NucNews Headlines - collected February 11-20, 2006 Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date ---- NUCLEAR Tabletop nuclear fusion device developed Source: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute February 13, 2006 http://www.physorg.com/news10806.html Worldwide Nuclear Energy Output Sets Record February 15, 2006 WYTV http://www.wytv.com/news/business/2296396.html ---- accidents and safety Radiation barrier failure is likely in major accident In the second part of a five-day series, the Asbury Park Press examines vulnerabilities in the plant's radiation containment system. Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/13/06 BY TODD B. BATES AND NICHOLAS CLUNN STAFF WRITERS http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006602130302 Winner of Chernobyl tender to be announced in London 14/ 02/ 2006 RIA Novosti [Russian News & Information Agency] http://en.rian.ru/world/20060214/43526362.html More leaks at nuclear sites Exelon discloses 2 additional tritium spills By Hal Dardick Chicago Tribune staff reporter February 16, 2006 http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0602160265feb16,1,3582636,print.story Jury Urges Millions in Penalties for Nuclear Contamination By KATIE KELLEY February 16, 2006 NY TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/16/national/16rockyflats.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print ---- africa Nigeria: Army Trades Fire With Militant Groups in Niger Delta UN Integrated Regional Information Networks / AllAfrica Global Media February 17, 2006 http://allafrica.com/stories/200602170683.html ---- asia Russia Offers To Help Build Vietnam's First Nuclear Power Plant The Russian prime minister is in Vietnam for a two-day visit (AFP) 16 February 2006 http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/2/7766f1a7-42ca-45ce-9ef9-420d93263686.html ---- britain More than 70 radiation overdoses since 2000 By Judith Duffy, Health Correspondent UK Sunday Herald - 12 February 2006 http://www.sundayherald.com/54028 Conservatives hint at nuclear reversal Mon, 13 Feb 2006 ePolitix.com http://www.epolitix.com/EN/News/200602/813946fc-981a-4a45-ad74-6b3f3297cd64.htm Safe New Generation Nuclear Power? The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Peter Saunders 17/02/06 UK ISIS Press Release Institute of Science in Society http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SNGNP.php ---- business FERC clears communications between transmission providers, nuclear plants February 16, 2006 SNL Financial By Kathleen Hart http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-2349413-12899 ---- canada The atom may be the future -- again CEO Jerry Grandey and his colleagues at Cameco Corp. told investors and anyone else who would listen that the price of uranium was going to climb, but it stubbornly refused to comply. That has changed, JOHN PARTRIDGE reports By JOHN PARTRIDGE Saturday, February 11, 2006 Page B4 Toronto Globe & Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/freeheadlines/LAC/20060211/RCOVER11/business/ROB?pageRequested=all New Brunswick opposition leader pitches plan for second nuclear reactor February 14, 2006 2:57 PM By Dave Todd http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-2343602-12650 Nuclear power proposal slammed Plan proposes $40B in new Ontario stations Consultation process described as a sham Feb. 14, 2006 TORONTO STAR PETER GORRIE AND MIKE FUNSTON STAFF REPORTERS http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1139871011914&call_pageid=970599119419 Canada Nuclear Update UPDATE: Here's a statement from Patrick Moore on the province's consultation process. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2006/13/c1501.html Other links: http://www.energy.gov.on.ca/index.cfm?fuseaction=english.news&news_id=100&body=yes http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1139871011914&call_pageid=970599119419 http://brucepower.blogspot.com/ New Brunswick opposition leader pitches plan for second nuclear reactor SNL Financial LC, February 14, 2006 By Dave Todd http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-2343602-12650 ---- china China To Build 6 GW Nuclear Power Plant In South 02-15-06 05:47 AM EST -(Dow Jones) http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=18a8fb889e67773a&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53&f=1 Amid China Threat US To Hold Mammoth Naval Operations In Pacific It has been at least 10 years since four aircraft carriers have operated in the Pacific Ocean at one time, the Hawaii-based Roughead said, adding that the increased activity was in line with findings of the QDR released on February 6. by P. Parameswaran Washington DC (AFP) Feb 15, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Amid_China_Threat_US_To_Hold_Mammoth_Naval_Operations_In_Pacific.html Commercial photos show Chinese nuke buildup By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published February 16, 2006 http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060216-020211-7960r Chinese nuclear plant project team announced 16 February 2006 PennWell Corp http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=248248&p=6 Nuclear plants planned for south China The Associated Press, Bloomberg News THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/16/business/chinuke.php ---- depleted uranium Letter: DU ordnance requires special handling Wednesday, February 15, 2006 Port Townsend, Washington, Leader http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=14342 UK radiation jump blamed on Iraq shells Mark Gould and Jon Ungoed-Thomas February 19, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2047373,00.html Bombing of Baghdad 'linked to UK radiation rise' Feb 20 2006 By Drew Morris Liverpool Daily Post Correspondent http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=16724330&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=bombing-of-baghdad--linked-to-uk-radiation-rise--name_page.html ATK bags $38 million tank ammo order MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 20, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060220-102319-5179r ---- europe Chirac shifts French doctrine for use of nuclear weapons by Ann MacLachlan and Mark Hibbs February 12, 2006 Nucleonics Week January 26, 2006 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=MAC20060212&articleId=1956 France Knows the Nuclear Club is the Place To Be Demands by the haves on the have-nots are hypocritical and self-defeating by Gwynne Dyer Published on Sunday, February 12, 2006 by the Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0212-26.htm EU hails nuclear reactor accord Monday 13 February 2006 (AFP) http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4384BBE4-675F-4343-856F-0104C26132E5.htm Public backs both nuclear and alternative energy 14 February 2006 Expatica http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=27619&name=Public+backs+both+nuclear+and+alternative+energy ---- india HALF-REACTIONS AND EASY SOLUTIONS Grab the moment C. Raja Mohan explains how the Indo-US nuclear pact could benefit all parties, including the DAE Saturday, February 11, 2006 Indian Express http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=87646 India must make 'compromises' for nuclear cooperation - France 2006-02-12 (AFX) http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=5549955&subject=general&action=article http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=5549955&subject=general&action=article BJP welcomes Bush visit but cautions on nuclear deal NEW DELHI, FEB 14, 2006 (PTI) http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=355226 