NucNews Headlines - collected April 1-30, 2006 Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date ---- NUCLEAR Emerging Nuclear Energy Countries * About a dozen countries are actively considering embarking upon nuclear power programs. * These range from sophisticated economies to developing nations. April 2006 World Nuclear Association http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf102.htm FACTBOX-Countries' nuclear power strategies 02 Apr 2006 Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L01569832.htm 'The Nuclear Club' - Glance at Nuclear Weapons Countries Wednesday, April 12, 2006 Associated Press http://www.newsmax.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?s=pf&page=http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/4/11/224145.shtml Declared Dead After Chernobyl, Nuclear Lives Again Story by Jeremy Lovell REUTERS UK: April 21, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36080/newsDate/21-Apr-2006/story.htm When Nukes Kill, No One Counts the Victims by Ira Chernus Published on Thursday, April 27, 2006 by Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0427-31.htm ---- accidents and safety Groundwater leaks at nuclear plants a trend? Regulators to hear concerns about water tainted by low-level radiation By Miguel Llanos Reporter MSNBC April 5, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11996239/from/RSS/ Listen to the birds of Chernobyl - they may be making the case for nuclear power Animals have returned and the cooling ponds of the power station are teeming with fish The Independent UK, On Line Edition Published: 07 April 2006 Dominic Lawson: d.lawson@independent.co.uk http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_a_l/dominic_lawson/article356233.ece Ireland: Chernobyl blast 'contaminated 68pc of this country' Saturday April 8th 2006 Conor Sweeney European Editor Unison.ie http://www.unison.ie/worldnews/stories.php3?ca=27&si=1595176 The Resurrection Chernobyl 20 years on 09 April 2006 Scotland Herald By Andrew Osborn http://www.sundayherald.com/55003 Visions of Gamma Girl Chernobyl: one woman's journey into the dead zone By Graeme Virtue 09 April 2006 Scotland Herald http://www.sundayherald.com/55006 Illinois tops U.S. in nuclear spills Leaks include Braidwood, Dresden nuclear plants April 10, 2006 Daily Journal, Kankakee, IL By Robyn Monaghan 815-937-1281 http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTckwY7t5t01sY23OK3OkY8yXHoRj=2Bqnt231okSHPnSw43fOEoRB3XZB=2B6=2Bf=2Flse0DVtsHL7hk5QqUc=2BxcIzVIjItbE96ugLCVjdrLgTZd9Kw Chernobyl effect 'underplayed' 11/04/2006 News 24 http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1914993,00.html Exelon Cited for Radioactive Tritium Leaks at Third Illinois Plant SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 13, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-13-09.asp#anchor4 Chernobyl, 20 years after By JUDITH MOHLING Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center Sunday, April 16, 2006 http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2006/04/16/opinion/your_take/yourtake1.txt Chernobyl's Aftermath The Pompeii of the Nuclear Age By Walter Mayr, SPIEGEL ONLINE - April 17, 2006 http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,druck-411684,00.html U.S. Nuclear-Powered Warships Celebrate Long History of Safety (Shipboard naval reactors have been accident-free for more than 50 years) From: Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 9:26 AM By Jane Morse Washington File Staff Writer Chernobyl Death Toll Underestimated Says Greenpeace By REUTERS Published: April 18, 2006 Filed at 9:10 a.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-nuclear-chernobyl.html http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36034/newsDate/19-Apr-2006/story.htm Belarus to spend $1.6 bln on elimination of Chernobyl fallout 19/ 04/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/world/20060419/46604876.html Debate Over Chernobyl's True Toll Continues By Lisa McAdams Kiev, Ukraine 20 April 2006 http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-04-20-voa28.cfm The Nuclear Dilemma and Lessons from Chernobyl By Anne Fitzpatrick afitzpatrick@fas.org April 20, 2006 Federation of American Scientists http://www.fas.org/main/content.jsp?formAction=297&contentId=543 How Safe Are Atomic Plants? By Stefan Nicola Apr 21, 2006, (UPI) http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_27265190.shtml Three Mile Island Shows US Nuclear Risks, Rewards Story by Jon Hurdle REUTERS US: April 21, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36077/newsDate/21-Apr-2006/story.htm Could Chernobyl Happen Again? By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Writer April 22, 2006 http://interestalert.com/story/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/04220008aaa012dd.ap&Sys=siteia&Fid=WORLDNEW&Type=News&Filter=World Chernobyl's unsettling legacy By Bridget Kendall BBC News, Chernobyl, Ukraine Saturday, 22 April 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4933836.stm Revealed: fears over 'radioactive' food threat By Rob Edwards Environment Editor UK Sunday Herald - 23 April 2006 http://www.sundayherald.com/55327 Crumbling Chernobyl Shelter Poses Danger by Mara D. Bellaby Sunday, April 23, 2006 by the Associated Press http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0423-04.htm 20th Anniversary of Chernobyl Disaster Reminds Locals of Lost Homes By Anya Ardayeva Moscow VOICE OF AMERICA 24 April 2006 http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-04-24-voa53.cfm BIG LIE. CHERNOBYL 20 YEARS LATER Joint initiative by Alla Yaroshinskaya and Rosalie Bertell on 20th anniversary of Chernobyl catastrophe April 25, 2006 http://www.rightlivelihood.org/salzburg2005/data/9%20-%20Chernobyl%2020%20years%20later.pdf Chernobyl Boss: "True Cause of Disaster Was Hidden" By REUTERS Published: April 25, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-chernobyl-director.html Key facts about the Chernobyl nuclear accident 25 Apr 2006 Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19723921.htm Chernobyl widows still cope with loss By Natasha Lisova, Associated Press Writer | April 25, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/04/25/chernobyl_widows_still_cope_with_loss/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News Still under Chernobyl's shadow Twenty years after the disaster, hard-hit Belarus has yet to get substantial aid. By Fred Weir | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor April 26, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0426/p01s02-woeu.html Chernobyl 20 Years Later: New Report Finds Death Toll From Nuclear Disaster Close to 100,000 Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/26/1439209 20 years on, no end in sight to the suffering John Vidal and Mark Milner Wednesday April 26, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukraine/story/0,,1761437,00.html When Home is a Blighted Land: Tales from Chernobyl April 26, 2006 — By Olena Horodetska, Reuters http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10340 Chernobyl Boss: "True Cause of Disaster Was Hidden" Story by Christian Lowe REUTERS UKRAINE: April 26, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36129/story.htm Mourners, Candles Mark Chernobyl Anniversary Story by Sergei Karazy REUTERS UKRAINE: April 26, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36126/story.htm Ukraine tries to restore contaminated land Updated 4/26/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-26-ukraine-chernobyl_x.htm Chernobyl Still a Menace 20 Years After Meltdown KIEV, Ukraine, April 26, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-26-04.asp Nuclear nightmares Sisters Irina and Elena live in an area of Belarus contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster. Both have had brain tumours removed and now have problems with their thyroid gland. 26 April 2006 Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/chernobylcancernightmares260406 Chernobyl, beyond the numbers by Plutonium Page Thu Apr 27, 2006 at 10:05:51 AM PDT http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/27/13551/0153 In Belarus, Chernobyl Is Rallying Point The 20th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in neighboring Ukraine is the backdrop for new demonstrations against the government. By Kim Murphy Los Angeles Times Staff Writer April 27, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes143.html Chernobyl visit stirs emotions for group from ECU By Doug Boyd Special to The Daily Reflector Friday, April 28, 2006 http://www.reflector.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/04/28/20060428GDRecuchernobyl.html Nightmare has grip on survivor Chernobyl disaster lingers in body and spirit. By GREG MILLER of the Columbia MO Daily Tribune’s staff Published Saturday, April 29, 2006 http://www.columbiatribune.com/2006/Apr/20060429News005.asp Lethal And Leaking April 30, 2006 CBS News-60 Minutes Produced By Rich Bonin http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/27/60minutes/main1553896.shtml PNNL scientists remember Chernobyl Published Sunday, April 30th, 2006 By John Trumbo, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7679645p-7590851c.html ---- africa South Africa Invests in Nuclear Power by Jason Beaubien NPR Morning Edition, April 17, 2006 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5345501 ---- asia South Korea to help develop nuclear power in Indonesia By Tomi Soetjipto Mon Apr 3, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060403/wl_nm/indonesia_korea_dc_1 Taiwan Minister denies rejecting funding for nuclear plant MONEY: The government contradicted a newspaper report yesterday saying funds for what is slated to be the world's most expensive nuclear power plant are available By Jimmy Chuang STAFF REPORTER, Taipei Times Tuesday, Apr 04, 2006,Page 2 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/04/04/2003300844 US To Push For Asian Moratorium On Nuclear Weapons Says Rice Washington (AFP) Apr 06, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_To_Push_For_Asian_Moratorium_On_Nuclear_Weapons_Says_Rice.html Taiwan Facing Multiple ABM Vulnerabiities The Taiwanese government of President Chen Shui-bian "is under no illusion about the ability of even ideal missile defense to absorb a full-scale Chinese attack," the CSIS report says. "Neither do they expect to defend point targets successfully, even with U.S. assistance." by Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) Apr 17, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Taiwan_Facing_Multiple_ABM_Vulnerabiities.html Yu says DPP should discuss power issue Nuclear-free Taiwan remains party's goal By Jewel Huang STAFF REPORTER Friday, Apr 28, 2006 Taipei Times (Taiwan) http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/04/28/2003304957 ---- australia Australia, China Sign Uranium Trade Deal By REUTERS April 3, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-australia-china.html?pagewanted=print Safety checks tight by US standards Joseph Kerr and Amanda Hodge April 04, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18702630-2702,00.html China, India deals: End all uranium exports! Jim Green > From Green Left Weekly, April 5, 2006. http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/663/663p11.htm PM's nuke neanderthal sparks anger April 05, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18722445-1702,00.html Australian prime minister says he would consider nuclear power Associated Press (April 6, 2006) http://pepei.pennnet.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WIREN&Category=HOME&NewsID=133058 Nuclear powerhouse This week's China deal may prove to be a watershed in our attitude to uranium exports. Joseph Kerr reports April 08, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18743883-28737,00.html The nuclear debate continued Sunday 16 April 2006 Ockhams Razor (Australia) Presented by Robyn Williams http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/stories/s1613742.htm Pressure to open nuke debate By Nikki Todd April 24, 2006 AAP http://www.couriermail.news.com.au/story/0,20797,18910376-5003402,00.html Govt earmarks land in Central Australia for nuclear waste dump Friday, 28 April, 2006 Reporter: Lindy Kerin http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2006/s1625871.htm A sustainable energy future for Australia Sunday 30 April 2006 Ockham's Razor (Australia) http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/stories/s1625259.htm Nuclear power: it's time to face the realities April 30, 2006 The Age http://www.theage.com.au/news/editorial/nuclear-power-its-time-to-face-the-realities/2006/04/29/1146198386832.html ---- britain UK to privatise nuclear waste? by Jerome a Paris Sun Apr 2nd, 2006 European Tribune http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2006/4/2/74434/44214 Government in secret talks about strike against Iran By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent (Filed: 02/04/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=ARQDKSMXA34BVQFIQMFCFFWAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2006/04/02/wiran02.