NucNews Headlines - collected March 21-31, 2006 Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date ---- NUCLEAR Does fusion scientist 'hold the secret'? By Elaine Jarvik Deseret Morning News Friday, March 24, 2006 http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635194149,00.html ---- accidents and safety Feds to probe tritium leaks at nuke plants nationwide By GREG CLARY THE WESTCHESTER NY JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: March 21, 2006) http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060321/NEWS02/603210351/1204 U.S. Nuclear Commission to Investigate Tritium Leaks at New York Nuclear Plant March 21, 2006 — By Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10101 http://www.1010wins.com/pages/16970.php? High Levels of Radioactive Material in NY Water By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS March 22, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Radioactive-Water.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print http://news.bostonherald.com/national/view.bg?articleid=131664 Fire Breaks Out at Japanese Nuclear Plant Wed Mar 22, 2006 Associated Press http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060322/ap_on_re_as/japan_nuclear_plant_fire_1 No Radiation From Japan Nuclear Waste Fire By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS March 22, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Japan-Nuclear-Plant-Fire.html?_r=1&oref=login&pagewanted=print Nuclear plants inspecting for radioactive water leaks No leaks detected at Duke facilities Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Greenville News By Anna Simon STAFF WRITER http://www.greenvillenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060322/NEWS01/603220432 Three Mile Island - A Look Back Mike Williams March 23, 2006 American Chronicle http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=7145 Palo Verde water spills investigated Feds probe tritium levels at nuclear plants Billy House and Ken Alltucker The Arizona Republic Mar. 23, 2006 12:00 AM http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0323nuke-taskforce0323.html Feds probe water tritium levels at nuclear power plants By ASSOCIATED PRESS March 23, 2006 http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/41265.html UN accused of ignoring 500,000 Chernobyl deaths · Atomic agency says toll will not exceed 4,000 · Doctors 'overwhelmed' by cancers and mutations John Vidal, environment editor Saturday March 25, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukraine/story/0,,1739339,00.html UN Accused of Ignoring 500,000 Chernobyl Deaths Doctors 'Overwhelmed' by Cancers and Mutations by John Vidal Saturday, March 25, 2006 by the Guardian/UK http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0325-05.htm The dangers of trash: Radioactive medical waste is hardly a rarity in garbage By John Hilliard Sunday, March 26, 2006 - Milford, CT Daily News http://www.milforddailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=88698&format=text Twenty Years After Chernobyl March 27, 2006 http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11211/ Three Mile Island: 27th Anniversary of Nuclear Accident Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/28/1431253 Activists say accidents are not the only risk of nuclear plants GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Tue, Mar. 28, 2006 http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/14206492.htm Radioactive Goat Mystery in Connecticut Wednesday, 29 March 2006 CBS Radio http://www.1010wins.com/pages/19516.php A Process To Render Nuclear Weapons & Waste Less Harmful By Dennis F. Nester, Guest Opinion special for NuclearNo.com, Originally published 20 June 2003 Friday, 29 August 2003, 12:36 pm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0308/S00219.htm Exelon to Remove Tritium From Illinois Groundwater BRACEVILLE, Illinois, March 30, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-30-09.asp#anchor3 ---- africa SA's 'small, safe' nuclear power Charlie Schimdt 28 March 2006 SouthAfrica.info http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/scitech/pbmr-280306.htm ---- asia Russia, China discuss energy needs Putin and Hu struck a general co-operation agreement Wednesday 22 March 2006, 17:38 Makka Time, 14:38 GMT http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6D01F8A1-4D45-4621-8911-50FAB46784FC.htm ---- australia Miners welcome possible China uranium deal Tuesday, March 28, 2006 ABC/AFP http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1602224.htm PM hunts for nuclear loophole Dennis Shanahan, Political editor March 29, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18639649%255E2702,00.html Australia Says No China Uranium Exploration Deal REUTERS AUSTRALIA: March 30, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35835/story.htm Opposition wants Australian-led nuclear watchdog Friday, March 31, 2006 Australian Broadcasting http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1605567.htm ---- britain Concerns over new nuclear plants Thursday, 23 March 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4838704.stm Sellafield awaits nuclear power's rebirth By Jorn Madslien BBC News business reporter at Sellafield Tuesday, 28 March 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4782450.stm British Gov't set to approve nuclear clean-up strategy Wed Mar 29, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060329/sc_afp/britainpoliticsenergy_060329185226 Investors and firms eye nuclear future By Jorn Madslien BBC News business reporter at Sellafield Wednesday, 29 March 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4818370.stm Jobs: Team Leader Strategic Support - Radiation Protection Group Dstl Environmental Sciences Department 29 Mar, 2006 http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/8-0&fp=4431a4571987c084&ei=SuAxRIvCOsT0HNuj4boJ&url=http%3A//www.telegraph.co.uk/core/exit.jhtml%3Fexit%3Dhttp%3A//www.jobs.telegraph.co.uk/item.aspx%3Fid%3D177610&cid=0 Nuclear plant clean-up bill hits £62.7bn Thu 30 Mar 2006 The Scotsman http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=491832006 Britain's nuclear sites: clean-up may cost over 70.0 billion pounds Thu Mar 30, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060330/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticsenergy_060330114253 Cleanup of Old British Nuclear Sites to Cost Billions LONDON, UK, March 31, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-31-05.asp ---- business U.S. Company Seeks to Stop Russian Nuclear Supplies to South Korea 21.03.2006 MosNews http://mosnews.com/money/2006/03/21/nuclearfuelconflict.shtml From Senate job to nuclear lobbyist — twice Key staffer's work helps industry from both sides of 'revolving door' By Mike Stuckey Senior news editor MSNBC March 22, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11845981/from/ET/ Teaming Agreement For Nuclear Power Plant Safety Related Applications 3/22/2006 SOURCE: The Invensys Group http://www.poweronline.com/content/news/article.asp?docid=%7B58DD8E07-A4F7-4FD0-9A54-AAA13A47D076%7D&VNETCOOKIE=NO EPRI Founder Recognized by American Nuclear Society Chauncey Starr Cited for Pioneering Work in Nuclear Safety March 28, 2006 Electric Energy Online http://www.electricenergyonline.com/IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=48480 Bechtel loses test site contract By IAN MYLCHREEST Las Vegas Business Press Tuesday, March 28, 2006 http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2006/03/28/breaking_news/02news.txt Uranium boom By JOHN ROLFE Business Editor March 29, 2006 Australia Daily Telegraph http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=04811ee2cefb8848&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53&f=1 Ministers confirm nuclear sale Thu, 30 Mar 2006 ePolitix.com Alan Johnson http://www.epolitix.com/EN/News/200603/88a1449c-0205-42df-99d0-b00ad8201657.htm Frida Berrigan on a For-Profit Nuclear World March 31, 2006 TomDispatch.com Tomgram http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=72765 ---- canada David Suzuki urges Ontario premier to steer clear of nuclear expansion STEVE ERWIN Tue Mar 21, 2006 (CP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060321/ca_pr_on_na/ont_mcguinty_energy_1 Leading Global Nuclear Suppliers Join Forces to Form "Team CANDU" Provides Ontario with a 'powerhouse of expertise and Experience' to build new nuclear plants March 27, 2006 / CNW http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2006/27/c6282.html ---- china Westinghouse CEO Expects Results Of China Bid Soon 03-21-06 (Dow Jones) http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=af1e75353b9272d9&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53&f=1 Russia wants to build more nuclear plants for China - Lavrov March 22, 2006 (Interfax) http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11483119 Nuclear an integral part of China's 15-year energy plan Thu Mar 23, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060324/wl_asia_afp/chinaenergynuclear_060324040221 China's ICBC-led consortium to offer Guangdong Nuclear 60 bln yuan credit loan Xinhua Financial News (March 30, 2006) http://pepei.pennnet.