NucNews Headlines - collected February 21-28, 2006 Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date ---- NUCLEAR Is the Bush Administration Planning a Nuclear Holocaust? Will the US launch "Mini-nukes" against Iran in Retaliation for Tehran's "Non-compliance"? by Michel Chossudovsky February 22, 2006 GlobalResearch.ca Source: The Nuclear Information Project http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20060222&articleId=2032 ---- accidents and safety Chernobyl+20: Conference and US activities news and updates From: "Michael Mariotte" Date: Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:21pm Low level radioactive transport leaks in Utah: NRC Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:11 PM ET (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2006-02-24T191051Z_01_N2415382_RTRUKOC_0_US-UTILITIES-NUCLEAR-LEAK.xml http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/13951104.htm Lab faulted in plutonium accidents Private contractor already fined for problems affecting 5 workers Keay Davidson, San Francisco Chronicle Science Writer Saturday, February 25, 2006 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/25/BAGT5HEPDI1.DTL Low Level Radioactive Transport Leaks in Utah - NRC REUTERS USA: February 27, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35321/story.htm Lawrence Livermore heavily fined for exposure incidents By Betsy Mason CONTRA COSTA TIMES Mon, Feb. 27, 2006 http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/13976580.htm Exelon pledges funds for water system near nuclear spill By Hal Dardick Chicago Tribune staff reporter Published February 27, 2006, 10:46 PM CST http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060227exelon,1,3611637.story ---- africa Pebble bed nuclear reactor undergoes safety review 28 February 2006 PennWell Corporation http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=249104&p=6 ---- australia US to drop live bombs on Australia February 21, 2006 Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/US-to-drop-live-bombs-on-Australia/2006/02/21/1140284059224.html Coming clean on US bombers February 22, 2006 UK Daily Telegraph http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,18233195-5001022,00.html Howard has 'no hang ups' over nukes February 24, 2006 Australia Telegraph http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,18257304-5001028,00.html ---- britain UK nuclear test prompts claim of new bomb plan Richard Norton-Taylor Thursday February 23, 2006 The Guardian http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,1715884,00.html British Nuclear Scientists Say Waste not a Problem Story by Jeremy Lovell REUTERS UK: February 24, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35288/newsDate/24-Feb-2006/story.htm Don't mention the war: BBC plan for surviving nuclear armageddon By Robert Verkaik, Legal Affairs Correspondent Published: 25 February 2006 BBC http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article347593.ece Labour decides Scotland must have nuclear future PETER MACMAHON SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT EDITOR Monday, 27th February 2006 Scotsman http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=298462006 Experts face quiz on nuclear waste fears David Ottewell Tuesday, 28th February 2006 Manchester Evening News (UK) http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/205/205999_experts_face_quiz_on_nuclear_waste_fears_.html?rss=yes ---- business Toshiba faces hurdles to buy Westinghouse YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press Tue, Feb. 21, 2006 http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/politics/13926110.htm http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16169511&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415891&rfi=6 Turn Up The Juice China's future power demands were a tad conservative Chris Noon, 02.27.06 Forbes http://www.forbes.com/business/2006/02/24/china-ge-toshiba-cx_cn_0227chinapower.html?partner=topix ---- canada U.S., Canada to update defense treaty Mon, Feb. 20, 2006 Associated Press http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/13920078.htm MDS and AECL reach agreement for nuclear reactor By Rachelle Younglai Wed Feb 22, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060222/wl_canada_nm/canada_mds_aecl_col_1 ---- china New technology for China's nuclear reactor Bloomberg News TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/21/business/chinuke.php China To Build New Generation Nuclear Reactor By Agence France-Presse Feb. 23, 2006 http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=11507 ---- depleted uranium ATK bags $38 million tank ammo order Feb. 20, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060220-102319-5179r DU SCANDAL EXPLODES Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=8018 DU test bill HR4184 - 'Gulf veterans shall be considered radiation-exposed' Date: Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:47pm From: Thinkcivic@aol.com The Queen's Death Star Depleted Uranium Measured in British Atmosphere from Battlefields in the Middle East LEUREN MORET / Mindfully.org 26feb2006 http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2006/DU-Europe-Moret26feb06.htm Wesley Clark a War Criminal? Excerpt from Left Out! by Joshua Frank and Sunil K. Sharma Oped News, February 27, 2006 http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_joshua_f_060227_wesley_clark_a_war_c.htm HAVE DU WILL TRAVEL About This Feature... By W. Leon Smith EDITOR-IN-CHIEF February 28, 2006 Lone Star Iconoclast http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/news03.htm DU Radiation Travels, Says UK Scientist By W. Leon Smith EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lone Star Iconoclast February 28, 2006 http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/news04.htm ‘To my mind, it’s a human rights issue.’ Iconoclast Interview With Chris Busby By W. Leon Smith EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lone Star Iconoclast February 28, 2006 http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/news05.htm ‘Depleted uranium is the trojan horse of nuclear war.’ Iconoclast Interview With Leuren Moret By W. Leon Smith EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lone Star Iconoclast February 28, 2006 http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/news06.htm ‘What we’ve done is to replace the fallout from bomb testing with the so-called small permitted releases from nuclear plants.’ An Interview With Dr. Ernest Sternglass By W. Leon Smith EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lone Star Iconoclast February 28, 2006 http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/news07.htm ‘It violates all traditional ideas of war.’ An Interview With Dr. Rosalie Bertell By W. Leon Smith EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lone Star Iconoclast February 28, 2006 http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/news08.htm ‘There ain’t no buck stopping anywhere.’ An Interview With Major Doug Rokke By W. Leon Smith EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lone Star Iconoclast February 28, 2006 http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/news09.htm ‘We’re like little sheep, little lambs that didn’t know the truth.’ Major Denise Nichols (retired), is a Gulf War veteran and retired U.S. Air Force Reserve Major,Vice Chairman of the National Vietnam Veteran and Gulf War Veterans Coalition. An Interview With Major Denise Nichols By W. Leon Smith EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lone Star Iconoclast February 28, 2006 http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/news10.htm ‘There is exposure, but exposure doesn’t mean that it’s a threat.’ Ann Ham works in public affairs, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. An Interview With Ann Ham By W. Leon Smith EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Lone Star Iconoclast February 28, 2006 http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/news11.htm ‘Depleted uranium arms are not utilized by units currently deployed here in Iraq.’ An Interview With Captain William Roberts By W. Leon Smith EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Lone Star Iconoclast February 28, 2006 http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/news12.htm Army Orders $77 Million Worth Of New DU Rounds Lone Star Iconoclast February 28, 2006 http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/news13.htm Former U.N. Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter Discusses DU Weaponry By Nathan Diebenow ASSOCIATE EDITOR Lone Star Iconoclast February 28, 2006 http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/news15.htm ‘They have exposed close to a million of our troops.’ An Interview With Karl Schwarz By W. Leon Smith EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Lone Star Iconoclast February 28, 2006 http://lonestaricon.com/2006/CurrentIssue/09/news16.htm ---- europe Re-Energized in France How Areva, a state-owned utility, put fission back in fashion in Europe By PETER GUMBEL / PARIS Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006 TIME http://www.time.com/time/globalbusiness/printout/0,8816,1161251,00.html Electricity Generation in Germany - Scenario's for 2020 Thursday, February 23 2005 The Watt http://www.thewatt.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1028 Baltic states agree to build nuclear power plant in Lithuania 27/ 02/ 2006 (RIA Novosti, Yuri Guralnik) http://en.rian.ru/world/20060227/43814345.html ---- india US Nuclear Deal Would Not Expand Indian Arsenal: Envoy By REUTERS Published: February 21, 2006 Filed at 5:13 p.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-india-usa-nuclear.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060221/pl_nm/india_usa_nuclear_dc_1 India dismisses nuclear concerns India says it wants nuclear power to meet its energy needs (BBC) Wednesday, 22 February 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4738430.stm Bush: India should separate civilian, military nuclear programs 02/22/2006 (AP) http://www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/national/MI16111/ Bush Urges India to Split Military and Civilian Nuclear Programs By DAVID STOUT Published: February 22, 2006 NY TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/international/asia/22cnd-prexy.html India, US hope for compromise on nuclear deal By Y.P. Rajesh Thu Feb 23, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060223/wl_nm/nuclear_india_usa_dc_3 U.S. overture to India could complicate efforts to stop nuclear spread By Ron Hutcheson Knight Ridder Newspapers Fri, Feb. 24, 2006 http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13955406.htm U.S., India Fail to Reach Nuclear Deal By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent Friday, February 24, 2006 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/24/national/w145247S94.DTL A bipartisan resolution on U.S. nuclear technology to India From: Nuclear Reduction/Disarmament Initiative Date: Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:30am Prez-ing forward over the decades February 27, 2006 India Gazette http://story.indiagazette.com/p.x/ct/9/id/b965dd71d5ae237a/cid/701ee96610c884a6/ Nuclear ties thaw for U.S., India BUSH SET TO MEET SOUTH ASIA LEADERS By Ron Hutcheson Knight Ridder Mon, Feb. 27, 2006 http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/13972192.htm ---- iran Europe Talks Acts Tough On Iran Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki did little to endear himself to EU legislators by comparing Israel to apartheid South Africa, warning of a "clash of civilizations" if Western governments continued to provoke Muslims with insulting cartoons, questioning whether the Holocaust took place and asking "why Muslims should pay the price in order to set right such a horrific event." Copyright AFP. by Gareth Harding UPI Chief European Correspondent Brussels, Belgium (UPI) Feb 21, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Europe_Talks_Acts_Tough_On_Iran.html Pressure on Iran as hopes fade of deal with Russia Tue Feb 21, 2006 By Oleg Shchedrov (Reuters) http://za.