ADC3-653BB21672A6.htm

Iran: Willing to Discuss Moving Uranium Program to Russia
Monday, February 6th, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/06/1432223

Zhaoxing Says Diplomacy Still Best Solution In Iran Nuke Dispute
by Staff Writers
Oslo, Norway (AFP) Feb 06, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Zhaoxing_Says_Diplomacy_Still_Best_Solution_In_Iran_Nuke_Dispute.html

Russia pushes nuclear development plan without military implications
FRED WEIR Tue Feb 7, 1:47 PM ET (CP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060207/ca_pr_on_wo/russia_iran_nuclear_1

Hawks have warplanes ready if the nuclear diplomacy fails
By Richard Beeston, Diplomatic Editor
February 07, 2006 UK Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2027979,00.html

Iran Nuclear Issue Escalates Toward Crisis
Oxford Analytica, 02.07.06, 6:00 AM ET
http://www.forbes.com/home/business/2006/02/06/iran-un-nuclear_cx_0207oxford.html

Putin Believes IAEA Move On Iran 'Balanced'
by Staff Writers
Moscow, Russia (AFP) Feb 07, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Putin_Believes_IAEA_Move_On_Iran_Balanced.html

Military action on a nuclear Iran not inevitable: UK
Reuters
Feb 8, 2006 — By Madeline Chambers
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1594742

Suspected drawings of nuclear test site found in Iran
Wed Feb 8, 5:01 AM ET (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060208/wl_mideast_afp/usirannuclearmilitary_060208100105

Analysts: Fear of US Drove Iran's Nuclear Policy
by Gareth Porter (Inter Press Service)
February 8, 2006
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/porter.php?articleid=8516

Strong Leads and Dead Ends in Nuclear Case Against Iran
By Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, February 8, 2006; A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/07/AR2006020702126_pf.html

Iran-Russian nuclear talks offer big chance: Germany
Thu Feb 9, 2006 11:58 AM ET (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060209/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_germany_dc_1

Annan urges Iran to freeze nuclear plans, talk
By Irwin Arieff Thu Feb 9, 2006 5:57 PM ET (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060209/wl_nm/nuclear_iran_annan_dc_1

Ivanov Says Russia Against Confrontation With Iran
"I have hopes for the talks between Russia and Iran planned for mid-February with probable participation by the Chinese," Ivanov said.
by Staff Writers
Rome (AFP) Feb 09, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Ivanov_Says_Russia_Against_Confrontation_With_Iran.html

This is not according to law
While almost assured to be referred to the Security Council for
punitive measures, Iran still has right on its side, writes
Mustafa  El-Labbad <mustafa_ellabbad@yahoo.de>
9 - 15 February 2006 AL-AHRAM
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/781/re301.htm

The Next War - Crossing the Rubicon
By John Pilger
Friday 10 February 2006
t r u t h o u t | Perspective
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021006A.shtml

Russia Increasingly Displeased With Iran
by Pyotr Goncharov
Outside View Commentator
Moscow, Russia (UPI) Feb 10, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_Increasingly_Displeased_With_Iran.html


---- iraq / inspections

Iraq's hot properties
Review of "DOD Should Evaluate Its Source Recovery Effort and Apply Lessons Learned to Future Recovery Missions," Government Accountability Office, September 2005.
By Andrew J. Grotto
January/February 2006 pp. 61-63 (vol. 62, no. 01)  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=jf06grotto


---- israel

The Israeli drama
Sun., February 05, 2006
By Yossi Melman
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/678674.html

Israeli envoy upbeat on solving Iran nuclear issue
06 Feb 2006 Reuters
By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06164169.htm

Hamas 'ready to talk to Israel'
Wednesday, 8 February 2006 (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4692114.stm

Israel 'may rue Saddam overthrow'
Yuval Diskin is concerned Iraq's instability could spread west
Thursday, 9 February 2006 (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4696038.stm


---- japan

Japan Is in a Quandary Over Iran Nuclear Crisis
By Bruce Wallace
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
February 2, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes019.html

Senior official confirms Iraq pullout within months
The Japan Times: Feb. 5, 2006
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060205a2.html

TEPCO sees nuclear units running at 65-70% 05/06
Feb 7, 2006 (Reuters)
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060207/3/2fey7.html

Japan Court Orders To Pay Benefits To Hiroshima Bomb Survivors Abroad
by Staff Writers
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 08, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Japan_Court_Orders_To_Pay_Benefits_To_Hiroshima_Bomb_Survivors_Abroad.html

Japan offers to contribute to US nuclear fuel program
2006-02-08 10:38:25 (Xinhuanet)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/08/content_4150881.htm

Governor opens Saga door to MOX plan
The Japan Times: Feb. 8, 2006
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060208a2.html


---- korea

NKorea Urges SKorea To Stop Military Exercises With US
by Staff Writers
Seoul, SKorea (AFP) Feb 06, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/NKorea_Urges_SKorea_To_Stop_Military_Exercises_With_US.html

Nuclear Envoy Named Seoul's US Policy Chief
02-09-2006 22:17 (Yonhap)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200602/kt2006020922173111990.htm

North Korea Remains Defiant Over Nukes
by Jong-Heon Lee
Seoul, SKorea (UPI) Feb 10, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/North_Korea_Remains_Defiant_Over_Nukes.html


---- latinamerica

Brazil poised to join the world's nuclear elite
By Jack Chang
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Fri, Feb. 10, 2006
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13842944.htm


---- mideast

Riyadh slams Iran, US nuclear policies
Thursday 09 February 2006 Aljazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/08B20C37-BEEF-4D39-B329-DE34DA3854E4.htm


---- missile defense

BMD Watch: India's Agni-III ready to test
By MARTIN SIEFF
UPI Senior News Analyst
2/7/2006
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060207-115743-9194r


---- pacific

Bikini Atoll, 60 Years Later
The Burden of the Blast
By Maik Brandenburg
SPIEGEL ONLINE - February 9, 2006, 11:48 AM
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,druck-399896,00.html


