NucNews Headlines - collected March 11-20, 2006
Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date


---- NUCLEAR

It's a waste
March 11, 2006 Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/its-a-waste/2006/03/10/1141701698694.html

Radioactive waste disposal - a modern philosopher's stone
It may be possible to destroy much of the world's long-lived radioactive waste, if a new experiment in Japan proves successful
Mar 16th 2006
From The Economist print edition
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5624815


---- accidents and safety

Chernobyl: A poisonous legacy
Twenty years after a blast in the nuclear plant at Chernobyl spread radioactive debris across Europe, it has been revealed that 375 farms in Britain, with 200,000 sheep, are still contaminated by fallout
By Andy McSmith
14 March 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article351153.ece

Belarus seeks review of report on effects of Chernobyl disaster+
(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) [March 15, 2006]
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-belarus-seeks-review-report-effects-chernobyl-disaster-/2006/03/15/1463565.htm

Nuclear Reactors Found to Be Leaking Radioactive Water
By MATTHEW L. WALD
March 17, 2006 New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/17/national/17nuke.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=login&adxnnlx=1142874166-PM+vmMkWJn2l4YckMtqDSw&pagewanted=print

State sues ComEd over tritium leak
March 17, 2006 Chicago Sun Times
BY ERIC HERMAN Staff Reporter
eherman@suntimes.com
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-tritium17.html

Chernobyl: the legacy
18 March 2006 UK Indendent
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article351273.ece

Dounreay nuclear store is leaking
By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor
19 March 2006 UK Sunday Herald
http://www.sundayherald.com/54715

Task Force to Study Tritium Leaks From Nuclear Power Plants
WASHINGTON, DC, March 20, 2006 (ENS)
http://ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-20-09.asp#anchor2


---- asia

Is Myanmar the next Iran?
Ian Bremmer
Sat. March 11, 2006
Bangladesh Daily Star
http://thedailystar.net/2006/03/11/d603111503110.htm

Indian president concludes Myanmar visit
2006-03-11 (Xinhuanet)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/11/content_4289781.htm


---- australia

About time Canberra dusted off its uranium policy
By Hamish McDonald
March 11, 2006 Sydney Morning Herald
http://smh.com.au/news/world/about-time-canberra-dusted-off-its-uranium-policy/2006/03/10/1141701692759.html?page=2

Australia nears uranium deal with China
Date: 15/03/06 Australian News
http://feeds.australiannews.net/?rid=883ba4cdeef00afc&cat=88f7d0d02bea1b33&f=1


---- britain

Nuclear watchdog alarmed by Faslane danger
By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor
12 March 2006 UK Herald
http://www.sundayherald.com/54528

The case for Trident
March 12, 2006 UK Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-2081565,00.html

Focus: Britain's secret nuclear blueprint
UK Sunday Times, March 12, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2081514,00.html

British Rail's nuclear flying saucer
Monday, March 13, 2006 New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2006/03/british-rails-nuclear-flying-saucer.html

The next saucer to Shoeburyness leaves from platform 5 ...
Alok Jha
Monday March 13, 2006
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1729579,00.html

Nuclear Waste: Bury It and Forget?
March 14, 2006 — By Jeremy Lovell, Reuters
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10061

Britain Launches Nuclear Missile Debate
Britain has four Trident submarines in service. They each have 16 multiple warhead nuclear missiles with a range of 12,000 kilometres (7,500 miles).
by Staff Writers
London (AFP) Mar 15, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Britain_Launches_Nuclear_Missile_Debate.html

British Energy Cash Rises, May Cover Nuclear-Plant Cleanup Cost
(Bloomberg) March 16, 2006 19:00 EST
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aVIJFPfeR1.U

Six countries' waste dumped at Dounreay
JAMES KIRKUP AND GETHIN CHAMBERLAIN
20-Mar-06 Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=434162006


---- business

Intel Allegedly Falsified to Justify Weapons Purchases
By Sherrie Gossett
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
March 16, 2006
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=/SpecialReports/archive/200603/SPE20060316a.html


---- canada

New Brunswick needs a second nuclear reactor to fuel reputation as energy hub
RICK BUCKINGHAM
NB Telegraph-Journal | Canadian Business
March 14, 2006
http://www.canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060314/TPMONEY08/603140324/-1/money

Canada to review nuke pact with India
By K J M Varma in Islamabad
Wednesday, 15 March , 2006
http://sify.com/news/international/fullstory.php?id=14162725

Waste plant owners will fight bylaw
Torstar Network
Mar 16, 2006
THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS (Ontario, Canada)
http://www.mississauga.com/mi/news/story/3383005p-3913804c.html


---- china

Westinghouse has edge in bid for Chinese nuclear plants: source
Wed Mar 15, 2006 (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060315/bs_afp/francechinaenergy_060315190808

China welcomes Russia's proposal on nuclear fuel cycle
Mar 17, 2006 (Interfax-China)
http://www.interfax.com/3/139662/news.aspx


---- depleted uranium

Government must take responsibility for ordnance Navy left at Salton Sea
Cleanup of test base is not new landowners’ charge
The Desert Sun
March 13, 2006
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060313/OPINION01/603130326/1004

WA - State to study depleted uranium
Battlefield residue from U.S. weapons spurs cancer fears
BY BRAD SHANNON
THE OLYMPIAN
March 15, 2006
http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060315/NEWS01/60315024/1018

