NucNews Headlines - collected March 1-10, 2006 Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date ---- NUCLEAR NPR Story on the Future of Nuclear Power Posted by Hemos on Monday March 06, 2006 http://science.slashdot.org/science/06/03/06/124230.shtml Once is happenstance... Mar 9th 2006 From The Economist print edition http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5601570 The Z-machine gets hot March 09, 2006 Ars Technica by John Timmer http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2006/3/9/3112 Fire The Z Machine — warrenellis @ 4:42 pm http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=1952 ---- accidents and safety Chernobyl at Ten: Half-lives and Half Truths PART I by John M. LaForge (Part One ran in NUKEWATCH The Pathfinder, Summer 1996) http://www.ratical.org/radiation/Chernobyl/Chernobyl@10p1.html Chernobyl at Ten: Half-lives and Half Truths PART II by John M. LaForge (Part Two ran in Winter 1996/1997 EDITION; an edited compilation of both parts is published in Earth Island Journal, Summer 1997, EIJ, 300 Broadway, No. 28, San Francisco, CA 94133.) http://www.ratical.org/radiation/Chernobyl/Chernobyl@10p2.html Radioactive water may be following cracks in bedrock to Hudson By GREG CLARY gclary@lohud.com THE NY JOURNAL NEWS March 1, 2006 http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060301/NEWS02/603010366/1019/NEWS03 Will County to Illinois residents: Use bottled water March 1, 2006 Chicago Sun Times FROM STAFF REPORTS http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/bottledwater01.html Gas release brings alert at nuclear plant By JOHN DAVIDSON jdavidson@leader.net Thu, Mar. 02, 2006 Wilkesbarre PA Times Leader http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/13996593.htm Illinois lawmakers target nuclear plant spills Published March 2, 2006 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/chi-0603020320mar02,1,1975312.story?ctrack=1&cset=true US Nuclear Plant Leaks Fuel Health Concerns Story by Andrew Stern REUTERS USA: March 6, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35466/newsDate/6-Mar-2006/story.htm http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060307/hl_nm/nuclear_dc_3 Energy Department criticizes nuclear safety at Argonne National Lab Mar 7, 2006 Associated Press http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=4597788&nav=1sW7 Nuclear material shipments are subject to some of the nation’s most stringent regulations by Joe Gilliland March 7, 2006 Asheville Citizen-Times http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060307/OPINION03/60306022/1006 Indian Point nuclear plant sirens out of service for hours 3/8/2006, 5:41 p.m. ET By JIM FITZGERALD The Associated Press http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-16/114184315114220.xml&storylist=simetro ---- africa S. Africa says suspects sabotage at nuclear plant 28 Feb 2006 16:57:26 GMT Source: Reuters By Gershwin Wanneburg http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L28765198.htm Koeberg, Cape Town and Rolling Blackouts Wednesday, March 01, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/03/koeberg-cape-town-and-rolling.html Koeberg sabotage probe continues [Power interuptions are still expected today after what is alleged to be sabotage] South African Broadcasting Corporation March 01, 2006, 07:30 http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,122659,00.html ---- australia Top scientist cautioned on nuclear power Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Australia Broadcasting http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1581434.htm Canberra to keep ban on nuclear sales to India By Sundeep Tucker in Sydney Published: March 3 2006 Financial Times https://registration.ft.com/registration/barrier?referer=&location=http%3A//news.ft.com/cms/s/124c4742-aa91-11da-8a68-0000779e2340.html Aust accused of scuttling India's nuclear deal Friday, 3 March, 2006 Australia Broadcasting Reporter: Geoff Thompson http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2006/s1582904.htm Canberra may rethink uranium sales Sunday, March 5, 2006 (AP) http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/australia.india.uranium.ap/index.html Australia to Watch India-US Nuclear Deal By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 07 March 2006 Voice of America http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/india/2006/india-060307-voa01.htm ---- britain Nuclear power: splitting the LibDems and Labour Row over lobbyist’s funding as MP threatens to quit post Sunday Herald - 05 March 2006 INVESTIGATION By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor http://www.sundayherald.com/54448 Executive urged to stand by policy Mon 6 Mar 2006 Scotsman http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=341022006 Is nuclear the answer? Nuclear power is not the answer to tackling climate change or security of supply, according to the Sustainable Development Commission. March 6, 2006 Sustainable Development Commission (UK) http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/060306.html British Govt advisors say nuclear not the option Monday, 06 Mar 2006 12:47 UK Politics http://www.politics.co.uk/domestic-policy/govt-advisors-say-nuclear-not-option-$17061140.htm Scotland 'should get nuclear say' The future of Scotland's nuclear capacity is up for debate Tuesday, 7 March 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4782872.stm Plan for New Nuclear Programme Approaches Meltdown after Report Published on Tuesday, March 7, 2006 by the Independent / UK by Michael Harrison, and Michael McCarthy http://www.zpenergy.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1777 UK Government Group Rejects New Nuclear Plants Story by Jeremy Lovell REUTERS UK: March 7, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35495/newsDate/7-Mar-2006/story.htm Cumbria - Region's non-nuclear future plan Wednesday, 8 March 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4787028.stm Secret sale of UK plutonium to Israel By Meirion Jones BBC Newsnight Friday, 10 March 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4789832.stm Former Labour MP Tony Benn on how Britain Secretly Helped Israel Build Its Nuclear Arsenal Friday, March 10th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/10/1451237 U.K. ministers ease pace on nuclear power By HANNAH K. STRANGE UPI U.K. Correspondent 3/10/2006 http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20060309-102839-2735r ---- business Westinghouse takes over PBMR shareholding 1 March 2006 PennWell Corporation http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=249237&p=6 Small firm gets Hanford contract Published Thursday, March 2nd, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/business/story/7492845p-7402961c.html Areva U.S. subsidiary name changes Electric Energy Online, March 2, 2006 http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=47428 EnergySolutions Acquisition of BNG America Completed by PR or Business News Wire March 3, 2006 Utah Business http://www.utahbusiness.com/parser.php?nav=email_article&article_id=4173 Majority owner of LES purchases interest held by Westinghouse Last Update: 03/05/2006 4:27:17 PM By: Associated Press http://www.kob.