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/04/02/ixportaltop.html http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040206A.shtml British to discuss 'inevitable' strike on Tehran's nukes By Sean Rayment LONDON SUNDAY TELEGRAPH April 3, 2006 http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20060402-112829-6190r.htm Blair indicates possible future switch to nuclear power Tue Apr 4, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060404/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticsnuclear_060404212320 EC paves way for UK nuclear privatisation David Gow in Brussels Wednesday April 5, 2006 The Guardian http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1746946,00.html What Scotland must do to help save planet in peril IAN JOHNSTON SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT Wed 5 Apr 2006 Scotsman http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=521152006 Leading scientists attack Blair over nuclear power 40 experts urge change of focus to renewables By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor 09 April 2006 Scotland Herald http://www.sundayherald.com/55029 Government Close to Approving Nuclear Stations By Andrew Grice Political Editor Saturday, 15 April 2006 (UK) Independent http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/471145/government_close_to_approving_nuclear_stations/index.html?source=r_science Nuclear ‘won’t plug power gap’ Environmental Audit Committee roasts reactors idea By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor Sunday Herald - 16 April 2006 http://www.sundayherald.com/55224 Blair dealt nuclear power blow by parliament body Sun Apr 16, 2006 (Reuters) By Jeremy Lovell http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-04-15T230422Z_01_L15727525_RTRUKOC_0_UK-NUCLEAR-BRITAIN.xml Astute move gives Navy's submariners cutting edge By Michael Evans, Defence Editor April 17, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2137434,00.html Public opinion warming to nuclear power Tue Apr 18, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060418/wl_uk_afp/britainenergynuclear_060418093637 Call by AINFLAF demonstrates Irish opposition to nuclear power in Britain 19 April, 2006 http://www.sinnfein.ie/news/detail/13900 Councillors to hear proposal for nuclear plant in Derry (Northern Ireland) IrelandOnLine 04/20/2006 by Irish_Thatcherite http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=180039884&p=y8xx4x59x Sellafield terror attack warning Scotsman 22-Apr-06 http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=607412006 Decision Due Soon on UK Nuclear Waste Management Story by Jeremy Lovell REUTERS UK: April 26, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36137/story.htm Britain's nuclear waste 'vulnerable to terrorist attack' By Charles Clover, Environment Editor (Filed: 27/04/2006) UK Teleraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=AEMS0CM5PJIEXQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2006/04/27/nuke27.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/27/ixhome.html UK 'radioactive bunker' boosts nuclear reactor plans Keith Hall 27/04/2006 Press Association http://www.24dash.com/news/7/5192/index.htm Lockheed defends its efforts in Tallevast Company responds to written concerns of citizens group DUANE MARSTELLER UK Herald Staff Writer Apr 27, 2006 http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/14437876.htm Taoiseach dismisses nuclear power as option for Ireland April 28, 2006 UK Irish Examiner http://irishexaminer.12hs.com/ct/ARDV5P/51FDSAYQ/*http://IrishExaminer.12hs.com/en_US/newsfeed/story.jhtml?s=54911615&r=2644&i=14967658&d=38143681*Ireland+%5B1.%5D UK's Blair to back building of nuclear power plants - report 04.28.2006 (AFX) http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2006/04/28/afx2705263.html Nuclear accident exercise reveals 'fatal flaws' By Rob Edwards Environment Editor Sunday Herald - 30 April 2006 http://www.sundayherald.com/55448 ---- business Quincy Energy Completes NI 43-101 Report on Crownpoint Section 19 and 29; 13.672 M LBS of Indicated eU3O8 Resource Identified 04/10/2006 Quincy Energy Corp (MARKET WIRE) http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=122263 Russia covets China nuclear deals By David Lague SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2006 International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/13/business/nukes.php# Four firms join Toshiba in Westinghouse deal-paper Wed Apr 26, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060426/bs_nm/energy_westinghouse_toshiba_dc ---- canada Premier Softens Nuclear Stance Klein admits nuke energy one option By CP Fri, April 28, 2006 Calgary Sun http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2006/04/28/1554838-sun.html ---- china China set to secure uranium bonanza from Australia Saturday, Apr 01, 2006,Page 1 Taipei Times http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/04/01/2003300293 China to sign nuclear safeguard agreement with Australia: Wen Sunday April 2, 2006 (AFP) http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060402/afp/060402045412asiapacificnews.html China ready to meet uranium rules Sunday, April 2, 2006 (Reuters) http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/02/australia.china.uranium.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest China Signs Key Trade Deals In Australia by Edward Lanfranco Beijing (UPI) Apr 04, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/China_Signs_Key_Trade_Deals_In_Australia.html Pakistan, China to hold talks on nuclear cooperation Date: 7/4/2006 Agency: Zee News Bureau http://www.india-defence.com/reports/1704 Russia tests nuclear turbine in China without hitch - official 07/ 04/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060407/45429911.html Good China Or Bad China by Martin Walker Washington (UPI) Apr 17, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Good_China_Or_Bad_China.html Nuclear dreams clouded by cost, waste By John Ruwitch Fri Apr 21, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060421/sc_nm/energy_china_nuclear_dc_1 China's lawmakers deliberate on acceding to nuclear waste management convention Xinhua April 25, 2006 http://english.people.com.cn/200604/25/eng20060425_261080.html -------- depleted uranium Depleted uranium the next Agent Orange? April 01. 2006 Sarasota Herald-Tribune http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060401/OPINION/604010592/1029 J'accuse, Mr Straw and Ms. Rice Reg Keyes repost to Rice's tour of UK - Blackburn town hall - Saturday 1st april From: davey garland Date: Sat Apr 1, 2006 7:15am http://nucnews.net/nucnews/ They love the troops, but hate the war Tue, Apr. 04, 2006 St Paul MN Pioneer Press http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/14255037.htm Exposure to Depleted Uranium Worries Lawmakers Apr 5th, 2006 Mark Segraves, WTOP Radio http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=428&sid=746356# Balkan syndrome - cause of death of 28 Italian soldiers Rome, April 5, 2006 Makfax http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/agencija/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=1&NrArticle=19613&NrIssue=429&NrSection=20 "BALKAN SYNDROME" CLAIMS THE LIVES OF 28 ITALIAN SOLDIERS ROME, April 5, 2006 (FENA) http://www.fena.ba/uk/vijest.html?fena_id=FSA376128&rubrika=ES State senate (CA) considers bill on DU Local chapter of Veterans for Peace helps educate community Wednesday, April 05, 2006, Humboldt, CA Lumberjack Written by Cerena Johnson, cmj14@humboldt.edu http://www2.humboldt.edu/~merge/modules.php?op=modload&name=PagEd&file=index&page_id=1513 Study may help slay 'Yellow Monster' Research pioneers understanding of uranium toxicity Public release date: 6-Apr-2006 Contact: Lisa Nelson Lisa.Nelson@nau.edu 928-523-6123 Northern Arizona University http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/nau-smh040606.php LUNG CANCER EPIDEMIC FROM DU HAS BEGUN IN U.S. By Dr. James Howenstine, MD. April 6, 2006 NewsWithViews.com http://www.newswithviews.com/Howenstine/james43.htm Uranium’s Effect On DNA Established 7 April 2006 Source: Northern Arizona University http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20060307010324data_trunc_sys.shtml Weapon of Mass Destruction Why locals say FU to DU —the ‘Agent Orange of this War’ By Anthony Pignataro, April 8, 2006 Maui Times http://www.mauitime.com/PrintVersion.aspx?story_id=1546 Hawaii Legislature Takes Steps to End War By David Swanson Sunday, 9 April 2006 New Zealand Scoop http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0604/S00088.htm Study may help slay ’Yellow Monster’ Research pioneers understanding of uranium toxicity 10.04.2006 Lisa Nelson EurekAlert! http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/report-57768.html Judy Leurquin: Iraq mess is literally making people sick April 10, 2006 By Judy Leurquin The Capital Times http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/index.php?ntid=79564&ntpid=1 Official Italian report shows rise in tumours among Balkan troops BBC Monitoring Europe April 10, 2006 http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2006/April_10/4.html Iraq Mess is Literally Making People Sick by Judy Leurquin Monday, April 10, 2006 by the Madison Capital Times (Wisconsin) http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0410-28.htm Heads roll at Veterans Administration; Mushrooming depleted uranium (DU) scandal blamed by Bob Nichols Project Censored Award Winner April 12, 2006 http://www.sfbayview.com/012605/headsroll012605.shtml The U.S. Military is in DU Denial Thursday 13 April 2006 http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=2416 Veterans Survey Health Concerns Press release, April 13, 2006 PR Web http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/4/prweb371453.htm Is Doomsday Coming For U.S. Forces In Iraq? Written by Magus Thursday, 13 April 2006 Siber News http://www.sibernews.com/the-news/world-news/is-doomsday-coming-for-u.s.-forces-in-iraq?-200604134189/ Nuclear War Crimes: The effects of depleted uranium BY ANGELA MORANO > From Fault Lines issue 15 Friday, Apr. 14, 2006 http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/04/1815435.php Study: Depleted uranium could damage DNA DOD officials say exposure not a health risk to troops By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, Saturday, April 15, 2006 http://stripes.com/article.asp?article=36500§ion=104 THE REAL WMD'S IN IRAQ - OURS Douglas Westerman April 17, 2006 American Chronicle http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=8218 Harmful side-effect in depleted uranium IAN BRUCE April 19 2006 UK Herald http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/60321-print.shtml Facing up to Gulf War's silent killer KEN McCLURE, Thu 20 Apr 2006 Edinburgh Evening News http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=596792006 http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=596792006 Weapons cause collateral harm, speaker says By Usmaan Sleemi Lehigh University Brown and White News Writer 4/20/2006 http://www.bw.lehigh.edu/story.asp?ID=19757 Study rethinks uranium danger By JP Leider April 21, 2006 Minnesota Daily http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2006/04/21/68146 GIs, Beware Radioactive Showers! By Irving Wesley Hall, April 26, 2006 Information Clearinghouse http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12861.htm DEPLETED URANIUM: THE HEALTH DEBATE Thursday, April 27, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com - by JCBW http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=11910 GIs, Beware Radioactive Showers! By Irving Wesley Hall, 28 April, 2006 http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12861.htm Weapons to die for: from that Pentagon Death Star and the University that poisoned the world Friday 28 April 2006 Pulse of the Twin Cities Commentary by Leuren Moret http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=2445 'Mission Accomplished' By Felicity Arbuthnot April 30, 2006 uruknet http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m22962&l=i&size=1&hd=0 http://www.uruknet.info/pic.php?f=bush-rallies-troops-iraq19mar04.jpg ---- europe Nuclear power debate heats up before German summit 02 Apr 2006 Reuters By Louis Charbonneau http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02753718.htm Hot job in Germany: nuclear engineer Leaders Monday advocated for atomic energy, but few young scientists are entering the field. April 04, 2006 By Valerie Volcovici Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0404/p07s02-woeu.html Owner loses keys to nuclear plant Reuters News Service April 4, 2006 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/3770160.html Hot job in Germany: nuclear engineer Leaders Monday advocated for atomic energy, but few young scientists are entering the field. By Valerie Volcovici | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor April 04, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0404/p07s02-woeu.html GERMANY FAILS TO AGREE STRATEGY ON NUCLEAR POWER By Hugh Williamson April 5 2006 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/607811a8-c440-11da-bc52-0000779e2340.html Bulgaria: British Nuclear Group Interested in Bulgarian Energy Sector 06 April 2006 Sofia News Agency http://www.reporter.gr/fulltext_eng.cfm?id=60406122633 Nuclear Energy Causes Heated Debate in Europe 09.04.2006 Deutsche Welle Klaudia Prevezanos http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1956092,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1124-rdf India and European Union start cooperating in energy sector Media Release Apr. 10, 2006 India Daily http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/7932.asp Bulgaria to shut-down Kozloduy nuclear reactors 3 and 4 Sofia, Tuesday, 18.04.2006 Makfax http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/agencija/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=1&NrArticle=20214&NrIssue=442&NrSection=20 Nuclear power to solve Romania's energy needs Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (April 26, 2006) http://pepei.pennnet.