Vets plus DU plus the Law
Thursday 16 March Pulse of Twin Cities
by Susu Jeffrey
http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=2365

Depleted Uranium Weapons - the case against them is now stronger than ever
Friday 17 March 2006
by Rob Green (former commander of the Royal Navy).
http://acdn.france.free.fr/spip/breve.php3?id_breve=88&lang=en

Iraq: A victim of international terrorism
By Ghali Hassan
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Mar 17, 2006, 12:46
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m21648&l=i&size=1&hd=0

Call for Gulf War vets to be tested for uranium contamination
Friday, March 17, 2006 Australia Broadcasting
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1594294.htm

North Coast representatives want commission to probe military tests
by Rebecca S. Bender, 3/18/2006 Eureka Reporter
http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=9278

In the Path of a Storm, Vets Protest a War
Christian Parenti, The Nation
March 19, 2006
http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20060403&s=parenti
http://www.uruknet.info?p=21758
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0320-25.htm


---- europe

EU Energy Council Greeted With Inflatable Dinosaur, Nuclear Plant
BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 14, 2006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-14-03.asp

German nuke plants excluded from summit
3/16/2006 (UPI)
http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20060316-104552-8395r

US diplomat notes Armenia's interest in having "up-to-date" nuclear plant
Interfax-AVN military news agency website, Moscow
16 Mar 06
http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg141328.html

Study begins into the creation of a new nuclear reactor in Lithuania
20 March 2006 PennWell Corporation, Tulsa, OK
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=250654&p=6


---- india

The Day After: Fallout of a deeply disturbing deal
BY PRAFUL BIDWAI
11 March 2006 Khaleej Times
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2006/March/opinion_March37.xml&section=opinion&col=

A challenge to India's nuclear record
11/03/2006 Australia Broadcasting
http://abcasiapacific.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1589365.htm

India Is Not a Precedent
Circumstances Justify the 'Double Standard' of Our Nuclear Deal
By Robert Kagan
Sunday, March 12, 2006 Washington Post; B07
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/10/AR2006031001865_pf.html

Emasculating Nuclear India
By M D NALAPAT
Oustside View Commentator
March 13, 2006 (UPI)
http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20060313-113430-7917r

Outside View Emasculating Nuclear India
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
by M D Nalapat
Outside View Commentator
New Delhi (UPI) Mar 14, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Outside_View_Emasculating_Nuclear_India.html

Cut the clutter and Indo-US deals make sound economic sense
Anita Inder Singh
Posted online: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
http://www.indianexpress.com/printerFriendly/358.html

India Says Russia to Supply Fuel to Atomic Plants
By REUTERS
March 14, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-nuclear-india-russia.html?pagewanted=print

Are the Basic Assumptions Behind the
Bush Administration’s Nuclear Deal with India Sound?
By Michael Krepon
March 15, 2006 Stimson Center
http://www.stimson.org/pub.cfm?ID=276&print=yes

US House may tie conditions to India deal
Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Reuters
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C03%5C15%5Cstory_15-3-2006_pg7_2

Bush Confronted on Nuclear Pact
Thursday 16 March 2006
By Peter Wallsten, L.A. Times Staff Writer
http://acdn.france.free.fr/spip/breve.php3?id_breve=87&lang=en

Lawmakers take aim at India nuclear deal
By Joel Brinkley The New York Times
FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/17/news/india.php

India boosts uranium exploration
Mar. 17, 2006 United Press International
http://washtimes.com/upi/20060317-113509-8900r.htm

Pakistan Rejects U.S.-India Nuke Deal
By MUNIR AHMAD
Associated Press Writer
Sat Mar 18, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060318/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_us_nuclear

Earthquake Rattles Areas around Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project
From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@indiatimes.com>
Date: Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:29am
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy
Press Release

Outside View: A Matter Of Trust
by Bouthaina Shaaban
UPI Outside View Commentator
Damascus, Syria (UPI) Mar 20, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Outside_View_A_Matter_Of_Trust.html

US seeks to change nuclear sale rules for India
By Guy Dinmore in Washington
March 20 2006 Financial Times
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/9b760bb0-b857-11da-bfc5-0000779e2340.html


---- iran

US probably can stop Iran without force: senators
By John Poirier Sun Mar 12, 2006 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060312/ts_nm/iran_usa_dc

Defiant Iran Threatens To Quit Nuclear Treaty
Iran Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki
by Staff Writers
Tehran (AFP) Mar 13, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Defiant_Iran_Threatens_To_Quit_Nuclear_Treaty.html

Iran loses Russian backing after rejecting nuclear deal
By Anne Penketh, Diplomatic Editor
Published: 13 March 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article350960.ece

Russia accuses Iran of blocking nuclear diplomacy
By Parisa Hafezi Mon Mar 13, 2006 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060313/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc_4

China, Russia Reject Iran Nuke Statement
By NICK WADHAMS, Associated Press Writer
Monday, March 13, 2006
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/03/13/international/i164856S93.DTL

Iran Nuke Talks Center At UN
by William M. Reilly
UPI U.N. Correspondent
United Nations (UPI) Mar 13, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Nuke_Talks_Center_At_UN.html

U.S. Campaign Is Aimed at Iran's Leaders
Uneasy About Tehran's Nuclear Plans, Bush Administration Tries to Build Opposition to Theocracy
By Peter Baker and Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, March 13, 2006; A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031201016_pf.html