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-02-21T102759Z_01_BAN136330_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-NUCLEAR-IRAN-20060221.XML Islam forbids use of nuclear weapons: Theological scholar Qom, Feb 21, IRNA Iran-Nuclear-Islam http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=10676 Mad mullahs issue fatwa to use nuclear weapons Posted: February 21, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern WorldNetDaily.com Exclusive Commentary http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48925 President leads the faithful awaiting return of 12th imam Ahmadinejad uses saviour of Shia Islam as powerful tool in political arena Robert Tait in Qom Tuesday February 21, 2006 Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1714431,00.html Iran was not referred to the Security Council for Noncompliance By Mike Whitney, 02/21/06 "ICH" http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12002.htm Iran spurns Russian nuclear proposal By Oleg Shchedrov Tue Feb 21, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060221/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc Iran says Russia nuclear talks constructive Tue Feb 21, 5:04 AM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060221/wl_nm/nuclear_iran_russia_dc Russia's nuclear initiative fails By Jeremy Page February 22, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2051644,00.html IRAN: US relies on terrorists for nuke 'intelligence’ Doug Lorimer From Green Left Weekly, February 22, 2006. http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/657/657p16.htm Iran nuke plant 'would survive attack' From correspondents in Tehran 22 feb 06 Australia Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18234099%255E1702,00.html US Dusts Off Old Plans For Iran The Bush administration's less subtle approach to regime change, and its penchant for self-advertisement, will certainly not help some of the trickier aspects of Rice's $75 million drive. But one official did hint that the administration would be more secretive about its operations. by Roland Flamini UPI Chief International Correspondent Washington DC (UPI) Feb 23, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Dusts_Off_Old_Plans_For_Iran.html Iran: Is There a Way Out of the Nuclear Impasse? Middle East Report N°51 23 February 2006 International Crisis Group http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=3976 Iran offers data on secret uranium project GEORGE JAHN Associated Press, Austria Feb 23, 2006 http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1656137 On The Brink In Iraq Robert Dreyfuss February 24, 2006 http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/02/24/on_the_brink_in_iraq.php It could be done in one night By Edward N. Luttwak 24/02/2006 Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/686984.html Russia: IAEA Can Still Solve Iran Dispute Russia Says IAEA Still Could Resolve Iran Nuclear Dispute; Iran Says It's Ready for Sanctions By NASSER KARIMI The Associated Press Feb. 25, 2006 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3685590.html Iran Leader: U.S. Should Give Up Nukes - By DIANA ELIAS, Associated Press Writer Monday, February 27, 2006 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/02/27/international/i081941S50.DTL Russia Dampens Hopes on Iran Nuclear Talks By JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer Mon Feb 27, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060227/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear_12 U.N.: Iran To Expand Uranium Program (CBS/AP), Feb. 27, 2006 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/27/world/printable1351475.shtml Why ElBaradei’s report vindicates Iran Feb. 28, 2006 (MNA) News Analysis By Parviz Esmaeili http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=297008 Ahmadinejad seeks to allay nuclear fears during Kuwait visit IAEA still skeptical about Iran's aims Compiled by Lebanon Daily Star staff Tuesday, February 28, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=22557 ---- israel Iranian advisor: We'll strike Dimona in response to U.S. attack By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent 26/02/2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/687022.html Israel warns world don't let Iran play for time on nuclear Mon Feb 27, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060227/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearisrael ---- japan Saga Gov. Backs Plan to Use Plutonium Mix in Nuclear Power Plant By Kyodo News International, Tokyo Feb. 21, 2006 http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/400031/saga_gov_backs_plan_to_use_plutonium_mix_in_nuclear/index.html?source=r_science Hiroshima, Nagasaki protest U.S. subcritical nuclear test+ February 24, 2006] (Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/02/24/1403657.htm Japanese mayors blast nuclear tests Fri 24 Feb 2006 Scotsman http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm%3Fid%3D286352006&cid=1104550569 Hiroshima peace tower reset after nuclear test The Yomiuri Shimbun (Feb. 25, 2006) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20060225TDY02004.htm ---- korea Chinese diplomat in US in bid to break Korean nuclear deadlock Tue Feb 21, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060221/pl_afp/uschinankoreanuclear_060221225306 ---- mideast Rice