US deal said to let India expand nuclear arms By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent Wed Feb 15, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-02-15T084416Z_01_N15403747_RTRUKOC_0_UK-INDIA-USA-NUCLEAR.xml&archived=False India, France closer to civilian nuclear deal: Chirac Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:11 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060217/wl_sthasia_afp/indiafrancenuclearenergy_060217031131 CIA documents show India’s nuke route From Shyam Bhatia Deccn Herald News Service Washington February 17, 2006 http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb172006/index2046372006216.asp Bush defends US-India nuke deal From correspondents in Tampa 18 feb 06 Australia Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18187994%255E1702,00.html Toxic Warship Not Allowed to Disrupt India-France Summit By Frederick Noronha NEW DELHI, India, February 20, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-20-04.asp ---- iran Iran's Ayatullah affirms peaceful nuclear Plans 19-01-2006 Muslim News, UK By NAZILA FATHI http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=10515 IRAN: CONSEQUENCES OF A WAR Paul Rogers February 2006 http://deshcalling.blogspot.com/2006/02/iran-consequences-of-war.html Does Islam Forbid the Nuclear Bomb? Bahman Aghai Diba PhD International Law - Persian Journal Feb 7, 2006, 11:14 http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_12997.shtml Petrodollars and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: Understanding the Planned Assault on Iran by Michael Keefer February 10, 2006 GlobalResearch.ca http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=KEE20060210&articleId=1936 Iran plant 'has restarted its nuclear bomb-making equipment' By Con Coughlin, Defence and Security Editor, in Washington (Filed: 11/02/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=UZHBAPDDFYQA1QFIQMGCFFOAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2006/02/11/wiran11.xml Bracing for Penalties, Iran Threatens to Withdraw From Nuclear Treaty By NAZILA FATHI, Feb. 11, 2006 New York Times http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/news2/nytimes20.htm US prepares military blitz against Iran's nuclear sites By Philip Sherwell in Washington (Filed: 12/02/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/12/wiran12.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/02/12/ixnewstop.html Sunday Telegraph Claims US Drawing Up Plans For Iran Attack Iran is a target rich battlefield - but what happens after the world's first defacto nuclear war goes hot. by Staff Writers London, UK (AFP) Feb 12, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Sunday_Telegraph_Claims_US_Drawing_Up_Plans_For_Iran_Attack.html Iran is prepared to retaliate, experts warn By Bryan Bender, Boston Globe Staff | February 12, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/02/12/iran_is_prepared_to_retaliate_experts_warn/?page=full '10,000 would die' in A-plant attack on Iran By Thomas Harding (Filed: 13/02/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/13/wiran13.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/02/13/ixworld.html Storm Clouds Over Iran by RICHARD FALK February 13, 2006 issue of The Nation http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060213/falk Ex-CIA Officials Say US Threats Helped Drive Iran Nuclear Program Monday, February 13th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/13/1415202 Iran: The Next War by John Pilger Antiwar.com, February 13, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/orig/pilger.php?articleid=8533 Russia-Iran nuclear talks back on By Gareth Smyth in Tehran Published: February 14 2006 13:57 Financial Times https://registration.ft.com/registration/barrier?referer=&location=http%3A//news.ft.com/cms/s/b43b6ff2-9d61-11da-b1c6-0000779e2340.html Iran owns China, Russia UN votes - US senator Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:53 PM ET (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-02-14T235254Z_01_N14410789_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN-USA.xml Iran confirms resumption of nuclear fuel work Tuesday February 14, 11:25 AM (Reuters) http://uk.news.yahoo.com/14022006/325/iran-confirms-resumption-nuclear-fuel-work.html Irans Shihab3 Fails Test Launch by Staff Writers Washington DC (UPI) Feb 15, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Irans_Shihab3_Fails_Test_Launch.html US Launches Broad Diplomatic Offensive Against Iran Rice's trip was only one of several diplomatic forays planned to push the US case on the nuclear issue as well as concerns that Tehran was backing terrorist groups, Iraqi insurgents and Palestinian militants opposed to peace with Israel. by Staff Writers Washington DC (AFP) Feb 15, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Launches_Broad_Diplomatic_Offensive_Against_Iran.html Fresh Ideas On Iran's Nukes With India, Pakistan, and Israel already having nuclear weapons, at least one Muslim Mideast state highly likely to obtain one, South Korea housing some, North Korea presumably possessing a lot, and conventional nonproliferation policies clearly unfit for the job they are assigned, the current events seem to serve as a kind of response to great powers' half-century failure to put an end to regional conflicts and, more importantly, to openly aggressive U.S. axis-of-evil rhetoric. Outside View by Vladislav Inozemtsev UPI Outside View Commentator Moscow, Russia (UPI) Feb 16, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Outside_View_Fresh_Ideas_On_Irans_Nukes.html France Accuses Iran of Making Nuclear Arms By JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press Writer Thu Feb 16, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060217/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear_60 Iran Says May Allow Atomic Inspections Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:29 PM ET Associated Press http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060217/ap_on_re_eu/france_iran_nuclear Blair brushes off Iran's call for troop withdrawal By Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor (Filed: 18/02/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/18/wirq18.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/02/18/ixworld.html Nuke nightmare Recent news from Iran renews old fears and shows that the threat of nuclear attack just won’t go away Marvin Olasky online 2/18/06 February 25, 2006 World Magazine http://www.worldmag.com/articles/11552 WWIII or Bust: Implications of a US Attack on Iran Featured on Global Research Feb. 19, 2006 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=WOK20060219&articleId=2002 http://www.heatherwokusch.com/ Muslim cleric sanctions nuclear weapons TEHRAN, Feb. 19, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060219-103048-3244r Iranian fatwa approves use of nuclear weapons By Colin Freeman and Philip Sherwell in Washington (Filed: 19/02/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/19/wiran19.