RELATED SUBJECT –
http://deshcalling.blogspot.com/2006/03/us-takes-steps-towards-military-action.html
US considers military action against Iran an option
http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/mar/13iran.htm
Bush makes 2nd "axis of evil" remark
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/13/eng20060313_250198.html
Dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions: four approaches
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0313/p09s01-coop.html
Iranian tango
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20060312-101234-5738r.htm
Our Opportunity With India
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031200978.html
Straw speech to focus on Iranians
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4800276.stm
Iran at the N-crossroads
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2006-daily/13-03-2006/oped/o3.htm
CONSPIRACY THEORIES –
Secret Societies, Trilateralism and the New World Order
http://deshcalling.blogspot.com/2006/03/secret-societies-trilateralism-and-new.html

Iran Leader: Nuclear Path 'Irreversible'
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer Tue Mar 14, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060314/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear

Iran Leader: Nuclear Path 'Irreversible'
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 14, 2006
Filed at 12:41 p.m. ET
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iran-Nuclear.html

UN Council Members Still Divided Over Iran Crisis
By REUTERS
Published: March 14, 2006
Filed at 12:23 p.m. ET
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran-un.html

Rice Says UN Must Send Strong Message to Iran
By REUTERS
Published: March 14, 2006
Filed at 4:50 a.m. ET
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran-rice.html

Iran, Russia Discuss Nuclear Dispute, UN to Step In
By REUTERS
Published: March 14, 2006
Filed at 12:20 p.m. ET
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-nuclear-iran.html

UN Council Faces Iran Impasse
By REUTERS
Published: March 14, 2006
Filed at 1:44 a.m. ET
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-nuclear-iran-un.html

Japan curbs Iran oil imports over nuclear concerns
By Carola Hoyos in London and Agencies in Tokyo
Published: March 15 2006 Financial Times
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/e21da95e-b453-11da-bd61-0000779e2340.html

Iran Will Resist Any UN Call to End Atomic Research
By REUTERS
March 15, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-nuclear-iran-research.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

Reality, one bite at a time
More light on the nuclear deal
By Siddharth Varadarajan
17 March 2006
http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2006/03/more-light-on-nuclear-deal.html

Iran Reformists Urge Nuclear Freeze
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Photo courtesy of AFP
by Staff Writers
Tehran (AFP) Mar 20, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Reformists_Urge_Nuclear_Freeze.html


---- iraq / inspections

The Iraqi WMDs and the Russian Military Strategy in the Middle East
By David Dastych
Monday, February 27, 2006 Canada Free Press
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/dastych022706.htm

Tapes reveal WMD plans by Saddam
By Rowan Scarborough
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
March 13, 2006
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20060313-123146-7380r.htm


---- japan

Big majority says 'no' to U.S. relocation in Iwakuni plebiscite
March 12, 2006 KYODO NEWS AGENCY
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/03/12/1449752.htm

Japan's 55th commercial nuclear reactor starts operation+
(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
KANAZAWA, Japan, March 15_(Kyodo)
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-japans-55th-commercial-nuclear-reactor-starts-operation-/2006/03/14/1459783.htm

U.S. not worried by Westinghouse deal
By Thomas Olson
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, March 16, 2006
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/s_433739.html


---- korea

South Korea US Alliance At Risk
South Korea has heavily relied on U.S protection for its national security, while focusing its resources on rebuilding the war-torn economy, which now stands as the world's 11th biggest.
by Jong-Heon Lee
Seoul (UPI) Mar 13, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/South_Korea_US_Alliance_At_Risk.html

N.Korea Army Threatens Pre - Emptive Attack
By REUTERS
Published: March 14, 2006
Filed at 6:09 a.m. ET
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-korea-north-military.html?_r=1&oref=slo\gin

North Korean Military Ready For Action
by Staff Writers
Seoul (AFP) Mar 15, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/North_Korean_Military_Ready_For_Action.html

N. Korea wants Norway to broker nuclear deal
Fri Mar 17, 2006 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060317/ts_nm/norway_korea_dc_1


---- mideast

Libya signs nuclear research deal with France
Wed Mar 15, 2006 (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060315/wl_mideast_afp/francelibyanuclear_060315200923

France, Libya Pen Deal on Civilian Nuclear Work
REUTERSFRANCE / LIBYA: March 16, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35683/story.htm


---- missile defense

Missile Defense Funding Soars to New Heights
Wade Boese
March 2006
Arms Control Association
http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2006_03/MARCH-missiledefense.asp

Olmert: Israel would not act alone against Iran
By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent
11/03/2006
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/692360.html

Outside View Flawed Missile War Game
by Philip E. Coyle
UPI Outside View Commentator
Washington (UPI) Mar 13, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Outside_View_Flawed_Missile_War_Game.html


---- pakistan

US wants to help Pakistan on energy, but not nuclear
By Simon Cameron-Moore Mon Mar 13, 2006 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060313/ts_nm/energy_pakistan_usa_dc_2

As India's Ties With US Advance, Pakistan Looks to China
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
March 15, 2006
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200603\FOR20060315b.html


---- russia

Russia to sell nuclear fuel to India
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
The Times of India Online
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1449021.cms

Scientist proposes floating nuclear plants
Mar. 14, 2006 (UPI)
http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20060314-014333-1908r.htm

Concern over Russian plan to sell nuclear reactor fuel
By Guy Dinmore in Washington and Neil Buckley in Moscow
Published: March 15 2006 Financial Times
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f31089fe-b451-11da-bd61-0000779e2340.html