---- russia

Russian Nuclear Chief Urges Construction of Atomic Power Plants
Wednesday, 1 February 2006
Sources: RIA news agency, Moscow, in Russian
BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/376638/russian_nuclear_chief_urges_construction_of_atomic_power_plants/index.html

Nuclear Fusion Construction Deal Expected at Russia's G8 Summit
MOSCOW, Russia, February 3, 3006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-03-02.asp

Bush to propose Russia nuclear partnership: paper
Reuters, Feb 4, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1580385

Russia reiterates readiness of nuclear fuel supply to Iran
2006-02-04 01:03:17 (Xinhuanet)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/04/content_4133149.htm

Bush's Budget to Call for Nuclear Partnership With Russia
February 4, 2006
By MATTHEW L. WALD and DAVID E. SANGER
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/04/politics/04nuke.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1139234919-Bz3A5vafysacv79t+sdPRA&pagewanted=print

Gorbachev trying to win over business to the Green Cross code
Web posted at: 2/5/2006 1:20:44
Source ::: The Qatar Peninsula Times
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Business_News&subsection=market+news&month=February2006&file=Business_News2006020512044.xml

K-19 submariner 'saved the world', Gorbachev tells Nobel committee
By Andrew Osborn in Moscow
5 February 2006 22:05
Published: 06 February 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article343466.ece

Russia ups nuclear electricity output 5% in Jan
Feb 6, 2006 (Interfax)
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/26.html?id_issue=11460148

Russia and US as global nuclear waste collectors?
By Fred Weir and Howard LaFranchi Tue Feb 7, 2006 Christian Science Monitor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060207/wl_csm/orussianmade_1

Duma demands an end to nuclear reprocessing at Mayak
Russian ecologists still weighing pros and cons of Rosatom plan
Vera Ponomareva, 2006-02-09 12:56
Translated by Charles Digges Bellona
http://www.bellona.no/en/international/russia/nuke_industry/siberia/mayak/41938.html


---- security

Gatling guns guard Calif. nuclear lab
By MICHELLE LOCKE
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Thursday, February 2, 2006
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Nuclear_Lab_Gun.html

New Team Plans to Identify Nuclear Attackers
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
New York Times, February 2, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt021.html

U.S. Energy Department Radiation-Detection Center to Respond to DHS Needs, Chief Says
By Joe Fiorill
Global Security Newswire, February 3, 2006
http://nti.org/d_newswire/issues/2006_2_3.html#9D0A3324

POTENT FIREPOWER FOR WEAPONS LAB
Modern Gatling guns to defend against land, air terrorist attack
Keay Davidson, San Francisco Chronicle Science Writer
Friday, February 3, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/03/MNGR9H2AM71.DTL

QDR Report - Preventing the Acquisition or Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Sunday, February 05, 2006 Deshcalling
http://deshcalling.blogspot.com/2006/02/qdr-report-preventing-acquisition-or.html
Quadrennial Defense Review Report, February 6, 2006:
http://www.comw.org/qdr/qdr2006.pdf

U.S. Homeland Security Department Seeks Big Jump in Radiation-Detection Budget for Fiscal 2007
By Joe Fiorill
Global Security Newswire
Thursday, February 9, 2006
http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/2006_2_9.html#9669CCD8

Nuke Terror Hoax Suspect to Undergo Psych Evaluation
Thursday, February 9, 2006
Global Security Newswire
http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/2006_2_9.html#D3879676


---- terrorism

Threat of terrorist mushroom cloud exaggerated?
By Anthony Paul
The Straits Times
Publication Date : 2006-02-06
http://www.asianewsnet.net/level3_template2.php?l3sec=11&news_id=52079


---- treaties

Time to Scrap the NPT
By Mike Whitney
02/03/06 "ICH"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11782.htm

Report: Bush Admin. Sidelining Arms Control Experts
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/08/1515254


---- ukraine

Ukrainian Premier Expects Nuclear Fuel Production in 12 Years
Text of report by Interfax-Ukraine news agency, 10 February 2006
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/386020/ukrainian_premier_expects_nuclear_fuel_production_in_12_years/index.html?source=r_science

Ukraine parliament speaker proposes opening Chernobyl to tourism
10/ 02/ 2006 RIA Novosti
http://en.rian.ru/world/20060210/43473068.html


---- u.n.

IAEA begins emergency meeting on Iran
Thursday, February 02, 2006 IranMania
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=40170&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Voting unlikely at IAEA meeting
Rajeev Sharma
Tribune India News Service, February 2, 2006
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060203/main4.htm


---- u.s. nuc weapons

Pentagon Cancels Controversial Nuclear Doctrine
Nuclear Brief February 2, 2006, Hans M. Kristensen, nUCLEAR iNFORMATION pROJECT
http://www.nukestrat.com/us/jcs/canceled.htm

Pentagon recommends cutting nuclear missile stockpile
MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press, Fri, Feb. 03, 2006
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/13784726.htm

Lab officials excited by new H-bomb project
By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER, 02/06/2006 Inside Bay Area
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_3480733

State Department sees exodus of weapons experts
By Warren P. Strobel
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Tue, Feb. 07, 2006
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13814730.htm


---- u.s. nuc facilities

Nuclear Energy Industry Poised for Growth Based on Excellent Performance of Today's Plants
Business Wire - February 2, 2006
http://www.canelect.ca/english/article.html?SMContentIndex=1&SMContentSet=0

Nuclear industry finds interest renewable
No nuclear plants have been licensed since 1978, but utility companies nationwide are considering building at least 10 new reactors
By Robert Manor
Chicago Tribune staff reporter
Published February 2, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0602020168feb02,1,4004259.story?track=rss&ctrack=1&cset=true

Republicans plan push to ease restrictions on nuclear power plants
By Tom Sheehan, February 4, 2006 WI Journal Times
http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2006/02/04/local/iq_3887295.txt

Pro-nuclear campaign coming
Wisconsin State Journal: MON., FEB 6, 2006 - 9:18 PM
JOHN J. FIALKA
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/biz/index.php?ntid=71662&ntpid=1

Nuclear industry finds interest renewable
Utility companies nationwide considering building at least 10 new reactors
Chicago Tribune staff reporter
Originally published February 6, 2006
http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-nukeplants0206,1,3449360.story?coll=bal-business-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true