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=24608&cat=HOME ---- china Pakistan - Cooperation in N-energy to be boosted with China March 4, 2006 DAWN http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=46950714cde06caf&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53&f=1 China Urges Nuclear Talks Re-Start After Missile Test by Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Mar 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/China_Urges_Nuclear_Talks_Re_Start_After_Missile_Test.html China Uneasy Over US Nuclear Policies by Antoaneta Bezlova Antiwar March 10, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/ips/bezlova.php?articleid=8682 ---- depleted uranium Man loses depleted uranium action Mr David's claim has been found to be unjustified Thursday, 2 March 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/4766580.stm U.S. signs $38 million deal for depleted uranium tank shells John Byrne Published: March 2, 2006 Raw Story Media http://rawstory.com/news/2006/U.S._signs_38_million_deal_for_0302.html Man loses depleted uranium action Thursday, 2 March 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/4766580.stm Depleted Uranium Kills Indiscriminately Christopher Bollyn March 4, 2006 http://www.uruknet.info?p=21237 http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/depleted_uranium_kills.html The U.S. radiates civilians with depleted uranium 3/4/2006 7:08:00 AM GMT Aljazeera http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=10745 Dick Cheney's Time-Release Poison By Irving Wesley Hall 09 March, 2006 Countercurrents http://www.countercurrents.org/hall090306.htm Russia does not import nuclear waste - IAEA expert 09/ 03/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060309/44091908.html Salton Sea area to be swept for bombs Ordnance left from defunct test base used for training, inert explosive tests Ben Spillman, The Desert Sun March 9, 2006 http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060309/NEWS0701/603090309/1006 Starmet Corp. site cleanup progress lauded by environmentalists By Davis Bushnell, Boston Globe Correspondent | March 9, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/03/09/starmet_corp_site_cleanup_progress_lauded_by_environmentalists/ Depleted Uranium - US Lung Cancer Rates Soar by Karl W B Schwarz Friday, Mar. 10, 2006 at 7:34 AM kwbschwarz2@snet.net http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1807071.php 'Test vets' and kin entitled to benefits By: MIKE SCHUSTER - For the North County Times (California) Friday, March 10, 2006 http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/03/11/news/community/18_44_033_10_06.txt ---- europe Former Energy Secretary Joins French Nuclear Company February 28, 2006 (AP) http://www.moneysense.ca/news/company_news/shownews.jsp?content=D8G2BCMG0_ap Pump failure shuts down Bulgarian nuclear plant, no leak Wed Mar 1, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060301/sc_afp/bulgariaenergynuclear_060301184254 Prime ministers give priority to nuclear energy Public Policy; Political and Legal News Thursday, March 02, 2006 Peak Oil http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12482 Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia to Jointly Build Nuclear Reactor Created: 08.03.2006 MosNews http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/03/08/nuclearreactor.shtml France Urges EU Accord on Scrapping "Toxic Ships" REUTERS FRANCE: March 8, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35529/newsDate/8-Mar-2006/story.htm Bulgaria: Kozloduy Nuclear Plant's Fifth Reactor Reconnected to Grid Text of report by Bulgarian news agency BGNES website BBC Monitoring European Friday, 10 March 2006 http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/423122/bulgaria_kozloduy_nuclear_plants_fifth_reactor_reconnected_to_grid/index.html?source=r_science ---- india Bush Arrives in India Seeking Nuclear Deal By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer Wed Mar 1, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060301/ap_on_re_as/india_bush_5 India, Pakistan got atomic arms "legitimately": US By Irwin Arieff Wed Mar 1, 2006 10:16 PM ET Reuters http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060302/wl_nm/nuclear_southasia_usa_dc Nuclear Cave In By Joseph Cirincione Carnegie Endowment for International Peace March 1, 2006 http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=print&id=18082 Bush Visit Brings South Asia a New Nuclear Threat By J. Sri Raman t r u t h o u t | Perspective Wednesday 01 March 2006 http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030106D.shtml Nuclear deal announced as Bush visits India 3/2/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-02-nuclear-pact_x.htm Protests, Nuclear Talks for Bush's First India Visit REUTERS INDIA: March 2, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35385/story.htm Nuclear deal critic wants Delhi to seek access to US facility (Gulf News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) March 02, 2006 http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/03/02/1422743.htm U.S.-India Nuclear Deal and Iran: Interview with Arjun Makhijani, IEER From: Lisa Ledwidge/IEER Date: Thu Mar 2, 2006 9:19pm India should choose Iran, not US The Rediff Interview/Dr Arjun Makhijani December 28, 2005 http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/dec/28inter1.htm http://www.ieer.org/latest/indiairan.html U.S. and India Reach Agreement on Nuclear Cooperation By ELISABETH BUMILLER and SOMINI SENGUPTA March 2, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/international/asia/02cnd-prexy.html?_r=1&ei=5094&en=7dacedac58916c34&hp=&ex=1141362000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin Dissenting on Atomic Deal Bush Likely to Face Opposition on Atomic Deal With India By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, March 2, 2006 NY TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/politics/03nuke.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=print China urges India to shun nukes Friday March 03, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2006-daily/03-03-2006/main/main13.htm Democratic lawmaker to fight US-India nuclear deal Fri Mar 3, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060303/pl_afp/indiausbushnuclear_060303153633 The US's nuclear cave-in By Joseph Cirincione Mar 4, 2006 Asia Times http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HC04Df03.html Bush May Face Fight in Congress Over Nuclear Accord With India March 5, 2006 (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=a8mWYVybUk8A&refer=asia India Deal Makes US a Nuclear Proliferator by Ranjit Devraj (Inter Press Service) March 6, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/ips/devraj.php?articleid=8664 US insists India nuclear deal will not spark arms race By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent Mon Mar 6, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060306/pl_nm/nuclear_india_usa_dc_1 India, Australia to sign defense pact By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Published March 6, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060306-104114-2783r PM acknowledges importance of uranium for India By Catherine McGrath and wires Monday, March 