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WIREN&Category=HOME&NewsID=133869 Finland buries its nuclear past By Richard Black Environment Correspondent, BBC News website Thursday, 27 April 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4948378.stm ---- india India cautions US Lawmakers against upsetting ''delicate balance'' of nuclear deal Media Release Apr. 1, 2006 India Daily http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/7739.asp India cautions US Lawmakers against upsetting ''delicate balance'' of nuclear deal Apr. 1, 2006 India Daily Media Release http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/7739.asp India urges nuclear deal approval Saturday, 1 April 2006 BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4867200.stm India to talk safeguards with IAEA 4/3/2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20060403-011613-1567r India Nuclear Deal May Face Hard Sell Rice Set to Defend Landmark Accord She Orchestrated Without Congress By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, April 3, 2006; A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/02/AR2006040201315_pf.html Many skeptical eyes are on U.S.-India nuclear deal By Barbara Slavin, USA TODAY Posted 4/4/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-04-us-india_x.htm Rice defends nuclear deal with India Expresses "deep concern" over Iranian contacts with India. Associated Press 4/5/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-04-05-riceindia_x.htm Dispute resolution, spirit behind talks with India: Pakistan By Iqbal Hussain Khan Yousafzai – Reporting from Islamabad 2006-04-05 India Gazette http://story.indiagazette.com/p.x/ct/9/id/812275dd9849850f/cid/701ee96610c884a6/ Rice Seeks Backing for Nuclear Deal for India By STEVEN R. WEISMAN Published: April 6, 2006 NY TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/06/washington/06nuke.html?ex=1144987200&en=78ca88ec2afa3974&ei=5070&emc=eta1 Rice Appeals For Nuclear Deal for India Legislators Offer Grudging Support, Want More Details By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 6, 2006; A24 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/05/AR2006040502334_pf.html Rice appeals to Congress for support on India nuclear deal Australian Broadcasting - Thursday, 6 April, 2006 Reporter: John Shovelan http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1610218.htm Boucher discusses N-deal issue with Saran Friday, 07 April, 2006 http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14179735 N-deal will improve Indo-US ties: Wilson Sridhar Krishnaswami in Washington | PTI | April 07, 2006 http://www.rediff.com//news/2006/apr/07ndeal3.htm US-India deal unlikely to win Congress approval unchanged By Khalid Hasan, Friday, April 07, 2006 Pakistan Daily Times http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C04%5C07%5Cstory_7-4-2006_pg1_8 US ties will be hit if nuclear deal fails: India Sun Apr 9, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060409/wl_sthasia_afp/indiausnuclearpolitics_060409041212 American lawmakers ask India to quickly negotiate the IAEA safeguards Apr. 14, 2006 India Daily http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/7993.asp U.S.-India trade pact not assured Home News Tribune Online 04/15/06 By RAJU CHEBIUM GANNETT NEWS SERVICE rchebium@gns.gannett.com http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604150355 Cyprus supports India's desire for civil nuclear energy Apr. 16, 2006 India Daily http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/67375.asp Indian Gambling By Joshua Holland AlterNet Monday 17 April 2006 http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041706A.shtml http://www.alternet.org/audits/34936/ India Won't Commit to US on Atomic Testing Reuters Monday 17 April 2006 http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041706A.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-nuclear-india-usa.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print India rejects US condition on N-testing Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Times of India http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=287126&category=Frontend&Country=INDIA India rejects US condition on N-testing Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Times of India http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=287126&category=Frontend&Country=INDIA Bush's Destabilizing Nuclear Deal With India By Ingmar Lee 19 April, 2006 Countercurrents.org http://www.countercurrents.org/lee190406.htm Russia ignores U.S., delivers nuclear fuel to India 25 Apr 2006 20:19:32 GMT Source: Reuters By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N25186062.htm Pakistan, India begin talks to reduce nuclear risk Wednesday April 26, 2006 (Reuters) http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060425/3/2jlrk.html Expert warns on wages of N-deal > From Shyam Bhatia Deccan Herald News Service Thursday, April 27, 2006 http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr272006/foreign1858222006426.asp India, Uzbekistan must fight terrorism together: Manmohan MoU for cooperation in oil and natural gas, six other agreements signed April 27, 2006 The Hindu http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/27/stories/2006042714990100.htm Nuclear deal is in US interest: Biden Suman Mozumder in New York | April 29, 2006 Rediff http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/apr/29ndeal.htm Tarapore nuclear plant to go critical next month Saturday, 29 April, 2006 India News Portal, Sify.com http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14194622 Pak offers energy corridor to China, wants nuclear door to open too Agencies Saturday, April 29, 2006 http://www.indianexpress.com/story/3399.html ---- iran Iran Minister Downplays Chances of Nuclear Face-Off By Maggie Farley Los Angeles Times Staff Writer April 1, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/nws/latimes18.htm Sleuths look for the tiniest smoking gun that could lead to war on Iran By Colin Freeman in Seibersdorf, Austria (Filed: 02/04/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=ARQDKSMXA34BVQFIQMFCFFWAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2006/04/02/wiran102.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/02/ixnewstop.html Iran says fires sonar-evading, underwater missile By Alireza Ronaghi Sun Apr 2, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060402/wl_nm/iran_missile_dc_3 Iran blasts UN but vows to work with IAEA By Lesley Wroughton Sun Apr 2, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060402/ts_nm/iran_nuclear_dc_1 Iran Flexes Military Muscle Amid Nuclear Standoff A high-speed underwater missile capable of destroying large warships and submarines was successfully launched at the weekend. Photo courtesy of AFP. by Hiedeh Farmani Tehran (AFP) Apr 04, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Flexes_Military_Muscle_Amid_Nuclear_Standoff.html US Says Iran Weapons Tests A Concern by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Apr 04, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Says_Iran_Weapons_Tests_A_Concern.html Iran claims third missile test Updated 4/5/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-05-iran_x.htm We in Iran don't need this quarrel Javad Zarif The New York Times THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2006 International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/05/opinion/edzarif.php Iran's Nukes: Are the U.S. and Europe Out of Sync? Analysis: To resolve the nuclear standoff with Iran, Europe wants to offer incentives as well as sanctions. But that will require the U.S. to give up, for now, its pursuit of regime change By TONY KARON Thursday, Apr. 06, 2006 (TIME) http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1181181,00.html UN nuclear watchdog head calls for Iranian cooperation Thu Apr 6, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060406/wl_mideast_afp/usuniranspainnuclear_060406185902 Iran cleric calls UN nuclear demand unacceptable Fri Apr 7, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060407/wl_nm/nuclear_iran_cleric_dc_1 Iran Hypes War Games In Gulf Oil Corridor by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Apr 07, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Hypes_War_Games_In_Gulf_Oil_Corridor.html Iran has no inter-continental missiles: Russia Fri Apr 7, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060407/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpoliticsrussiamissiles UK rejects Iran 'attack' reports Iran says it has the right to enrich uranium Sunday 09 April 2006, Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BFABAB8D-3DE5-4D44-BE1A-E7F8084AD17E.htm Iran rejects US war plan report Article says Washington is planning military strikes on atomic facilities http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Default.aspx From: Sukla Sen Date: Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:16am THE IRAN PLANS Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb? by SEYMOUR M. HERSH Posted 2006-04-10 New Yorker Issue of 2006-04-17 http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060417fa_fact http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12645.htm US likely to pass India nuclear deal: senator Reuters Apr 10, 2006 http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1826613 Iran Says US Military Strike Talk Psychological Warfare Iranian hardline students hold portraits of Iran's late founder of Islamic republic Ayatollah Khomeini during a protest outside the Supreme National Security Council's office over the upcoming Iran-US negotiations on Iraq, 08 April 2006 in Tehran. Talks between Iran and the United States on Iraq will not take place next week as indicated by earlier reports, but "will certainly take place at the right time and under certain conditions," an unnamed source in the Iranian embassy in Baghdad told the state news agency IRNA. AFP Photo/Behrouz Mehri by Farhad Pouladi Tehran (AFP) Apr 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Says_US_Military_Strike_Talk_Psychological_Warfare.html Iran attack debate raises nuclear prospect Monday, 10 April 2006 By Paul Reynolds World Affairs correspondent, BBC News website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4895212.stm Iran defies UN with nuclear breakthrough Tue Apr 11, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060412/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics_060412015055 Iran: We’ll soon join the world’s nuclear ‘club’ U.S. condemns advances; Rumsfeld won’t speculate on possible U.S. attack The Associated Press Updated: 7:25 p.m. ET April 11, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12267675/ EU Mulls Iran Sanctions Dismisses Military Option European Union Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana addresses a news conference during a EU Foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg, 10 April 2006. The European Union could consider slapping sanctions on Iran, including a visa ban, if current UN-centred diplomatic efforts fail, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said 10 April. But speaking at a meeting of EU foreign ministers, he played down the prospects of any EU initiative soon, and dismissed a report that the United States might take military action in the nuclear standoff with Tehran. AFP Photo Jean-Christophe Verhaegen by Staff Writers Luxembourg (AFP) Apr 11, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/EU_Mulls_Iran_Sanctions_Dismisses_Military_Option.html Psy-War or Serious? Washington Mulls Iran Attack by Jim Lobe (Inter Press Service) April 11, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=8839 Bush Says Iran Attacks Reports Wild Speculation by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Apr 11, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Bush_Says_Iran_Attacks_Reports_Wild_Speculation.html Talk of US military strikes on Iran are "fantasyland" : Rumsfeld WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 11, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060411200001.wl2r6rrm.html Scrap Indo-US nuclear deal: Rajnath Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1486133.cms Nuking Iran: 3 Million Dead, 35 Million Exposed Says UCS Tuesday 11 April 2006 ACDN France http://acdn.france.free.fr/spip/breve.php3?id_breve=122&lang=en The Nuclear Power Beside Iraq Now that Iran unquestionably intends to build a nuclear bomb, the international community has few options to stop it—and the worst option would be a military strike by James Fallows The Atlantic Monthly | May 2006 | Posted online 4/12/06 http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200605/fallows-iran Iran Vows to Ramp Up Uranium Enrichment By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer, April 12, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060412/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear Seymour Hersh: Bush Administration Planning Possible Major Air Attack on Iran Wednesday, April 12th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/12/1359254 Russia, China slam Iran's nuke plans Published April 13, 2006 Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060413-121845-5181r Russian Atomic Energy Chief Rules Out Iran’s Industrial Uranium Enrichment Created: 13.04.2006 MosNews http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/04/13/kirienko.shtml The war on Iran April 13, 2006 Asia Times http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HD13Ak01.html http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12694.htm No military solution By William D. Hartung April 14, 2006 Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.iran14apr14,0,5988111.