gets anti-nuclear arms harmony but fails to isolate Hamas Fri Feb 24, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060224/wl_mideast_afp/usgulfmideastrice ---- missile defense Japan US Plan March ABM Test In the joint test, the nose cone will be attached to a conventional SM-3 missile, the version that Japan plans to deploy by the end of fiscal 2007. The missile will be fired from the U.S. Lake Erie Aegis destroyer, the sources told Kyodo. However, the test may be postponed depending on weather conditions and other factors, they said. by Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) Feb 21, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Japan_US_Plan_March_ABM_Test.html Target missile test-launched from Alaska 2/23/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-02-23-missile-alaska_x.htm Canada willing to reopen missile debate Associated Press Fri, Feb. 24, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/13947922.htm ---- russia Russia's nuclear chief spells out $1.5bln investment plan 21/ 02/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060221/43676836.html Iran spurns Russian nuclear proposal By Oleg Shchedrov Tue Feb 21, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060221/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc_16 Russia hosts international nuclear safety conference 02.26.2006 (AFX) http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/afx/2006/02/26/afx2554234.html Moscow's nuclear deal accepted By Ali Akbar Dareini ASSOCIATED PRESS February 27, 2006 http://www.washtimes.com/world/20060226-102711-2945r.htm Russia’s Uranium Stockpiles to Run Out by 2020 — Official 27.02.2006 MosNews http://www.mosnews.com/money/2006/02/27/uraniumstocks.shtml Russia to boost uranium production RosBusinessConsulting (RBC), 27.02.2006, Moscow http://www.rbcnews.com/free/20060227182243.shtml Saddam's WMDs and Russia By David Dastych Canada Free Press | February 28, 2006 http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21448 ---- security U.S. Reclassifies Many Documents in Secret Review By SCOTT SHANE Published: February 21, 2006 NY TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/politics/21reclassify.html Hunt for 'dirty' bombs is stepped up with new passenger scanners By Jason Bennetto, Crime Correspondent Published: 22 February 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article346943.ece Report Profiles Nuclear - Plant Attackers By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: February 22, 2006 Filed at 10:42 p.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Nuclear-Plant-Security.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060223/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/nuclear_plant_security_3 http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/2/23/132250.shtml Feds to solicit bids on nuke disaster drugs Dirty bomb, not mushroom cloud By Val Brickates Kennedy, MarketWatch Last Update: 8:00 PM ET Feb 22, 2006 http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B13E1E88E%2DD441%2D45AE%2DBA46%2DB66E7AB12AC1%7D&source=blq%2Fyhoo&dist=yhoo&siteid=yhoo White House Report Advises Revamping Disaster Response By ERIC LIPTON Published: February 23, 2006 NY TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/23/politics/23cnd-katrina.html ---- space Let's Not Abet U.S. in Weaponization of Space Published on Sunday, February 26, 2006 by the Toronto Star by Linda McQuaig http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0226-22.htm ---- terrorism Customs Trains Old Soviet Ports In Thwarting Nuclear Smugglers By GARY FIELDS and SHARON BEGLEY Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL June 12, 2002 http://www.cdi.org/russia/210-9.cfm Thwarting Nuclear Terrorism Scientific American Magazine; February 2006; by Alexander Glaser and Frank N. von Hippel; 8 Page(s) http://www.sciamdigital.com/index.cfm?fa=Products.ViewIssuePreview&ARTICLEID_CHAR=A1700D4F-2B35-221B-6F5DE597CDE4F973 ---- u.s. All Weapons of Mass Destruction Are Not Equal By Allison Macfarlane, AlterNet. Posted February 8, 2006 http://www.alternet.org/audits/31510/ Bush puts nuke deal in bigger context By Anwar Iqbal SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES February 27, 2006 http://www.washtimes.com/world/20060226-102710-7722r.htm ---- u.s. nuc weapons Krakatau Subcritical Experiment Scheduled For Immediate Release February 21, 2006 National Nuclear Security Administration http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/newsreleases/KrakatauSubcritical_02212006.pdf U.S., Britain Conduct Nuclear Experiment By Associated Press February 23, 2006 http://www.newsday.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-nuclear-experiment,0,6561061.story?coll=sns-ap-science-headlines US conducts subcritical nuclear test Friday, February 24, 2006 Australian Broadcasting/Kyodo http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200602/s1577409.htm Nuclear Fallout Report Leaves Government's Course up in Air February 28, 2006 — By Greg Lavine, Salt Lake Tribune http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9963 ---- u.s. nuc facilities Bush calls for building new nuclear plants by 2010 2006-02-21 08:02:20 (Xinhuanet) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/21/content_4205801.htm ---- arizona APS output cut to continue Palo Verde unit's problems could bring about rate hikes Ken Alltucker The Arizona Republic Feb. 25, 2006 12:00 AM http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0225paloverde25.html ---- connecticut Nuclear Power Plant Reopens February 27, 2006 Associated Press http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ctapmillstone0227.artfeb27,0,7385161.story?coll=hc-headlines-local ---- georgia Georgia Power Nuke Plant Fee February 21, 2006 Associated Press http://wsbradio.com/news/022106nukeplantfee3a.html Top lawmakers support new nuclear power plant Atlanta Business Chronicle - February 24, 2006 by Ryan Mahoney http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/02/27/newscolumn7.html?from_rss=1 ---- idaho NUCLEAR CLEANUP PROJECT Feb 28, 2006 Oregon Trail Broadcasting KPVI http://www.kpvi.com/index.cfm?page=nbcheadlines.cfm&ID=31537 ---- illinois Feds Order Review of Ill. Nuclear Plants Tue Feb 21, 2006 (AP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060221/ap_on_re_us/illinois_nuclear_1 Electrical Problem Shuts Down Ill. Reactor Posted: 2/23/2006 United Press International http://www.whptv.