6, 2006 Australia Broadcasting http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1585366.htm How many Nuclear Warheads does India Need? Gurmeet Kanwal Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation 6 March 2006 http://www.ipcs.org/whatsNewArticle1.jsp?action=showView&kValue=1968&status=article&mod=b India says to complete nuclear separation by 2014 By Y.P. Rajesh Tue Mar 7, 2006 (Reuters) http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-03-07T151858Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-239572-1.xml&archived=False India won't scale back nuclear program 3/7/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-07-india-nuclear_x.htm With Nuclear Deal Under Its Belt, India Seeks Uranium Supplies By Patrick Goodenough CNSNews.com International Editor March 07, 2006 http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200603\FOR20060307a.html Don't switch over to nuclear power M V RAMANA INDIA ECONOMIC TIMES NEWS NETWORK FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2006 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1444956.cms US-India nuclear deal to spur 100 billion dollars in energy ventures Fri Mar 10, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060310/wl_sthasia_afp/usindianuclear_060310185818 ---- iran Putin Optimistic As Iran to Resume Talks By MIKE ECKEL, Associated Press Writer Tue Feb 28, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060228/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear French president reiterates Iran's right to civil nuclear power 2006-03-01 (Xinhuanet) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/01/content_4240714.htm Putin Optimistic Iran Will Return To Nuclear Control Mechanism by Staff Writers Budapest, Hungary (AFP) Mar 01, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Putin_Optimistic_Iran_Will_Return_To_Nuclear_Control_Mechanism.html Russian experts predict Iranian nuclear bomb in five years Fri Mar 3, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060303/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics_060303152004 Iran - An Unnecessary Crisis Setting the record straight about Iran's nuclear program: From: iran embassy [mailto:embassycul@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, 3 March 2006 11:53 AM To: Allison, Lyn (Senator) Iran arrests nuclear spy Sun Mar 5, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060305/wl_mideast_afp/iranjusticepoliticsnuclearspyus Iran threatens jump in atom work By Nazila Fathi The New York Times SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/05/news/atom.php Iranian says Tehran tricked EU on nukes By Philip Sherwell LONDON SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Published March 5, 2006 http://www.washtimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060305-123415-2284r Teheran park 'cleansed' of traces from nuclear site By Con Coughlin, Defence and Security Editor (Filed: 06/03/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/06/wiran06.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/06/ixworld.html Iran N-bomb 'design' to be shown From correspondents in New York 06 mar 2006 Australia Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18363014%255E1702,00.html US envoy hints at strike to stop Iran Julian Borger Washington Monday March 6, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1724473,00.html Russia Offering Deal Which Includes Iranian Enrichment by Staff Writers Vienna (AFP) Mar 06, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_Offering_Deal_Which_Includes_Iranian_Enrichment.html No Uranium Enrichment Permissible For Iran Says Bolton by Staff Writers United Nations (AFP) Mar 06, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/No_Uranium_Enrichment_Permissible_For_Iran_Says_Bolton.html Berlin worried as Iran nuclear row heats up By STEFAN NICOLA UPI Germany Correspondent 3/6/2006 http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20060306-115804-7005r Iran said to step up plans for Shahab missiles 06 Mar 2006 14:27:43 GMT Source: Reuters By Louis Charbonneau http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06200254.htm Russian atomic compromise offer to Iran ruffles West Tue Mar 7, 2006 12:58 PM GMT By Mark Heinrich (Reuters) http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-03-07T125751Z_01_RON537891_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml&related=true Iran offers to suspend large-scale uranium enrichment 3/7/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-07-iran_x.htm Iran Boosts Gulf Presence With Locally Made Submarine by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Mar 07, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Boosts_Gulf_Presence_With_Locally_Made_Submarine.html Pakistan opposed to any military action against Iran over nuclear program Tue Mar 7, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060307/wl_sthasia_afp/irannuclearpoliticspakistan_060307050156 Iran threatens U.S. with 'harm and pain' (AP) 3/8/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-08-iran-nuclear_x.htm In Iran, Even Critics Back Nuclear Stance By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer Wed Mar 8, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060308/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_backing_the_government_1 Western sources: Iran has another secret nuke channel By Ze'ev Schiff, Thu., March 09, 2006 Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/691929.html U.N. Council to Chastise Iran but May Sidestep Sanctions By WARREN HOGE, March 9, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/10/international/10nations.html?ei=5070&en=14302780a6af0e7b&ex=1142830800&pagewanted=print Iran Digs In For Confrontation With United States by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Mar 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Digs_In_For_Confrontation_With_United_States.html US To Seek Strong Statement Against Iran Before Security Council by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Mar 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_To_Seek_Strong_Statement_Against_Iran_Before_Security_Council.html ---- israel Syria flays Israel for 'nuclear dumping' Israel controlled Golan Heights since the 1967 Middle East war Wednesday 01 March 2006 Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/506B097B-3E8B-4A09-999F-DE35521B1C66.htm Security heads split over response to Iran-Russia deal By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies 06/03/2006 http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/690452.html Britain gave Israel plutonium in 1960s - report Thu Mar 9, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-03-09T204021Z_01_L09161749_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BRITAIN-ISRAEL-PLUTONIUM.xml ---- japan Study: Japanese Survivors of US Bombing Continue To Suffer Health Problems Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/01/1446248 Atomic Bomb Survivors Still Feeling the Effects Washington Post FINDINGS Wednesday, March 1, 2006; A06 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801674_pf.html Ill-health legacy of atomic bomb The mushroom cloud seen over Nagasaki on 9 August 1945 Wednesday, 1 March 