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines U.S. Program Is Directed at Altering Iran's Politics By STEVEN R. WEISMAN 04/15/06 "New York Times" http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12748.htm Iranian: U.S. Waging 'Psychological War' By SAMAR KASSABLI, Associated Press Writer Sun Apr 16, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_us War With Iran Will Do US More Damage Ex-Officials Warn The action in the Persian Gulf continues to simmer at an alarming level by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Apr 16, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/War_With_Iran_Will_Do_US_More_Damage_Ex_Officials_Warn.html Iran was not ordered to Stop Enrichment By Mike Whitney 04/16/06 "ICH" http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12757.htm Iran Reports Testing New Centrifuge Iran Claims Test of Sophisticated Centrifuge, but Analysts Say It May Be a Bluff By NASSER KARIMI April 17, 2006 Associated Press http://abcnews.go.com/International/print?id=1853031 The US, Iran and the End of the International Order By Jussi Sinnemaa 04/17/06 "ICH" http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12762.htm Pentagon Declines Comment On Report Of Iran Strike Plans Navy planners have evaluated coastal targets and drawn up scenarios for keeping control of the Strait of Hormuz. by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Apr 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Pentagon_Declines_Comment_On_Report_Of_Iran_Strike_Plans.html Irans Real Nuclear Power by Anthony H. Cordesman And Khalid R. Al-Rodhan UPI Outside View Commentators Washington (UPI) Apr 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Irans_Real_Nuclear_Power.html Iran Ready For War But Seeks Peace Iranian Ambassador Gholamreza Ansari said that Iran intended to continue developing its nuclear power program in line with IAEA guidelines. by Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) Apr 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Ready_For_War_But_Seeks_Peace.html Many Arabs favor nuclear Iran By Jonathan Wright Tue Apr 18, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060418/wl_nm/nuclear_iran_arabs_dc_1 Bush declines to exclude nuclear strike on Iran By Edmund Blair Tue Apr 18, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060418/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc_18 Diplomats meet in Moscow seeking policy on Iran's nuclear ambitions Tue Apr 18, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060419/wl_afp/irannuclearpolitics_060419015720 US Demands End To Russia-Iran Nuclear Cooperation Russia is Iran's biggest nuclear partner and is building the country's first atomic power station at Bushehr. by Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) Apr 20, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Demands_End_To_Russia_Iran_Nuclear_Cooperation.html Russia rejects US call to stop Iran nuclear project Thu Apr 20, 2006 (AFP) http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060420-093352-8924r Russian Military Will Not Intervene In Iran Military Chief Despite US concerns, Russia will go ahead with fulfilling an order by Iran for a consignment of Tor-M1 mobile air defence systems. by Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) Apr 20, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russian_Military_Will_Not_Intervene_In_Iran_Military_Chief.html Rice Expresses Confidence In Diplomatic Solution To Iran Nuclear Crisis US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice warns that Iran should not be confused with Iraq. by Staff Writers Chicago (AFP) Apr 20, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Rice_Expresses_Confidence_In_Diplomatic_Solution_To_Iran_Nuclear_Crisis.html The Unravelling Of The Doctrine Of MAD In 2006 by Arnaud De Borchgrave, UPI Editor at Large Washington (UPI) Apr 21, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/The_Unravelling_Of_The_Doctrine_Of_MAD_In_2006.html Iran, Russia reach 'basic' uranium deal Venture sets up joint enrichment firm on Russian soil, envoy says April 22, 2006 Associated Press http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12435189/ Iran to invite tenders for two more nuclear power plants TEHRAN, Iran, April 22 (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060422115156.601p5l07.html Iran hints at exiting nuclear treaty By Vahid Salemi, AP 4/24/2006 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-24-iran-israel_x.htm Jordanian King to Israel: Give Up Your Nukes Apr 24, 2006 / 26 Nisan 5766 by Hana Levi Julian http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=102446 Iran says it may quit nuclear treaty Ahmadinejad says Iran is working within legal frameworks Monday 24 April 2006 Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/06244378-DDED-4CF6-A9C9-AFA0038B2774.htm http://tinyurl.com/f5egx [aljazeera] Iran 'would share nuke technology' > From correspondents in Tehran April 25, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18931927-1702,00.html IAEA confirms Iran’s uranium claim By Stephen Fidler in London Published: April 28 2006 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7cf07180-d6cf-11da-b64c-0000779e2340.html ---- iraq / inspections Wowie Zahawie Sorry everyone, but Iraq did go uranium shopping in Niger By Christopher Hitchens Posted Monday, April 10, 2006 SLATE http://www.slate.com/id/2139609/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1612713/posts CIA warned Bush of no WMD in Iraq: retired official WASHINGTON, (AFP) Apr 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060422070443.le7yz2jd.html ---- israel Life brutal under Gaza missiles With Gaza at an impasse, its 1.2 million people have never had it worse, writes Middle East correspondent Martin Chulov April 10, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18763452-2703,00.html Israel Raises Iran Alert Level by Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_Raises_Iran_Alert_Level.html Leading Physicist And Uncle Of Israeli Nuclear Bomb Dies by Joshua Brilliant UPI Israel Correspondent Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Apr 28, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Leading_Physicist_And_Uncle_Of_Israeli_Nuclear_Bomb_Dies.html The United States, Israel, and the Possible Attack on Iran Stephen Zunes | April 28, 2006 Foreign Policy In Focus http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3251 ---- japan New nuclear facility vital for national policy Apr. 2, 2006 The Yomiuri Shimbun http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/editorial/20060402TDY04008.htm Nuclear screening at seaports in Japan eyed by U.S., Tokyo The Japan Times: Tuesday, April 4, 2006 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060404a1.html TEPCO to restart nuclear power unit in Fukushima Monday April 10, 2006 (Reuters) http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060410/3/2ithd.html Japanese nuclear plant leaks radioactive waste during test Wed Apr 12, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060412/sc_afp/japannuclearenergy_060412193116 Japan Nuclear Plant Reports Leak, No Outside Impact REUTERS JAPAN: April 13, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35993/story.htm Japanese city could accept US nuclear ship Tue Apr 18, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060418/pl_afp/japanusmilitarynuclear Busting Empty Bunkers by Gordon Prather Antiwar.com April 18, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=8866 Winny virus exposes nuclear plant info The Yomiuri Shimbun (Apr. 19, 2006) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20060419TDY02004.htm Students to study war and peace in Hiroshima 04/19/2006 BY MAYUKO TOKITA, STAFF WRITER Asahi Shimbun http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200604190158.html Surprised Japan to question U.S. on cost of American military realignment Posted 4/27/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-27-japanrealignment_x.htm Japan strives to lift nuclear image by easing rules April 29, 2006 (Reuters) http://feeds.thejapannews.net/?rid=4187fcb066d97d35&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044&f=1 ---- korea Japanese documentary reveals untold history of N.Korea By Hiroshi Yamazaki United Press International Published April 3, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060403-015125-1852r South Korea to Help Develop Nuclear Power in Indonesia By REUTERS, April 3, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-indonesia-korea.html?pagewanted=print NK Believed to Have 6 Nukes: Ex-USFK Chief By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter gallantjung@koreatimes.co.kr 04-03-2006 17:25 http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200604/kt2006040317254068040.htm N Korean nuclear negotiators to meet in Tokyo AFP Thursday April 6, 2006 http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060406/afp/060406141304asiapacificnews.html N.Korea envoy: restart of nuclear talks up to US By Jack Kim Fri Apr 7, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060407/wl_nm/korea_north_talks_dc_2 North Korean Defense Chief Warns Of Pre-Emptive Attack On US by Staff Writers Seoul (AFP) Apr 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/North_Korean_Defense_Chief_Warns_Of_Pre_Emptive_Attack_On_US.html Efforts under way to revive N.Korea nuclear talks Mon Apr 10, 2006 By George Nishiyama and Jack Kim TOKYO (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060410/wl_nm/korea_north_talks_dc_13 Efforts under way to revive N Korea nuclear talks Tuesday April 11, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://jang.com.pk/thenews/apr2006-daily/11-04-2006/world/w3.htm North Korea threatens to boost nuclear arsenal By Jack Kim Thu Apr 13, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060413/wl_nm/korea_north_dc_7 N Korea Vows No Compromise As It Threatens Military Buildup The Bush administration has said North Korea is secretly developing a nuclear program in violation of a 1994 accord that offered US security guarantees and the construction of light-water reactors in exchange for Pyongyang halting its nuclear drive. by Staff Writers Tokyo (AFP) Apr 13, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/NKorea_Vows_No_Compromise_As_It_Threatens_Military_Buildup.html N.Korea marks founder's birthday with nuclear boast Saturday April 15, 2006 (Reuters) http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060415/3/2j3gi.html US asks China to be assertive to break Korea nuclear logjam Mon Apr 17, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060418/pl_afp/uschinankoreanuclear_060418000839 Work starts on new Korean reactors 28 April 2006 PennWell Petroleum Group http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=253717&p=6 ---- latinamerica Chavez turns to Iran on military, uranium By Rowan Scarborough THE WASHINGTON TIMES April 10, 2006 http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060410-123504-8592r_page2.htm Brazil follows Iran's nuclear path, but without the fuss By Peter Muello Associated Press Writer 04/20/06 http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12797.htm ---- mideast Saudi Arabia may join nuclear club April 9, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060409-074231-9704r Iran Says Ready To Sign Non-Aggression Pact With Region by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Apr 12, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Says_Ready_To_Sign_Non_Aggression_Pact_With_Region.html Turkey Picks Spot Near Black Sea for Nuclear Plants Story by Orhan Coskun REUTERS TURKEY: April 13, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35990/story.htm Iran's Rafsanjani in Kuwait to reassure on nuclear crisis Sun Apr 16, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060416/ts_afp/irannuclearpoliticskuwait Turkey Eyes Nuclear Energy Andrea R. Mihailescu Apr 18, 2006 United Press International http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_27265087.shtml Jordanian King to Israel: Give Up Your Nukes Apr 24, '06 / 26 Nisan 5766 by Hana Levi Julian http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=102446 Jordan king: Israel must disarm nukes Abdullah tells Spanish paper El Pais Jordan interested in nuclear-free Middle East, says Israel must disarm its nuclear weapons. If peace is achieved, Israel will not need such arms, King states Dudi Cohen, Ynet News 04.24.06 