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WIREN&Category=HOME&NewsID=132739# ---- depleted uranium Depleted Uranium is "blowing in the wind" by Arun Shrivastava March 2, 2006 GlobalResearch.ca http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=SHR20060302&articleId=2057 Depleted Uranium In India, Spreading Worldwide From Karl W B Schwarz kwbschwarz2@snet.net 3-20-2006 Rense.com http://rense.com/general70/deple.htm Soldier Feels Abandoned In His Courtroom Battle Army Has Refused to Allow Testimony to Aid Case By Amit R. Paley Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, March 22, 2006; B06 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/21/AR2006032101903_pf.html Radioactive Tank No. 9 comes limping home by Bob Nichols, March 22, 2006 San Francisco Bay View http://www.sfbayview.com/110905/radioactivetank110905.shtml Depleted Uranium For Dummies Everything you need to know about depleted uranium. Every day our troops remain in Iraq increases the chances that they will come home sick, produce children with birth defects, and die prematurely. By Irving Wesley Hall 03/23/06 "ICH" http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12452.htm God Forgive America Kurt Nimmo Another Day in the Empire March 23rd 2006, 10:18 am http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4403&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 'No one cause' for Gulf illness Friday, 24 March 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4839036.stm Lab considers cleanup options Bob Brownne Tracy Press March 25, 2006 http://www.tracypress.com/local/2006-03-25-Lab.php The Evil Men Do Robert Klassen March 27, 2006 Uruknet http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m21983&l=i&size=1&hd=0 http://www.lewrockwell.com/klassen/klassen87.html Depleted uranium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, March 27, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium Women And War: A First-Hand Perspective By Sonia Nettnin 28 March, 2006 Countercurrents.org http://www.countercurrents.org/gen-nettnin280306.htm Radioactive munitions 03/28/2006 Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_3649155 AMVETS: Congress Has Not Given the VA Sufficient Funds to Properly Care for Military Servicemen and Women Returning From Iraq March 30, 2006 /PRNewswire/ http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-30-2006/0004330127&EDATE= ---- europe Germany still needs nuclear power: economy minister Wed Mar 22, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060322/sc_afp/germanyjapanpoliticsenvironmentenergynuclear_060322120545 France Proposes Draft Law on Nuclear Waste By CHRISTINE OLLIVIER, Associated Press Writer Wed Mar 22, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060322/ap_on_bi_ge/france_nuclear_waste Most EU leaders back reviving nuclear power David Gow in Brussels Monday March 27, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,,1740454,00.html Lithuanians want to store their nuclear waste in Estonia March 28, 2006 http://shaan.typepad.com/shaanou/2006/03/lithuanians_wan.html Nuclear reactions Impetus within the EU for a revival of atomic energy is gathering pace, writes David Gow Tuesday March 28, 2006 UK Guardian http://politics.guardian.co.uk/eu/comment/0,,1741272,00.html ---- india Press Statement of Arjun Makhijani on the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Institute for Energy and Environmental Research 3 March 2006 http://www.ieer.org/latest/indiaus.html Bush Administration Encouraged About India Civil Nuclear Deal U.S. Congress considering legislation to allow deal to proceed By David Shelby March 20, 2006 http://indiadefense.blogspot.com/2006/03/bush-administration-encouraged-about.html Nunn Urges Congress to Set Conditions on U.S.-India Nuclear Pact By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, March 21, 2006; A09 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/20/AR2006032001681_pf.html Bush Briefs Australia PM on India Nuclear Deal By REUTERS Published: March 21, 2006 Filed at 7:50 a.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-india-australia.html US takes n-deal to fuel suppliers Pranab Dhal Samanta Tuesday, March 21, 2006 Indian Express http://www.indianexpress.com/printerFriendly/848.html Former senator urges Congress to limit accord tying U.S., India Glenn Kessler Washington Post Mar. 21, 2006 12:00 AM http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0321india-policy0321.html Japanese FM voices concern on India-US nuclear deal Wed Mar 22, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060322/wl_asia_afp/japanusindianuclearpolitics Bush Presses for India Nuclear Pact By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS March 22, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-US-India.html?_r=1&oref=login&pagewanted=print US lobbies for nuclear trade with India Thu Mar 23, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060323/pl_afp/usindianuclear_060323210922 India Offers 'Treaty of Peace' to Pakistan By DEEPAK SHARMA ASSOCIATED PRESS March 24, 2006 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2006/mar/24/032400516.html US fails to bring NSG on board over India N-deal Press Trust of India Washington, March 24, 2006 http://www.samachar.com/showurl.htm?rurl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1658418,001301790001.htm?headline=N-deal:~US~fails~to~bring~NSG~on~board Bush's nuclear agreement with India on shaky legs Several countries, some in Congress want more details James Sterngold, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Saturday, March 25, 2006 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/25/MNGNRHTURA1.DTL India tempts US with $6bn aircraft deal Monday, March 27, 2006 South Asian Media http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=281108&category=Frontend&Country=INDIA No exemption for India on nuclear treaty By Edward Markey | March 27, 2006 Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/03/27/no_exemption_for_india_on_nuclear_treaty/ Nuclear suppliers raise doubts on US-India deal By Guy Dinmore in Washington Published: March 28 2006 04:18 Financial Times https://registration.ft.com/registration/barrier?referer=&location=http%3A//news.ft.com/cms/s/27f7d210-be09-11da-856c-0000779e2340.html White House, Congress urged to step up efforts to prevent nuclear attack By Chris Strohm, Congress Daily, March 28, 2006 http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=33711&dcn=todaysnews Key states hold judgment on N-deal Reuters Wednesday, March 29, 2006 http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=65092 Carter slams US-India nuclear deal Wed Mar 29, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060329/wl_sthasia_afp/usindianuclearpoliticscarter_060329154939 U.S.-India nuclear deal timing not helpful - Germany Thu Mar 30, 2006 (Reuters) http://in.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-03-30T014801Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-242826-1.xml Chinese leader backs uranium sales to India Rowan Callick, China correspondent March 30, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18650271%255E601,00.html Indian navy to induct new spy planes Thursday March 30, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2006-daily/30-03-2006/main/main18.htm India's training of Iranian military could dampen nuclear deal: US lawmaker Thu Mar 30, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060331/wl_asia_afp/usindiairannuclearmilitarypolitics_060331023609 India nuke development must follow international rules: Wen GG2.NET NEWS [30/03/2006] http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=92c8fcc8013020fb&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53&f=1 ---- iran US May Propose Tough UN Nuclear Resolution Against Iran by Staff Writers Vienna (AFP) Mar 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_May_Propose_Tough_UN_Nuclear_Resolution_Against_Iran.html Why Iran Nuke Talks Postponed Round table discussions at the UN Security Council. by William M. Reilly UPI U.N. Correspondent United Nations (UPI) Mar 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Why_Iran_Nuke_Talks_Postponed.html Irrational US View Will Not Prevail: Iran's FM by Staff Writers Doha (AFP) Mar 23, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Irrational_US_View_Will_Not_Prevail_Irans_FM.html Japan vows to keep developing giant Iran oil field Thu Mar 23, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060323/wl_asia_afp/japaniranpolitics Iran speeds up nuclear programme as crisis talks bog down Ian Traynor Friday March 24, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1738562,00.html Khamenei Urges Iran To Resist Threats On Nuclear by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Mar 27, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Khamenei_Urges_Iran_To_Resist_Threats_On_Nuclear.html Military force can't destroy our atomic program: Iran By Louis Charbonneau Mon Mar 27, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060327/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_force_dc US Limited In Iran War Options by Katherine Gypson Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Limited_In_Iran_War_Options.html Tehran tabs $213 million for nuclear program 'We can enrich uranium anywhere in iran' Compiled by Daily Star staff Tuesday, March 28, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=23298 Iran must dispel doubts it wants atom bombs-Germany 29 Mar 2006 15:04:07 GMT Source: Reuters By Louis Charbonneau