NRC FY 2007 BUDGET REFLECTS ANTICIPATED NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANT LICENSE APPLICATIONS
February 6, 2006 NRC NEWS
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2006/06-016.html

Bush Administration’s FY 2007 Budget for Nuclear Power Is Waste of Taxpayer Money, Threatens Global Security
Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen’s Critical Mass Energy Program
Thursday, February 09, 2006 Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0206-13.htm


---- arizona

Golden Patriot's Past Producing Uranium Mine to Re-Commence Exploration Operations
GOLDEN PATRIOT, CORP.
February 10, 2006
http://www.mineweb.net/co_releases/894642.htm


---- california

Lab's budget increase would help build laser
By Betsy Mason
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
Tue, Feb. 07, 2006
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/13810546.htm


---- florida

Council lists the state's worries
The Florida Council of 100 shares results of an eight-month study with Gov. Bush and the men who would replace him.
By TOM ZUCCO and CRAIG PITTMAN
Published February 8, 2006
St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/02/08/Business/Council_lists_the_sta.shtml


---- idaho

Idaho's Nuclear Waste Cleanup Battle          
2/7/06 - IDAHO Northwest Public Radio
http://www.nwpr.org/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=1635

Former Governors Testify in Trial Over Radioactive Waste at INL
Friday, February 10, 2006 KMVT Idaho
http://www.kmvt.com/news/state/2268271.html

Trial ends in Idaho-DOE waste cleanup contract dispute
By CHRISTOPHER SMITH
Friday, February 10, 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_ID_Waste_Cleanup.html?source=rss


---- minnesota

Xcel reactor shut down
Backup generator needs more extensive repairs than first thought
BY TIM HUBER
Tue, Feb. 07, 2006 St. Paul Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/13807636.htm


---- mississippi

Better choices than nuclear power
February 6, 2006 Mississippi Clarion Ledger
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060206/OPINION/602060308


---- nebraska

NPPD head steps down
February 10, 2006 Lincoln Journal Star
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/02/10/local/doc43eceeaf720a3471066662.txt


---- nevada

The plutonium question
Published February 4, 2006 Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0602040235feb04,1,5906078.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Bush requests $544 million for Yucca Mtn.
ERICA WERNER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Posted: 2/6/2006
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060206/NEWS18/602060344

Questions on Nuclear Waste Site
MATTHEW L. WALD and MICHAEL JANOFSKY
February 7, 2006 NY TIMES
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/07/politics/07penergy.html?ei=5099&en=f4cf1b29cef0d3bb&ex=1139979600&adxnnl=1&partner=TOPIXNEWS&adxnnlx=1139626809-GD7LGPmY3NPdvTmAAmF3fg&pagewanted=print

'No worries' concludes low-level background radiation study
By HEATHER EMMONS
SPECIAL TO THE Pahrump Valley Times
February 8, 2006
http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2006/02/08/news/study.html

Senator who voted for Yucca calls for 'pause' on repository
By STEVE TETREAULT
STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Feb. 10, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal
http://story.lasvegasherald.com/p.x/ct/9/id/bd49ad61e0e331a1/cid/1e0899715fbc2697/

Report supports safe shipments of nuclear waste
Published Friday, February 10th, 2006
By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7433913p-7344797c.html


---- new jersey

Nuclear power plant resumes service after repair
The Associated Press
February 6, 2006 10:14 PM
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/104-02062006-609184.html

Nuke plant now running at 70%
Posted by the Ocean County Observer on 02/7/06
BY MICHELLE PERRY
STAFF WRITER
http://www.ocobserver.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060207/NEWS/602070310

LACEY: SECOND WATER PUMP FAILS AT POWER PLANT
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/7/06
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006602070354

Oyster Creek’s Liner In Need Of Repairs
Feb 10, 2006 (AP)
http://kyw.com/topstories/local_story_041102107.html

Corrosion concerns Oyster Creek's critics
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/10/06
BY GREGORY J. VOLPE
GANNETT STATE BUREAU
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060210/NEWS/602100323


---- new mexico

Fire destroys LANL bid papers
February 1, 2006  Santa Fe New Mexican
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/38820.html


---- new york

NRC finalizes order for backup power on Indian Point sirens
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FROM STAFF REPORTS
(Original publication: February 3, 2006)
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060203/UPDATE/602030418

Kelly pursuing independent safety review at IP
Thursday, February 9, 2006 Mid-Hudson News
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/IP_Kelly-09Feb06.htm


---- north carolina

Duke called to nuclear meeting
STAN CHOE
schoe@charlotteobserver.com
Fri, Feb. 03, 2006 Charlotte Observer
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/13784633.htm

Nuclear industry set for PR push for plants
Campaign emphasizes power needs, lack of greenhouse gases
JOHN J. FIALKA, Wall Street Journal
Tue, Feb. 07, 2006 Charlotte Observer
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/charlotte/business/13809247.htm?source=rss&channel=charlotte_business


---- ohio

De Pere Man Charged with Covering up Nuclear Plant Problems
Feb 2, 2006, 07:25 PM Associated Press
http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=4441495

3rd man arraigned over Besse woes
3 workers accused of deceiving regulators
Thursday, February 2, 2006 Toledo Blade
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060202/NEWS03/602020355/0/NEWS24


---- south carolina

NRC meets with Duke Energy about S.C. nuclear plant               
Feb 6, 2006 : 5:47 pm ET Durham Herald Sun
http://www.heraldsun.com/state/6-698449.html
http://www.theitem.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060206/APN/602060507

Request for SRS cleanup reduced
Bush ups budget for hydrogen fuel
Published: Tuesday, February 7, 2006 - 6:00 am
By Ellyn Ferguson
GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
http://www.greenvillenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060207/NEWS03/602070338

SCE&G, Santee Cooper select site, design for potential new nuclear plant
Fri, Feb. 10, 2006 The State
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/13839827.htm

Two utilities would expand nuclear power operations near Columbia
Associated Press, Fri, Feb. 10, 2006
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/13840401.htm