Kiriyenko Installs New Chief at Nuclear Power Consortium
By Yuriy Humber
Staff Writer
Friday, March 17, 2006 Moscow Times
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/03/17/044.html

Russian PM defends N-fuel sale to Delhi
Friday March 17, 2006 News International, Pakistan
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2006-daily/17-03-2006/main/main16.htm

Putin promises to continue energy production increases
March 18, 2006 Wikinews
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Putin_promises_to_continue_energy_production_increases


---- security

The day a nuke hit our port
Posted: March 11, 2006
By Robert Pfriender
WorldNetDaily.com
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49223

Call For Nuclear Safety Regs Review
By Kitty Merrill
March 13, 2006 East Hampton Independent
http://www.indyeastend.com/cgi-bin/indep/news.cgi?action=article&category=News&id=9288

New test of emergency sirens around nuclear plants goes smoothly
March 15, 2006 (AP)
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--indianpoint0315mar15,0,5658220.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

Port security: The bigger issue
Justin M. Zorn
Posted March 18, 2006 Orlando Sentinel
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-newvoices1806mar18,0,7751840.story?coll=orl-opinion-headlines


---- space

Pentagon eyeing weapons in space
Budget seeks millions to test new technologies
By Bryan Bender, Boston Globe Staff  |  March 14, 2006
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/03/14/pentagon_eyeing_weapons_in_space/?page=full


---- terrorism

New nuclear fuel raises terror risks
Mar. 16, 2006 (UPI)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20060316-123116-3050r.htm

Terror risks of nuclear fuel
By Mark Clayton | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
March 16, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0316/p01s02-uspo.htm


---- treaties

Washington: The Biggest NPT Violator
by Gordon Prather
Antiwar.com March 18, 2006
http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=8721


---- u.n.

The IAEA Pleads Incompetence
by Gordon Prather, March 14, 2006 Antiwar.com
http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=8696

UN Council Debates Iran Nukes
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said every day that goes by "the Iranians continue to engage in enrichment activities. The IAEA has reported they've converted enough yellowcake to make about 85 tons of uranium hexafluoride, which the physicists will tell you can be converted roughly, once it's enriched to highly enriched uranium, to ten, roughly ten or so nuclear weapons."
by William M. Reilly
UPI U.N. Correspondent
Mar 16, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/UN_Council_Debates_Iran_Nukes.html


---- u.s. nuc weapons

Nuclear Bunker Buster Bombs againt Iran: This Way Lies Madness
by Stephen M. Osborn
March 14, 2006
GlobalResearch.ca
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=OSB20060314&articleId=2093

Bush's Nuclear Madness
By Stephen M. Osborn
14 March, 2006
Opednews.com
http://www.countercurrents.org/osborn140306.htm


---- u.s. nuc facilities

NRC Endorsing Licensees' Use of Emergency Preparedness Guidance
March 14, 2006 OHS Online
http://www.ohsonline.com/Stevens/OHSPub.nsf/frame?open&redirect=http://www.ohsonline.com/stevens/ohspub.nsf/NewNews/7A8C8B4BED228EED86257131004B3735?Opendocument

Nuclear power could be dominant source of energy
By ELIZABETH LEIS, Staff Writer
March 20, 2006, The Capital, Annapolis, Md.
http://www.capitalonline.com/cgi-bin/read/2006/03_20-28/TOP


---- california

Operation Wigwam - 1955 nuclear test near Southern California coast
From: Denise Nelson <Catsambol@aol.com>
Date: March 19, 2005
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Wigwam.html


---- connecticut

Peer Workgroup At Millstone Serves As Advocate For Employee Concerns
By Patricia Daddona
Published on 3/20/2006 The Day (New London CT)
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=c9a64718-7af5-4518-84cf-1573ee5656cc


---- illinois

Exelon sued over radioactive leaks from nuclear plant
Associated Press
Tue, Mar. 14, 2006
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/14097009.htm

Illness issue among neighbors
Common thread runs through group's woes
By Robyn Monaghan <rmonaghan@daily-journal.com>
Kankakee, IL Daily Journal
March 14, 2006
http://www.daily-journal.com/archives/dj/sections.cgi?prcss=display&id=365194

MADIGAN, GLASGOW FILE SUIT FOR RADIOACTIVE LEAKS AT BRAIDWOOD NUCLEAR PLANT
LEAKS OF TRITIUM-LACED WASTEWATER DATE TO 1996
March 16 , 2006 Illinois Attorney General
http://www.ag.state.il.us/pressroom/2006_03/20060316.html

Exelon kept leaks quiet, files show
By Hal Dardick
hdardick@tribune.com
Chicago Tribune staff reporter
March 19, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/site/premium/access-registered.intercept


---- michigan

Nuclear plant cited for close call
Waste company escapes fines for safety violation
By Hugh McDiarmid Jr.
Special to the Lansing State Journal
March 20, 2006
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006603200340


---- minnesota

Security tight at Xcel plant
By Kirsti Marohn kmarohn@stcloudtimes.com
March 20. 2006 St. Cloud, MN Times
http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060320/NEWS01/103200009

Plant's presence boosts city tax rolls
Many neighbors seem indifferent to Xcel's nuclear fuel plans
By Kirsti Marohn kmarohn@stcloudtimes.com
March 20. 2006 6:00AM St. Cloud, MN Times
http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060320/NEWS01/103200011