http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29741895.htm Using force against Iran 'counter-productive': Russian FM Wed Mar 29, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060329/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpoliticsrussia Neocons Blocked 2003 Nuclear Talks With Iran by Gareth Porter March 29, 2006 (Inter Press Service) http://www.antiwar.com/orig/porter.php?articleid=8778 UN Council calls on Iran to halt nuclear program By Evelyn Leopold Wed Mar 29, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060329/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc_11 UN gives Iran 30 days to comply Thursday, 30 March 2006, Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A434A31E-341A-4D2A-A02B-9C6A021B4C90.htm Key Security Council Members Agree On Text For Iran Crisis by Staff Writers United Nations (AFP) Mar 30, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Key_Security_Council_Members_Agree_On_Text_For_Iran_Crisis.html Full text of UN statement on Iran Iran says its nuclear activities are not to build weapons Thursday 30 March 2006 Reuters http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/22B0EA22-89AA-4B32-8A1E-06DE82CD6C42.htm Iran To Stage Massive Gulf Military Maneuver Iran has two armed forces in which both have their own ground, naval and air force all under the command of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photo courtesy of AFP. by Farhad Pouladi Tehran (AFP) Mar 30, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_To_Stage_Massive_Gulf_Military_Maneuver.html Iran's nuclear crisis : Which way is it heading? By Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra Thu, 30 Mar 2006, 10:37:00 The New Nation (Bangladesh) http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_26791.shtml UN Sanctions Against Iran A Bad Idea ElBaradei by Staff Writers Doha (AFP) Mar 31, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/UN_Sanctions_Against_Iran_A_Bad_Idea_ElBaradei.html UN To Iran Comply With IAEA by William M. Reilly UPI U.N. Correspondent United Nations (UPI) Mar 31, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/UN_To_Iran_Comply_With_IAEA.html World Powers Urge Iran To Stop Enrichment by Stefan Nicola UPI Germany Correspondent Berlin (UPI) Mar 31, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/World_Powers_Urge_Iran_To_Stop_Enrichment.html Iran says it has tested radar-dodging missile 3/31/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-31-iranmissile_x.htm ---- japan Fire at Japan Nuclear Plant But no Leak REUTERS JAPAN: March 23, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35767/newsDate/23-Mar-2006/story.htm Japan ordered to shut nuclear reactor March 24, 2006 Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Japan-ordered-to-shut-nuclear-reactor/2006/03/24/1143083959284.html Hokuriku Electric to Appeal Court Order to Shut Nuclear Reactor March 24, 2006 (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=aFBBa44E4o6U Setback to Japan's nuclear industry By David Pilling in Tokyo Published: March 24 2006 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/df4fa48a-bb19-11da-8f51-0000779e2340.html Japan can contribute to world's nuclear energy development (Kyodo) Friday March 24, 2006 http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060324/kyodo/d8ghjdb02.html Toshiba prepares for new nuclear contracts 24 March 2006 PennWell Corporation http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=251057&p=6 US employee jailed for Japan rape Okinawans have long complained about the presence of US bases Friday, 24 March 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4840082.stm US, Japan split over military base relocation cost Saturday March 25, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2006-daily/25-03-2006/world/w20.htm Bill in works to officially allow military use of space The Japan Times: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060329a1.html Japan to Start Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel to Trim Use of Oil March 29, 2006 (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aArBFbVONu9c Nuclear-reprocessing test to start 03/30/2006 The Asahi Shimbun http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTWtlGAnuuatH0RQjcL=2BZUg=2BY9MISWMBeBho5AajInHZE7xl96ffBYoy7Xt=2F1Qcg4kH3bLJKG=2BxyFCS0Zl=2F818=2F=2FKZPXBIdUhAZ0g=2B=2BxTejQk Japanese Nuclear Reprocessing Plant to Start Test Run March 31, 2006 — By Hiroko Tabuchi, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10172 ---- korea N.Korea parliament to meet amid nuclear crisis Tue Mar 21, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060322/wl_nm/korea_north_parliament_dc_1 NKorea weapons 'could not hit US' Wednesday, 22 March 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4832466.stm North Korea reportedly upgrades mobile missile arsenal 23.03.06 REUTERS http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10374001 US And South Korea Launch War Games by Staff Writers Seoul (AFP) Mar 27, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_And_South_Korea_Launch_War_Games.html North Korean Leader Touts Burning Hatred Towards The US by Staff Writers Seoul (AFP) Mar 27, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/North_Korean_Leader_Touts_Burning_Hatred_Towards_The_US.html US And South Korea Launch War Games by Staff Writers Seoul (AFP) Mar 27, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_And_South_Korea_Launch_War_Games.html ---- mideast Iran's Nukes Concern Some Arab Countries By DIANA ELIAS, Associated Press Writer Wed Mar 22, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060322/ap_on_re_mi_ea/arabs_worried_about_iran Head of Arab League Pushes Nuke Programs March 28, 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Arab-Summit.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print Arab Nations Urged to Enter Nuclear Club Arab Summit Opens in Sudan With Secretary-General Urging Arab Nations to Enter 'Nuclear Club' By TANALEE SMITH The Associated Press Mar 28, 2006 http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1776012 Saudia Arabia working on secret nuclear program with Pakistan help - report 03.28.2006, 08:47 PM (AFX) http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/10-0&fp=442ba1db5d8de59c&ei=5-8rRIvpL7GIHJeH9fwO&url=http%3A//www.forbes.com/finance/feeds/afx/2006/03/28/afx2629000.html&cid=0 Pakistan rejects report on secret nuclear help to Saudi Arabia GG2.NET NEWS [30/03/2006] http://www.gg2.net/viewnews.asp?nid=3923&tid=breaking_news&catid=Breaking%20News http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060329/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistansarabiagermany_060329181321 http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2006-daily/30-03-2006/main/main7.htm S Arabia denies nuclear cooperation with Pakistan By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Friday March 31, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2006-daily/31-03-2006/main/main9.htm ---- missile defense DOD removes missile defense system report from Web site BY Bob Brewin Published on Mar. 20, 2006, FCW Media Group http://www.fcw.com/article92668-03-20-06-Web BMD Watch: Pentagon anger at MDA By MARTIN SIEFF UPI Senior News Analyst 3/21/2006 http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060321-125802-4353r Ballistic missile numbers fall worldwide By Martin Sieff, Mar 21, 2006 http://news.monstersandcritics.com/intelandterror/article_1149043.php/Ballistic_missile_numbers_fall_worldwide Britain is 'likely base for son of Star Wars' By Alec Russell in Washington (Filed: 24/03/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/24/nstarwars24.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/24/ixnewstop.html BMD Focus: Japan's passion for BMD By MARTIN SIEFF UPI Senior News Analyst, March 24, 2006 http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060323-053933-8963r Missile defense radar leaves Pearl Harbor for Alaska 3/31/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-31-missileradar_x.htm ---- pakistan Pakistan Clamors for Same US Nuclear Deal as India By REUTERS Published: March 21, 2006 Filed at 8:11 a.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-pakistan-usa-nuclear.html Pakistan test-fires cruise missile Tuesday, March 21, 2006 (AP) http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/21/pakistan.nuclear.