---- tennessee

Dallas-based manager moving to Tennessee nuclear weapons plant
February 4, 2006 Associated Press
http://www.kltv.com/global/story.asp?s=4473845

Cleanup progress report of Oak Ridge Reservation now available
From Staff Reports
February 6, 2006 Oakridger
http://www.oakridger.com/stories/020606/new_20060206024.shtml

Y-12 to shed plutonium-tainted stocks
Security complex may have received impure uranium from Colo. plant
By FRANK MUNGER, munger@knews.com
February 6, 2006 Knoxville News
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_4444127,00.html
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=4462662

Y-12 names new general manager
By FRANK MUNGER, munger@knews.com
February 6, 2006 Knoxville News
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_4444908,00.html


---- texas

Texas urged to press for more power plants
Capacity expected to start getting tight by 2009
12:00 AM CST on Friday, February 10, 2006
By ELIZABETH SOUDER / The Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-powerplants_10bus.ART.State.Edition2.118e47f8.html

Andrews reactor funding goal reached
Ruth Campbell
Staff Writer
Midland Reporter-Telegram
02/10/2006
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16102662&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=475626&rfi=6

UT regents give thumbs up to nuclear reactor
UTPB ready to move forward with design for Andrews site
By David J. Lee
Odessa American
Friday, February 10, 2006
http://www.oaoa.com/news/nw021006a.htm

---- utah

Noel is wrong about nuclear energy's safety
By Eileen McCabe-Olsen and Pete Litster,
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 Deseret News
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635182186,00.html

Utah's N-waste giant may go hotter
EnergySolutions: Former Envirocare plans to buy a higher-level-waste company
By Judy Fahys
The Salt Lake Tribune
02/08/2006
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3486470

EnergySolutions acquires Duratek for $396 million
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_UT_EnergySolutions_Duratek.html


---- vermont

Marlboro may be included in disaster zone
By DARRY MADDEN
Brattleboro Reformer Staff
Thursday, February 09, 2006
http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,102~8860~3231760,00.html


---- washington

Hanford cleanup's costs, delays examined
By SHANNON DININNY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, February 3, 2006
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/258183_hanford03.html?source=rss

Bush budget proposal increases money for Hanford cleanup
By SHANNON DININNY
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Monday, February 6, 2006
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Bush_Budget_Hanford.html?source=rss

Hanford: 2007 budget would revive funds for vit
Published Tuesday, February 7th, 2006
By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7425693p-7336812c.html

Cost for Hanford cleanup plant could top $10 billion
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Associated Press
http://www.ktvb.com/news/regional/stories/ktvbn-feb0806-hanford_cleanup.a05964b.html
http://www.komotv.com/stories/41763.htm

Hanford Sludge Cleanup Moving Ahead   
2/9/06 Northwest Public Radio
http://www.nwpr.org/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=1640

Port officials research shipments of uranium
KELLY KEARSLEY; Tacoma News Tribune
Published: February 10th, 2006 02:30 AM
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/5516364p-4970308c.html


---- wisconsin

Kewaunee nuclear employee indicted
February 1, 2006 Associated Press
http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=4439626

Legislators seek to end nuclear 'moratorium'
Leibham wants state to repeal restrictive criteria for new plants
By Kristopher Wenn
MANITOWOC Herald Times Reporter
February 4, 2006
http://www.htrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060204/MAN0101/602040444/1358

Wisconsin Energy looks into whether to sell Point Beach
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 Associated Press
http://www.gazetteextra.com/nuclearplantsale020706.asp


---- us nuc waste

The plutonium question
Published February 4, 2006 Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0602040235feb04,1,4290624.story?coll=chi-techtopheds-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

Bush Budget Seeks to Recycle Spent Nuclear Fuel
Story by Tom Doggett
REUTERS USA: February 7, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34921/story.htm

N-waste may move — but take a detour
Bush aims to reprocess it for worldwide energy
By Suzanne Struglinski
Deseret Morning News Friday, February 10, 2006
http://www.desnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635183355,00.html


---- MILITARY

Pentagon sees China as greatest potential rival
By Peter Spiegel in London and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington
Published: February 3 2006 Financial Times
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/ceab0cfc-94de-11da-9f39-0000779e2340.html


---- afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN: No alternative to opium, say farmers
10 Feb 2006 10:49:58 GMT
Source: IRIN
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/439c2fd03e2237929432c0b76671b831.htm


---- africa

Rtd Colonel Regrets Having Crushed UPC Uprising
The Post  (Buea)
February 3, 2006
Chris Mbunwe
http://allafrica.com/stories/200602030736.html

DRC: Continued Attacks in North Kivu Leave 37,000 IDPs Without Aid
February 3, 2006 UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
http://allafrica.com/stories/200602030171.html

Kenya drought may fuel tribal wars
More aid is urgently needed in Kenya's dry north
Monday 06 February 2006,  Aljazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D90FF6D9-F87E-4A94-A433-13AD6202D910.htm


---- arms

Chile gets F-16s from U.S.
The first two of 10 U.S.-manufactured fighter jets were delivered to Chile
BY EDUARDO GALLARDO
Associated Press
Wed, Feb. 01, 2006
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/americas/13760697.htm?source=rss&channel=miamiherald_americas

Does Britain's new weapon break Geneva Convention?
By Francis Elliott, Whitehall Editor
Published: 05 February 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article343308.ece

Special Forces, Big-Ticket Weapons Dominate Defense Plans
by Jim Lobe,  February 8, 2006 (Inter Press Service)
http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=8514

Weapons dealer caught in FBI sting
Helen Nugent, London
February 08, 2006 The Australian
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18077966%5E2703,00.html

Rumsfeld anxious over Russian arms sales
By Demetri Sevastopulo and Peter Spiegel in Taormina
Published: February 10 2006 Financial Times
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/262c950c-9a63-11da-8b63-0000779e2340.html

Arms Trade Reaches Post-Soviet Record
By Vladimir Isachenkov
The Associated Press
Friday, February 10, 2006
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/02/10/045.html


---- balkans

Kosovo Elects Moderate New President
By FISNIK ABRASHI, Associated Press Writer Fri Feb 10, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060210/ap_on_re_eu/kosovo_president