---- nevada

Project Head Details Nuclear Dump Progress
By ERICA WERNER,
Associated Press Writer Wed Mar 15, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060315/ap_on_go_ot/yucca_mountain_2
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10073


---- new jersey

Feds, AmerGen appeal decision on special hearing
Activists want probe of barrier issues
Asbury Park Press, 03/15/06
BY NICHOLAS CLUNN
MANAHAWKIN BUREAU
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006603150444

Questions remain about Oyster Creek's drywell
Asbury Park Press on 03/15/06
BY EDITH GBUR
AND DON WARREN
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006603150327


---- new york

State adjusts radiation levels downward at Indian Point
By GREG CLARY
gclary@lohud.com
NY JOURNAL NEWS March 17, 2006
http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060317/NEWS02/603170395/1204


---- pennsylvania

Authority urged to find alternate site for ash
By Wynne Everett
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW NEWS SERVICE
Thursday, March 16, 2006
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/s_433822.html


---- south carolina

State Senate Judiciary gives OK to new Santee Cooper nuclear plant
Associated Press
Tue, Mar. 14, 2006
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/14098611.htm

Duke picks Cherokee County
Energy company considers sites for possible nuke plants
Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 11:59 am
By Paul Alongi, STAFF WRITER, Greenville Online
palongi@greenvillenews.com
http://www.greenvillenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060316/NEWS01/60316006

Duke Power's goal: S.C. nuclear plant
STAN CHOE
schoe@charlotteobserver.com
Fri, Mar. 17, 2006 Charlotte Observer
http://www.thestate.com/mld/charlotte/business/14119495.htm?source=rss&channel=charlotte_news

Groups throughout the country ready to fight every step of the way
LEIGH DYER AND STAN CHOE
Ldyer@charlotteobserver
comschoe@charlotteobserver.com
Fri, Mar. 17, 2006 Charlotte Observer
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/business/14119636.htm

Duke Energy Should Be Denied Taxpayer Subsidies to Build New Nuclear Reactors
March 17, 2006
Public Citizen
(202) 588-1000
http://corporationscreatefascism.blogspot.com/2006/03/duke-energy-should-be-denied-taxpayer.html
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-14423.html
http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0317-03.htm

For more information about the five fatal flaws of nuclear power, click here.
http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/www.citizen.org/cmep/fatalflaws
For more information about the proposed Duke-Cinergy merger, click here.
http://www.citizen.org/documents/DukeAppeal.pdf

County's nuclear dreams revived
Rural site abandoned in early '80s welcomes potential influx of jobs
SCOTT DODD, DAN HUNTLEY FRED KELLY
Staff Writers Fri, Mar. 17, 2006
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/business/14119545.htm


---- texas

Why Houston Needs Nuclear Energy Now
Wednesday, March 15, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes
http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/03/why-houston-needs-nuclear-energy-now.html


---- utah

Flip-flop on storing nuclear waste shakes up tribe
by Tony Davis
High Country News* Paonia, CO 81428
May 29, 1995
http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.PrintableArticle?article_id=1072

Utilities Offer Energy Dept. Site for Waste
By MATTHEW L. WALD
March 20, 2006 New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/20/politics/20waste.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin


---- vermont

Hinsdale upset at Vermont Yankee emergency plan
March 14, 2006 Associated Press
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/03/14/hinsdale_upset_at_vermont_yankee_emergency_plan/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News

Atomic panel coming to resolve Yankee issues
March 16, 2006
By Susan Smallheer, Rutland Herald Staff
http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060316/NEWS/603160349/1003

Senate wants review of Yankee relicensing
By KRISTI CECCAROSSI, Reformer Staff
Friday, March 17, 2006
http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_3611353


---- virginia

More tests sought for Lake Anna's 'hot side'
Lake Anna group calls for monitoring on the side of the reservoir nearest nuclear power station
Date published: 3/16/2006
By RUSTY DENNEN
Fredericksburg, VA, Free Lance-Star
http://fredericksburg.com//News/FLS/2006/032006/03162006/175766?rss=local

A bill to veto
State Senate was willing to force power plants on localities
March 17, 2006
Hampton Roads Daily Press
http://www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-86355sy0mar17,0,4492007.story?coll=dp-opinion-bothead


---- washington

Feds Challenge Ban On Waste Shipments To Hanford
March 14, 2006
By KOMO Staff & News Services
http://komotv.com/news/story.asp?ID=42396

Fears mount about Lancelin bombing range
Annolies Truman
From Green Left Weekly, March 15, 2006.
http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/660/660p12.htm

Vit Plant Contractor Faces $200,000 Fine          
Friday, March 17, 2006 Northwest Public Radio (KUOW)
http://www.nwpr.org/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=1734

Bechtel National faces $198,000 fine
Published Friday, March 17th, 2006
By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/v-rss/story/7539680p-7451189c.html

DOE mulls Hanford cleanup options
Published Sunday, March 19th, 2006
By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7546971p-7458487c.html


---- wisconsin

Point Beach showing signs of improvement
Nuclear plant may soon face less intense scrutiny
By THOMAS CONTENT <tcontent@journalsentinel.com>
Mar. 17, 2006 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=409129


---- us nuc waste

Ban on waste shipments challenged
Published Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7530946p-7442683c.html

Nuclear-fuel reprocessing could make our world safer
JOHN C. RINGLE
March 15, 2006 Salem OR Statesman Journal
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060315/OPINION/603150308/1049