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest N-capable missile test fired 3/22/2006 The Peninsula http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World%5FNews&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub%2DContinent&month=March2006&file=World_News2006032214710.xml 200 workers strike at Paks nuclear power station March 30, 2006 Budapest Sun http://www.budapestsun.com/full_story.asp?ArticleId=%7bB7304CE396B849FFAAE75653E59FEA6F%7d&From=News Pakistan bets on Barbar cruise missile By Martin Sieff Mar 31, 2006, Monsters and Critics http://news.monstersandcritics.com/intelandterror/article_1151507.php/Pakistan_bets_on_Barbar_cruise_missile ---- russia Russian nuclear plant chief prosecuted for waste-dumping in river Mon Mar 27, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060327/sc_afp/russianuclearenvironmentjustice_060327150944 Russia demands clear reply from Iran on nuclear offer Tue Mar 28, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060328/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics Russians balk on light-water reactor deal March 29, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060329-025911-4900r Southern CEO lays out supply strategy including nuclear, clean coal March 29, 2006 By Kathleen Hart http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-2412570-14179 Russia's president says maintaining nuclear deterrent is a priority for government By: Associated Press, Thursday, March 30, 2006 http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/03/31/news/nation/16_30_153_30_06.txt Putin Stresses Russias Need For Nuclear Deterrent by Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) Mar 31, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Putin_Stresses_Russias_Need_For_Nuclear_Deterrent.html ---- security Bomb-grade bazaar How industry, lobbyists, and Congress weakened export controls on highly enriched uranium. By Alan J. Kuperman March/April 2006 pp. 44-50 (vol. 62, no. 02) Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=ma06kuperman Chertoff: Chemical plants must beef up security 3/20/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-20-chemical-security_x.htm Study alleges US sets aside own security interest for Israel's Research paper by two leading academics on US-Israel relationship ignites controversy. posted March 21, 2006 at 12:00 p.m. By Tom Regan | Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0321/dailyUpdate.html NRC team to probe security concerns at N.C. nuclear plant Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Associated Press http://www.fayettevillenc.com/article_ap?id=82573 KANSAS LETS GUARDS "SHOOT TO KILL" Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - FreeMarketNews http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=9949 Record-breaking Detector May Aid Nuclear Inspections March 22, 2006 Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060319185304.htm U.S. Hiring Hong Kong Co. to Scan Nukes: 'Li Ka-Shing is pretty close to a lot of senior leaders of the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party' By TED BRIDIS and JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writers Mar 24 2006, 2:56 PM http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=8499 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060323/ap_on_go_pr_wh/port_security_bahamas Investigators enter US with 'dirty-bomb' material Mon Mar 27, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-03-28T043425Z_01_N27335382_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-RADIATION.xml Undercover Investigators Slip Dirty Bombs Across U.S. Borders Associated Press 3/27/2006 http://www.wzzm13.com/news/watercooler/watercooler_article.aspx?storyid=52109 Official warns of unsecured nuclear reactors By John Diamond, USA TODAY Mon Mar 27, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060327/ts_usatoday/officialwarnsofunsecurednuclearreactors A Third Of World's Reactors Not Secure by UPI Wire Mar 27, 2006 http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_21212000.shtml One-Third Of World's Nuclear Reactors Vulnerable To Terrorist Theft Official warns of unsecured nuclear reactors USA Today | John Diamond | March 27, 2006 09:05 AM http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-26-nuclear-security_x.htm GAO slips radioactive material past US border checkpoints Investigators say substance could have made 2 dirty bombs By Liz Sidoti, Associated Press | March 28, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/03/28/gao_slips_radioactive_material_past_us_border_checkpoints?mode=PF 'Dirty bombs' called threat to shipping By Audrey Hudson THE WASHINGTON TIMES March 29, 2006 http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060329-120348-7524r.htm US Senate in 'dirty bomb' warning San Ysidro border post between Mexico and the US Wednesday, 29 March 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4852410.stm 'Dirty bombs' expose US security March 29, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2108409,00.html US to beef up nuclear detection ability at ports Wed Mar 29, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060329/pl_afp/singaporeusattacks_060329153055 ---- terrorism Suspect 'tried to buy dirty bomb from Russians' By Jason Bennetto, Crime Correspondent UK Independent 23 March 2006 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article352998.ece ---- treaties Russia Says NPT Must Be Kept Intact in Iran Crisis By REUTERS March 22, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-nuclear-iran-russia.html?_r=1&oref=login&pagewanted=print http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FB6DF987-96B2-4579-B913-5FF1BD0546BD.htm Reigniting the Arms Race By Michael Klare The Nation 03 April 2006 Issue (Online March 23, 2006) http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032306L.shtml U.S. a Major Supporter of Atomic Energy Agency, Official Says All IAEA weapons inspectors trained in U.S., says nuclear agency deputy administrator By David Anthony Denny Washington File Staff Writer 29 March 2006 U.S. Department of State http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=March&x=20060329175200adynned0.3379022&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html ---- u.n. UN nuclear chief wants urgent reform of Security Council Sat Mar 25, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060325/wl_afp/irannuclearpoliticsun ---- u.s. nuc weapons The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press From Foreign Affairs, March/April 2006 http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060301faessay85204/keir-a-lieber-daryl-g-press/the-rise-of-u-s-nuclear-primacy.html?mode=print Need for new U.S. nuclear arsenal disputed Existing warheads may last longer than believed, experts say James Sterngold, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, March 21, 2006 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/21/MNGL8HRDFL1.DTL ODD FINDING: WARHEADS TEND TO RIPEN WITH AGE James Sterngold Tuesday, March 21, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/21/MNGL8HRDFN1.DTL U.S. missile science slumping By Matt Kelley USA Today, March 24, 2006 http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1641407.php Northrop to replace ICBM reentry vehicles Mar. 31, 2006 United Press International http://washtimes.com/upi/20060331-120252-1744r.htm ---- u.s. nuc facilities Student Conference To Explore the Future of Nuclear Power March 22, 2006 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Contact: Jason Gorss Phone: (518) 276-6098 E-mail: gorssj@rpi.edu http://news.rpi.edu/update.do State Legislatures Support New Nuclear Build Monday, March 27, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/03/state-legislatures-support-new-nuclear.html EIA panel still sees plenty of obstacles on road to nuclear revival March 27, 2006 6:33 PM By Wayne Barber http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-2407919-11108 New nuclear reactor plans raise questions By Leonard Anderson Tue Mar 28, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060328/us_nm/utilities_nuclear_plants_dc_3 Spurgeon trading Orchid for halls of power in D.C. By ED BIERSCHENK ed.bierschenk@scripps.com March 29, 2006 Scripps http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0,2545,TCP_16736_4578484,00.html ---- colorado Nukes of the future By Len Ackland Denver Post 3/26/2006 http://www.denverpost.com/perspective/ci_3640454 ---- connecticut Connecticut Yankee, Bechtel End Nuclear Plant Suits Controversy Over Facility's Shutdown Prompted Litigation March 22, 2006 By PENELOPE OVERTON, Hartford Courant Staff Writer http://www.courant.com/news/local/sr/hc-hdmsettle0322.artmar22,0,275028.story CT Group Seeks More Information From NRC By Patricia Daddona 3/29/2006 The Day http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=a27a1609-8319-4440-984b-de0f82fc484f http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=705870e9-7fe2-48b5-bfee-137a605f2662 ---- illinois Exelon restarts reactor Chicago Tribune staff, wire reports Published March 23, 2006 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0603230256mar23,1,2885570.story?