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4758232.stm KEPCO abandons plan for nuclear plant The Yomiuri Shimbun (Mar. 6, 2006) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20060306TDY01003.htm Japan's 55th nuclear power generator set to start Thursday March 9, 6:29 PM (Reuters) http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060309/3/2h2hm.html Japan's 55th Nuclear Power Generator Set to Start REUTERS JAPAN: March 10, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35579/story.htm ---- korea US not certain North Korea has nuclear weapons By David Morgan Tue Feb 28, 5:47 PM ET (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060228/wl_nm/nuclear_korea_usa_dc http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060228/wl_nm/nuclear_korea_usa_dc_2 Pyongyang Criticized As North Meets South For Military Talks by Charles Whelan Seoul, Korea (AFP) Mar 03, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Pyongyang_Criticized_As_North_Meets_South_For_Military_Talks.html N. Korea test-fires two missiles 3/8/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-08-nkorea-missile_x.htm N. Korea Sets Terms for Return to Nuclear Talks By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 9, 2006; A16 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/08/AR2006030802291_pf.html North Korea Test Fires Two Missiles Near Border With China by Staff Writers Tokyo (AFP) Mar 09, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/North_Korea_Test_Fires_Two_Missiles_Near_Border_With_China.html US Calls NKoreas Missile Program Global Threat After Tests by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Mar 09, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Calls_NKoreas_Missile_Program_Global_Threat_After_Tests.html N. Korea Sets Terms for Return to Nuclear Talks By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 9, 2006; A16 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/08/AR2006030802291_pf.html ---- latinamerica Colombians caught trying to sell uranium in Bogota Wed Mar 1, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060302/wl_nm/colombia_uranium_dc_1 Uranium found in Colombia not weapons grade 02 Mar 2006 Reuters By Jason Webb http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N02321254.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N0211736.hm Mexico's Only Nuclear Plant Shuts Reactor Wed Mar 8, 2006 Associated Press http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060309/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_nuclear_plant_1 Mexico's Only Nuclear Plant Restarts Thu Mar 9, 2006 AP http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060310/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_nuclear_plant_2 ---- mideast France to sign pact to develop Libya's nuclear energy By Emmanuel Jarry March 5, 2006 (Reuters) http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L0585254.htm Paris signs nuclear agreement with Libya By Tom Braithwaite in Paris Published: March 7 2006 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2f2c7cb0-adfc-11da-8ffb-0000779e2340.html Libya, France in nuclear cooperation 3/8/2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20060308-102842-6868r Energy, Iran Spur Turkey's Revival of Nuclear Plans By Karl Vick Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, March 7, 2006; A14 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030601513_pf.html ---- missile defense Japan, US to jointly test missile defence system this week Wednesday March 08, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2006-daily/08-03-2006/world/w7.htm BMD Watch: Arrow Can Blast Shihabs By Martin Sieff, UPI Senior News Analyst Mar 9, 2006 http://www.postchronicle.com/news/security/printer_2129675.shtml ---- pacific We Want Justice Now/Republic of the Marshall Islands From: Raulmax@aol.com Date: Wed Mar 1, 2006 3:26pm Marshall Islanders to seek nuclear damages from US Friday March 10, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2006-daily/10-03-2006/world/w2.htm ---- pakistan Bush Says No Civilian Nuclear Partnership with Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 6, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-06-03.asp ---- russia Russia Drafts Ambitious Nuclear Power Plan By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer Tue Feb 28, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060228/ap_on_re_eu/russia_nuclear_revival_1 Russia Aims to Build Two Nuclear Reactors Annually — Atomic Agency Created: 01.03.2006 MosNews http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/03/01/nuclearpowerplant.shtml Russia rattles missile treaty By Martin Sieff Mar 2, 2006 (UPI) http://news.monstersandcritics.com/intelandterror/printer_1134231.php Nuclear Waste Plant Chief Dismissed Over Breach of Environment Safety in Central Russia 03.03.2006 MosNews http://mosnews.com/news/2006/03/03/nuclwastedismissal.shtml Russia: Kola Nuclear Power Plant Stops Reactor for Maintenance Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS, 9 March 2006 http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/421523/russia_kola_nuclear_power_plant_stops_reactor_for_maintenance/index.html?source=r_science Bulgaria, Russia Sign Deal on Nuclear Fuel Supplies Thursday, 9 March 2006 Red Orbit http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/421811/bulgaria_russia_sign_deal_on_nuclear_fuel_supplies/index.html?source=r_science Russia does not import nuclear waste - IAEA expert 09/ 03/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060309/44091908.html Russia, U.S. could conclude nuclear agreements before G8 summit 07/ 03/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060307/43998728.html ---- security Radar Didn't Get Her; Radiation Did By TRACY GORDON FOX, Hartford Courant Staff Writer March 3, 2006 http://wb20.trb.com/news/hc-radiation0303.artmar03,0,3291673.story?coll=wtxx-news-3 NRC says nuclear plants safe from attacks and productive Thursday, March 09, 2006 Gloucester County, NJ, Times By Bill Cahir bill.cahir@newhouse.com http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/local/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1141895905159080.xml&coll=8 ---- treaties Bush gambles with atomic rules By David E. Sanger The New York Times SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/05/news/nuke-5819461.php# Bush Nukes Legal and Ethical Constraints How does the U.S. go after Iran after a sweet deal with India? by Haroon Siddiqui, Toronto Star Sunday, March 5, 2006 http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0305-25.htm Selling uranium to India would degrade treaty: ex-diplomat Monday, March 6, 2006 Australia Broadcasting http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1584863.htm 'No Aussie uranium for India' Deccan Herald News Service New Delhi March 6, 2006 http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar62006/index202854200635.asp ---- u.s. nuc weapons U.S. Enters New Nuclear Age as Bush Seeks Funds for New Generation of Nukes Thursday, March 2nd, 2006 Democracy Now! Interview of Greg Mello http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/02/148233 "How to Build a Nuclear Bomb" By Dafna Linzer Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 2, 2006; A19 