PFS Seeks Federal Nuke Waste Involvement
Mar 15, 2006 KUTV
http://kutv.com/local/local_story_074172848.html

DOE Not Ruling Out Any Nuclear Storage Options
Mar 16, 2006 KUTV
http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_075205916.html

U.S. lacks mechanism to accurately track troops wounded in Iraq
Sunday, March 19, 2006
By LORRAINE ASH
Gannett New Jersey
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060319/NEWS01/603190369/1006


---- MILITARY

---- afghanistan

U.S. to Hand Over Afghan Mission to NATO
By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer Mon Mar 13, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060313/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_us_nato

NATO peacekeepers find huge Afghan weapons cache
Tue Mar 14, 2006 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060314/ts_nm/afghan_weapons_dc


---- arms

Embargoes on global arms trade have been total failure, says UN
By Kim Sengupta
Published: 16 March 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article351535.ece


---- britain

'Rendition flights' landed in UK
Plane in Prague suspected of rendition
Friday, 17 March 2006 (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4817374.stm

Soldiers going Awol have trebled since the invasion of Iraq
By Severin Carrell
Published: 19 March 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article352181.ece

MI5 'helped IRA buy bomb parts in US'
Enda Leahy, March 19, 2006 UK Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2092574,00.html


---- business

The War Dividend: The British companies making a fortune out of conflict-riven Iraq
By Robert Verkaik
Published: 13 March 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article350959.ece

Top 10 UK firms profiting from Iraq
13 March 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article350930.ece

Peers stand firm against ID cards
By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent
Published: 16 March 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article351557.ece

MI5, Camp Delta, and the story that shames Britain
By George B. Mickum
Published: 16 March 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article351561.ece


---- europe

US bases in Bulgaria: an update
Mon 13 Mar 2006 - Polina Slavcheva
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/us-bases-in-bulgaria-an-update/id_13983/catid_5

Belarus presidential vote denounced
3/19/2006 (AP) updated 3/21/06
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-19-belarus-vote_x.htm

Thousands refuse to recognize Belarus vote
YURAS KARMANAU
Associated Press
Sun, Mar. 19, 2006
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/14136891.htm


---- iran

Top U.S. general in Iraq warns Iran to stop sending bombs
Sun. 19 Mar 2006
Iran Focus
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6343


---- iraq

US launches air offensive in Iraq
Thursday 16 March 2006, Reuters
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/700FEDFE-B0ED-49B4-9123-6508E4753864.htm

The Cost of War in Retrospect
by Alan Reynolds
Posted Mar 16, 2006 HUMAN EVENTS
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13292

'Iraq was awash in cash. We played football with bricks of $100 bills'
At the beginning of the Iraq war, the UN entrusted $23bn of Iraqi money to the US-led coalition to redevelop the country. With the infrastructure of the country still in ruins, where has all that money gone? Callum Macrae and Ali Fadhil on one of the greatest financial scandals of all time
Monday March 20, 2006
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1734689,00.html


---- landmines

India landmine blast 'kills two'
Monday, 20 March 2006 (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4823810.stm


---- pacific

Guam to assume key U.S. military role in Pacific
By Richard Halloran
The Washington Times
Published March 11, 2006
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060311-033826-3362r


---- prisoners of war

Moazzam Begg Describes Abuse at Bagram and Guantanamo and Witnessing the Killing of Two Fellow Detainees
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/14/1456229

Gitmo transcripts paint shadowy portraits
3/15/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-15-gitmo-secrecy_x.htm

Sketches of Guantanamo detainees-Part I
Associated Press
Wed, Mar. 15, 2006
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/14106346.htm

Sketches of Guantanamo detainees-Part III
Associated Press Wed, Mar. 15, 2006
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/14106370.htm

Senior Abu Ghraib officer says rules for dog use were lacking
16/03/2006 - 12:43:50
http://www.breakingnews.ie/2006/03/16/story249596.html


---- russia / chechnya

Voting could move Ukraine closer to Moscow
MARA D. BELLABY
Associated Press
Sun, Mar. 19, 2006
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/14138200.htm


---- spies

Internet blows CIA agents' cover
The CIA, based in Langley, Virginia, may have to update its methods
Sunday, 12 March 2006 (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4799174.stm

Trial Begins for German on Nuclear Charges
By STEPHEN GRAHAM
Associated Press Writer
Fri Mar 17, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060317/ap_on_re_eu/germany_libya_nuclear_1


---- us

Pentagon's new weapon - cyborg flies that are spies
Julian Borger in Washington
Wednesday March 15, 2006
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1731037,00.html?gusrc=rss

US Strategic Review Reaffirms Preemption Calls Iran Top Danger
by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) Mar 16, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Strategic_Review_Reaffirms_Preemption_Calls_Iran_Top_Danger.html

The Army is rethinking how to fight the next war—and win the current one
By Julian E. Barnes
Posted 3/17/06 U.S. News
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060317/17military.htm

Cost of Iraq war could surpass $1 trillion
Estimates vary, but all agree price is far higher than initially expected
By Martin Wolk
MSNBC.com
March 17, 2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11880954/


---- venezuela

Iranian pact with Venezuela stokes fears of uranium sales
By Kelly Hearn
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published March 13, 2006
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060313-121547-4071r


---- war crimes

Slobodan Milosevic Found Dead in Hague Prison Cell: A Look at the Serbian Leader's War Crimes and the U.S. Role in the Balkans
Monday, March 13th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/13/1429239