---- britain

Army rift with No 10 over Afghanistan troops 'fiasco'
By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent
(Filed: 12/02/2006) UK Telegraph
http://telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=U2Z0SXQFRBM03QFIQMFCFGGAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2006/02/12/nrift12.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/02/12/ixnewstop.html

Peace in Iraq Isn't a Condition for Pullout, U.K.'s Reid Says
(Bloomberg) February 7, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aB.goORhoSy8&refer=top_world_news


---- business

Dog of war builds £62m business on Iraq
Tim Spicer makes fortune from Pentagon deal
Tracey Boles
UK Sunday Times, February 05, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2025697,00.html

Navy sees big bucks in selling closed military bases to developers
GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press
Sun, Feb. 05, 2006
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/business/13795148.htm


---- chemical weapons

Air Force relying on old-timers to identify past munitions sites
By Karen Blakeman
Honolulu Advertiser Staff Writer
Friday, February 3, 2006
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Feb/03/ln/FP602030359.html
    
Toxin found at Schofield range
By William Cole
Honolulu Advertiser Military Writer
Saturday, February 4, 2006
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060204/NEWS08/602040352/1018/NEWS

Protests continue over drawings
2/6/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-06-muslimanger_x.htm


---- europe

Bulgaria to send about 120 non-combat troops to Iraq
(AP) 2 February 2006
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2006/February/focusoniraq_February11.xml&section=focusoniraq

'Cartoons reflect Europe's Islamophobia'
By Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank
Sunday 05 February 2006, Aljazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C727FDC4-85F8-4EBB-AA75-8BB2DF29C09A.htm


---- haiti

Freed Haitian Priest Gerard Jean Juste on His Imprisonment and the Haitian Elections
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/08/1516207


---- iraq

Pressure mounts on Blair as British fatalities reach 100
By Kim Sengupta and Terri Judd
Published: 01 February 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article342414.ece

Iraq war is costing $100,000 per minute
By Mark Mazzetti and Joel Havemann
Los Angeles Times Friday, February 3, 2006
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2002780385_spending03.html

IRAQ'S CIVIL WAR HAS COST $3,000 PER U.S. FAMILY-- SO FAR
By Richard Reeves Fri Feb 3, 2006 5:40 PM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucrr/20060203/cm_ucrr/iraqscivilwarhascost3000perusfamilysofar

Seabees buzz in to build up bases
By David Axe
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published February 3, 2006
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060202-103630-7889r

Rebuilding Iraq to Exceed $56 Billion Estimate, Officials Say
(Bloomberg) February 8, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=ap3X13Jc.GKU&refer=us


---- israel / palestine

Hamas's new doctrine: talk to the Jews
Martin Chulov, Middle East correspondent
February 06, 2006 The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18051899%255E2703,00.html

Corrupt officials stole $700 million from Palestinian Authority
Compiled by Lebanon Daily Star staff
Monday, February 06, 2006
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=21978


---- latin america

Democracy's 'special forces' face heat
As diplomatic row between US and Venezuela escalates, US democracy-building efforts face more scrutiny.
By Jens Erik Gould | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
Friday, 02/06/06
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0206/p06s02-woam.html

Venezuela wants 'mature' relations with US: ambassador
Thu Feb 9, 2006 (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060210/pl_afp/usvenezuelaoil_060210043321


---- nato

The Puzzling Story of NATO's Secret Armies During the Cold War: Just What Were They Up to?
By Daniele Ganser
6-13-05
http://hnn.us/articles/12253.html

NATO Winds up Pakistan Earthquake Mission
Story by David Brunnstrom
REUTERS PAKISTAN: February 1, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34785/story.htm

Defense chiefs say NATO must modernize
By PAUL AMES
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Saturday, February 4, 2006
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_NATO_Security_Conference.html

NATO Troops Kill Four in Afghanistan Cartoon Protests
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/08/1515254

NATO vows not to be knocked off course by Afghan unrest
Tue Feb 7, 2006 2:11 PM ET (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060207/wl_sthasia_afp/europeislammedia

NATO Seeks Closer Ties With Middle East
By PAUL AMES, Associated Press Writer Fri Feb 10, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060210/ap_on_re_eu/nato_defense

Britain urges NATO resolve in confronting Iran
Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:55 PM ET (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060210/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearbritain

Ukraine Leader Faces Opposition on NATO Drive
Parliament rebukes the president for his advances toward the Atlantic alliance. He calls for expanded executive powers.
By David Holley
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
February 10, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes030.html


---- pacific

Former defence chief says Australia needs to bring back the draft
Tue Jan 31, 3:59 AM ET (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060131/ca_pr_on_wo/australia_draft;_ylt=AqfkTzqrLGSBK1CRXxIR.hBvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA

Coral islanders vote on whether to go it alone
By Paul Chapman in Wellington
(Filed: 11/02/2006) UK Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/11/wcoral11.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/02/11/ixworld.html


---- pakistan / india

Pakistan's mild reaction to cartoons
Protests over the cartoon issue have been restrained
Tuesday, 7 February 2006
By Aamer Ahmed Khan
BBC News, Karachi
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4688624.stm

Bush Waives Export Restrictions On Pakistan
by Staff Writers
Washington Feb 08, 2006
Agence France-Presse
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Bush_Waives_Export_Restrictions_On_Pakistan.html


---- prisoners of war

US military frees more Iraqis
Sunday 05 February 2006, AFP
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B707407F-9B10-4EDA-B1B4-146D8595B014.htm

Amnesty calls for Guantanamo closure
Some 500 terror-suspects are being held in Guantanamo
Monday 06 February 2006, AFP
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/46A701AE-76D1-419B-8AE5-76EF04F0C80F.htm

Report Says Most Detainees Not Accused of Hostile Acts
From Associated Press
February 8, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes024.html


---- russia / chechnya

U.S. spy boss Negroponte warns on Russia ties
Thursday, February 2, 2006 (Reuters)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/russia.inward.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Charges of Brutal Hazing Put Russian Military on Defensive
Families and advocates of alleged victims say conscripts face abuse, sometimes lethal, that is more prevalent than has been acknowledged.
By Kim Murphy
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
February 10, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes029.html