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=F24F3708-8F30-42BE-B699-12B11E43498F Small fire reported at nuclear plant By Hal Dardick Chicago Tribune staff reporter Published February 24, 2006, 8:35 PM CST http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060224byronfire,1,5966428.story?track=rss&ctrack=1&cset=true No injuries reported in small electrical fire at Byron nuclear plant Associated Press Fri, Feb. 24, 2006 http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/13953976.htm Illinois Grills Exelon Nuclear Over Tritium-Laced Discharges SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, February 24, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-24-09.asp#anchor4 ---- maryland Detrick proposal draws criticism Published on February 24, 2006 By Alison Walker Frederick News-Post Staff http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?storyid=46852 ---- nevada DOE clueless on Yucca By Matthew L. Wald New York Times News Service Las Vegas SUN February 16, 2006 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2006/feb/16/566641196.html?Yucca%20Mountain%20Nuclear%20Waste%20repository%20site:www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun Yucca feeling heat on humidity Stop-work order prompted by failure to calibrate gauges By KEITH ROGERS Feb. 23, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Feb-23-Thu-2006/news/6030840.html ---- new jersey DEVELOPMENTS AT OYSTER CREEK Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/23/06 Nicholas Clunn http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006602230411 NRC will focus on radiation-barrier rust RULING: Judges' panel accepts foes' contention DENIED: 3 other arguments on Oyster Creek plan Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/28/06 BY NICHOLAS CLUNN STAFF WRITER http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200660228001 ---- new york NRC commissioner continues two days of Indian Point meetings Thursday, February 23, 2006 Mid-Hudson News http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/IP_NRC_visit-23Feb06.htm NRC Reports Indian Point is Safe (1010 WINS) Friday, 24 February 2006 http://www.1010wins.com/pages/9790.php? ---- ohio Voice of the people Former Davis-Besse staffer says execs got off easy -- again in nuclear reactor incident Originally published February 27, 2006 Port Clinton News Herald http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060227/OPINION03/602270321/1014 ---- pennsylvania NRC plans inquiry into TMI security Agency will focus on reports of sleeping, fatigue, excessive hours Tuesday, February 28, 2006 BY GARRY LENTON Of The Patriot-News http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1141122043189680.xml&coll=1 ---- tennessee Construction problems revealed at new bomb material storehouse 2006-02-25 by Duncan Mansfield The Associated Press http://www.thedailytimes.com/sited/story/html/231137 ---- utah Is used nuclear reactor fuel headed for the reservation? By Faye Bowers, Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Thu Feb 23, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060223/ts_csm/aglow_1 ---- vermont Uprate decision delayed Regulator sets public hearing on relicensing By KRISTI CECCAROSSI Brattleboro Reformer Staff Thursday, February 23, 2006 http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,102~8860~3248391,00.html ---- washington EPA regional chief impressed by Hanford work By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Tuesday, February 21, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_EPA_Bogert.html?source=rss ---- us nuc waste Researchers develop alternate method to dispose nuclear liquid waste PhysOrg February 22, 2006 http://www.physorg.com/news11090.html ---- MILITARY ---- afghanistan Poll shows Canadians oppose Afghanistan mission Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:23 AM EST (Reuters) http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-02-24T132350Z_01_N24235455_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-AFGHANISTAN-POLL-COL.XML&archived=False Afghanistan more dangerous than Iraq Saturday February 25, 2006 Pakistan News Service http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=135343 A First Look Back at the Horror Afghans Begin to Address Decades of Brutality at Ex-Official's Trial By Griff Witte Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, February 25, 2006; A10 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/24/AR2006022401946_pf.html ---- africa On the eve of elections, Uganda is a tale of two countries By Shashank Bengali Knight Ridder Newspapers Mon, Feb. 20, 2006 http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13919214.htm Legendary South African Journalist Allister Sparks on Wiretapping and Torture, Under Apartheid and Bush Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/23/1454239 Uganda Opposition Alleges Vote Marred by Fraud; Thousands of Refugees in Congo Try to Escape Rape & Murder Monday, February 27th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/27/1519228 ---- arms Spain buys Israeli arms From correspondents in Madrid February 21, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18230932%255E1702,00.html Arms dealer is freed after FBI refuses to disclose key evidence