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true ---- kansas Nuke Plant Guards Can 'Shoot To Kill' In Kansas (REUTERS-) Mar 22, 2006 http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_081190337.html http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=11629818&src=rss/domesticNews ---- michigan Watchdogs alarmed by Palisades problem; company says no cause for concern March 23, 2006 - 8:45AM Freedom Broadcasting of Michigan http://www.wwmt.com/engine.pl?station=wwmt&id=24776&template=breakout_local.html ---- mississippi Second Mississippi nuclear plant could be running in a decade HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press Wed, Mar. 22, 2006 http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/14158860.htm Claiborne supervisor blasts Port Gibson annex plan By Sam Knowlton [3/28/06] Vicksburg Post http://www.vicksburgpost.com/articles/2006/03/28/news/news02.txt ---- nevada GAO: Quality assurance problems still hamper nuclear waste dump March 20, 2006 Associated Press http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=4673853&nav=9qrx Nevada files new federal lawsuit in Yucca Mountain fight By: KEN RITTER - Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Associated Press http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/03/23//news/state/16_29_123_22_06.txt http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10118 Nevada sues Energy Dept over nuclear waste plan Wed Mar 22, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060322/sc_nm/energy_nuclear_yucca_dc_1 Yucca Mountain: Quality Assurance at DOE's Planned Nuclear Waste Repository Needs Increased Management Attention GAO-06-313, March 17, 2006 http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06313high.pdf Yucca Mountain chief predicts application in 2008, dump by 2020 By ERICA WERNER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Friday, March 31, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6600AP_NV_Yucca_Mountain.html?source=rss ---- new hampshire Seabrook Plant Gets High Marks From Government Nuclear Power Plant Operates Within Safety Guidelines March 31, 2006 Associated Press. http://www.thechamplainchannel.com/wnne/8389346/detail.html ---- new jersey Engel talks Indian Point with NRC chairman Thursday, March 23, 2006 http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/IP_Engel-23Mar06.htm ---- new mexico Nuclear Weapons Center to Open at Kirtland Air Force Base by Harold Meisterling Nuclear Weapons Directorate Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Mar 24, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Nuclear_Weapons_Center_to_Open_at_Kirtland_Air_Force_Base.html Carlsbad, Hobbs combine efforts on plant Officials hope to bring nuclear reprocessing facility to southeastern New Mexico By Kyle Marksteiner Current-Argus Staff Writer Mar 24, 2006, 06:00 am http://www.currentargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006603240304 Los Alamos experts to debate future of energy Hydrocarbon Alternatives Friday, March 31, 2006 http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=13554 Nuclear society members to gather By Victoria Parker-Stevens Current-Argus Staff Writer Mar 31, 2006, 06:00 am http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTSZkctp1FZO2uj3KmuE0eup7ySIq06Ck3ocI7X6RHErt3I=2FPTjn=2FgNi2uWJ2k7SqGpnmhY4wOzxzdY8N20nNeCdLYZG7d9xW34U49jy7cYtwKR3wRCaFM6=2BM6ri5xdCOYQ=3D=3D ---- new york Indian Pt. evac plans get another look BY JIM FITZGERALD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS March 23, 2006 http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/402065p-340555c.html http://www.1010wins.com/pages/17754.php? Putnam officials criticized for failure to attend Indian Point meeting By SUSAN ELAN selan@lohud.com THE NY JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: March 24, 2006) http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006603240371 NRC, Entergy to meet with public on Indian Point By GREG CLARY gclary@lohud.com THE NY JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: March 28, 2006) http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060328/NEWS02/603280351/1204 ---- north carolina NRC: Minor Problems at Harris Plant Issues do not affect plant security 03/22/06 -- WTVD Eyewitness News http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=local&id=4015723 NRC Releases Findings In Shearon Harris Probe March 22, 2006 WRAL http://www.wral.com/news/8191365/detail.html?rss=ral&psp=news ---- ohio NRC, utility to meet on Fermi 2 plant By: Charles Slat, March 21. 2006 Monroe News http://www.monroenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060321/NEWS01/103210002 ---- pennsylvania Westinghouse looks to expand in Western Pennsylvania By Thomas Olson PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, March 23, 2006 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/pittsburgh/s_435987.html Westinghouse scouting Pittsburgh area to expand nuclear operation The Associated Press 3/23/2006 http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-03232006-630905.html ---- south carolina Professor's work may land Clemson unique lab Students could help build mobile unit for decommissioning nuclear reactors Published: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 6:00 am By Anna Simon, STAFF WRITER, Greenville News asimon@greenvillenews.com http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200660328001 Santee Cooper powering up State-owned utility unveils $2.5 billion building plan BY KYLE STOCK The Charleston SC Post and Courier Tuesday, March 28, 2006 http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=78119§ion=business Businesses support proposed nuclear fuel reprocessing plant BY SAMMY FRETWELL Knight Ridder Newspapers Fri, Mar. 31, 2006 http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/nation/14237129.htm ---- south dakota South Dakota Resolution 1010 Feb. 27 supports development of nuclear power February 27, 2006 SD State Legislature http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2006/bills/HCR1010p.pdf ---- utah Utah Tribe Given Green Light for Nuclear Storage Epoch Times, News Report, Matt Gnaizda, Mar 21, 2006 http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=435086f5b915c2453afbd03350a132e1&from=rss ---- vermont VY relicensing process offers little opportunity for public comment By KRISTI CECCAROSSI, Brattleboro Reformer Staff Thursday, March 23, 2006 http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_3630591 Yankee is a plus for Vermont March 23, 2006 Rutland Herald By MILT EATON http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060323/NEWS/603230303/1039 Entergy Nuclear says it's ready for next power increase March 28, 2006 Associated Press http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/03/28/entergy_nuclear_says_its_ready_for_next_power_increase/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News ---- virginia Warnings silent at North Anna North Anna warning siren system fails in unscheduled test 3/24/2006 Fredericksburg Free Lance Star By RUSTY DENNEN http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/032006/03242006/177863 ---- washington Public sounds off on study Published Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7555579p-7467128c.html DOE issues fix-it list for vit plant Published Friday, March 24th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7560704p-7471991c.html Experts list 28 problems to fix at Hanford waste plant Study by 30 experts cost $4 million THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Saturday, March 25, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/264323_hanford25.html?source=rss Steady Hanford budget proposed Published Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7573083p-7484402c.html Calls to tighten security sparked by lapse at Blaine By Alicia Mundy Thursday, March 30, 2006 Seattle Times Washington bureau http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002898912_border30m.html ---- wisconsin Nuclear plant to get more U.S. inspections At issue are 2 Kewaunee violations By THOMAS CONTENT tcontent@journalsentinel.com Posted: March 20, 2006 http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=409568 ---- us nuc waste Utilities push for Yucca's completion Bush prods Congress on issue Mar 29, 2006 NC News Observer http://www.newsobserver.com/110/story/423011.html 'Good Riddance' is the Theme for Nuclear Waste Project By Frank Munger, Thursday, 30 March 2006 http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/451210/good_riddance_is_the_theme_for_nuclear_waste_project/index.html?source=r_science Originally published February 1, 2006 in Knoxville News http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/opinion_columnists/article/0,1406,KNS_364_4431312,00.html ---- whistleblowers In praise of the federal watchdogs protecting taxpayers By JOEL CONNELLY Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/264726_joel29.html?source=rss ---- MILITARY ---- afghanistan Taliban - 'I have 600 suicide bombers waiting for your soldiers' By Massoud Ansari in Qamaruddin Karaiz, south-west Pakistan (Filed: 26/03/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=T22JEBI15UW1ZQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2006/03/26/wtali26.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/26/ixworld.html ---- africa Somalia clashes leave 60 dead Somalia has been wracked by chronic unrest since 1991 Thursday 23 March 2006 Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F4A2994B-AA7C-4A37-96F3-DBFC52F56C4D.htm Ethiopian Prime Minister Accuses Eritrea Of Fomenting Unrest By Ashenafi Abedje Washington, DC 28 March 2006 VOICE OF AMERICA http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2006-03-28-voa56.cfm Liberian warlord Taylor vanishes while in exile War crimes suspect was about to be handed over to face U.N. tribunal The Associated Press March 28, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12048243/ Ugandan war toll 'worse than Iraq' Thursday, March 30, 2006 BBC/Reuters http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1605066.htm ---- arms Predator controlled from Nevada crashes in Iraq By KEITH ROGERS Las Vegas Review-Journal Mar. 22, 2006 http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Mar-22-Wed-2006/news/6488221.html F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: next Dubai ports deal? Dubai firm's involvement, lack of technology sharing are latest snags for next-generation US fighter project. By Arthur Bright March 22, 2006 Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0322/dailyUpdate.html?s=mesdu Unmanned war does not come cheap Demand for the unmanned Predator has risen Tuesday 28 March 2006 Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/516A12CB-5B85-48FE-B0E6-B17350E65535.htm US to test 700-tonne explosive in Nevada Mar 30 2006 (AFP) http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/30/060330162648.wxde5ocl.html US freezes assets of Swiss firm over North Korea links Thu Mar 30, 2:41 PM ET (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060330/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearpolitics_060330194132 Pentagon Weighs Helping Libya Destroy Arms By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer Thursday, March 30, 2006 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/03/30/national/w124415S86.