---- spies

The Grounds of Silence
Does secret surveillance require secret policy making?
Jacob Sullum
February 1, 2006 Reason
http://www.reason.com/sullum/020106.shtml

White House Rebuffs Requests for Spy Program Legal Views
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/02/147200

Venezuela Expels US Navy Attaché Over Alleged Spying
Friday, February 3rd, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/03/154205

CIA: Leaks hurt U.S. intelligence
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Published February 3, 2006
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060203-011038-6200r

Taps found clues, not Al Qaeda, FBI chief says
James Gordon Meek
February 3, 2006 NY Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/388032p-329252c.html

Cheney, Rumsfeld fought to impose wiretaps for foreign intelligence thirty years ago
RAW STORY / AP
Published: February 3, 2006
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/AP_Cheney_Rumsfeld_fought_to_impose_0203.html

Docs: Similar Wiretap Debate 30 Years Ago
By MARGARET EBRAHIM, Associated Press Writer Fri Feb 3, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060204/ap_on_go_pr_wh/ford_era_spying_1

How the US military hijacked the CIA
February 04, 2006 The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17997341%5E5001986,00.html

Spying program
U.S. digs for info with ‘data mining’
By ROBERT S. BOYD
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Sun, Feb. 05, 2006
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/13794198.htm?source=rss&channel=kansascity_nation

Will Scooter Libby Graymail the CIA?
By David Corn, 02/06/2006 The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?bid=3&pid=57174

Gonzales Grilled at Senate Hearing, Defends NSA Spy Program
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/07/1457259

A Look at Gonzales' Testimony on NSA Spying, the Role of Attorney General and the Power of the Executive
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/07/1458205

Republican Who Oversees N.S.A. Calls for Wiretap Inquiry
By ERIC LICHTBLAU, February 8, 2006 New York Times
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/news2/gop-nsa.html

Ex-CIA Official Faults Use of Data on Iraq
Intelligence 'Misused' to Justify War, He Says
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 10, 2006; A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/09/AR2006020902418_pf.html


---- us

Soldiers sue over out-of-pocket costs
Members of the Massachusetts National Guard file what is thought to be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit.
By Sara Miller Llana, Staff writer
February 01, 2006 Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0201/p03s02-usmi.html

US Plans To Beef Up Special Operations
by Jim Mannion
Washington (AFP) Feb 01, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Plans_To_Beef_Up_Special_Operations.html

Pentagon wants agile force for new threats
By John Yaukey, Gannett News Service, 2/3/2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-03-defense-review_x.htm

Bush To Ask Congress For $439 Billion Defense Budget
Friday, February 3rd, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/03/154205

Bush to Request $439.3B Defense Budget
President Bush Will Request From Congress a $439.3 Billion Defense Budget, a 5 Percent Increase
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Writer
February 3, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/print?id=1573959

Rumsfeld Offers Strategies for Current War
Pentagon to Release 20-Year Plan Today
By Josh White and Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, February 3, 2006; A08
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/02/AR2006020202296_pf.html

Ability to Wage 'Long War' Is Key To Pentagon Plan
Conventional Tactics De-Emphasized
By Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 4, 2006; A01
The documents include one startling similarity to Washington's current atmosphere over disclosures of classified information by the media. Notes from a 1975 meeting between Cheney, then White House chief of staff, then-Attorney General Edward Levi and others cite the "problem" of a New York Times article by Seymour Hersh about U.S. submarines spying inside Soviet waters. Participants considered a formal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/03/AR2006020301853_pf.html

Proposed boost for Pentagon among biggest
By Steve Komarow, USA TODAY
2/6/2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-06-budget-defense_x.htm

US defense industry frets about high Iraq spending
By Bill Rigby Mon Feb 6, 2006 6:18 PM ET (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060206/us_nm/arms_iraq_dc

Defense Spending approaching Cold War high
As real spending goes, the Pentagon's budgets are now approaching the high-mark of the Reagan era, when the United States was squaring off against a superpower in the height of the Cold War.
By Pamela Hess
UPI Pentagon Correspondent
Washington (UPI) Feb 08, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Defense_Spending_approaching_Cold_War_high.html

U.S. Navy boards suspected pirate ship
By Richard Halloran
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
February 8, 2006
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20060207-095827-1262r.htm

Why We Fight: New Film Takes a Hard Look at the American War Machine From World War II to Iraq
Friday, February 10th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/10/1433258


---- war crimes

Saddam lawyer: U.S. rejected requests to meet defendants
Associated Press
2/5/2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-02-05-saddam-trial_x.htm

GEORGE BUSH AND TOMOYUKI YAMASHITA
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
http://www.freemarketnews.com/Analysis/154/3701/2006-02-08.asp?wid=154&nid=3701
http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff02092006.html


---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE

Officer Videotaped Shooting Unarmed Iraq War Veteran
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/02/147200


---- courts / tribunals

Secret Court's Judges Were Warned About NSA Spy Data
Program May Have Led Improperly to Warrants
By Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 9, 2006; A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/08/AR2006020802511_pf.html


---- drug war

Bolivia's coca policies on collision course with U.S.
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Published February 6, 2006
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060206-033916-5853r


---- homeland security / national intelligence

Congress to Give Patriot Act Another Month
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, February 1, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/01/national/w081143S16.DTL

U.S. Senate Extends Anti-Terrorism Patriot Act Until March 10
Feb. 2, 2006 (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=azN7X4kpHsY0&refer=top_world_news


---- prisons / prisoners

Leonard Peltier Jailed 30 Years Ago Today
Monday, February 6th, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/06/1432223


---- torture

House Committee Squashes Democratic Queries About Torture
By WILLIAM C. MANN Feb 8, 2006 (AP)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1596225&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312


---- POLITICS


---- investigations

Fitzgerald says White House may have destroyed some emails potentially relevant to CIA leak case
RAW STORY
Published: February 1, 2006
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Fitzgerald_admits_White_House_may_have_0201.html

White House e-mails missing in CIA name case
Relevance to key questions about Karl Rove’s involvement in question
By Joel Seidman and Norah O'Donnell
NBC News
Updated: 9:05 p.m. ET Feb. 2, 2006
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11150000/