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/01/AR2006030102119_pf.html U.S. Plans to Modernize Nuclear Arsenal By Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, March 4, 2006; A02 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/03/AR2006030301757_pf.html ---- u.s. nuc facilities ---- alabama TVA, Southern Co. join to study new nuclear plant for Alabama Associated Press Mon, Mar. 06, 2006 http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/14033367.htm ---- arizona Defective computer part shuts Palo Verde reactor Mar. 6, 2006 12:00 AM Arizona Republic http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0306valleybriefs0306.html U.S. Nuclear Plant to Shut Down Reactor Wed Mar 8, 2006 Associated Press http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060308/ap_on_re_us/brf_reactor_shutdown_1 ---- california Diablo Canyon's steam generator plan moves forward Supervisors OK replacement of eight deteriorating steam generator at nuclear power plant; issue now goes to Coastal Commission David Sneed dsneed@thetribunenews.com Wed, Mar. 08, 2006 San Luis Obispo Tribune http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/14048124.htm ---- connecticut Millstone worker says he was fired for raising security concerns Associated Press Published March 1 2006 http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-01174754.apds.m0020.bc-ct--millmar01,0,4566759.story ---- florida Nuclear commission reviewing Turkey Point security Associated Press Posted February 28 2006 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-228turkeypoint,0,6197670.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines Rifle stolen from St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Associated Press Thu, Mar. 02, 2006 http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/14002069.htm ---- georgia Bill would authorize arming nuclear guards By Mike Billips MACON (GA) TELEGRAPH STAFF WRITER Fri, Mar. 03, 2006 http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/macon/news/politics/14004446.htm?source=rss&channel=macon_politics ---- idaho INEEL High-Temperature Electrolysis Demo Produces Hydrogen for Record 1,000 Hours Green Car Congress, 6 March 2006 http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/03/ineel_hightempe.html ---- illinois LaSalle sheriff takes heat for mix-up Phone call about possible emergency at nuclear plant went unanswered for hours Wednesday, March 1, 2006 BY ERINN DESHINSKY OF THE PEORIA JOURNAL STAR http://www.pjstar.com/stories/030106/REG_B94CKQRK.033.shtml ---- massachusetts Nuke plant review slammed: Plymouth residents Evacuation plans, security need to be part of relicensing process By TAMARA RACE Patriot Ledger Thursday, March 09, 2006 http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2006/03/09/news/news02.txt ---- mississippi Nuclear power gets push Environmental advantages touted, and federal government offers tax incentives. By Doug Abrahms GANNETT NEWS SERVICE Monday, March 6, 2006 http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060306/BUSINESS/603060310/1092 ---- nevada Reid doubts Yucca Mountain project will be built March 01, 2006 5:31 PM By Wayne Barber, SNL Financial http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-2366491-12894 U.S. Forges Ahead With Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump By J.R. Pegg WASHINGTON, DC, March 2, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-02-10.asp Yucca plays D.C. By Benjamin Grove Las Vegas Sun March 02, 2006 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2006/mar/02/566610840.html?Yucca%20Mountain%20Nuclear%20Waste%20repository%20site:www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun Getting to the bottom of Yucca Mountain 860-ton drill a monument to waste? By Benjamin Grove Las Vegas Sun March 06, 2006 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2006/mar/06/566617772.html?Yucca%20Mountain%20Nuclear%20Waste%20repository 'The Machine' now a symbol of Yucca project By BENJAMIN GROVE Las Vegas Sun 06-MAR-06 http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=YUCCA-03-06-06 Yucca construction won't start for 5 years ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: 3/9/2006 http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060309/NEWS18/603090375&oaso=news.rgj.com/breakingnews ---- new jersey Exelon ordered to address plant safety Bloomberg News Published March 1, 2006 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0603010212mar01,1,4331947.story Chance of a core meltdown less than an asteroid strike Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 03/1/06 BY JOHN O'ROURKE http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006603010383 Should it stay or should it go?: NJ County says no point in asking voters Posted by the Ocean County Observer on 03/2/06 BY DON BENNETT STAFF WRITER http://www.ocobserver.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20060302&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=603020327&SectionCat=&Template=printart Plant owner shields information on Oyster Creek, other sites Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 03/7/06 BY PEG STURMFELS http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006603070338 ---- new mexico The Navajo Nation's Ongoing Battle Against Uranium Mining Thursday, March 2nd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/02/148241 ---- new york Radioactive water may be following cracks in bedrock to Hudson By GREG CLARY THE NY JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: March 1, 2006) http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060301/NEWS02/603010366/1020/NEWS04 Control room operators safely restart IP2 Thursday, March 2, 2006 Mid-Hudson News, NY http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/IP_restart-02Mar06.htm NRC annual assessment finds no significant safety issues at Indian Point Monday, March 6, 2006 Mid Hudson News http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/IP_ann_assmt-06Mar06.htm Radioactive Water Leaking from Indian Point WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (1010 WINS), Monday, 06 March 2006 http://www.1010wins.com/pages/12397.php? Feds pledge to review safety at Indian Point By Greg Clary Friday, March 10, 2006 NY Journal News http://www.pojonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060310/NEWS01/603100336/1006 ---- pennsylvania Pennsylvania Finds Nuclear Plant Employees Awake - This Time HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 1, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-01-09.asp#anchor7 Pa. Nuclear Plant Building Evacuated By the Associated Press, March 2, 2006 http://wokv.com/common/ap/2006/03/02/D8G38JKO3.html An Alert at the Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant WBRE Air Date: 3/1/2006 http://www.wbre.com/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=1902 Pennsylvania Acts after Three Mile Island Snooze REUTERS USA: March 2, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35412/story.htm ---- south carolina More overruns at nuke site Bush administration and state's congressional delegation need to get a handle on wasteful SRS spending. Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Greenville Online http://www.greenvillenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060307/OPINION/603070322/1008 ---- tennessee Uranium storehouse 'not a disaster' By FRANK MUNGER, munger@knews.com March 3, 2006 Knoxville News Sentinel http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_4511822,00.html ---- utah Fight looms over waste authority Lawmakers to try overriding guv's veto of bill giving them a final say By Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune 03/01/2006 http://sltrib.com/utah/ci_3557179 PFS Chairman Says Utah Can't Stop Nuclear Storage Mar 9, 2006 KUTV http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_068114542.html ---- vermont NRC sends staff in force to face Yankee's critics March 2, 2006 By Susan Smallheer, Rutland Herald Staff http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060302/NEWS/603020372/1003 Power Increase Approved for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant WASHINGTON, DC, March 3, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-03-09.asp#anchor2 Vermont Yankee wins federal approval for power increase Published: Friday, March 3, 2006 By Erin Kelly and Terri Hallenbeck Burlington, VT, Free Press Staff Writers http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006603030316 Public Service Board OKs uprate for Vt. nuclear plant Published: Saturday, March 4, 2006 By Christopher Graff The Associated Press http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060304/BUSINESS/603040331/1003 Feds put Vermont Yankee uprate on hold due to excess vibration By Kathryn Casa | Vermont Guardian posted March 7, 2006 http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/032006/VYUprateStalls.shtml Vibration causes Yankee to put hold on power boost Published: Tuesday, March 7, 2006 By Ross Sneyd The Associated Press http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006603070315 ---- washington DOE seeks ideas for razing reactor Published Monday, March 6th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7506895p-7418043c.html ---- wisconsin Door reopens for nuclear energy, if only slightly BEN FISCHER bfischer@madison.com MAR 1, 2006 Wisconsin State Journal http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/biz/index.php?ntid=74611 ---- us nuc waste Laboratory Licenses Hydrogen Sensor Technology Nuclear Filter Technology Awarded Licenses for Fiber Optic Hydrogen Sensor 3/1/2006 Fiber Optics Online http://www.fiberopticsonline.com/content/news/article.asp?docid=%7BBCAF13D0-4F11-4A62-B1D4-A300B67B8287%7D&VNETCOOKIE=NO UNTIL YUCCA GETS LICENSED: Nuke waste staying put Bodman: No plans to move material By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU Mar. 04, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Mar-04-Sat-2006/news/6191410.html ---- MILITARY ---- afghanistan NATO commander: Drug trade is the greatest threat to Afghanistan By Drew Brown Knight Ridder Newspapers Mon, Mar. 06, 2006 http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/14033110.htm Afghan Threat Played Down NATO Chief Says Revived Insurgency Isn't Likely By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, March 7, 2006; A13 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030601571_pf.html US military expects violent Afghan spring: admiral Thu Mar 9, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060309/ts_nm/afghan_usa_dc ---- africa Congo Rebels Hold 8,000 Civilians as Human Shields March 2, 2006 (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aq4z8Bd54p.U Ghana: No Such Deal Has Been Reached on U.S. Military Base Accra Mail (Accra) March 3, 2006 Atiku Iddrisu http://allafrica.com/stories/200603030815.html Tens of Thousands Face Death in Drought-Hit Somalia Story by Jack Kimball REUTERS KENYA: March 9, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35550/newsDate/9-Mar-2006/story.htm US lumps Zimbabwe among worst dictatorships Harare, Zimbabwe 09 March 2006 06:37 http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/&articleid=266261 ---- arms US offers India F-16, F-18 jets Saturday March 04, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2006-daily/04-03-2006/main/main4.htm ---- asia 65,000 protest as Thai PM refuses to resign · Critics urged to adopt civil disobedience campaign · Thaksin to quit after poll if share of vote is below 50% John Aglionby, south-east Asia correspondent Monday March 6, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1724252,00.html?gusrc=rss ---- biological weapons The Silence is Poisonous! Bioweapons - The US government’s Nuremburg Crime William Bowles March 1, 2006 Uruknet http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m21125&l=i&size=1&hd=0 ---- business Aerojet Awarded Contract For Strategic Strike Propulsion Tech by Staff Writers Sacramento CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Aerojet_Awarded_Contract_For_Strategic_Strike_Propulsion_Tech.html Jury Finds Defense Contractor Guilty of Defrauding U.S. Friday, March 10th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/10/1451232 Jury fines defense contractor in Iraq $10M By Laura Parker, USA TODAY 3/10/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-09-defense-contractor_x.htm ---- china China police throng Tiananmen ahead of parliament By Ben Blanchard Fri Mar 3, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060303/wl_nm/china_parliament_security_dc ---- landmines Sri Lanka Aims to be Rid of Landmines by End-2008 REUTERS SRI LANKA: March 8, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35516/newsDate/8-Mar-2006/story.htm ---- latin america Ex-Bolivian leader in treason charge over missiles Thu Mar 9, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060310/wl_nm/bolivia_missiles_dc_1 Bolivia's Morales to meet Condoleezza Rice in Chile Thu Mar 9, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060309/pl_afp/boliviauschile_060309134752 ---- pakistan / india Massive security in Islamabad Saturday March 04, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2006-daily/04-03-2006/main/main9.htm ---- prisoners of war Bagram: Son of Guantánamo by William Fisher (Inter Press Service) March 1, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fisher.php?articleid=8623 U.S. offers glimpse into Guantanamo 3/4/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-04-gitmo-update_x.htm Guantanamo inmates despair of ever leaving MIRANDA LEITSINGER Associated Press Sun, Mar. 05, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/14025438.htm U.S. Leaving Abu Ghraib Within 3 Months By ALEXANDRA ZAVIS Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 9, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060309/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_abu_ghraib- US to leave Abu Ghraib, focus of anger in Iraq 09 Mar 2006 22:17:06 GMT Source: Reuters By Alastair Macdonald http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09622777.htm 250 Doctors Condemn U.S. Treatment of Prisoners at Guantanamo Friday, March 10th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/10/1451232 Pentagon Denies Report It Will Soon Close Abu Ghraib Friday, March 10th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/10/1451232 ---- russia / chechnya Russian law allows downing hijacked planes 3/6/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-06-russia-terrorism_x.htm