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/03/30/national/w124415S86.DTL&type=printable The Fox Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle March 31, 2006 http://www.gizmag.com/go/5438/ US Lifts Ban on Sale of Arms to Indonesia by Jim Lobe March 31, 2006 Inter Press Service http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=8786 ---- asia ‘China military build-up destabilising Japan’ Tuesday March 28, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2006-daily/28-03-2006/world/w7.htm Rebels, navy clash off Sri Lanka Thursday, 30 March 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4860682.stm ---- biological weapons Heilongjiang to preserve Japanese germ warfare site 2006-03-24 (Xinhua) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/24/content_4339536.htm ---- britain Iraq War Wrong for Six-in-Ten Britons March 21, 2006 (Angus Reid Global Scan) http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/11299 Security: Funding to fight terrorism rises By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent 23 March 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article353067.ece Veterans told: there is no Gulf syndrome By Michael Evans, Defence Editor March 25, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2102176,00.html ---- business What did the Vice-President do for Halliburton? by JANE MAYER Issue of 2004-02-16 and 23 Posted 2004-02-09 http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/040216fa_fact Frenchman Faces Trial Next Month Over SKorean Military Documents by Charles Whelan Seoul (AFP) Mar 23, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Frenchman_Faces_Trial_Next_Month_Over_SKorean_Military_Documents.html U.S. security fears force Israeli software firm to drop deal 3/23/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-23-israel-software_x.htm ---- chemical weapons Chertoff Outlines Chemical Plant Security By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS March 22, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Chemical-Plant-Security.html?pagewanted=print Agent Orange: the legacy of a weapon of mass destruction Thirty-five years after the US sprayed the jungles of Vietnam with toxic defoliant, thousands of babies are still being born with horrific defects. But unlike the American veterans, no one in the war-ravaged country has received any compensation. Jeremy Laurance reports from Ho Chi Minh City 01 April 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article354940.ece ---- china The Fallacy of Chinese Containment The best way to deal with China is to let it prosper. By Robert B. Reich Web Exclusive: 03.22.06 American Prospect http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=11337 ---- europe U.S., Bulgaria still wrangling over bases By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Published March 21, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060321-121618-6540r ---- iran US accuses Iran of Iraq duplicity Mr Khalilzad said militia attacks are killing more than the car bombs Zalmay Khalilzad Friday, 24 March 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4841532.stm Top U.S. army chief says military action against Iran not imminent Compiled by Lebanon Daily Star staff Saturday, March 25, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=23224 ---- iraq Did Russian Ambassador Give Saddam the U.S. War Plan? Iraq Archive Document Alleges Russian Official Described Locations, Troops, Tanks and Other Forces Before Operation Iraqi Freedom Began March 23, 2006 ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/International/print?id=1734490 U.S.: Iraq on own to rebuild The head of the U.S.-led program to rebuild By Thomas Frank, USA TODAY Fri Mar 24, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060324/ts_usatoday/usiraqonowntorebuild Russia Spies Operated in Iraq Through 2003 By MIKE ECKEL, Associated Press Writer Fri Mar 24, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060324/ap_on_re_eu/russia_us_iraq_war_3 Pentagon: Russia fed U.S. war plans to Iraq Russian official: Report 'unfounded' Saturday, March 25, 2006; Posted: 7:12 a.m. EST (12:12 GMT) http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/25/saddam.russia/index.html New York Times Finally Reports On Secret UK Iraq Memo Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/28/1431253 Informant tells of stockpiling weapons From correspondents in London 28 march 2006 Australia Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18629728%255E1702,00.html ---- israel / palestine Baruch Marzel: IDF must assassinate left-wing activist Uri Avnery By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent 21/03/2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/696472.html Israeli media condemn, discuss report on US-Israel ties Some say Harvard report 'riddled with factual errors,' others call it important 'wake-up call.' By Tom Regan, March 24, 2006 Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0324/dailyUpdate.html Party licks wounds after poll crash By Michael Blum in Tel Aviv March 29, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18641991-1702,00.html Ex-Mossad chief: Hamas offered 30-year cease-fire in 1997 By Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz Correspondent 31/03/2006 http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/701033.html ---- landmines NATO Troops To Destroy 15,000 Landmines in Afghanistan WASHINGTON, DC, March 22, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-22-02.asp NATO Troops To Destroy 15,000 Landmines in Afghanistan Thursday March 23, 2006 (2343 PST) http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=138399 ---- latin america Chavez again talks of a U.S. invasion 3/21/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-21-venezuela-us_x.htm Argentina to open secret archives Some 30,000 people may have been killed during the "dirty war" Thursday, 23 March 2006 {BBC} http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4836128.stm Uruguay & Argentina Cease Training at U.S. Army’s School of the Americas Defense Ministers of Both Countries Cite SOA Legacies of Torture and Social Repression in Meetings with Human Rights Advocates; Congress Soon to Decide Fate of Controversial Pentagon School MARCH 28, 2006 CONTACT: School of the America's Watch Christy Pardew, 202-234-3440 OR 202-903-7257, media@soaw.org http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0328-15.htm ---- nato NATO could replace U.S. presence in Iceland By Barry Schweid Associated Press March 21, 2006 http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1633362.php Ukraine presses on with efforts to join NATO By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Published March 24, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060324-015838-9994r NATO could cover all Afghanistan by August-general Fri Mar 31, 2006 By Mark John (Reuters) http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-03-31T112917Z_01_L31685271_RTRUKOC_0_UK-AFGHAN-NATO.xml&archived=False NATO general calls for proactive alliance By Gareth Harding UPI Chief European Correspondent Mar. 31, 2006 at 2:47PM http://washtimes.com/upi/20060331-110641-5179r.htm ---- pacific Pacific island nations nervous about China's rise By Kathleen Hwang United Press International Published March 27, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060327-112503-7724r Blair promises to bolster defence ties with Indonesia By Shawn Donnan and James Blitz in Jakarta Published: March 30 2006 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0ae5e286-bfb5-11da-939f-0000779e2340.html ---- prisoners of war Abu Ghraib dog handler gets 6 months for prisoner abuse 3/21/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-21-abughraib-guilty_x.htm Guantanamo film 'gets US release' Tuesday, 21 March 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4828134.stm Straw to demand release of 'MI5 man' in Guantanamo after U-turn By Robert Verkaik, Legal Affairs Correspondent 23 March 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article353012.ece Scalia: Guantanamo Detainees Have No Rights Monday, March 27th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/27/1449248 Command's Responsibility: Detainee Deaths in U.S. Custody in Iraq and Afghanistan Downloaded March 28, 2006, Human Rights First http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/etn/dic/exec-sum.asp Court scrutinizes military tribunals plan for detainees By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY 3/28/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-28-bin-laden-driver_x.htm