Criminal proceedings
The case against Slobodan Milosevic would never have held up in a proper court of law
John Laughland
Tuesday March 14, 2006
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1730274,00.html


---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE

---- courts / tribunals

Judge tells Google to give US 50,000 Web addresses
3/17/06 Reuters
http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/reuters03-17-174202.asp?t=recom&vts=31720061922


---- death penalty

Judge May Deny Death Penalty in Moussaoui Trial
By NEIL A. LEWIS and MATTHEW L. WALD
New York Times
March 13, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt095.html


---- human rights

Trail of Tears expansion sought
By Greg Wright, Gannett News Service 3/17/2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-17-trail-tears_x.htm


---- terrorism

200,000 people are listed in terror suspect database
3/14/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-14-terrorism-names_x.htm

U.S. study on fighting terrorism finds flaws
By Thom Shanker The New York Times
FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/17/news/forces.php


---- POLITICS

---- investigations

Did the NSA help Bush hack the vote?
January 9, 2006 Ohio Free Press
http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2006/1294

CIA Witness List
By The Associated Press
Saturday, March 18, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/18/national/w115641S11.DTL


---- propaganda wars

Tapes reveal WMD plans by Saddam
By Rowan Scarborough
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published March 13, 2006
http://washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060313-123146-7380r

Sunshine Week: Newspapers and Broadcasters Challenge Government Secrecy
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/15/159206

Rewriting The Science
March 19, 2006 (CBS)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/17/60minutes/printable1415985.shtml

Bush acknowledges ‘horrific images’ in Iraq
By Caroline Daniel in Washington
March 20 2006 Financial Times
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/af8aeed4-b84f-11da-bfc5-0000779e2340.html


---- us politics

In Historic Move, Feingold Introduces Resolution to Censure President Bush
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/14/1456242

Feingold Assails Dems on Bush Censure
The Associated Press
Tuesday 14 March 2006
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031506Z.shtml

U.S. now owes $8.3 trillion to lenders
3/14/2006 United Press International
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060314-090555-2850r


---- ENERGY

Nuclear energy set to dominate G8 summit
*Agence France-Presse*
Paris, March 13, 2006
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1649156,00050003.htm

US, Russia press for global nuclear energy network
Wed Mar 15, 2006 (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060315/wl_afp/g8energynuclear_060315163734

G8 split in nuclear-energy talks
Lucie Godeau | Moscow, Russia   
16 March 2006 -- Sapa-AFP
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=266921&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/

Energy investment urged
Fri, Mar. 17, 2006 St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN)
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/14117352.htm

US military eyes coal as fuel source
The US military uses nearly a dozen different fuels at present
Saturday 18 March 2006, AP
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6224A66B-D4A9-4CB6-B02B-B9443B7FEA7E.htm

Children of the Sun:
A History of Humanity's Unappeasable Appetite for Energy by Alfred W. Crosby
Reviewed by: Rick Roche
Saturday, March 18, 2006
http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/03/children-of-sun-history-of-humanitys.html

Alert -- G8 Nuclear Plans Revealed!!
March 20, 2006
http://reclaimthecommons.net/


---- alternative energy

Scotland: National Trust opposes wind farm
By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor
12 March 2006 UK Herald
http://www.sundayherald.com/54511

Pennsylvania Demand for Hybrid Vehicle Rebates Outstrips Funding
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 13, 2006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-13-09.asp#anchor6

Vopak, Swiss Firm to Build Dutch Biodiesel Plant
REUTERS NETHERLANDS: March 13, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35602/story.htm

EU Eyes Raising Targets for Renewables, Biofuels
REUTERS BELGIUM: March 16, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35672/story.htm

Biodiesel Fuels Asia Plantation Stocks
Story by Ovais Subhani
REUTERS SINGAPORE: March 16, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35678/story.htm

Morrisons to Open UK's First Bioethanol E85 Pump
REUTERS UK: March 16, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35676/story.htm

Xcel Energy Led US Wind Power Buying in 2005
REUTERS US: March 16, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35669/story.htm

Nuclear vs. Wind, Part I
Friday, March 17, 2006
by David Bradish
NEI Nuclear Notes
http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/03/nuclear-vs-wind-part-i.html

Wisconsin Sets 10 Pct Renewable Power Rule by 2015
REUTERS US: March 20, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35721/newsDate/20-Mar-2006/story.htm

Nuclear vs. Wind, Part II
by David Bradish
NEI Nuclear Notes
Monday, March 20, 2006
http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/


---- OTHER

---- environment

Norton's legacy includes more energy drilling
3/11/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-11-gale-norton-legacy_x.htm


---- ACTIVISTS

About 100,000 march to protest immigration bill
3/11/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-11-immigration-march_x.htm

Iraq peace activists now rarely seen
By HUGO KUGIYA
Associated Press, Sunday, March 12, 2006
http://www.theeagle.com/stories/031206/nation_20060312037.php

Tom Fox Remembered Around the World as Dedicated Activist Who Devoted His Life to Peace
Monday, March 13th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/13/1429234

Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai Urges Individual Action to Protect Environment
March 13, 2006 — By Todd Dvorak, Associated Press
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10049

U.S. Arrests Vietnam War Resister
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
Headlines Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/14/1456223

Ethanol Producers Encouraged by New Study
March 14, 2006 — By Associated Press
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10058

Protesters Continue To Demand Resignation of Thai PM
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
Headlines Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/15/158245