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/02/19/ixportal.html Iran can solve nuclear crisis by following Libya's example: US Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:57 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060219/pl_afp/uspoliticsdiplomacyun_060219215744 Iran reaffirms commitment to NPT, IAEA Safeguards New York, Feb 19, 2006 IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0602196420194239.htm Iranian Cleric Okays Use of Nuclear Weapons By Safa Haeri and Shahram Rafizadeh Posted Monday, February 20, 2006 http://www.iran-press-service.com/ips/articles-2006/february-2006/iran_nuke_20206.shtml America and Iran: At the Brink of the Abyss We can stop a "preemptive" nuclear strike by Jorge Hirsch Antiwar.com February 20, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/orig/hirsch.php?articleid=8577 ---- iraq / inspections Saddam Tapes: What They Don't Prove Feb. 20, 2006 issue - Newsweek http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11299205/site/newsweek/ ---- japan Tokyo police raid maker for exporting nuclear-related machinery to China, Thailand ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 12, 2006 http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusintl/ap02-12-185158.asp?reg=pacrim&vts=21220061933 Police raid Japan firm over nuclear exports: media Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:02 AM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060213/wl_nm/crime_japan_nuclear_dc_3 Firm raided over 'nuclear' exports 2/13/2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060213-033218-5604r Head of Japanese Company Suspected of Nuclear Trafficking Denies Wrongdoing By Steve Herman Tokyo 14 February 2006 http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-02-14-voa12.cfm GLOBAL POLICY NEEDED ON RECYCLING N-FUEL (The Daily Yomiuri as translated from the Yomiuri Shimbun) Feb. 15, 2006 http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/02/14/1372081.htm Japan to carefully decide when to withdraw troops from Iraq Source: Xinhua February 16, 2006 http://english.people.com.cn/200602/16/eng20060216_243329.html US idea of torture 'not same as in UK', judge says 16/02/2006 - 12:23:17 http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=172946702&p=y7z9474x8 Japan asked to help fund Marines' exit from Okinawa By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Published February 16, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060216-101026-7707r U.S. to ask Japan, other nations for nuclear fuel program funding (Kyodo) Friday February 17, 2006 http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060217/kyodo/d8fqj35g3.html Genkai town assembly OKs Kyushu Electric's MOX reactor plan+ (Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge), Feb. 17_(Kyodo) http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-genkai-town-assembly-oks-kyushu-electrics-mox-reactor-/2006/02/16/1381821.htm ---- korea S. Korea, Qatar to explore nuclear energy cooperation Sunday, February 12, 2006 Source: Yonhap News http://www.hackinthebox.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=19315 North Korea Warns Seoul Of Nuclear War Over WMD Interception Drills by Staff Writers Seoul, SKorea (AFP) Feb 12, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/North_Korea_Warns_Seoul_Of_Nuclear_War_Over_WMD_Interception_Drills.html Nuclear talks won't take place 'in the near future', North Korea says 02/13/2006 12:27 Pravda http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/13-02-2006/75859-Nuclear-0 US Signals New Push on N. Korea Human Rights By Reuben Staines Staff Reporter rjs@koreatimes.co.kr 02-17-2006 Korea Times http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200602/kt2006021717160511990.htm N Korean Cheerleaders 'sent to prison camp' From correspondents in Seoul February 17, 2006 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18178560%255E1702,00.html Inside North Korea's gulag North Korea is the most closed nation on earth, its regime infamous for repression and the personality cult of its leaders. But until now the terrifying story of the country's concentration camps has never been told. Kang Chol-hwan offers the first survivor's account of life inside a Korean death camp Published: 18 February 2006, UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article346045.ece N. Korean envoy threatened Japan with missile launches over sanctions The Japan Times: Feb. 20, 2006 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060220a1.html Koreas to hold high-level military talks Associated Press Mon, Feb. 20, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/13920321.htm ---- mideast U.S. OFFERS TURKEY NUCLEAR HELP Mon, 13 Feb 2006 [MENL] http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2006/february/02_14_3.html Turkey to hold talks on Iran nuclear row Tue Feb 14, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060214/pl_afp/irannuclearpolitics Turkey to Build First Nuclear Plant on Black Sea REUTERS TURKEY: February 15, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35119/newsDate/15-Feb-2006/story.htm Nuclear energy a must for Turkey - Energy Minister Güler Thursday, February 16, 2006 PeakOil.com http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12033 The Dangers of a Middle East Nuclear War New Pentagon Doctrine: Mini-Nukes are "Safe for the Surrounding Civilian Population" by Michel Chossudovsky February 17, 2006 [Global research] http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20060217&articleId=1988 -------- missile defense US Ship To Bring Missile Defense Shield To Japan by Staff Writers Tokyo, Japan (AFP) Feb 15, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Ship_To_Bring_Missile_Defense_Shield_To_Japan.html BMD Focus: 'Fireflies' plague BMD laser By MARTIN SIEFF UPI Senior News Analyst 2/16/2006 http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060216-063521-1440r ---- pacific Blasts from the past: Bikini 60 years on By Ronan Thomas Feb 11, 2006 Asia Times http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/HB11Aa01.html ---- pakistan Pakistan tests nuclear-capable surface missile AP February 20, 2006 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18203946%255E2703,00.html ---- propaganda Recycling nuke fuel may thwart terrorism: Bodman By Tom Doggett, 02/13/06 13:34 (Reuters) http://channels.netscape.com/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-us-12-l1&flok=FF-RTO-rontz&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20060213%2F1334200241.htm&sc=rontz President Renews Push for Nuclear Energy Initiatives (02.18.06-AP) http://www.fox5dc.com/_ezpost/data/36113.shtml ---- russia Russian Nukes Redux Looking to recapture lost glory, Moscow is building a new nuclear warhead designed to evade U.S. defenses By Owen Matthews Newsweek International Feb. 13, 2006 issue http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11179135/site/newsweek/ Russia Warns U.S. Against Striking Iran By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer Thu Feb 16, 11:29 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060216/ap_on_re_eu/russia_iran ---- security 9 nabbed inside top-secret Dugway By Matthew D. LaPlante The Salt Lake Tribune 02/11/2006 http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3498540 DOE Research Contradicts Administration Claims of Proliferation-resistant Reprocessing New Initiative Would Make Nuclear Terrorism Easier Sunday, February 12, 2006 Kansas City Infozine http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/12931/ Civil Defense, Then and Now by Ryan McMaken February 13, 2006 LewRockwell.com http://www.lewrockwell.com/mcmaken/mcmaken112.html Radiation detectors tested in Nevada By Mimi Hall, USA TODAY Posted 2/14/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-14-radiation-detectors_x.htm?csp=34 NRC Plans New Nuclear Security Rules by UPI Wire Feb 16, 2006 http://www.postchronicle.com/news/security/article_2126998.shtml How Secure Are Our Ports? Security Officials Request Better Surveillance Feb. 20, 2006 ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1642245 ---- space Launch is VAFB's first of the year By Janene Scully/Associate Editor February 17, 2006 Santa