US urges Congress to lift Cold War trade law against Russia, Ukraine Mon Mar 6, 2006 (AFP) http://pakistantimes.net/latest3080602.htm Report: Relations with Russia Moving in 'Wrong Direction' by Jim Lobe (Inter Press Service) March 7, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=8670 ---- space Space Hawks Chase Death Rays By John Lasker for Wired News Mar, 01, 2006 http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70303-0.html?tw=wn_index_1 World's nations will shoot for the moon in the next decade Keay Davidson, San Francisco Chronicle Science Writer Sunday, March 5, 2006 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/05/MOON.TMP&feed=rss.news Senator Opposes Pentagon Plan To Downgrade Space Command by Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) March 5, 2006 http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Senator_Opposes_Pentagon_Plan_To_Downgrade_Space_Command.html Test launch unit earns Outstanding rating BY TECH. SGT. REBECCA DANÉT Editor, Space and Missile Times March 6, 2006 http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/~swStaff/public_affairs/smTimes/stories/~story2.asp?HLSTAFF=y&HLPAO=y Russian Space Force Commander Visits US Facilities by Staff Writers Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2006 http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060309/44064296.html ---- spies Pentagon develops brain implants to turn sharks into military spies By Steve Connor, UK Independent Science Editor Published: 02 March 2006 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article348700.ece Post-9/11 CIA agent fights deletions in book Published March 6, 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060305-113623-1737r Civil Liberties Groups Seek Court to Shutdown NSA Spy Program Friday, March 10th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/10/1451232 US troops on spy missions Reuters 09 mar 06 http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18391555%5E663,00.html ---- un U.S. opposition to panel frustrates Annan 3/2/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-02-annan_x.htm ---- us The Commander in Chief Has Lost the Troops by Kevin B. Zeese March 1, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/orig/zeese.php?articleid=8619 Poll: 72% of US Soldiers in Iraq Want Exit Within Year Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/01/1446248 8,000 desert during Iraq war By Bill Nichols, USA TODAY 3/7/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-07-deserters_x.htm?POE=click-refer Pentagon admits errors in spying on protesters Official says peaceful demonstrators’ names erased from database MSNBC and NBC News Updated: 8:45 a.m. ET March 10, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11751418/ ---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE ---- courts / tribunals Thousands of federal cases kept secret By Michael J. Sniffen And John Solomon, Associated Press Writers 3/5/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-05-secret-justice_x.htm ---- drug war AFGHANISTAN: Survey predicts rise in opium production in 2006 06 Mar 2006 Source: IRIN http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/ad65095caec89c5ff5fd5fe0d40dafc8.htm ---- homeland security / national intelligence Guards fault Homeland Security protection 3/6/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-06-guards-homeland-security_x.htm Bill would let Homeland Security control ports deals By Amy Fagan THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published March 6, 2006 http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060306-123558-2994r ---- torture 'War on terror' trials could allow evidence obtained through torture Thu Mar 2, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060302/pl_afp/usattacksrightstrialguantanamo_060302072952 I was tortured, says Australian held in Iraq By Tom Allard March 10, 2006 Sydney Morning Herald http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/smh02.html ---- POLITICS ---- investigations Gonzales Suggests Spy Program May Be More Extensive Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/01/1446248 Gonzales Denies More Extensive Domestic Spying By Charles Babington Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 3, 2006; A04 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030201783_pf.html GOP lawmakers work to limit probe of domestic spying program By James Kuhnhenn Knight Ridder Newspapers Mon, Mar. 06, 2006 http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/14033240.htm Senate panel rejects bid for NSA inquiry By David Morgan Tue Mar 7, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060308/pl_nm/security_eavesdropping_dc Gonzales: NSA Program Doesn't Need a Law By KATHERINE SHRADER Associated Press Writer Wed Mar 8, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060308/ap_on_go_pr_wh/eavesdropping_10 FBI admits many spying violations Justice's inspector general investigates problems administering Patriot Act Dan Eggen, Washington Post Thursday, March 9, 2006 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/09/MNGUQHL5CR1.DTL Justice Department e-mail on wiretapping program released through FOIA For more information contact: Thomas Blanton or Kristin Adair 202/994-7000, March 9, 2006 http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20060309/index.htm G.O.P. Plan Would Allow Spying Without Warrants By SCOTT SHANE and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK March 9, 2006 New York Times http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt085.html Panel on Eavesdropping Is Briefed by White House By Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 10, 2006; A04 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030902181_pf.html ---- propaganda wars Paper Said to Show NSA Spying Given to Post Reporter in 2004 By Carol D. Leonnig Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 3, 2006; A04 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030201852_pf.html ---- The 48 Hour Media-blitz for War with Iran Mike Whitney stopbush-2860-20nov03.jpg March 10, 2006 http://www.uruknet.info?p=21402 ---- us politics Senate passes Patriot Act changes By John Diamond, USA TODAY 3/1/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-01-patriot-act_x.htm Ten Against Patriot Act Reauthorization 03/03/2006 The Nation http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=65474 On security, it's Congress vs. Bush Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are taking on the president over terrorism and American power. By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor March 06, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0306/p01s04-uspo.html Bush asks Congress for line-item veto power 3/6/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-06-line-item-veto_x.htm House approves safeguards to Patriot Act By Thomas Ferraro Reuters Tuesday, March 7, 2006; 9:37 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/07/AR2006030701387_pf.html Provisions of the USA Patriot Act By The Associated Press Tuesday, March 7, 2006 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/03/07/national/w134940S84.DTL House panel approves $91 billion emergency spending bill By Rick Maze Army Times staff writer