Iraq War Resisters Stage 241-Mile Peace March Across U.S.-Mexico Border
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/15/158256

Military Jailing Vietnam War Resisters 40 Years After They Refused to Serve
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/15/159201

FBI Took Photos of Antiwar Activists in 2002
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 15, 2006; A05
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/14/AR2006031401520_pf.html

Newly Released Files Reveal FBI Spied on PA Peace Group Because of Antiwar Views
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/15/1735258

War protests planned for weekend
By Dogen Hannah
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
Wed, Mar. 15, 2006
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/14106636.htm

California - Protests to mark Iraq war's 3rd year
Despite larger events slated for S.F., Oakland, many of the activities will be held in the suburbs
By Dogen Hannah
KNIGHT RIDDER
Thu, Mar. 16, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/14114329.htm

Musicians to stage anti-war concert
Mar 16, 2006 (UPI)
http://music.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1137483.php/Musicians_to_stage_anti-war_concert

Nuclear Free Vermont - Legislation/Action Update
Flyby News Archives
16 March 2006
http://www.flybynews.com/cgi-local/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1142545506,54142,

Peace activists prepare for war anniversary
ASHLEY M. HEHER
Associated Press
Fri, Mar. 17, 2006
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/14125307.htm

500+ Anti-war Actions Planned Across the U.S.
By United for Peace and Justice
3-17-06, 7:54 am
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/2969/1/32/

Invitation to 2006 World Conf. against A and H Bombs
From: antiatom <antiatom@topaz.plala.or.jp>
Date: Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:40pm

KGB Chief Calls Protests Terrorism
By Yuras Karmanau
The Associated Press
Friday, March 17, 2006
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/03/17/001.html

KGB chief threatens death sentence for poll protesters
From Jeremy Page, in Moscow
March 17, 2006 UK Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2090166,00.html

Iraq war protester convicted of trespassing on Vandenberg Air Force Base
Associated Press Fri, Mar. 17, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14123503.ht

Freed Iranian Journalist Remains Defiant
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writers
Sat Mar 18, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060318/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_journalist

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Anti-War Protesters Rally Around World
By PAUL BURKHARDT,
Associated Press Writer
Sat Mar 18, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060318/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_war_protests

Thousands protest in Europe on third anniversary of Iraq war
Mar 18, 2006, 23:08 GMT
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/article_1148322.php/Thousands_protest_in_Europe_on_third_anniversary_of_Iraq_war

Thousands join Iraq war protest in London
Sat Mar 18, 2006  (Reuters)
By David Clarke
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-03-18T162503Z_01_L1841460_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ-BRITAIN-PROTESTS.xml

Florida groups gather to protest third anniversary of Iraq war
KELLI KENNEDY
Associated Press
Sat, Mar. 18, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/14132375.htm

Military Families March from Mobile to New Orleans to Highlight the Third Anniversary of the Iraq War; Media Availabilities
3/18/2006 7:10:00 AM
U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=62598

Calif. anti-war protesters rally three years after Iraq invasion
JUSTIN M. NORTON
Associated Press Sat, Mar. 18, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/14132425.htm

War opponents gather in downtown Chicago
Saturday March 18, 2006 (AP)
http://cbs2chicago.com/illinoiswire/IL--IraqWarProtests-in/resources_news_html

Tokyo anti-Iraq war protest draws 2,000
By Tokyo
March 19, 2006
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/tokyo-antiiraq-war-protest-draws-2000/2006/03/18/1142582568601.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

Canadians join global protests against Iraq war
chinaview.cn 2006-03-19
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/19/content_4317443.htm

Reid angers British anti-war protesters
CHRISTOPHER CLAIRE
19-Mar-06 Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=432762006

Anti-war protestors mark Iraq war anniversary in Portugal
2006-03-19 (Xinhua)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/19/content_4318473.htm

Anti-war protestors mark Iraq war anniversary in Hollywood
2006-03-19 (Xinhua)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/19/content_4318125.htm

Hundreds march to protest U.S. military role in Iraq
By Brian Alexander
Seattle Times staff reporter
Sunday, March 19, 2006
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002874919_warrally19m.html

Walking to New Orleans - Veterans Arrive in Style
By Shannell Jefferson, Staff Writer
Atlanta Progressive News (March 19, 2006)
http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0037.html

In the Path of a Storm, Vets Protest a War
Christian Parenti
March 19, 2006
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060403/parenti
Marchers make slow progress
Delays hinder, fail to stop war protesters
By ALLEN JOHNSON JR.
Special to The Advocate
Published: Mar 19, 2006
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/2488951.html

Protesters call for end to Iraq war
Associated Press
Sun, Mar. 19, 2006
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/14138629.htm

51 war protesters arrested in march to deliver coffin
3/20/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-20-pentagon-protests_x.htm

Pentagon Gets Coffin, While Protesters Get Arrested!
William Hughes
March 20, 2006 American Chronicle
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=7062

Voices of veterans rise in protest
More than 300 people converge for a rally in Tampa to demonstrate against the war in Iraq that's in its third year.
By ANDREW MEACHAM
Published March 20, 2006
St. Petersburg Times.
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/03/20/news_pf/Hillsborough/Voices_of_veterans_ri.shtml

Thousands around globe call for end of war
3/20/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-20-war-protests_x.htm

After Criticizing Bush, Harry Belafonte Says he was Disinvited from Delivering Eulogy at the Coretta Scott King Funeral
Monday, March 20th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/20/1439231