EXCLUSIVE: Is CIA Leak Probe a 'Witch Hunt'?
Director Launches Internal Investigation Into Who Gave Sensitive Information to the Media
By BRIAN ROSS and RICHARD ESPOSITO
ABC News Feb. 7, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/US/print?id=1587307

GOP Rep. and Intelligence Committee Member Cals for Spy Program Inquiry
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/08/1515254

Wanted: Competent Big Brothers
As the Senate frets over whether the NSA has violated the outdated Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, no one is paying attention to the real issue: proficiency.
WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY By Michael Hirsh
Newsweek Feb. 8, 2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11238800/site/newsweek/

Bush faces Congress revolt over spying
Financial Times February 08, 2006 11:42 PM ET
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=FT&Date=20060208&ID=5489703

The president, the stripper and the attorney general
The extraordinary legal defence of George Bush's domestic spying reads like a blend of Kafka, Le Carré and Mel Brooks
Sidney Blumenthal
Thursday February 9, 2006
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1705511,00.html

Murray Waas on How Cheney "Authorized" Libby to Leak Classified Information
Friday, February 10th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/10/1433252

Libby: My 'superiors' authorized leaks
Prosecutor says Libby shared classified intelligence with media
Friday, February 10, 2006 (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/09/cia.leak/index.html


---- propaganda wars

Political Cartoon About Iraq War Sparks Pentagon Outrage
Image Used Disabled Soldier as Metaphor for Damaged Army
By JAKE TAPPER and AMY THOMAS
Feb. 2, 2006 ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1573559&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

Democracy Now! in Doha... How Arab TV Challenged the World: A Look at Al Jazeera’s Origins
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/02/147206

Bush 'tried to lure Saddam into war using UN aircraft'
By Rosemary Bennett and Michael Evans
UK Times, February 03, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2023128,00.html

Rumsfeld: Civilian surveillance 'no big deal'
From correspondents in Washington
03 feb 06 Australia Herald Sun
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18026009%255E1702,00.html

"Why Did You Want to Bomb Me Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair?": Al Jazeera Director Demands More Information on Secret Memo
Friday, February 3rd, 2006
Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/03/154219

The Story Behind the Other Downing Street Memo Where Bush Told Blair He Wanted to Bomb Al Jazeera
Friday, February 3rd, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/03/154214

Gonzales makes case for surveillance program
Republican chairman reminds him president ‘does not have blank check’
MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 6:30 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11199689/

Stringent restrictions on press proposed
By Martin Arostegui
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published February 6, 2006
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060205-103733-3335r

This Presentation May Be Too Graphic.......
by Mary Pitt
Tuesday, 7 February 2006 Scoop (NZ)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0602/S00051.htm
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m20365&l=i&size=1&hd=0
http://thomasmc.com/0206mp.htm

Dying to tell the story? More than you know
By Eason Jordan, International Herald Tribune
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/06/opinion/edjordan.php#

How Conservatives Went Crazy
by Paul Craig Roberts
Antiwar.com February 8, 2006
http://www.antiwar.com/roberts/?articleid=8513

L.A. Mayor Blindsided by Bush Announcement
Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:02 p.m. ET
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press Writer
http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1156837&tw=wn_wire_story

Fired CBS Producer Stands By Documents Showing Bush Neglected National Guard Service
Thursday, February 9th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/09/163259

The Press, The President and the Privilege of Power: Part II Of Our Conversation With Fired CBS "Memo-Gate" Producer Mary Mapes
Friday, February 10th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/10/1434202

Polls: Anti-Iran Propaganda Working
by Jim Lobe
(Inter Press Service)
February 10, 2006
http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=8526

Movie Review
"Why We Fight": A sobering look at the military-industrial complex
By Tom Keogh
Special to The Seattle Times
Friday, February 10, 2006
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002795222_why10.html


---- us politics

The Awesome Powers of Government
By Murray Weidenbaum
The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty - March 2004
http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=4696

Bush Delivers Sixth State of The Union
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/01/1459239

Democracy Now! Hosts Int'l Roundtable in Doha On State of The Union, State of The World
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/01/1459244

Gonzales in familiar role as president's defender
2/4/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-04-gonzales_x.htm

Senators considering constitutional amendment to limit war powers
RAW STORY
Published: February 5, 2006
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Senators_considering_constitutional_amendment_to_limit_0205.html

The Weirdness of Bushworld
Reflecting on an action-packed week almost too absurd for words
Tom Engelhardt
February 06 , 2006 Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/cgi-bin/print_article.pl?url=http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2006/02/bushworld.html

Who's the Bigger Hawk, George or Hillary?
by Joshua Frank, February 8, 2006 Antiwar.com
http://www.antiwar.com/frank/?articleid=8515

Patriot Act Compromise Clears Way for Senate Vote
By Charles Babington
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 10, 2006; A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/09/AR2006020902140_pf.html


---- ENERGY

Bush energy specifics, and reaction
White House details plan; some observers hopeful, others doubtful
MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 12:30 p.m. ET Feb. 1, 2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11126665/

President's Energy Recommendations Prompt Strong Response
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
February 01, 2006
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200602\NAT20060201a.html

Bush Would Break U.S. Oil Addiction With Renewables, Nuclear, Coal
WASHINGTON, DC, February 1, 2006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-01-01.asp

Key Points about Bush's Energy Plan
REUTERS USA: February 2, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34820/newsDate/2-Feb-2006/story.htm

Oil races higher as Iran resumes nuclear enrichment
Mon Feb 6, 2006 6:11 AM ET (Reuters)
By Simon Webb
http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=2006-02-06T111202Z_01_SP38961_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-MARKETS-OIL-DC.XML

Bush 2007 Budget Underwrites Nuclear, Cuts Environmental Programs
WASHINGTON, DC, February 6, 2006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-06-06.asp


---- alternative energy

Pacific Ethanol Shares Surge Ahead of Bush Speech
REUTERS USA: February 1, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34800/story.htm

Key Facts on Biodiesel, Ethanol
REUTERS USA: February 3, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34849/story.htm