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3243110,00.html Israel fears Iran may spark nuclear arms race: report JERUSALEM (AFP) Apr 24, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060424182800.ngff724u.html Why shouldn't Iran have nuclear weapons? Israel has American warheads ready to fire Iranians see only hypocrisy from the world's nuclear powers 30 April 2006 UK Independent Opinion http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article360993.ece ---- missile defense Missile Defense Program Wasteful and Unnecessary 2006-03-26 Buffalo News By Frida Berrigan and William D. Hartung http://www.blackenterprise.com/yb/ybopen.asp?section=ybng&story_id=91071322&ID=blackenterprise http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060324/1018924.asp International Cooperation on Missile Defense Capabilities Growing 04 April 2006 US State Department http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=April&x=20060404160654idybeekcm0.2211725&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html UK denies talks with US on missile interceptors By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington Published: April 6 2006 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f3bc23fc-c5b5-11da-b675-0000779e2340.html Poland Set For Talks On Hosting US Missile Defence Site by Staff Writers Warsaw (AFP) Apr 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Poland_Set_For_Talks_On_Hosting_US_Missile_Defence_Site.html Missile command The U.S. is close to announcing a missile defense facility in Czech Republic or Poland By Brandon Swanson Staff Writer, The Prague Post April 12, 2006 http://www.praguepost.com/P03/2006/Art/0413/news1.php ---- pacific Nuclear-Free New Zealand - Twenty Years On July 14, 2004 Engineers for Social Responsibility http://www.esr.org.nz/events/even2004/NuclearFreeNZ.html Bikini residents sue over tests 13 apr 06 Australia Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18807440%255E1702,00.html ---- pakistan Pakistan says no US guard on nuclear installations Islamabad, April 17, Islamic Republic News Agency http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-235/0604176466182844.htm Pakistan - Villagers' fears of nuclear waste Baghalchur's uranium mines are now being used as a dump By Nadeem Saeed BBC News, central Pakistan Friday, 28 April 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4954730.stm Pakistan test-fires Shaheen-II missile Shaukat says strategy of credible minimum deterrence fully in place; president congratulates scientists By Shakil Shaikh Sunday, April 30, 2006, Pakistan International News http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=552 ---- russia Russia Sends First Uranium Shipment to Indian Nuclear Plant 02.04.2006 MosNews http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/04/02/uraniumshipment.shtml Russians Sense the Heat of Cold War Intensifying U.S. Criticism of Government and Its Role in Region Provokes Resentment By Peter Finn Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, April 3, 2006; A14 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/02/AR2006040200749_pf.html Russia won’t strive for nuclear parity By Vladimir Isachenkov Associated Press April 03, 2006 http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1661859.php Russia mulls uranium production abroad - official 10/ 04/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060410/45513550.html Moscows Move In Iran Crisis When it became clear that an American attack was imminent, the Russian team announced an extraordinary measure: the deployment of Russian troops to strategic sites in Iran. by Mark N. Katz Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Moscows_Move_In_Iran_Crisis.html Top Missile Designer Says Russia's Covered By Nabi Abdullaev Staff Writer Friday, April 14, 2006 Moscow Times http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/04/14/012.html Russia Working To Upgrade ICBM Arsenal by Viktor Litovkin UPI Outside View Commentator Moscow (UPI) Apr 17, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_Working_To_Upgrade_ICBM_Arsenal.html Nuclear Textbook Provokes Debate By Galina Stolyarova Staff Writer Tuesday, April 18, 2006 St. Petersburg Times http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=17347 Russian Rocket Woes Undermining Confidence In Nuclear Arsenal Baev noted that the current production scale of six-to-eight Topol-M missiles a year is about four times lower than what is necessary for replacing the old Soviet ICBMs still in service. by Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russian_Rocket_Woes_Undermining_Confidence_In_Nuclear_Arsenal.html Nuclear Material Removed From Uzbekistan By WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writer Thu Apr 20, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060420/ap_on_re_eu/nuclear_agency_uzbekistan_1 U.S. transfers risky nuclear fuel out of Uzbekistan By C.J. Chivers The New York Times FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2006 http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2006/04/20/news/nuke.php Nuclear fuel returned to Russia High security over shipment of uranium By William J. Kole The Associated Press Posted April 21 2006 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sfl-auzbek21apr21,0,7160962.story Russia delivers air defense system to Belarus MOSCOW (AFP) Apr 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060422064257.5d4yc59o.html Russia Tests US-Style Missile Radar And Optics by Staff Writers Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_Tests_US_Style_Missile_Radar_And_Optics.html ---- security Nuclear Agency Faulted After Easing Reactor Rules By MATTHEW L. WALD Published: April 4, 2006 NY TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/washington/04nuke.html?ex=1146110400&en=4d20f17d3bb7e241&ei=5070 WHERE'S "REAL SECURITY"? The Nation, William D. Hartung, Cover Date April 24, 2006 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NucNews/pending?view=1&msg=21013 ---- space Russia's top space company targets moon By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Writer | April 11, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/04/11/russias_top_space_company_targets_moon/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News India Begins Work On Space Weapons Command A nation's "space command" is usually the agency responsible for managing a superpower's nuclear weapon arsenal. But India is hoping that no one will notice this next step in the country's move to being a major nuclear power. by Indo Asian News Service New Delhi, India (IANS) Apr 12, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/India_Begins_Work_On_Space_Weapons_Command.html New and Improved Antimatter Spaceship for Mars Missions 04.14.06 NASA http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/mmb/antimatter_spaceship.html Russia launches Israeli satellite to spy on Iranian nuclear program Posted 4/25/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-25-israel-spy-satellite_x.htm ---- terrorism West should close gaps against nuclear terrorism Unstable regimes with nuclear technology could aid terrorists in future attacks. By John Hughes, Christian Science Monitor Friday, 04/07/06 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0405/p09s01-cojh.html UK: Cancer deaths fear from terror hit Friday, April 21, 2006 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/21/britain.terror/index.html?section=cnn_latest 'Diplomatic' Terrorism Nuclear blackmail: The essence of U.S. foreign policy by Justin Raimondo Antiwar.com April 21, 2006 http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=8881 ---- treaties Controlling the Bomb Zia Mian | April 4, 2006 Foreign Policy In Focus http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3175 America's Newest Strategic Partner by Gordon Prather Antiwar.com April 11, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=8834 ---- ukraine NRC, Ukraine sign cooperation arrangement on nuclear safety 11 April 2006 PennWell Corporation http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=252418&p=6 Ukrainian Nuclear Reactor Reconnected to Grid Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Tuesday, 25 April 2006 http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/481019/ukrainian_nuclear_reactor_reconnected_to_grid/index.html?source=r_science Ukraine Grapples With Chernobyl Legacy By NATASHA LISOVA Associated Press Writer April 26, 2006 http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-ukraine-chernobyl,0,983605.story ---- u.n. Former Environmental Ministers call on UN to reform IAEA mandate and End the Nuclear Age 11 April 2006 Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/releases/former-environmental-mini\ sters Radioactive Soil from Ukraine ‘Returned’ to IAEA by Greenpeace APRIL 25, 2006 Greenpeace CONTACT: Omer Elnaiem Jan vande Putte, Greenpeace International Nuclear Campaign, +32496161584. Ivan Blokov, Greenpeace International Nuclear Campaign, + 31 6 461 77536 http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0425-16.htm The Security Council deadline myth By Gordon Prather 04/28/06 World Net Daily http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12879.htm Chinese envoy opposes resorting to Chapter 7 resolution on Iran 04-28-2006, 18h19 UNITED NATIONS (AFP) http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=121019 Security Council Poised for Iran Replay By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer Sat Apr 29, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060429/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iran_nuclear ---- u.s. nuc weapons Countdown To Operation Silence Mullahs by Arnaud De Borchgrave UPI Editor at Large Washington (UPI) Apr 04, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Countdown_To_Operation_Silence_Mullahs.html U.S. Rolls Out Nuclear Plan The administration's proposal would modernize the nation's complex of laboratories and factories as well as produce new bombs. By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer April 6, 2006 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-nuke6apr06,0,5989419.story?coll=la-home-headlines http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040606M.shtml Test blast in Nevada: A nuclear rehearsal Pentagon apparently looks for an optimal size of a 'bunker buster' By Robert Gehrke 04/06/2006 Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3678364 Strange How This Generation Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb by Ron Fullwood OedNews April 6, 2006 http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_ron_full_060406_strange_how_this_gen.htm US blueprint for 125 nuclear bombs a year By Ralph Vartabedian in Washington April 7, 2006 [Sydney Morning Herald] http://smh.com.au/news/world/us-blueprint-for-125-nuclear-bombs-a-year/2006/04/06/1143916656000.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 In the wilderness, a computer readies a new nuclear arsenal By Tim Reid April 07, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2122600,00.html Nuclear warhead update developed By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES April 7, 2006 http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060406-112126-3779r.htm US considers use of nuclear weapons against Iran: report WASHINGTON, April 8 (AFP) Apr 08, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060408055453.w3s1dgzz.html Criminally Insane Neocons Embrace Nuclear War Kurt Nimmo April 9, 2006 Sunday April 09th 2006 Uruknet http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m22403&l=i&size=1&hd=0 Native Americans Want 'Bunker Buster' Test Stopped Haider Rizvi, OneWorld Mon Apr 10, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/45361306871144719531 Union of Concerned Scientists animation http://www.ucsusa.org/global_security/nuclear_weapons/nuclear-bunker-buster-rnep-animation.html If You Don't Want to Get Whacked, You'd Better Get Your Nation a Nuke Bush's Insane First Strike Policy By DAVE LINDORFF April 12, 2006 http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff04122006.html China fears drive big US arms projects By Jim Wolf - Analysis Fri Apr 14, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060414/ts_nm/china_usa_arms_dc USS Honolulu set for its final sail The Pearl Harbor sub will begin its last deployment April 15 By Gregg K. Kakesako gkakesako@starbulletin.com http://starbulletin.com/2006/04/02/news/story10.html U.S. Prepares to Overhaul Arsenal of Nuclear Warheads By Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, April 15, 2006; A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041401705_pf.html U.S. aims to up nuclear warhead production capability to 250 a year The Japan Times: Sunday, April 16, 2006 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060416a4.html Bush's Latest Nuclear Gambit by Lawrence S. Wittner; History News Network; April 18, 2006 http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=201&ItemID=10114 Test blast in Nevada: A nuclear rehearsal Pentagon apparently looks for an optimal size of a 'bunker buster' By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune 4/18/2006 http://www.sltrib.com/search/ci_3678364 Bush's Latest Nuclear Gambit by Lawrence S. Wittner April 18, 2006 LewRockwell.com http://www.lewrockwell.com/wittner/wittner20.html US A-Bomb Museum To Display