By Daniel McGrory February 25, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2057337,00.html ---- biological weapons Just Testing Is the U.S. Government making anthrax bombs in Utah? by Ted McDonough Feature • February 23, 2006 http://www.slweekly.com/article.cfm/justtesting ---- britain Armed forces under too much strain, say MPs MICHAEL SETTLE, Chief UK Herald Political Correspondent February 28 2006 http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/57058-print.shtml ---- business Bush Rejects Calls to Delay Sale of Ports to Dubai (Update3) (Bloomberg) February 21, 2006 16:31 EST http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=atxizOXAm9WI&refer=home USEC Reports 2005 Results, Provides 2006 Guidance BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Feb. 21, 2006--USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU) http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060221006186&newsLang=en Defense Contractor Admits Giving GOP Congressman $1M in Bribes Monday, February 27th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/27/1519228 Army to Allow Halliburton Not to Repay Disputed Costs Monday, February 27th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/27/1519228 ---- chemical weapons U.S. Drops Objections to Chemical Weapon Wastewater Plan February 27, 2006 — By Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9956 ---- china Taiwan’s leader labels unification body ‘absurd’ By Kathrin Hille in Taipei and Mure Dickie in Beijing Published: February 23 2006 00:51 http://news.ft.com/cms/s/494a8326-a3fc-11da-83cc-0000779e2340.html ---- iraq Police Tied to Death Squads U.S. military officials say they suspect Iraq's highway patrol, staffed largely by Shiites, is deeply involved in torture and killings. By Solomon Moore Los Angeles Times Staff Writer February 21, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes045.html EXCLUSIVE: Al Jazeera Reporters Give Bloody First Hand Account of April ’04 U.S. Siege of Fallujah Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/22/1434210 Baghdad Imposes Daytime Curfew as Violence Escalates Following Shiite Mosque Bombing Friday, February 24th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/24/1513209 Bush admits Iraq in "serious situation" February 25, 2006 Peoples Daily News (China) http://english.people.com.cn/200602/25/eng20060225_245730.html Pentagon cites Iraqi army gains, losses 2/25/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-25-iraqi-army_x.htm Iraq leaders unite to avert civil war About 119 people have been killed in Iraq since Wednesday Sunday 26 February 2006, 0:29 Makka Time, 21:29 GMT http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/63193544-8251-4C61-87FF-B4E882F334FC.htm UN: Shiite Militias Killing & Torturing Hundreds Monday, February 27th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/27/1519228 Report: Over 1300 Killed in Iraq Violence Tuesday, February 28th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/28/1426248 ---- landmines Bolivia, Chile to restart program on removing anti-personnel mines Xinhua February 27, 2006 http://english.people.com.cn/200602/27/eng20060227_246350.html ---- latin america Venezuela's unrealized revolution Many of President Hugo Chávez's supporters wonder when his changes will improve their lives. By Vinod Sreeharsha | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor February 21, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0221/p07s02-woam.html Ecuadorian troops clash with FARC Caracas Daily Journal, February 21, 2006 http://www.thedailyjournalonline.com/article.asp?ArticleId=225680&CategoryId=12393 Bolivia takes first step to warm Chile relations 21 February 2006 New Zealand Stuff http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3579602a12,00.html Report on Mexican 'Dirty War' Details Abuse by Military By GINGER THOMPSON New York Times February 27, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt072.html ---- nato NATO will be in Afghanistan for years: military chief Thu Feb 23, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060223/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistannatomilitarycanada ---- philippines In 20 Years Since Marcos, Little Stability for Philippines By Alan Sipress Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, February 24, 2006; 4:15 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/24/AR2006022400184_pf.html ---- prisoners of war Horrors of Camp Delta are exposed by British victims By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent Published: 22 February 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article346939.ece Reports Find Tenuous Terror Ties at Guantanamo by William Fisher, February 22, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fisher.php?articleid=8585 China to free last high-profile Tiananmen prisoner By Benjamin Kang Lim | February 21, 2006 (Reuters) http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/02/22/china_to_free_last_high_profile_tiananmen_prisoner/ Tiananmen activist 'mentally ill' BBC News February 23, 2006 http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=26535 Guantanamo inmates to be identified Saturday 25 February 2006 AFP http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/56E6E296-34B6-44B2-9BF5-E256BB25378A.htm US-run jail in Afghanistan 'worse than Guantanamo' By Alec Russell in Washington (Filed: 27/02/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/27/wjail27.