UK renewable energy hits turbulence
Sunday, February 05, 2006 Peak Oil
http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11665

Budget gives boost to solar scientists
By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER
02/07/2006 Inside Bay Area
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_3483541

Sweden, a Leader in Renewable Energy, Aims to End Oil Dependency by 2020
February 07, 2006 — By Mattias Karen, Associated Press
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9822

National Renewable Energy Lab Budget Shortfall Forces Layoffs
GOLDEN, Colorado, February 8, 2006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-08-09.asp#anchor6

National Hydrogen Association Applauds President's Hydrogen Budget and Increases in Companion Clean Energy Programs
Publication Date:08-February-2006
11:30 AM US Eastern Timezone
Source:FuelCellWorks    
http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage4509.html

World Ethanol Demand to Test Brazil Cane Industry
February 09, 2006 — By Reese Ewing, Reuters
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9840

PROGRAM TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:35 PM Maui News
http://www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=16783
    
Bush nuclear plan ignores West Valley lesson
Friday, February 10, 2006 Albany Times Union
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=449187&category=OPINION&newsdate=2/10/2006

Golden Patriot's Past Producing Uranium Mine to Re-Commence Exploration Operations
Feb. 10, 2006 (PRIMEZONE)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/prn/texas/3649798.html


---- OTHER


---- environment

Tanker Collision Spills Chemicals in English Channel
PORTLAND, UK, January 31, 2006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-31-06.asp

Facing up to the region's environmental challenges
'There is an attitude of awareness and clear intentions to change'
Wednesday, February 01, 2006 Lebanon Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=16&article_id=21868

Toxic Scotland: 7600 hectares of land are contaminated
By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor
Sunday Herald - 05 February 2006
http://www.sundayherald.com/53938

Toxic Waste Ends Sydney Harbour Commercial Fishing
Story by Michael Perry
REUTERS AUSTRALIA: February 10, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35014/story.htm

France Finds Toxic Cadmium in Animal Feed
REUTERS FRANCE: February 10, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35008/story.htm

New Jersey HazWaste Firm Must Install $500,000 Upgrade
TRENTON, New Jersey, February 10, 2006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-10-09.asp#anchor5


---- health

Bill Would Raise Premiums, Cut Medical Services For Millions of Lower-Class
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/01/1459234

Broccoli, Cabbage, Soy Found to Cut Cancer Risk
WASHINGTON, DC, February 10, 2006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-10-09.asp#anchor7


---- ACTIVISTS

31 Nonviolent Activists Sentenced to Prison in Columbus, Ga.; 2 Protestors Over 80 Years Old Headed to Prison for Actions Opposing Controversial Army Training School
2/1/2006 10:42:00 AM US Newswire
To: National Desk
Contact: Christy Pardew, 202-903-7257 or media@soaw.org
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=60305

Activist Cindy Sheehan Arrested at Capitol
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer Wed Feb 1, 2006 4:04 AM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060201/ap_on_go_pr_wh/state_of_the_union_sheehan

Charges against Sheehan dropped
Antiwar mom, representative’s wife removed from State of the Union
Jason Reed / Reuters
Updated: 8:18 p.m. ET Feb. 1, 2006
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11120353/

Cindy Sheehan on Her Arrest At the State of the Union
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/01/172249

Sheehan says she'll sue, wasn't intending to be disruptive
Marc Sandalow, Washington Bureau Chief
Wednesday, February 1, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/01/MNG72H13HK12.DTL

Capitol Police Apologize, Drop Charges Over Sheehan Arrest
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/02/147200

The Capitol's Tempest in a T-Shirt
Chief Apologizes for Ejections at State of Union
By Petula Dvorak
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 2, 2006; A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020100348_pf.html

Shirt tales differ for Sheehan, GOP wife
Capitol police admit mistake as protester mulls legal battle
Thursday, February 2, 2006 (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/01/sheehan.arrest/

Greenpeace Protests Russia's Plan for World's Longest Oil Pipeline
MOSCOW, Russia, February 2, 2006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-02-04.asp

World Can’t Wait Activist Interrupts Rumsfeld Speech
Friday, February 3rd, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/03/154205

Veteran's Group Gives Thousands Disturbing DVDs to Vets on Request
NewswireToday, 02/03/2006
http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/3348/

NASA Needs Public Comments on New Nuclear Generators
From: "Global Network" <globalnet@mindspring.com>
Date: Fri Feb 3, 2006 4:12pm

Invitation to a Demonstration
The World Can't Wait (2/4/006)
By DANIEL ELLSBERG
February 3, 2006 Counterpunch
http://www.counterpunch.org/ellsberg02032006.html

Nuclear energy and war worries addressed in HR-1348
By Ellen Thomas, February 6, 2006
With radioactive dangers at an all-time high, it is important that people know about the "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act" currently in the U.S. House of Representatives (HR-1348 this session). The text of this bill, which has been introduced seven times, can be read at http://prop1.org/prop1/hr1348.htm

Cartoon protests rage in muslim world
2/7/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-07-muslimprotests_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA

Military resister to highlight Vermont anti-war rally
By Shay Totten | Vermont Guardian
posted February 8, 2006
http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/022006/AntiWarRally.shtml

Last Tributes to Coretta Scott King: Maya Angelou, Rev. Lowery, Pres. Jimmy Carter, Bernice King Remember Civil Rights Pioneer
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/08/1516213

Temperance from a barstool? Peace Action
From: Erin S - CA Peace Action <alerts@californiapeaceaction.org>
Date: February 09, 2006
http://www.californiapeaceaction.org/

Oakland Settles Anti-War Protest Lawsuit
Feb 9, 2006 (AP)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRF_PROTEST_SETTLEMENT?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

Anti-war mom Sheehan will not run for Senate
Thu Feb 9, 2006 2:41 PM ET (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-02-09T194058Z_01_N09355253_RTRUKOC_0_US-CALIFORNIA-SHEEHAN.xml

Thousands protest Nepal king; pro-government candidates sweep election
2/9/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-09-nepal_x.htm

SESSIONS TO FOCUS ON DEPLETED URANIUM USE
Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:35 PM Maui News
http://www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=16783