Images Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki by Staff Writers Tokyo (AFP) Apr 19, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_A_Bomb_Museum_To_Display_Images_Of_Hiroshima_And_Nagasaki.html Nuke Bunker Busters by Gordon Prather April 22, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=8886 ---- u.s. nuc facilities Spurgeon prepares to re-energize nuclear power April 3, 2006 TCPalm By ED BIERSCHENK ed.bierschenk@scripps.com http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/nation_world_news/article/0,,TCP_1022_4590593,00.html New rules would rest N-plant workers Fatigue complaints drive NRC proposal Monday, April 03, 2006 BY GARRY LENTON Of The Patriot-News http://www.pennlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1144056033299530.xml?pennnews&coll=1 Report Questions Security for Nuke Plants April 4, 2006 By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press http://www.townhall.com/news/ap/online/gov/congress/D8GPFF404.html Energy Dept. names Dennis Spurgeon assistant secretary for nuclear energy April 5, 2006 Waste News http://www.wastenews.com/headlines2.html?id=1144254521 Plutonium won't stay in Livermore By Betsy Mason CONTRA COSTA TIMES Thu, Apr. 06, 2006 http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/rss/14276858.htm?source=syn Nuclear compensation program questioned 4/9/2006 Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-04-09-nuclear-workers_x.htm?csp=34 Nuclear plants find human resources difficult to replenish Shortage comes as Congress OKs building funds By Lance Gay Scripps Howard News Service 04.09.2006 http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/news/123819.php Nuke Cleanup Workers Fear for Their Health Several at America's Cold-War-Era Plutonium Plant Have Filed Workers' Compensation Claims April 9, 2006 ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Health/story?id=1821803&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 Power-plant approvals could get easier The laws would reduce public input and allow the state to overrule local decisions. April 9, 2006 Rich Mckay Orlando Sentinel http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-nuclear0906apr09,0,5759921.story?track=rss Reports of US nuclear strike on Iran 'completely nuts': British FM Sun Apr 9, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060409/wl_uk_afp/usirannuclearmilitarybritain Nuclear compensation program questioned Posted 4/9/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-04-09-nuclear-workers_x.htm NRC Chairman to Retire Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,191319,00.html Aging Work Force Poses Nuclear-Power Challenge The Wall Street Journal ^ | April 11, 2006 | HYUN YOUNG LEE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1614862/posts Report touts nuclear energy's benefits to New England April 12, 2006 By Kelly Harrington SNL Financial LC, One SNL Plaza, PO Box 2124, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902, (434) 977-1600 http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-2436835-11619 Nuclear power gets a political boost By Bret Schulte Posted 4/12/06 U.S.News & World Report http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060412/12demsnuke.htm?track=rss Ordinary Iranians not preoccupied with new nuclear role By Hannah Allam Knight Ridder Newspapers Wed, Apr. 12, 2006 http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/14327723.htm U.S. Nuclear Industry Fires Up Public Relations Campaign By J.R. Pegg WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-25-10.asp Nuclear industry needs engineers By Scripps Howard News Service April 27, 2006 http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/bu_national/article/0,2565,ALBQ_19839_4655031,00.html NRC reviewing new U.S. nuclear reactor sites NEW YORK, April 27, 2006 (Reuters) http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060427/3/2jqyg.html ---- arizona When Cells Exposed To Uranium They Acquire Mutations 09 Apr 2006 Medical News Today Main Category: Genetics News http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=41223 Nuclear plants find human resources difficult to replenish Shortage comes as Congress OKs building funds By Lance Gay Scripps Howard News Service Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.09.2006 http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/news/123819.php All 3 reactors at nuclear power plant out of service for repairs April 12, 2006 Associated Press http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4760384&nav=HMO6HMaY http://www.kvia.com/global/story.asp?s=4758765 1 Palo Verde reactor to return to power Valley & state business briefs Apr. 12, 2006 Arizona Republic http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/0412arizonabriefs0412.html Palo Verde problems continue Vic Kolenc El Paso Times Friday, April 14, 2006 http://www.borderlandnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060414/BUSINESS/604140341/1003 ---- arkansas Nuclear Energy and Oil Refineries 04/23/06 NWAPolitics http://www.nwapolitics.com/blog/index.php?blog=7&title=nuclear_energy_and_oil_refineries&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 ---- california Nuclear regulators accused of bowing to industry requests to weaken safety rules A Diablo Canyon spokesman says the plant has gone beyond NRC security requirements Tue, Apr. 04, 2006 San Luis Obispo Tribune http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/14257774.htm Runoff limits at field lab delayed By Daniel Miller dmiller@VenturaCountyStar.com and Teresa Rochester trochester@VenturaCountyStar.com April 8, 2006 http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/sv/article/0,1375,VCS_239_4606743,00.html General Atomics has long history with nuclear power By Jennifer Edwards Saturday, April 22, 2006 Odessa American http://www.oaoa.com/news/nw042306b.htm California State Energy Commission Backs Nuclear Moratorium cbs13.com April 28, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/cbs/3845907940404298665700564010301037519206 ---- colorado Tools at Flats junked Company defends rush to dump, says gear possibly tainted By Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News April 22, 2006 http://www.insidedenver.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4642843,00.html ---- delaware Hope Creek nuke plant shuts down for refueling and repairs 04/07/2006 By JEFF MONTGOMERY The News Journal/delawareonline http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060407/NEWS/60407010/1006/RSS ---- florida Hole discovered drilled into pipe at Miami-Dade nuclear reactor April 1, 2006 Associated Press http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/gen/ap/FL_Power_Plant.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 SOUTH FLORIDA: DAMAGE SHUTS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT NY Times (AP) April 1, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/01/us/01brfs.html?_r=1&oref=slogin FP&L may build another nuclear plant April 3, 2006 South Florida Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2006/04/03/daily13.html?from_rss=1 FP&L may build another nuclear plant South Florida Business Journal April 3, 2006 http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2006/04/03/daily13.html?t=printable FPL to seek a new nuclear plant Florida Power & Light said it plans to start the process to build a new nuclear power plant, perhaps in South Miami-Dade. By JOHN DORSCHNER jdorschner@MiamiHerald.com Tue, Apr. 04, 2006 Miami Herald http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14256306.htm FBI probes damage to Florida nuclear power plant Fri Apr 7, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060407/pl_afp/usnuclearprobe_060407205131 FPL offers $100,000 reward for information on hole in pipe April 7, 2006 Associated Press http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/gen/ap/FL_Power_Plant.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sabotage At Turkey Point? Damage Said Intentional Utility Says Security Was Not Breached By Outsiders List Of 'Only Possible Suspects' Provided To FBI NRC Spokesperson Calls Such A Large Reward 'Rare' Apr 8, 2006 (CBS4 News) http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTQIcHbCyfcUymAT87IAFkQAepTrDZOxkQ=2FLbtuQf2cc4LL=2BKJMrA4WTplofSms0wWUKm4rkHfQGvNVVcs8z=2F4pM=3D Nuclear Chairman Admits Flaw In Turkey Point Security Plant Had Surveillance Cameras, But They Weren't Set Up To Record April 21, 2006 http://www.local10.com/news/8890046/detail.html Security Concerns At Turkey Point Nuclear Plant (CBS4 News) Apr 22, 2006 http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_111122924.html Nuclear power plan getting a boost A plan to usher in more nuclear power in Florida has been put on the fast track in a sweeping energy bill moving through the Legislature. BY MARY ELLEN KLAS meklas@MiamiHerald.com Fri, Apr. 28, 2006 Miami Herald http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/14448100.htm?source=rss&channel=miamiherald_local ---- hawaii Environmental Review Ordered for Honolulu Food Irradiator Proposal HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 26, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-26-09.asp#anchor7 ---- idaho INL to review plans for new nuclear fuel reprocessing plants By CHRISTOPHER SMITH ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Tuesday, April 25, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_ID_Nuclear_Reprocessing.html ---- illinois Lawmakers OK Tougher Reporting of Radioactive Leaks Dated: 04/04/2006 WANDTV http://www.wandtv.com/dsp_story.cfm?storyid=35044 Illinois Slaps Exelon With Another Tritium Enforcement Action SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 6, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-06-09.asp#anchor5 Byron Nuclear Plant Passes Safety Inspection Mark Lindner Apr 10, 2006 WIFR Illinois http://www.wifr.com/news/headlines/2610206.html A full text copy of the report can be found here: http://nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/byro_2005q4.pdf Latest leak sparks call to close down nuclear plant April 11, 2006 BY CINDY WOJDYLA CAIN Chicago Sun Times / Herald News http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-tritium11.html ---- iowa Nuclear energy not a clean, cheap answer HOPE BURWELL SPECIAL TO THE REGISTER April 25, 2006 Desmoines Register http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604250350 ---- kentucky For Earth Day, an open house at nuclear dump By Jim Warren LEXINGTON KY HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER Sun, Apr. 23, 2006 http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/14408528.htm?source=syn ---- massachusetts Annual check says Pilgrim OK By Robert Knox, Boston Globe Correspondent | April 23, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/04/23/annual_check_says_pilgrim_ok/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+City%2FRegion+News ---- michigan Safety never compromised at nuclear plant April 5, 2006 Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604050322 Loose nut prompts Fermi 2 generator dismantling By: Charles Slat April 13. 2006 Monroe News http://www.monroenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060413/NEWS01/104130005 Workers exposed to radiation at Michigan nuclear plant Associated Press, Thursday, April 20, 2006 http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/04/21/news/nation/16_13_104_20_06.txt Problem At Kewaunee Nuclear Plant Triggers Alert Apr 27, 2006 Associated Press http://wfrv.com/topstories/local_story_117072021.html Exposure to Radiation Raises Questions about Palisades License Renewal April 27, 2006 Grand Rapids MI Independent Media http://www.mediamouse.org/features/042706expos.php ---- mississippi NRC Issues Final Environmental Impact Statement for Grand Gulf Friday, April 07, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/04/nrc-issues-final-environmental-impact.html ---- missouri Missouri safety director rejects criticism Joplin Independent 2006-04-03 http://www.joplinindependent.com/display_article.php/terri-d1144086833 Senate tries to make Missouri less attractive to nuclear shippers By Antonio D. French PUB DEF Friday, April 7 2006 http://www.pubdef.net/2006/04/senate-tries-to-make-missouri-less.html Fulton Residents Protest Nuclear Plans Edited by: Jennifer Jarvis Sunday, April 9, 2006 KOMU-TV http://www.komu.com/satellite/SatelliteRender/KOMU.com/c261de75-c0a8-2f11-0163-66f433d41528/81c82922-c0a8-2f11-0198-9ca063c592cd ---- nevada White House renews call for Nevada nuke waste site By Chris Baltimore | April 4, 2006 (Reuters) http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/04/04/w_house_to_send_congress_nuke_storage_legislation?mode=PF Bush Administration Ramps Up Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump WASHINGTON, DC, April 6, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-06-09.asp#anchor2 White House Renews Call for Nevada Nuke Waste Site Story by Chris Baltimore REUTERS US: April 6, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35917/newsDate/6-Apr-2006/story.htm Repository proposal discussed Capacity boost at Yucca Mountain seen by some as way to buy time By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU Apr. 07, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Apr-07-Fri-2006/news/6752544.html Nevada Sues DOE to Get