Maria Times http://www.santamariatimes.com/articles/2006/02/17/news/local/news04.txt ---- treaties Iran Says Committed To NPT For Now by Staff Writers Tehran, Iran (AFP) Feb 12, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Says_Committed_To_NPT_For_Now.html ---- u.s. nuc weapons Nevada Nuclear tests might resume By Joe Bauman and Lee Davidson Deseret Morning News Thursday, May 20, 2004 http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595064453,00.html Nuclear experiment performed at Nevada Test Site By KEN RITTER ASSOCIATED PRESS May 25, 2004 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/text/2004/may/25/052510036.html Bush's War Plan includes the Use of Nuclear Weapons by Jack A. Smith February 9, 2006 Hudson Valley (N.Y.) Activist Newsletter http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=SMI20060209&articleId=1928 White House Readies Nuclear Pre-Emption Guidelines By David Ruppe February 12, 2006 National Security News Wire, National Journal Group - 2005-09-12 http://www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=1958 Nuclear Waste Our far-flung nuclear weapons factories haven't built a bomb since 1992. One lone Republican wants to shut them down. By Zachary Roth March 2006 (posted online February 15, 2006) http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0603.roth.html The New Politics of Nukes By THE NEW YORK TIMES Published: February 19, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/weekinreview/19read3.ready.html?_r=1&oref=slogin ---- u.s. nuc facilities Nuclear moves to front burner Bush push for energy reactors may not get much heat from former foes of atomic power David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, February 12, 2006 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/12/BUGSMH6OUT1.DTL Control room is nuclear plant's nerve center February 13, 2006 Topix.net http://www.topix.net/content/0378954323386527192536619596503930426309 Nuclear power is regenerating interest Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/15/06 BY TODD B. BATES ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006602150520 Nuclear Energy Industry Transitions Thursday, February 16, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/02/nuclear-energy-industry-transitions_16.html ---- arizona Palo Verde's costly slump Customers may pay for nuke plant's struggles Feb. 12, 2006 12:00 AM Arizona Republic http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/0212paloverde12-CP.html STOP FORCED RELOCATION ON BIG MOUNTAIN, BLACK MESA, AZ. TARGETED NAVAJO COMMUNITIES SAY THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION! February 20, 2006 Democracy In Action http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/blackmesais/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2552 ---- colorado Colo. Landowners Win $554M in Nuclear Suit [February 15, 2006, 10:52 am] By JON SARCHE Associated Press Writer http://www.wkrn.com/?q=node/4376 Rocky Flats Verdict Transcript Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:06:14 EST From: Pjelofson@aol.com US Jury Awards Damages for Bomb Plant Contamination REUTERS USA: February 16, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35137/newsDate/16-Feb-2006/story.htm Uproar on Flats ruling Lawyer for Dow, Rockwell challenges jury's 8-2 votes By Karen Abbott, Rocky Mountain News February 16, 2006 http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4471485,00.html Neighbors weigh in on verdict in Rocky Flats suit Whether they benefit or not, they're glad truth is coming out By John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain News February 16, 2006 http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4471451,00.html ---- florida FPL provides details of merging nuclear units Marcia Heroux Pounds | South Florida Sun-Sentinel Posted February 14, 2006 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-fpl1406feb14,0,2164839.story?track=rss Council resolution asks Progress Energy to build new nuclear energy plant in Crystal River By JIM ROSS, St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer Published February 15, 2006 http://www.sptimes.com/2006/02/15/Citrus/Paintball_firm_wants_.shtml ---- illinois Nuclear Plant Declares, Lifts Emergency By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: February 20, 2006 Filed at 12:20 p.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Nuclear-Plant-Emergency.html?_r=1&oref=slogin http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-nuclear-plant-emergency,0,425835.story ---- kansas House passes bill to eliminate liability for Wolf Creek guards Thu, Feb. 16, 2006 Associated Press http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/breaking_news/13889459.htm ---- massachusetts Mass. Wants Nuke Plant License Extensions Reviewed Lawmakers Have Written To NRC February 17, 2006 The Boston Channel http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/7158556/detail.html?rss=bos&psp=news ---- minnesota Public Discussion Set For Xcel-Monticello Plan Feb 16, 2006 (AP) http://wcco.com/local/local_story_047072918.html ---- nevada Yucca in need of repair after nine years Critics question facility's viability By Benjamin Grove Las Vegas Sun Washington Bureau, February 12, 2006 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2006/feb/12/566638965.html?Benjamin%20Grove Yucca Mountain essential to the nation By PAUL J. MILLER February 15, 2006 Pahrump Valley Times http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2006/02/15/opinion/viewpoint.html DOE clueless on Yucca By Matthew L. Wald New York Times News Service February 16, 2006 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-other/2006/feb/16/566641196.html NTS advisory board looking for members By PHILLIP GOMEZ Pahrump Valley, NV Times, February 17, 2006 http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2006/02/17/news/nts.html Yucca science data endorsed New Bush administration report describes project work as 'strong,' 'valid' By SAMANTHA YOUNG STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU Feb. 18, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Feb-18-Sat-2006/news/5953256.html Bush's nuclear energy plans don't sway Yucca foes DAVID JACOBS RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Posted: 2/19/2006 http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006602190356 ---- new jersey Generating station taps resident inspector Saturday, February 11, 2006 NJ.com Special to Today's Sunbeam http://www.nj.com/news/sunbeam/local/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1139656825121850.xml&coll=9 Nuclear power plant officials contest critics' claims The Associated Press February 11, 2006 3:14 PM http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/104-02112006-611528.html Human error hurts plant's safety record Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/12/06 BY KIRK MOORE, TODD B. BATES AND NICHOLAS CLUNN, STAFF WRITERS http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006602120335 Relicensing Oyster Creek: Is It Worth It? Oyster Creek, the oldest commercial nuclear plant in the nation, has petitioned the government to run until 2029. In the first part of a five-day series, the Asbury Park Press examines the plant's safety record. Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/12/06 BY TODD B. BATES, NICHOLAS CLUNN, AND KIRK MOORE STAFF WRITERS http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060212/SPECIAL06/612120301 Boiling water reactors: more troubling events Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/13/06 STAFF REPORT http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060213/SPECIAL06/602130305 Evacuation plan depends on many who lack key training In the third part of a five-day series, the Asbury Park Press examines whether the evacuation plan would work. Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/14/06 BY TODD B. BATES, NICHOLAS CLUNN AND KIRK MOORE STAFF WRITERS http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060214/SPECIAL06/602140303 Spent fuel pool is vulnerable, critics say Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/14/06 BY TODD B. BATES ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060214/SPECIAL06/602140308 Radiation barrier may fail in accident Posted by the Ocean County Observer on 02/14/06 BY TODD B. BATES AND NICHOLAS CLUNN GANNETT NEW JERSEY http://www.ocobserver.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060214/NEWS/602140314 Fired scientist says boss overruled reactor operators Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/14/06 BY NICHOLAS CLUNN STAFF WRITER http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006602140305 Escaping could take 9 1/2 hours Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/14/06 BY TODD B. BATES ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060214/SPECIAL06/602140301 KI pills protect thyroid from radiation Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/14/06 STAFF REPORT http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060214/SPECIAL06/602140302 Oyster Creek has brought jobs and money to Lacey Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/15/06 BY NICHOLAS CLUNN AND KIRK MOORE STAFF WRITERS http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060215/SPECIAL06/602150522 Nuke plant critics say they're stifled Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/15/06 BY NICHOLAS CLUNN STAFF WRITER http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060215/SPECIAL06/602150521 If cooling towers are required, plant might close Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/15/06 BY TODD B. BATES AND KIRK MOORE STAFF WRITERS http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060215/SPECIAL06/60215003 Safety a concern at Salem County plants Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/16/06 BY KIRK MOORE STAFF WRITER http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060216/SPECIAL06/602160373 Closing Oyster Creek would be anything but simple Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/16/06 BY NICHOLAS CLUNN AND TODD B. BATES STAFF WRITERS http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060216/SPECIAL06/602160369 Spent fuel likely to stay indefinitely Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/16/06 BY NICHOLAS CLUNN STAFF WRITER http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060216/SPECIAL06/60216002 Radioactive leaks in Ill. spur Lacey water tests Exelon will check its 17 reactors Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/17/06 BY NICHOLAS CLUNN STAFF WRITER Asbury Park Press http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006602170330 Public has voice in Oyster Creek license renewal Posted by the Ocean County Observer on 02/19/06 BY MICHELLE PERRY STAFF WRITER http://www.ocobserver.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060219/NEWS/602190331 ---- new york Evacuation plan must be resolved Sunday, February 12, 2006 Poughkeepsie Journal http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006602120325 NRC official to visit Indian Point By GREG CLARY gclary@lohud.com THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: February 18, 2006) http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060218/NEWS02/602180330/1018 ---- north carolina Nuclear plants, NRC ready to grow Commissioner says once-declining industry is seen as solution to coming energy crunch STAN CHOE schoe@charlotteobserver.com Sat, Feb. 11, 2006 http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/13846306.htm Let’s stop a nuclear accident in WNC before it happens by Michael Hopping published February 12, 2006 6:00 am Asheville Citizen Times http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200660210021 Nuclear-plant meetings to give public a role John Murawski, NC News-Observer Staff Writer Feb 17, 2006 http://www.newsobserver.com/104/story/401252.html ---- ohio Small fire causes alert at Perry nuclear plant Sunday, February 12, 2006 Cleveland Plain Dealer http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/lake/1139737083317510.xml&coll=2 ---- pennsylvania Beaver Valley Unit 1 Prepares for Outage February 13, 2006 http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=46590 ---- south carolina Industry critics worry about nuclear waste from additional plant By SAMMY FRETWELL Staff Writer SC: Sat, Feb. 11, 2006 The State http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/13846068.htm Reprocessing nuclear waste Monday, February 13, 2006 Greenville SC News http://www.greenvillenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060213/OPINION/602130302/1008 ---- utah Feds License Nuke Dump on Utah Reservation 02/14/06 (AP) http://channels.netscape.com/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-us-12-l3&flok=FF-APO-1110&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20060214%2F1522309646.htm&sc=1110 Utah delegation backing wilderness law PAUL FOY Associated Press Wed, Feb. 15, 2006 http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/13876340.htm Nuclear waste? Utah says not in our wilderness Lawmakers get designation as way to stop proposed storage site Feb. 15, 2006 Associated Press http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11362386/ A nuclear traffic solution CALEB WARNOCK - Sunday, February 19, 2006 Utah Daily Herald http://www.harktheherald.com/content/view/166310/ ---- virginia Reactor plan changes delay decision Nuclear Regulatory Commission wants time to consider Dominion's revised application for an additional reactor at North Anna plant in Louisa County. Date published: 2/11/2006 Fredericksburg Free Lance Star By RUSTY DENNEN http://fredericksburg.com//News/FLS/2006/022006/02112006/167334?rss=local Dominion should submit more information about proposed reactors From NBC12 News Monday, February 13, 2006 Associated Press http://www.nbc12.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WWBT%2FMGArticle%2FWBT_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834067015 Nuclear plant warnings too quiet, VA residents say Some residents around North Anna Power Station say they can't hear emergency sirens well enough Date published: 2/15/2006 Fredericksburg Free Lance Star By RUSTY DENNEN http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/022006/02152006/168094 Nuclear plant sirens heard, residents say February 18, 2006 12:50 am Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star By RUSTY DENNEN http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/022006/02182006/169071/printer_friendly ---- washington Carrying a heavy load Published Monday, February 13th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7443946p-7354522c.html ---- us nuc waste Terror threat not weighed in assessing nuke waste shipments By Benjamin Grove Las Vegas Sun Washington Bureau February 12, 2006 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-other/2006/feb/12/566658658.html Nuclear waste 'fear factor' Recent report says risks are small February 14, 2006 Newsday http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpnuk144626313feb14,0,2264946.story?coll=ny-editorials-headlines Big Question Marks on Nuclear Waste Facility By MATTHEW L. WALD New York Times February 14, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/business/14nukes.html?pagewanted=print ---- MILITARY ---- africa Army Trades Fire With Militant Groups in Niger Delta UN Integrated Regional Information Networks February 17, 2006 AllAfrica Global Media http://allafrica.com/stories/200602170683.html ---- arms Bomb Buster for Iraq Hits Pentagon Snag Army brass says a device that destroyed 90% of roadside explosives in tests needs further study. Marine Corps decides to bypass the bureaucracy. By Mark Mazzetti Los Angeles Times Staff Writer February 12, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes031.html UN questions Lebanon about reports of arms to guerrillas By News Agencies 15/02/2006 Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/682880.html Russia to sell arms to Palestinians only if Israel agrees Olmert's cabinet weighs tough sanctions aimed at weakening hamas Compiled by LebanonDaily Star staff Saturday, February 18, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=22308 Turkey to decide this week on purchase of Arrow missiles By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent, 19/02/2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/684476.html ---- asia Lankan parliament extends state of emergency Wednesday February 15, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://jang.com.pk/thenews/feb2006-daily/15-02-2006/world/w3.htm Women take up arms in Maoist rebellion From Tom Farrell in Rolpa district, Nepal 19 February 2006 UK Herald http://www.sundayherald.com/54227 ---- biological weapons Hidden history of US germ testing 13 February 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/file_on_4/4701196.stm Japan raids over bio weapons fear Friday, 17 February 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4722620.stm ---- 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 Arrest made over Iraq abuse video Monday 13 February 2006, Reuters http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CDE02F01-9D50-4EB5-A42C-790A03751D13.htm Britain's Lower House Passes ID Card Bill By TARIQ PANJA, Associated Press Writer Mon Feb 13, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060214/ap_on_re_eu/britain_id_cards;_ylt=AkkyCF2WTVv44qXVlyIvcnhvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA-- Torture flights landed in UK, admit air controllers By Marie Woolf, Political Editor Published: 19 February 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article346382.ece ---- business SOLDIERS VERSUS CONTRACTORS : EMERGING BUDGETARY REALITY? William D. Hartung World Policy Institute February 10, 2006 From: "Frida Berrigan" Date: Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:59pm EDO Receives Contract For F22 Aircraft Armament System by Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Feb 13, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/EDO_Receives_Contract_For_F22_Aircraft_Armament_System.html U.S. Warplane Makers See Stiff Competition By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press Writer, Sun Feb 19, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060219/ap_on_bi_ge/asia_buying_jets ---- haiti Haitians see hope in Preval's election win By Stevenson Jacobs, Associated Press Writer 2/17/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-17-preval-hope_x.htm ---- iran Dr. Paul Explains: US Paper Money and Iran's Oil Bourse Fri Feb 17, 2006 Antiwar.com Posted by: Scott Horton http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2651 Iran Was on Edge; Now It's on Top The war in Iraq has bolstered the regime's influence in the region and made it bolder. By Megan K. Stack and Borzou Daragahi Los Angeles Times Staff Writers February 18, 2006 http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-iranrising18feb18,0,4556840.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage ---- iraq Iraqi voices are drowned in occupiers’ spin BY SAMI RAMADANI 11 February 2006 Khaleej Times http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2006/February/opinion_February32.xml§ion=opinion&col= Billions Wasted In Iraq? Feb. 12, 2006 (CBS) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/09/60minutes/printable1302378.shtml -------- israel / palestine Israel halts funds for Palestinians, Abbas slams move By Nidal al-Mughrabi Sun Feb 19, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060219/ts_nm/mideast_dc -------- latin america Bolivia's Morales urges limits on coca crops Sat Feb 11, 2006 06:30 PM ET By Mario Roque (Reuters) http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=11180314&src=rss/worldNews Colombian Air Force Bombs Rebels in Nature Reserve Story by Hugh Bronstein REUTERS COLOMBIA: February 20, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35186/newsDate/20-Feb-2006/story.htm ---- mideast Lebanese rally draws 500,000 to mark Hariri’s death By Roula Khalaf, Middle East Editor Published: February 14 2006 13:02 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1e351352-9d5a-11da-b1c6-0000779e2340.html Syria seeks to divert attention with Hezbollah front: Israel Tue Feb 14, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060214/wl_mideast_afp/syrialebanonegypt ---- nato Army Chief Urges Iraq to Join NATO 2-16-2006 (UPI) http://www.aina.org/news/20060216113613.htm ---- pacific Pacific islanders decide destiny Sunday, 12 February 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4705704.stm ---- philippines 5,500 GIs to join war games Feb 16, 2006 By Tonette Orejas Philippines Inquirer http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=66398 ---- prisoners of war British troops videoed 'beating Iraqis' Jo Revill and Ned Temko Sunday February 12, 2006 The UK Observer http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,,1708162,00.html Revealed: the terror prison US is helping build in Morocco Tom Walker Rabat and Sarah Baxter UK Times February 12, 2006 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2036185,00.html 'Mistake' captives languish at Guantanamo MIAMI, Feb. 13, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060213-095958-4072r U.N. Report Calls for the Closing of Guantanamo, Former Prison Chaplain Yee Details Abuses Thursday, February 16th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/16/1525231 US Military Adding New Construction at Guantanamo By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 February 2006 Voice of America http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-02-17-voa83.cfm Australian Report Reveals More Abu Ghraib Torture Photos, Drawing Public Outrage Friday, February 17th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/17/1522219 Salon.com Runs Abu Ghraib Torture Photos Leaked from Internal Army Source Friday, February 17th, 2006 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/17/1522224 Rumsfeld: U.S. will not close Gitmo AMY WESTFELDT Associated Press Sat, Feb. 18, 2006 http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/13900542.htm Report: Pentagon warned on torture, abuse 2/19/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-19-pentagon-report_x.htm ---- puerto rico FBI Claims Puerto Rico Threat February 11, 2006 Associated Press http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/hc-raids0211.artfeb11,0,7720822.story?coll=hc-headlines-nationworld ---- spies Bush reveals rationale behind surveillance 2/11/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-11-bush-eavesdropping_x.htm Vermont Resolution Would Bar Warrantless Eavesdropping Monday, February 13th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/13/1415202 Lawmaker questions value of spy program 2/13/2006 By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/12/national/w114609S16.DTL