March 09, 2006 http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1586761.php ---- ENERGY Behind the nuclear power revival Dennis Morrison Sunday, February 26, 2006 Jamaica Observer http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20060225T150000-0500_99437_OBS_BEHIND_THE_NUCLEAR_POWER_REVIVAL_.asp DOE budget proposes increases in clean-energy and nuclear technologies March 1, 2006 Environmental Science & Technology Magazine http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2006/mar/policy/te_DOEbudget.html ---- alternative energy Wind power offers energy choice that is clean and cost effective Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 03/1/06 http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006603010386 Polluting Portugal Mounts Giant Wind Power Tender Story by Ian Simpson REUTERS PORTUGAL: March 1, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35368/newsDate/1-Mar-2006/story.htm Costly nuclear power outweighed by wind and solar energy Thursday, March 02, 2006 PeakOil.com http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12483 Laboratory licenses hydrogen sensor technology Technology : March 02, 2006 PhysOrg Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory http://www.physorg.com/news11318.html Bio-Diesel Car Rental Opens in World's Car Capital March 02, 2006 — By Reuters http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9987 Rhode Island Congressman Opposes Bid to Close Door on Wind Farms March 02, 2006 By Timothy C. Barmann, Providence RI Journal http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9979 Bids Presented in Portugal Wind Power Project Story by Sergio Goncalves REUTERS PORTUGAL: March 2, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35392/story.htm New Ethanol Gasoline Cuts Fuel Efficiency – Expert Story by Matthew Robinson REUTERS USA: March 2, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35388/story.htm Cold Times Ahead: Energy Policies Leave Sweden in the Dark From the desk of Waldemar Ingdahl Mon, 2006-03-06 Brussels Journal http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/884 Build on momentum for cleaner energy Wisconsin State Journal editorial MON., MAR 6, 2006 http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion//index.php?ntid=75172 Aspen Ski Company Powers Patrol Headquarters with Solar ASPEN, Colorado, March 7, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-08-09.asp#anchor7 Ford Says US Oil Companies Need More Ethanol Pumps Story by Tom Doggett REUTERS USA: March 8, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35523/newsDate/8-Mar-2006/story.htm Judge Rules Energy Dept. Must Buy Alternative Fueled Vehicles SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 8, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-08-09.asp#anchor2 Wind Power Could Top Hydro in China, Expert Says REUTERS CHINA: March 8, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35526/newsDate/8-Mar-2006/story.htm Brazilian Motorists Balk at High Ethanol Prices Story by Inae Riveras REUTERS BRAZIL: March 9, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35563/newsDate/9-Mar-2006/story.htm South Africa Company to Build $1 Billion Ethanol Plants Story by James Macharia REUTERS SOUTH AFRICA: March 10, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35584/story.htm ---- energy GM Eyes Bigger Ethanol Push in Minnesota Story by Jui Chakravorty REUTERS USA: March 10, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35581/story.htm ---- OTHER ---- environment Pesticides found in most rivers, streams 3/3/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-03-03-pesticides_x.htm Sun's Next 11-Year Cycle Could be 50 Percent Stronger Story by Deborah Zabarenko REUTERS USA: March 7, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35496/newsDate/7-Mar-2006/story.htm Stronger Rules to Govern Dumping of Wastes at Sea LONDON, UK, March 10, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-10-02.asp ---- health MIT Method Reveals How Radiation Damages The Body 01 Mar 2006 http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=38580 WHO: Bird flu virus greater challenge than AIDS 3/6/2006 Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-06-cats-bird-flu_x.htm Scientists aim to regenerate soldiers' lost limbs Iraq's legacy of hundreds of amputees spurs research race The Associated Press March 9, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11748883 ---- imf / world bank / wto (economics) World Bank approves urgent aid to PA Wednesday 08 March 2006, Reuters http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5E0F5C0D-3441-4113-B8D7-CE2FA7B4B490.htm ---- ACTIVISTS Nazarbayev warns opposition Thursday March 02, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2006-daily/02-03-2006/world/w18.htm Opposition to Iraq War Reaches 55% in Australia March 2, 2006 (Angus Reid Global Scan) http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/11050 Spanish eyes focus on some Minnesotans Some activists who have become fixtures in Edina are on their way to becoming international figures. Last update: March 02, 2006 – 8:10 PM http://www.startribune.com/462/story/281866.html 15 Arrested at White House in Anti-Torture Protest Friday, 3 March 2006, 11:22 am Press Release: Witness Against Torture http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0603/S00076.htm Baby Bush Go Home: Arundhati Roy on Massive Protests Against Bush's Visit to India Friday, March 3rd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/03/151200 Anti-U.S. protests erupt across Pakistan 3/3/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-03-pakistan-protests_x.htm Please John Conyers: Impeach Bush NOW by Bob Fertik Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 1:44 AM http://www.democrats.com/please-john-conyers World in peril, Chomsky tells overflow crowd By Brian Liberatore NY Press & Sun-Bulletin 03/05/06 http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060305/NEWS01/603050342/1006 Iraqi Women Make Rare Trip to U.S. to Tell Their Stories of Life Under Occupation Monday, March 6th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/06/1424239 'Peace Mom' Still Campaigning Against War 'Peace Mom' Sheehan Has Gone From Grieving Mother to Widely Recognized Anti-War Campaigner By MICHELLE LOCKE 3/6/06 Associated Press http://abcnews.go.com/US/print?id=1689654 Peace activist Sheehan arrested in NY protest March 6th, 2006 (Reuters) http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=6105 Sheehan, 3 Others Arrested at US-Iraqi Women’s Anti-War March on UN Tuesday, March 7th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/07/1442237 Thousands of Okinawans protest relocation of MCAS Futenma Crowd estimated at 35,000 gathers peacefully in Ginowan By David Allen and Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Tuesday, March 7, 2006 http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=34651&archive=true Thousands protest Georgian government MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI Associated Press Thu, Mar. 09, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/14058790.htm Protester to Condoleeza Rice: "Blood Is On Your Hands" Friday, March 10th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/10/1451232