Yucca Mountain Document By RITA CICERO, Andrews Publications Staff Writer Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2006 Findlaw http://news.findlaw.com/andrews/en/haz/20060411/20060411nevada.html Reprocessing plans tied to Yucca delays, scientist tells panel Official counters that technology for spent fuel recycling still needs to be addressed By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU Apr. 13, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Apr-13-Thu-2006/news/6843190.html 'The Machine' is highlight of Yucca Mountain tour April 14, 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2006/04/14/news/yucca.html Bodman emerges impressed But official's praise after Yucca Mountain tour given along with concerns about research By KEITH ROGERS Apr. 14, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Apr-14-Fri-2006/news/6861533.html Nuclear project draws interest UNLV-linked scientists get in line for Energy Department program By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU Apr. 15, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Apr-15-Sat-2006/news/6877831.html Indian tribe, downwinders: Stop Nev. blast By KEN RITTER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Thursday, April 20, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/1500AP_Mushroom_Cloud_Lawsuit.html Feds: No charges against Yucca scientists By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune 4/26/2006 http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_3752037 No Criminal Charges in Yucca E-Mail Controversy April 26, 2006 — By Erica Werner, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10333 Sens. Reid, Ensign say Yucca Mountain unsafe 4/28/2006 Reno Gazette-Journal http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604280340 No Criminal Charges in Yucca Mountain Email Science Scandal WASHINGTON, DC, April 28, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-28-03.asp Nye/Yucca audit 'glowing'; Hammermeister resigns By PHILLIP GOMEZ April 28, 2006 Pahrump Valley Times http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2006/04/28/news/yucca.html ---- new hampshire Seabrook plant prepares for flu April 17, 2006 Associated Press http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4778294&nav=4QcRSEeI Positive marks for drill By Susan Morse smorse@seacoastonline.com Tue. April 25, 2006 Seacoast Online http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/hampton/04252006/news/99583.htm ---- new jersey Study propels movement to block new license for N.J. nuclear plant Sunday, April 02, 2006 By Geoff Mulvihill, The Associated Press http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06092/678560-85.stm AmerGen to watch drywell closely Concerns raised about Oyster Creek corrosion BY TODD B. BATES ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER Asbury Park Press on 04/8/06 http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604080344 DEP fines Oyster Creek nuclear plant $35,000 for 80 dead fish By BERNARD VAUGHAN, Atlantic City Press Staff Writer, (609) 978-2012 Published: Friday, April 14, 2006 Updated: Saturday, April 15, 2006 http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/story/6129096p-6127672c.html Oyster Creek plant fined over fish kill Associated Press Sat, Apr. 15, 2006 http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/new_jersey/14347120.htm?source=rss&channel=inquirer_new_jersey Cracks in Oyster Creek wall questioned Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 04/16/06 BY NICHOLAS CLUNN STAFF WRITER http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604160391 Should oldest US nuke plant stay on line? New Jersey says the plant is too vulnerable to terrorist attack to have its license renewed. By Alexandra Marks | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor April 19, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0419/p03s03-ussc.html Opponents Give Federal Regulators Earful In Oyster Creek Meeting April 20, 2006 Associated Press http://www.wnbc.com/news/8864683/detail.html Nuke plant critics urge scrutiny April 21, 2006 NJ Courier News http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604210340 New Jersey's Radioactive School Site But One of Hundreds TRENTON, New Jersey, April 25, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-25-09.asp#anchor4 ---- new mexico Powering Our Future: Nuclear or Renewables? Monday, April 03, 2006 DEMOCRACY FOR NM http://www.democracyfornewmexico.com/democracy_for_new_mexico/2006/04/powering_our_fu.html Eddy, Lea working together on plant By Stella Davis Current-Argus Staff Writer Apr 8, 2006, 06:20 am http://www.currentargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604080309 Agencies are waiting for response on project > From the Current-Argus Apr 8, 2006, 06:20 am http://www.currentargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604080306 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Earns First Recertification April 11, 2006 Stevens Publishing Corporation http://www.ohsonline.com/Stevens/OHSPub.nsf/frame?open&redirect=http://www.ohsonline.com/stevens/ohspub.nsf/NewNews/0C7D6C524F756F948625714D0045ED65?Opendocument Quincy Energy Completes NI 43-101 Report on Hosta Butte Uranium Project 14.822 M LBS of Indicated eU3O8 Resource Identified (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/28/2006 http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=125788 ---- new york Spitzer on Indian Point Monday, April 03, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/04/spitzer-on-indian-point.html Overflow Crowd Turned Out for Recent NRC Meeting on Indian Point April 10, 2006 http://www.crotonblog.com/archives/environment/overflow_crowd_turned_out_for_recent_nrc_meeting_on_indian_point/ Legislation introduced: West Valley Remediation Act April 10, 2006 Elmira NY Star Gazette http://www.stargazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604100328 Town Sees Nuclear Plans as a Boon, Not a Threat By RICK LYMAN April 10, 2006 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/10/us/10nuke.html?ei=5070&en=3c875600c2c6b795&ex=1146283200&pagewanted=print Extent of leaks is disturbing (Original publication: April 11, 2006 NY Journal News) Letter from Mark Jacobs, Cortlandt Manor http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604110331 More uranium-tainted soil found Cleanup of former National Lead plant in Colonie may be delayed by discovery By JORDAN CARLEO-EVANGELIST, Staff writer Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Albany Times Union http://timesunion.com/AspStories/storyprint.asp?StoryID=474982 Indian Point 2 leak of river water discovered By GREG CLARY gclary@lohud.com THE NY JOURNAL NEWS April 27, 2006 http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTQdsLlRW9wLht9Z8erFkTDMVVUVhbsLzzoNezqDZ8LP38bI=2BvlirJNgoQvmfim0wE4YL=2Bu21m0Yeug7e=2Bf9jya1bx4hYd8P=2FCX=2Fh1XNv8qhX ---- ohio Fernald cleanup close to finished BY PEGGY O'FARRELL | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Wednesday, April 12, 2006 http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604120359 Ex-Nuclear Site Becoming Haven For Wildlife A.P. 4/26/2006 http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/04/26/fernald.html NRC coming to Davis-Besse for safety review Port Clinton OH News Herald April 27, 2006 http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604270317 ---- pennsylvania Nuclear power plant a vital cog for NEPA 04/09/2006 Scranton PA Times Tribune http://thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16453642&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415891&rfi=6 Pa. nuclear plant on 48-hour waiver SHIPPINGPORT, Pa., April 12, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060412-093517-3800r Frustrated Epstein says he won't deal with NRC anymore Sunday, April 23, 2006 BY GARRY LENTON Of The Patriot-News http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/114578413010600.xml&coll=1 Contract awarded to remove nuclear ash By Liz Hayes VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Thursday, April 27, 2006 Pittsburgh Tribune Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_448060.html Peach Bottom: Study finds it's safe One citizen attended yesterday's meeting CHARLES SCHILLINGER The York PA Dispatch 4/27/2006 http://www.yorkdispatch.com/business/ci_3758156 ---- south carolina Utilities File Letter Of Intent For Nuclear Plant Wednesday December 14, 2005 ABC (WCIV-TV) Posted By: Gia McKenzie http://www.wciv.com/news/stories/1205/285949.html Businesses hungry for nuclear fuel plant Sun, Apr. 02, 2006 Associated Press http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/14246704.htm?source=rss&channel=myrtlebeachonline_local NRC gives annual Oconee Nuclear review Monday Meeting is open to the public Published: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 11:03 am By Anna Simon CLEMSON BUREAU asimon@greenvillenews.com http://www.greenvillenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060418/NEWS01/604180350 SRS retirees concerned about possible contract changes The Associated Press Apr 18, 2006 http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=74130 More SRS troubles Published: Sunday, April 23, 2006 Greenville News http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604230305 Federal government says Oconee Nuclear Station had a safe 2005 (Seneca-AP) April 25, 2006 http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4813886&nav=0RaP 2 from S.C. study impact [of Chernobyl] There is still much to learn about effects of disaster, USC scientist says By JAMES T. HAMMOND jhammond@thestate.com Wed, Apr. 26, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/14429236.htm Proposed fuel plant at SRS in jeopardy Hundreds of millions of dollars for facility frozen, cut; it could have created 1,000 jobs By LAUREN MARKOE Special to The State Fri, Apr. 28, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/14447623.htm ---- tennessee SNS is refused Y-12 heavy water Obtaining 20 tons may require foreign vendor By FRANK MUNGER, munger@knews.com April 21, 2006 Knoxville News Sentinel Co. http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_4638970,00.html Watts Bar Nuclear Plant August 25, 2004 Tennessee Valley Authority http://www.tva.gov/sites/wattsbarnuc.htm ---- utah Dear Ms Shuller re Private Fuel Storage April 3rd, 2006 by Duane Cardall KSL Television & Radio, Salt Lake City UT http://www.ksl.com/?nid=238&sid=184075 Anti-nuke Goshutes lose round in court Appeal planned: The judge sides with the government and tribal officials, saying it isn't yet time to challenge approval for the temporary repository By Judy Fahys - fahys@sltrib.com 04/08/2006 Salt Lake Tribune http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTUoXwroArNXhEhzcQYUffZjojRJf2EHxT4vXqt7=2FK9PHl20v4TA20GcaUX6E1zoNuQ=3D=3D A Rush For Uranium In Utah Apr 20, 2006 Associated Press http://kutv.com/local/local_story_110222806.html ---- vermont Leadership changes at Vermont Yankee April 3, 2006 Associated Press http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/04/03/leadership_changes_at_vermont_yankee/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News Invisible threat of radiation April 8, 2006 Rutland Herald http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060408/NEWS/604080317/1037 Yankee neighbors want better plan April 12, 2006 Rutland Herald By DANIEL BARLOW Southern Vermont Bureau http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060412/NEWS/604120351/1003 Watchdog group appeals Yankee power boost approval By David Gram, Associated Press Writer | April 24, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/04/24/watchdog_group_appeals_yankee_power_boost_approval/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News Vermont Yankee power boost stopped again By David Gram, Associated Press Writer | April 28, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/04/28/vermont_yankee_power_boost_stopped_again/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News+%2F+Local ---- virginia Reactor safety talks set North Anna plant to be discussed Nuclear Regulatory Commission to review performance of North Anna reactors with public on Tuesday Date published: 4/14/2006 By RUSTY DENNEN http://fredericksburg.com//News/FLS/2006/042006/04142006/183137?rss=local ---- washington UW Reactor To Be Dismantled April 6, 2006 By Associated Press http://www.komoradio.com/stories/42817.htm Investigators say government, contractor share blame for rising waste treatment plant costs Matthew Daly, Associated Press Last update: April 06, 2006 http://www.startribune.com/587/story/356816.html On the Net: Hanford: http://www.hanford.gov Nuke Cleanup Workers Fear for Their Health Several at America's Cold-War-Era Plutonium Plant Have Filed Workers' Compensation Claims ABC News, April 9, 2006 http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/print?id=1821803 Hanford's animal waste cleanup likely to get smelly Published Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7663341p-7574921c.html Last liquid dump site cleaned up Published Thursday, April 27th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7668761p-7580235c.html WA Governor Gregoire meets with Energy secretary Associated Press Thursday, April 27th, 2006 http://www.kxly.com/index.php?sect_rank=2§ion_id=560&story_id=1948 '60 Minutes' looks at