British intelligence tip led to CIA rendition By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Published March 28, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060328-015842-3929r ---- puerto rico In Vieques, Bombing Resumes Ordnance Detonation Postpones Start Of Environmental Cleanup March 27, 2006 By RAY QUINTANILLA, Chicago Tribune http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/hc-vieques0327.artmar27,0,5354728.story?coll=hc-headlines-nationworld Islanders ask: Where's the cleanup? BY RAY QUINTANILLA Chicago Tribune Tue, Mar. 28, 2006 http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/world/14204411.htm ---- russia IS RUSSIA LOOKING FOR A FIGHT WITH GEORGIA? Ariel Cohen, March 23, 2006 Eurasianet http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav032306.shtml ---- spies US spied on French nuclear program Tue Mar 21, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060321/pl_afp/usfrancenuclear_060321225337 ---- un UN still mum on Guatemalan troops' deaths in Congo 23 Mar 2006 Reuters By Irwin Arieff http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23302615.htm UN reform - US will only remain part of UN as long as it does not try to have a "standing army" Saturday, March 25, 2006 Sudan Watch http://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2006/03/un-reform-us-will-only-remain-part-of.html ---- us Air Force May Combine Commands Inside Defense | Elaine M. Grossman | March 17, 2006 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,91247,00.html Hired guns unaccountable Pentagon releases 400 'serious incident reports' voluntarily filed by security contractors in Iraq Jay Price, Staff Writer Mar 23, 2006 NC News Observer http://www.newsobserver.com/505/v-print/story/421071.html Walter Reed workers lose job battle Mar. 24, 2006 (UPI) http://washtimes.com/upi/20060324-114640-9868r.htm Navy Won't File Charges in Iraq Contractor Fracas By Griff Witte and Josh White Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, March 25, 2006; A15 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/24/AR2006032401840_pf.html Army mistakes delayed armor upgrades By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, Sunday, March 26, 2006 http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=35156&archive=true Military won't charge U.S. contractors detained in Iraq SCOTT SONNER Associated Press Tue, Mar. 28, 2006 http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/14207349.htm Agent Orange victims compo call By Frank Zeller 28 mar 06 Australia Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18637094%255E1702,00.html The Long War's Pricetag Frida Berrigan March 29, 2006 TomPaine.com http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/03/29/the_long_wars_pricetag.php Army bans use of privately bought armor 3/30/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-30-bodyarmor_x.htm http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/03/30/national/w151001S93.DTL&type=printable Pentagon Bars Non-Issued Body Armor Friday, March 31st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/31/148248 ---- war crimes War Crimes by Herbert P. Bix March 21, 2006 Z Magazine http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=72&ItemID=9957 The Milosevic Case John Catalinotto Interviews Sara Flounders (Swans - March 27, 2006) http://www.swans.com/library/art12/zig090.html Taylor taken to Sierra Leone to face war crimes tribunal 3/29/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-29-liberia-taylor_x.htm The legacy of Vietnam Wednesday, 29th March, 2006 http://www.7days.ae/2006/03/29/the-legacy-of-vietnam.html ---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE ---- courts / tribunals Ex-Generals Call for Scalia To Be Recused From Gitmo Case Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/28/1431253 ---- homeland security / national intelligence Brain drain hits Homeland Security By Mimi Hall, USA TODAY 3/28/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-28-homeland-security_x.htm ---- immigration / refugees Bush seeks changes in immigration as issue heats up By Kathy Kiely and David Jackson, USA TODAY 3/26/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-26-bush-immigration_x.htm Senate Committee Approves New Immigration Bill Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/28/1431253 A Debate on the Senate's Proposed Overhaul of Immigration Laws Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/29/154206 Senate Debate Over Immigration Reform Heats Up in Washington Thursday, March 30th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/30/157219 ---- police FBI, police spying is rising, groups allege The ACLU has filed Freedom of Information requests for more than 150 groups and individuals. By Alexandra Marks | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor March 23, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0323/p03s03-ussc.html ---- torture Pentagon mulls torture rule on Guantanamo evidence Reuters, Mar 22, 2006 http://abcnews.go.com/US/print?id=1756202 Activists want public to know terror case ruling 3/27/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-27-mosque-secrecy_x.htm ---- POLITICS ---- corruption Barbara Bush Directed Katrina Donation to Son’s Company Monday, March 27th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/27/1449248 How Lobbyists Helped Secure Billions in Taxpayer Subsidies For Big Oil Companies Despite Record Profits Thursday, March 30th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/30/157233 ---- investigations Libby's Defense to Lay Blame for Leak on State Department By R. Jeffrey Smith Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, March 19, 2006; A08 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/18/AR2006031801148_pf.html A Possible Clue On NSA Spying Tuesday, March 21, 2006 The Washington Post; A15 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/20/AR2006032001392_pf.html An Update on President Bush's NSA Program: The Historical Context, Specter's Recent Bill, and Feingold's Censure Motion By JOHN W. DEAN Friday, Mar. 24, 2006 http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20060324.html Judges Back Bill Examining Domestic Spying By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer Tue Mar 28, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060329/ap_on_go_ot/eavesdropping_3 ---- patriot act The Patriot Act and Attention Deficit Democracy by James Bovard, March 22, 2006 Future of Freedom Foundation http://www.fff.org/comment/com0603f.asp Bush shuns Patriot Act requirement In addendum to law, he says oversight rules are not binding By Charlie Savage, Boston Globe Staff | March 24, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/03/24/bush_shuns_patriot_act_requirement/?page=full ---- propaganda wars America’s Blinders By Howard Zinn March 21, 2006 Peace Reporter http://www.peacereporter.net/dettaglio_articolo.php?idc=0&idart=5014 Korea Peacemaking, March 24, 2006 http://www.peacemaking.co.kr/english/news/view.php?papercode=ENGLISH&newsno=293§no=39§no2=0&pubno=169 The Progressive April 2006 Issue http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/3-0&fp=442b18429044b7b6&ei=oOwrRMjDNLPUHLyV2f4O&url=http%3A//progressive.org/mag_zinn0406&cid=0 Helen Thomas Asks President Bush Why He Went to War Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/22/150252 Documentary sends warning to Congress BY WALTER CRONKITE, Thu, Mar. 23, 2006 Miami Herald http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/14164005.htm The PsyOps War: A Look at the Lincoln Group and the U.S. Military's Planting of Stories in the Iraqi Press Friday, March 24th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/24/150208 Rumsfeld: U.S. Gets A 'D' In War Of Ideas Mar 27, 2006 Associated Press http://cbs4denver.com/nationalpolitics/politicsnational_story_086140733.html Media ignored, underreported NY Times disclosure of explosive Bush-Blair memo Tue, Mar 28, 2006 Media Matters http://mediamatters.org/items/200603280013 Rice concedes 'errors' in Iraq, elsewhere 3/31/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-31-rice_x.htm Rice admits "thousands" of errors in Iraq By Gideon Long and Sue Pleming Fri Mar 31, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060331/us_nm/britain_usa_rice_dc 'Don't worry' about new tapping laws March 31, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18664186-1702,00.html ---- us politics Hillary the Hawk The Democrats’ Athena only differs from Bush on the details by Justin Raimondo March 27, 2006 Issue The American Conservative http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_03_27/cover.html Wisconsin Green Party Supports Feingold's Censure Resolution, Invites Him to Join the Green Party Wisconsin Green Party March 27th, 2006 http://www.gp.org/press/states/wi_2006_03_27.shtml Caspar Weinberger, Cabinet officer for two presidents, dies 3/28/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-28-Weinberger_x.htm Democrats Talk Tough William D. Hartung March 30, 2006 TomPaine.com http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/03/30/democrats_talk_tough.php ---- ENERGY Fusion as energy source debated Hydrocarbon Alternatives UPI Tuesday, March 28 http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=13451 ---- alternative energy Ethanol Industry Anticipates Summer Growing Pains March 21, 2006 — By Brad Foss, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10104 71 Congressional Representatives Urge Budget Increase for Renewables WASHINGTON, DC, March 22, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-22-09.asp#anchor1 Wind Energy Demand Booming: Cost Dropping By Lester R. Brown WASHINGTON, DC, March 23, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-23-insbro.asp All EPA National Headquarters Electricity to Be Renewable WASHINGTON, DC, March 24, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-24-09.asp#anchor1 Britain Eyes Commercially Viable Clean Energy REUTERS UK: March 27, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35796/newsDate/27-Mar-2006/story.htm EU Leaders Seek Stronger Renewable Energy Targets Story by Jeff Mason REUTERS BELGIUM: March 27, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35802/newsDate/27-Mar-2006/story.htm Ethanol Crunch May Boost US Gasoline Prices Story by Richard Valdmanis REUTERS US: March 28, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35812/story.htm Buildings of the Future Energy Self-Sufficient, Carbon Neutral GENEVA, Switzerland, March 29, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-29-03.asp U.S. Ethanol Makers Say They Can Meet Oil Refiner Demand March 30, 2006 — By Tom Doggett, Reuters http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10164 U.S., Mexico Collaborate on Capture, Reuse of Methane Gas WASHINGTON, DC, March 30, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-30-09.asp#anchor7 Court Orders Energy Department to Buy Alternative Fuel Vehicles SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 31, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-31-09.asp#anchor4 ---- OTHER ---- environment Hawaiian Electric Company Jumpstarts State Ethanol Industry HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 21, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-22-09.asp#anchor4 Largest U.S. Coal Strip Mine Threatens Tribal Water Source KAYENTA, Arizona, March 22, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-22-09.asp#anchor2 Global Warming Will Make Water Crisis Intolerable MEXICO CITY, Mexico, March 22, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-22-01.asp Greenpeace Wants 40 Percent of Oceans Protected March 22, 2006 — By Reuters http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10108 VX Destruction Resumes at Chemical Depot after Latest Spill March 23, 2006 — By Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10116 Pentagon block on move for safer water Julian Borger Washington Thursday March 30, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1742619,00.html?gusrc=rss Pennsylvania Power Plant to Install Cooling Towers HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 30, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-30-09.asp#anchor6 Bush reportedly regrets global warming, energy policy decisions by Bill Moore, 31 Mar 2006 by EV World http://www.energybulletin.net/14511.html House Budget Drops Land Sales, Arctic Drilling Revenues WASHINGTON, DC, March 31, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-31-09.asp#anchor2 ---- ACTIVISTS It's criminal Posted by Scott Ritter on March 20, 2006 http://alternet.org/bloggers/ritter/33788/ Domestic spying on anti-war groups forces ACLU into action By MIKE BARBER Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tuesday, March 21, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/263844_spy21ww.html Greenpeace Activists Swim Uruguay River to Protest Paper Mills March 21, 2006 — By Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10102 Father of Slain Contractor Among 50 Arrested at Anti-War Protest Tuesday, March 21st, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/21/1418203 The bodies are piling up Posted: 2006/03/21 From: ICH By Cindy Sheehan http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=531221 Protesters defy Lukashenko From correspondents in Minsk March 22, 2006 Australian http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18561038%255E1702,00.html Three Kidnapped Peace Activists Freed in Baghdad Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/23/152246 Western peace activists freed in Iraq The aid workers were taken hostage in November 2005 Thursday 23 March 2006, 18:07 Makka Time, 15:07 GMT http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A6EF4A10-6F22-481B-B558-A19F4D845638.htm Police: 10,000 in Milwaukee protest targets on illegals 3/23/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-23-immigration-rally_x.htm Three Kidnapped Peace Activists Freed in Baghdad Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/23/153208 Stewart Brand to Address Nuclear Energy Assembly Thursday, March 23, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/03/stewart-brand-to-address-nuclear.html Police storm opposition tent camp in Belarus 3/23/200 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-23-belarus-arrests_x.htm Indigenous Activists in Ecuador Suspend Protests Friday, March 24th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/24/1459255 IRS Audited Greenpeace At Request of ExxonMobil-Funded Group Friday, March 24th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/24/150203 Mass Protests Continue in France to Oppose Controversial Labor Law Friday, March 24th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/24/150215 Northern Illinois students reclaim streets and tear down recruitment posters Sunday, March 26 2006 Infoshop News http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/71246/index.php http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20060326093447879 FBI Keeps Watch on Activists Antiwar, other groups are monitored to curb violence, not because of ideology, agency says. By Nicholas Riccardi Los Angeles Times Staff Writer March 27, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes093.html Keeping Tabs on the Peaceniks By Nick Schwellenbach, AlterNet Posted March 27, 2006 http://www.alternet.org/rights/33949/ Between 500,000 to 2 Million Take to the Streets of L.A. To Demonstrate Against Anti-Immigrant Bill Monday, March 27th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/27/1449257 Arrest over four year protest From correspondents in London March 27, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18616299-1702,00.html Fallen GI's father leads anti-war rally 03/28/2006 Inside Bay Area, FROM STAFF REPORTS http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_3646927 At Rush Hour, They Take Quiet Stand for Peace By Elizabeth Mehren March 28, 2006 Los Angeles Times Staff Writer http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes094.html Protests force delay in Belarus inauguration By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Published March 28, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060328-015231-2342r Born on the bayou: Tribal Katrina victims, you have not been forgotten! jpstillwater By Jane Stillwater Tue Mar 28, 2006 http://jpstillwater.blogspot.com 40,000 Students Stage Walk-Out in LA to Protest Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/28/1431253 Immigration debate triggers more protests By Kathy Kiely and Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY 3/28/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-03-28-walkout-students_x.htm VY protesters stage 24-hour vigil By ANDY ROSEN, Brattleboro Reformer Staff Tuesday, March 28, 2006 http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_3646433 Protesters plan demo for Blair 28 March 2006 NZ Stuff By IAN LLEWELLYN http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3618739a11,00.html Document: FBI Monitored Cars Near War Protest Rally ACLU Questions Practice March 28, 2006 TheDenverChannel.com http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/8315909/detail.html Thousands of Students Defy School Lockdowns and Continue Walkouts to Protest Anti-Immigrant Bill Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/29/154212 Walkout: The True Story of the Historic 1968 Chicano Student Walkout in East L.A. Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/29/154216 D.C. Judge Gives Protesters "Time Served" For Disrupting Congressional Hearing On Iraq War Funding Submitted by Scott on March 29, 2006 - http://vcnv.org/d-c-judge-gives-protesters-time-served-for-disrupting-congressio Bhopal Gas Victims in Long Walk for Clean Water Story by Palash Kumar REUTERS INDIA: March 30, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35829/story.htm A bipartisan resolution on U.S. nuclear technology to India Take Action Now on H.Con.Res. 318 From: Nuclear Reduction/Disarmament Initiative Date: Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:36pm Talking points and write a letter to your representative visit http://www.fcnl.org/redir/0206hconres318.htm. Anti-War Protesters Catch Joint Forces Off Guard Mar. 30,2006 Chosun Ilbo http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200603/200603300035.html Jill Carroll Describes Captivity in Televised Interview Friday, March 31st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/31/148248 Pentagon Bars Non-Issued Body Armor Friday, March 31st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/31/148248 The Art of War for the anti-war movement Posted by Scott Ritter http://alternet.org/bloggers/ritter/ at 6:13 PM on March 31, 2006 http://alternet.org/blogs/themix/34332/