http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-13-hoekstra-eavesdropping_x.htm Dismiss AIPAC charges, duo asks By Jerry Seper THE WASHINGTON TIMES February 16, 2006 http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060215-113838-3636r.htm Professor McCoy Exposes the History of CIA Interrogation, From the Cold War to the War on Terror Friday, February 17th, 2006Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/17/1522228 Senator Wants Court to Oversee Spy Program The Associated Press Saturday, February 18, 2006 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/18/AR2006021800511_pf.html Russian Detained in Sweden Over Spy Allegations Turns Out to Be Scientist Created: 18.02.2006 MosNews http://mosnews.com/news/2006/02/18/spyupdate.shtml ---- un U.N. report: U.S. must close Guantanamo 2/16/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-16-gitmo_x.htm ---- us VET'S ILLS MOUNTING FAST Published on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 by the New York Daily News By Juan Gonzalez http://www.democracynow.org/static/Vets.shtml Veterans experience delays in GI Bill payments By Alison Young Knight Ridder Newspapers Tue, Feb. 14, 2006 http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13871642.htm Army lowered bar for recruits in '05 1 in 6 given waivers despite backgrounds UIC MBA By Tom Bowman Tribune Newspapers: Baltimore Sun February 14, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fuj/chtr1.htm Military Budget Briefing, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007 From: "Frida Berrigan" Date: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:56 pm Bush Administration's War Spending Nears Half-Trillion Dollars President Asks Taxpayers for Another $65 Billion for Iraq and Afghanistan Soldiers from Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion of 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, search buildings along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo) Feb. 16, 2006 ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/IraqCoverage/story?id=1629118&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 The Pentagon is Run by a Madman Sat Feb 18, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2653 ---- venezuela George W Bush is a ‘madman’: Chavez Saturday February 11, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/feb2006-daily/11-02-2006/world/w5.htm Chavez tells Rice: 'Don't mess with me, girl' Sunday, February 19, 2006 (Reuters) http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/02/19/chavez.rice.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest ---- war crimes 'The Americans are breaking international law... it is a society heading towards Animal Farm' - Archbishop Sentamu on Guantanamo By Ian Herbert and Ben Russell Published: 18 February 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article346214.ece ---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE ---- homeland security / national intelligence The War on Privacy Rumsfeld warns that the enemy can succeed in changing our way of life. It already has. by Nat Hentoff February 12th, 2006 12:53 PM Village Voice http://villagevoice.com/news/0607,hentoff,72136,6.html After criticism, Chertoff proposes FEMA changes By Ana Radelat, Gannett News Service 2/13/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-13-fema-reforms_x.htm Chertoff says he'd do things differently 2/15/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-15-katrina-chertoff_x.htm Rep. King: Keep FEMA within Homeland By Deborah Barfield Berry, Gannett News Service 2/16/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-16-king-qa_x.htm ---- justice Exclusive: Can the President Order a Killing on U.S. Soil? Mark Hosenball Newsweek Feb. 13, 2006 issue http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11180519/site/newsweek Civil liberties fear as US terror suspect list rises to 325,000 Julian Borger in Washington Thursday February 16, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1710756,00.html?gusrc=rss ---- prisons / prisoners Gov. wants to ease California prison crowding 2/11/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-02-11-prison-crowding_x.htm ---- terrorism Anti-terror chief says police must develop national security strategy By Jimmy Burns Published: February 17 2006 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/89855a7a-9f5a-11da-ba48-0000779e2340.html ---- torture US idea of torture 'not same as in UK', judge says 16/02/2006 Ireland Online http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=172946702&p=y7z9474x8 ---- POLITICS ---- corruption U.S. Money Aids World’s Worst Dictators February 13, 2006 Benjamin Powell, Matt Ryan http://independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1671 ---- investigations Hidden World Bank Whistleblower Report Made Public WASHINGTON, DC, February 10, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-10-02.asp Cheney shoots at quail, hits hunting companion By Susan Page, USA TODAY Posted 2/12/2006 3:54 PM Updated 2/13/2006 12:43 PM http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-12-cheney-hunting_x.htm Senators: Cheney should be investigated if he OK'd leak 2/12/2006 4:33 PM (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-12-senators-cheney_x.htm Federal agents expand probe into wiretap leak Law enforcement, intelligence services come under scrutiny David Johnston, New York Times Sunday, February 12, 2006 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/12/MNGCVH79HV1.DTL Outed CIA officer was working on Iran, intelligence sources say Larisa Alexandrovna Published: February 13, 2006 Raw Story Media http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Outed_CIA_officer_was_working_on_0213.html Valerie Plame Leak Sabotaged America's Iran-Watching Intelligence Effort February 13, 2006 http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001246.php ABA law group denounces warrantless spying program 2/13/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-13-aba-spying_x.htm Congressional Probe of NSA Spying Is in Doubt White House Sways Some GOP Lawmakers By Charles Babington Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, February 15, 2006; A03 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/14/AR2006021401812_pf.html Judge orders release of spying documents 2/16/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-16-judge-spy-docs_x.htm Cheney says he has power to declassify info By PETE YOST ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Thursday, February 16, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1151AP_Cheney_CIA_Leak.html Senate Democrats ask Gonzales to step aside in Abramoff probe 2/16/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-16-gonzales_x.htm Bipartisan Support Emerges for Federal Whistle-Blowers By SCOTT SHANE, Feb. 16, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt055.html Bush's Bad Connection The White House is defiant in defense of warrantless wiretaps. That stance is beginning to bug Congress. By Michael Isikoff, Mark Hosenball and Evan Thomas Newsweek Feb. 20, 2006 issue http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11300384/site/newsweek/ White House Working to Avoid Wiretap Probe But Some Republicans Say Bush Must Be More Open About Eavesdropping Program By Charles Babington Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, February 20, 2006; A08 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/19/AR2006021901031_pf.html ---- propaganda wars The limits of propaganda By Anatol Lieven and David Chambers February 13, 2006 Los Angeles Times http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/news2/latimes11v.htm Quick Rise for Purveyors of Propaganda in Iraq By DAVID S. CLOUD February 15, 2006 NY TIMES http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fuj/nytimes4.htm Bin Laden's Game Most officials thought last month's Osama bin Laden tape was no big deal— maybe even a gesture of weakness. Author and ex-CIA analyst Michael Scheuer, who founded the Agency's bin Laden unit 10 years ago, thinks they're dead wrong. by Steve Perry Vol 27 · Issue 1315 · PUBLISHED 2/15/2006 City Pages News and Arts Weekly of the Twin Cities http://citypages.com/databank/27/1315/print14125.asp Missing From ABC's WMD 'Scoop' Star defector Hussein Kamel said weapons were destroyed 2/17/06 F.A.I.R. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2825 Propaganda Effort in Iraq a Mistake, Rumsfeld Says The Defense secretary says he ordered the planting of articles to stop after learning of it, although others have said the effort continues. By Mark Mazzetti Los Angeles Times Staff Writer February 18, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/nws/latimes1.htm Supposed bin Laden tape compares USA to Saddam 2/19/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-19-binladentape_x.htm An Ad for the Iraq War Newsweek Feb. 20, 2006 issue http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11299206/site/newsweek/ ---- us politics Congress Stirs to Rein in the President by JEREMY BRECHER & BRENDAN SMITH [posted online on February 9, 2006] THE NATION http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20060227&s=brecher First lady dismisses Clinton's criticism as 'out of bounds' 2/11/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-11-laura-bush-comments_x.htm Spying Necessary, Democrats Say But Harman, Daschle Question President's Legal Reach By Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, February 13, 2006; A03 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/12/AR2006021201174_pf.html Patriot Act Moves Closer to Renewal By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer Thu Feb 16, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/patriot_act;_ylt=AsUDqM99vLhQWdX0eskSDWms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ-- White House requests $115B for Iraq, Afghanistan 2/16/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-16-spending_x.htm Patriot Act moves ahead despite opposition 2/16/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-16-patriot-act_x.htm ---- ENERGY Energy sector unsure how to tackle woes Natural gas prices are high, power grid is old and emissions troubles continue Powered by Topix.net By Lynn J. Cook Houston Chronicle February 11, 2006 http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060211/BUSINESS/602110393/1003 Energy funding quickly fizzles Scientists, at first delighted by Bush's spending boosts for solar, nuclear and biomass, see money will soon run short By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER 02/14/2006 Inside Bay Area http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_3507860 Bush Would Export Nuclear Fuel, Power Plants to Developing Nations WASHINGTON, DC, February 20, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-20-03.asp President Promotes Nuclear Energy, Plan for Dealing with Radioactive Waste February 20, 2006 — By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9908 ---- alternative energy South African solar power research eclipses rest of the world Willem Steenkamp February 11 2006 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=116&art_id=vn20060211110132138C184427 Achieving greater energy dependence will demand a comprehensive approach by Frank Holby February 12, 2006 http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200660210020 Mazda to Lease Gasoline-Hydrogen Car in Japan REUTERS JAPAN: February 16, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35142/newsDate/16-Feb-2006/story.htm US Corn for Ethanol to Exceed Exports Soon - USDA Story by Lisa Haarlander REUTERS USA: February 20, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35199/newsDate/20-Feb-2006/story.htm ---- OTHER ---- environment Maryland Power Plants Linked to 700 Premature Deaths Per Year BALTIMORE, Maryland, February 15, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-15-02.asp China Issues Guidelines to Tackle Pollution Story by Lindsay Beck REUTERS CHINA: February 16, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35136/newsDate/16-Feb-2006/story.htm EPA Board Says Teflon Chemical a Likely Carcinogen February 16, 2006 — By Randall Chase, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9895 Metal in wells spurs state ban on 'green' ammo at base By AMANDA LEHMERT STAFF WRITER and DAVID KIBBE CAPE COD TIMES BOSTON BUREAU (Published: February 17, 2006) http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/metalin17.htm HazChem Criminal Who Sent Waste to Rotterdam Fined $2 Million PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, February 17, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-17-09.asp#anchor5 New Jersey Metal Recycler Hit with $250,000 Fine TRENTON, New Jersey, February 20, 2006 http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-20-09.asp#anchor7 ---- health Vietnam Resumes Bird Hatching, Vaccination Drive Story by Ho Binh Minh REUTERS VIETNAM: February 20, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35203/newsDate/20-Feb-2006/story.htm ---- whistleblowers Whistleblowers Are Not Protected, Mr. Goss by Sibel Edmonds February 11, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/edmonds/?articleid=8534 CIA chief sacked for opposing torture Sarah Baxter and Michael Smith, Washington February 12, 2006 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2036182,00.html Chemical Munitions Air Monitoring Whistleblower Could Be Fired WASHINGTON, DC, February 13, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-13-09.asp#anchor3 ---- ACTIVISTS Falun Gong protest exclusion from parade 2/12/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2006-02-12-sf-falun-gong_x.htm Christian Peace Group Charged Over Gitmo Vigil Monday, February 13th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/13/1415202 Gulf War Veteran Announces Candidacy for San José City Council Date: February 13, 2006 From: davey garland Thousands protest over cartoons From correspondents in Istanbul February 13, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18128920%255E1702,00.html 7,000 Pakistani students protest cartoons 2/13/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-13-student-protest_x.htm The Curious Withdrawal of Cindy Sheehan By DON SANTINA February 14, 2006 Counterpunch http://www.counterpunch.org/santina02142006.html How You -- Yes You -- Can End the War Tuesday, 14 February 2006 Scoop (NZ) Opinion: David Swanson http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0602/S00142.htm http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m20620&l=i&size=1&hd=0 http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/7798 5 “Raging Grannies” Arrested at Anti-War Protest Near DC Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/15/1436200 Anti-war activists convicted (again) in Hennepin County Court Wednesday 15 February @ 14:39:33 by John LaForge, Pulse of Twin Cities (MN) http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=2313 March 6: Protest US-Israeli Nuclear Hypocrisy at AIPAC Conference From: Carol Moore in DC Date: Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:17am FBI Raids Homes of Pro-Independence Activists in Puerto Rico Friday, February 17th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/17/1521218