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/02/27/ixworld.html "Worse" Than Guantanamo: U.S. Expands Secretive Prison Inside Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan Monday, February 27th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/27/1519239 ---- puerto rico Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) Criticizes FBI For Cracking Down on Independence Movement in Puerto Rico Friday, February 24th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/24/1513217 ---- spies Germans investigate CIA kidnap of innocent citizen By Tony Paterson in Berlin Published: 22 February 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article346948.ece U.S. Federal Court hearing on AIPAC dismissal delayed one month By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent 22/02/2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/685643.html Germany admits its spies helped US in Iraq war By Louis Charbonneau Thu Feb 23, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060223/ts_nm/iraq_usa_germany_dc Total Information Awareness Lives On Inside the National Security Agency Monday, February 27th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/27/1519235 Spying in the US - a non-event? By Harlan Ullman Monday 27 February 2006, Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/26DEDEB7-131E-42A4-AA41-17699842569D.htm ---- un U.S. ambassador says bad management plagues U.N. 2/25/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-25-boltonun_x.htm Former UN Human Rights Chief in Iraq Says US Violating Geneva Conventions, Jailing Innocent Detainees Tuesday, February 28th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/28/1427244 ---- us Emergency war supplemental hides millions 2/20/2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060220-015649-7679r Ga. base feels strain of war By Gregg Zoroya USA Today February 21, 2006 http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1549346.php Veterans with MS speak of problems a bill seeks to cure By MIKE BARBER Seattle Post-Intelligencer REPORTER Wednesday, February 22, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/260379_ms22.html U.S. fighter aircraft in Iraq have an usual mission: reconnaissance By Dogen Hannah Knight Ridder Newspapers Wed, Feb. 22, 2006 http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13935363.htm ---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE ---- courts / tribunals NYT sues Pentagon over domestic spying Mon Feb 27, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060227/ts_nm/security_nsa_nytimes_dc ---- death penalty Lethal injection executions face scrutiny By Gina Holland, Associated Press Writer 2/25/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2006-02-25-lethal-injection_x.htm ---- drug war Drug smuggling made easy: Why GWB wants to sell America's ports to his friends? By Jane Stillwater, Tue Feb 28, 2006 http://jpstillwater.blogspot.com ---- homeland security / national intelligence Security Programs, Unions Would Stay at Ports UAE Firm Would Operate Facilities By Paul Blustein and Eric Rich Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, February 22, 2006; D01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/21/AR2006022101924_pf.html White House asks to call up troops for disaster aid By Joseph Curl THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published February 24, 2006 http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060223-114204-7811r Homeland Security objected to ports deal 2/25/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-25-homeland-security_x.htm ---- torture "They've Ruined My Life": Torture Survivor Maher Arar Recalls how U.S. Sent Him to Syria Where He Was Jailed and Tortured For 10 Months Monday, February 27th, 2006 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/27/1519248 ---- POLITICS ---- corruption Contractor Plans Guilty Plea for Bribe-Case Role By Carol D. Leonnig and Charles R. Babcock Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, February 24, 2006; D01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/23/AR2006022302077_pf.html ---- investigations Data mining program continues after lawmakers order it closed TIA Lives On By Shane Harris, National Journal National Journal Group Inc. Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006 http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2006/0223nj1.htm Blogger bares Rumsfeld's post 9/11 orders Julian Borger in Washington Friday February 24, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1716840,00.html?gusrc=rss Bush administration won't reconsider ports deal 2/26/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-25-ports-deal_x.htm Congress: Spilling Secrets Newsweek Feb. 27, 2006 issue http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11436185/site/newsweek/ ---- propaganda wars China's media censorship rattling world image The deposing of an editor is part of a two-year campaign to control public debate By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor, February 24, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0224/p01s04-woap.html ---- us politics Senator eyes measure to curb surveillance By Charles Hurt The Washington Times Published February 21, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060221-101133-6671r US 'reclassifying' public files The reclassification is said to have accelerated under President Bush Tuesday, 21 February 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4735570.stm Secret Service agents say Cheney was drunk when he shot lawyer By DOUG THOMPSON Feb 22, 2006, 07:35 Capitol Hill Blue http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8184.shtml California is the Latest State to Pass a Resolution Against the Patriot Act By Matthew Dailey Feb 23, 2006 Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org/fp/article_290.shtml The Boy Who Cried Wolf William Greider February 23, 2006 THE NATION http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060313/greider Placating the Greenies by Gordon Prather February 25, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=8599 Thousands to protect Bush in India Mon Feb 27, 2006 (Reuters) http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTW8uG38GEhGgcQEZoQ1bijoPjGDkCttBe2cXLMd8PIXDgOHDfrjpCZUjuIR2JUucwM7cmeIpHuOquVVmzBbVpyyXNkb8v5gyyOzOmM315JT0 Gibbons ready to go home By TONY BATT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU Feb. 27, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Feb-27-Mon-2006/news/6051052.html Bush Approval Rating on Iraq, Presidency At All-Time Low Tuesday, February 28th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/28/1426248 Sen. Byrd Regrets Voting for Patriot Act - By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer Tuesday, February 28, 2006 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/02/28/national/w083721S89.DTL ---- voting Did 308,000 cancelled Ohio voter registrations put Bush back in the White House? by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman February 28, 2006 Columbus OH Free Press http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2006/1832 ---- ENERGY Venezuelan-Owned Citgo Faces Congressional Inquiry For Offering Discounted Oil to U.S. Poor Friday, February 24th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/24/1513213 ---- alternative energy Bush blames 'mixed signals' for energy lab layoffs 2/21/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-21-bush-energy_x.htm San Francisco to Test Turning Dog Waste into Power February 22, 2006 — By Reuters http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9931 Global Wind Power Industry Spins Into High Gear BRUSSELS, Belgium, February 23, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-23-04.asp Here comes the sun Anthony Doman - Popular Mechanics Tue, 25 Oct 2005 http://cooltech.iafrica.com/features/508857.htm Company Selected to Manufacture Advanced Hydrogen Sensors GOLDEN, Colorado, February 24, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-24-09.asp#anchor5 ---- energy Government considers ban on £740m ‘standby’ wastage Sunday Herald - 26 February 2006 By James Hamilton http://www.sundayherald.com/54327 ---- OTHER ---- environment Chromium Industry Withheld Evidence of Workplace Cancer Risk WASHINGTON, DC, February 24, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-24-02.asp Industry study withheld data on carcinogen - report Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:03 AM ET By Deborah Zabarenko (Reuters) http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35347/story.htm http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0227-04.htm Scores of Fish Beach Themselves in N.C. February 28, 2006 — By Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9969 -------- ACTIVISTS The Human Right to a Nuclear Free World By Mairead Corrigan Maguire Issue 15 - January, 2006 http://peacejournalism.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=8029 Freedom of Speech trial of Mordechai Vanunu in Israel continues Feb 22, 2006 Eileen Fleming February 17, 2006 New anti-war march plans unveiled Last year's protest included a mass "die-in" Tuesday, 21 February 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4736742.stm The Seekers The birth and life of the '9-11 Truth movement' by Jarrett Murphy February 21st, 2006 11:48 AM Village Voice http://villagevoice.com/news/0608,murphy,72254,6.html The Author Who Got A Big Boost From bin Laden Historian 'Glad' of Mention As Sales of Book Skyrocket By David Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, January 21, 2006; C01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/20/AR2006012001971_pf.html On the 41st Anniversary of the Assassination of Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet” Tuesday, February 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/21/1442222 Authors plan 'day of political lies' on Iraq war anniversary Feb 22, 2006, 8:52 GMT Deutsche Presse-Agentur http://books.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1131951.php/Authors_plan_day_of_political_lies_on_Iraq_war_anniversary Judge Rules in Favor of New York Critical Mass Cyclists NEW YORK, New York, February 22, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-22-09.asp#anchor5 Now running for office: an army of Iraq veterans All but one of these 11 House hopefuls are in the Democratic Party By Linda Feldmann | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor February 22, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0222/p01s03-uspo.html Peace groups under watch Authorities keep tabs on non-violent Seattle activists in hunt for al-Qaida By MIKE BARBER AND PAUL SHUKOVSKY P-I REPORTERS Wednesday, February 22, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/260424_spies22.html Microsoft, Israel and Vanunu By Eileen Fleming Al-Jazeerah, February 24, 2006 http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2006%20Opinion%20Editorials/February/24%20o/Microsoft,%20Israel%20and%20Vanunu%20By%20Eileen%20Fleming.htm IRS finds 'disturbing' political activity by charities in 2004 By Mary Dalrymple, Associated Press, 2/24/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2006-02-24-irs-charities-political_x.htm Interview: the LIBERAL Sen. Mark Dayton Friday 24 February MN Pulse of the Twin Cities by Sid Pranke http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=2326 Bush's Dangerous Nuclear Hypocrisy From: "james m nordlund" Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 1:36 AM Students Call for Banning of Peace Studies Class Bethesda-Chevy Chase High Protesters Say That Teachings Are Skewed By Lori Aratani Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, February 26, 2006; C03 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/25/AR2006022501235_pf.html Science Fiction Writer Octavia Butler, 58, Dies Monday, February 27th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/27/1519228 Court rules for abortion protesters By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY 2/28/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-28-court-protests_x.htm