Hanford's waste plant Friday, April 28, 2006 Associated Press http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTSyyPnqeDK=2BJpoNAf=2Bwf2wHsc2H5p5ky4vL6mvMCM2rTVl4lDfPAogRXeRjjsuv467uGbBkiFfVD6Sxah=2B5s7izgBZvmSPco120bCutXP2ftcmQ056ZYrUiyAJe=2FwOLxhQ=3D=3D ---- wisconsin UW to dismantle nuclear reactor By Nick Perry The Seattle Times Company Thursday, April 6, 2006 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002914016_uwnuke06m.html ---- wyoming Energy Metals Corporation Adds to Critical Mass in Wyoming (CCNMatthews - March 29, 2006) http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=586701 ---- us nuc waste Bush administration wants to bury more nuclear waste at Nevada dump By Erica Werner ASSOCIATED PRESS April 4, 2006 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20060404-1743-yuccamountain.html On the Net: Energy Department: http://www.doe.gov Tank Cleanup at Defense Sites Will Leave Radioactive Waste WASHINGTON, DC, April 6, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-06-03.asp Not in my backyard Sunday, Apr 09, 2006 By Lisa Zagaroli NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE, WASHINGTON http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2006/04/09/2003301855 Videos of the Day: Crash Testing at Sandia National Labs Thursday, April 13, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/04/videos-of-day-crash-testing-at-sandia.html NUCLEAR WASTE REPROCESSING Scientist says it's unproven, development needs more time April 14, 2006 Pahrump Valley Times http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2006/04/14/news/nuclear.html Feds want states out of nuclear shipping Bound for Yucca: Utah, other Western states want to have a chance to inspect, reroute the cargo By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune 4/15/2006 http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3713478 New uranium container can take a licking Design to be used by Y-12 withstands series of punishing tests By FRANK MUNGER, munger@knews.com April 23, 2006 Knoxville News Sentinel (TN) http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_4644000,00.html ---- MILITARY Iraq Is Not Vietnam Part 1: Imperial Continuities by Paul Street April 22, 2006 Z Net http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=10138 ---- afghanistan US secrets for sale outside Bagram airbase By Tom Coghlan and Tahir Luddin in Bagram Published: 13 April 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article357406.ece ---- africa Niger halts BBC hunger coverage By Orla Guerin BBC Africa correspondent Monday, 3 April 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4873208.stm ---- arms Humvees armor up with bulletproof glass 4/2/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-04-02-humveeglass_x.htm Northrop Grumman Receives ICBM Award for Reentry Vehicle Upgrade by Staff Writers Clearfield UT (SPX) Apr 03, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Northrop_Grumman_Receives_ICBM_Award_for_Reentry_Vehicle_Upgrade.html GAO CBO Warn About Future Combat System Apr 07, 2006 by Pamela Hess United Press International http://www.spacewar.com/reports/GAO_CBO_Warn_About_Future_Combat_System.html US to deploy RPG-busting 'force field' Classified Israeli tech bound for Iraq By Lester Haines Published Wednesday 12th April 2006 UK Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/12/trophy_system/ The new breed of soldier: Robots with guns Updated 4/14/2006 By Steven Komarow, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-04-13-robot-soldiers_x.htm Japan, China to seek more time to handle leftover arms The Japan Times: Monday, April 17, 2006 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?appURL=nn20060417a2.html India Fighter Jets To Launch Supersonic Cruise Missiles by Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) Apr 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/India_Fighter_Jets_To_Launch_Supersonic_Cruise_Missiles.html ---- biological weapons Protein Found That Explodes Anthrax Bacteria on Contact NEW YORK, New York, April 21, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-21-03.asp ---- britain No 10 horrified by gung-ho US in Cuban nuclear missile crisis By Ben Fenton (Filed: 03/04/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/03/ncuba03.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/03/ixhome.html Information tsar slams Executive plans to charge for freedom of information By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor 09 April 2006 Scotland Herald http://www.sundayherald.com/55088 Anger as ban on glorifying terror comes into force By Robert Verkaik, Legal Affairs Correspondent Published: 14 April 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article357665.ece ---- chemical weapons 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 U.S. cold warrior scuttled Chinese offer for rapprochement in the 1950s ASSOCIATED PRESS April 7, 2006 http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusintl/ap04-07-092102.asp?reg=pacrim&vts=4720060931 ---- india India rejects Pakistan proposal Posted 4/27/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-27-india-pakistan_x.htm ---- iran News of successful Iranian missile test worries Israel, U.S. 01/04/2006 By News Agencies http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/701162.html Iran calls second missile test a success 4/2/2006 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-02-iran-missile-test_x.htm British Government To Discuss Iran Strike Consequences Agence France-Presse by Staff Writers London (AFP) Apr 03, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/British_Government_To_Discuss_Iran_Strike_Consequences.html A Web of oil intrigue Rumored Iran plan has blogs breathless David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, April 4, 2006 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/04/04/BUGQRI2OAI1.DTL Iran 'shoots down unmanned plane' April 09, 2006 The Australian > From correspondents in Tehran http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18766793-1702,00.html ---- iraq US and UK forces establish 'enduring bases' in Iraq Despite talk of withdrawal 'when the job is done', there are signs that coalition troops will be there for the long term By Andrew Buncombe in Washington 02 April 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article355178.ece Real and Surreal Condoleezza Rice went to Baghdad to tell the Iraqis to ‘get governing.’ What she did was highlight the disconnect between the Green Zone and the rest of the country. By Michael Hirsh Newsweek April 3, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12132994/site/newsweek/ The Billion-Dollar Baghdad Embassy by Leigh Saavedra April 20, 2006 Countercurrents.org http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=SAA20060420&articleId=2297 1,000 bodies found in Iraq 06/04/2006 News24 http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_1912229,00.html The $800 Million American Embassy in Baghdad: The Biggest Gas Station on Earth By Mike Whitney Al-Jazeerah, April 28, 2006 http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2006%20Opinion%20Editorials/April/28%20o/The%20$800%20Million%20American%20Embassy%20in%20Baghdad%20The%20Biggest%20Gas%20Station%20on%20Earth%20By%20Mike%20Whitney.htm ---- landmines Landmines in Iraq kill civilians and impede reconstruction Source: UN Assistance Mission in Iraq 3 April 2006 ReliefWeb http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-6NHGNY?OpenDocument UN stresses cleaning up landmines Tehran, April 5, IRNA (The Islamic Republic News Agency) http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0604053630121722.htm UN-Landmines http://www.irna.ir/en/news/menu-234/key-11901/ http://www.irna.ir/en/news/menu-234/key-16644/ Landmine explosions in Pak cause panic in J&KAdd to Clippings [ Saturday, April 29, 2006 05:32:09 pm PTI ] http://story.indiagazette.com/p.x/ct/9/id/a34d7b080c181c17/cid/701ee96610c884a6/ ---- latin america Colombia suffers highest level of armed violence By Andy Webb-Vidal in Caracas Published: April 5 2006 Financial Times https://registration.ft.com/registration/barrier?referer=&location=http%3A//news.ft.com/cms/s/f9a68706-c4ae-11da-b7c1-0000779e2340.html 'Dirty war' babies learn painful truth During Argentina's military regime, officers took the children from kidnapped women who, eventually, were executed. As adults, some are learning the painful truth. BY JACK CHANG Knight Ridder News Service Sun, Apr. 16, 2006 http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/14353054.htm ---- mideast Transcript: Bin Laden accuses West Aljazeera 2006-04-24 http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2006/04/24/4622.shtml ---- nato Nato plans stronger military ties worldwide By Daniel Dombey in London April 2 2006 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/792da4ea-c276-11da-ac03-0000779e2340.html Rice looks to set Ukraine on track to joining Nato By Daniel Dombey in London and Tom Warner in Kiev April 25 2006 17:49 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/e10d17a2-d479-11da-a357-0000779e2340.html --- prisoners of war Rumsfeld approved torture: report > From correspondents in Washington 15 apr 06 Reuters http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18819513%255E1702,00.html My Guantanamo Diary Face to Face With the War on Terrorism By Mahvish Khan Sunday, April 30, 2006 Washington Post; B01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/29/AR2006042900145_pf.html ---- space World's nations will shoot for the moon in next decade By KEAY DAVIDSON San Francisco Chronicle 02-APR-06 http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=SPACERACE-04-02-06 ---- spies Does Israel Conduct Covert Action in America? You bet it does by Michael Scheuer, April 8, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/scheuer/?articleid=8827 The CIA exposed on Web Agency offers a peek at intelligence errors Jonathan Curiel, Staff Writer Sunday, April 30, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/04/30/INGSIIFB0E1.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/04/30/INGSIIFB0E1.DTL&type=printable ---- un Bolton Really Is Bonkers by Gordon Prather, April 1, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=8790 USA won't pursue seat on U.N. Human Rights Council 4/7/2006 Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-06-humanrightscouncil_x.htm ---- us Retired US Iraq general demands Rumsfeld resign By Will Dunham Wed Apr 12, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060412/pl_nm/iraq_usa_general_dc 6th Ex-Military Commander Calls For Rumsfeld's Resignation Friday, April 14th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/14/147225 Retired Colonel Sam Gardiner on Iran War Plans: "The Issue is Not Whether the Military Option Would Be Used But Who Approved the Start of Operations Already" Monday, April 17th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/17/143241 Rumsfeld sued over Pentagon's recruiting database By Daniel Trotta Mon Apr 24, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060424/pl_nm/arms_usa_database_dc Generals trying to stop new fiasco April 28, 2006 Chicago Sun-Times BY ANDREW GREELEY http://www.suntimes.com/output/greeley/cst-edt-greel28.html ---- venezuela Chavez threatens to expel U.S. ambassador NATALIE OBIKO PEARSON Associated Press Sun, Apr. 09, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/14304070.htm Chavez deepens military ties with Iran By Rowan Scarborough The Washington Times Published April 10, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060410-095959-8710r ---- war crimes Saddam Hussein Undergoes First Cross-Examination Wednesday, April 5th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/05/1351243 ---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE ---- courts / tribunals Feds move to dismiss domestic spying suit Posted 4/29/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-04-29-domestic-spying_x.htm ---- drug war Colombia: Drug Wars Force Forest Nomads To Flee Thursday, 6 April 2006 Press Release: Survival International http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0604/S00107.htm Mexico May Allow Some Cocaine, Heroin Use By MARK STEVENSON The Associated Press Saturday, April 29, 2006; 4:12 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/29/AR2006042900421_pf.html ---- homeland security / national intelligence US review of security database 06apr06 Australia Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18727743%255E1702,00.html Whistle-Blower Outs NSA Spy Room Apr, 07, 2006 Wired News By Ryan Singel http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70619-0.html?tw=wn_index_1 ---- torture Report Details CIA's Covert Rendition Fleet April 7, 2006 by William Fisher, Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fisher.php?articleid=8819 ---- POLITICS ---- corruption Pentagon Thievery An Interview with Jeffrey St. Clair April 3, 2006 by Joshua Frank LewRockwell.com http://www.lewrockwell.com/frank/frank28.html ---- investigations Bush's Paper Trail Grows John Prados April 03, 2006 TomPaine.com http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/04/03/bushs_paper_trail_grows.php In Court Filings, Cheney Aide Says Bush Approved Leak By DAVID JOHNSTON and DAVID E. SANGER April 6, 2006 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/06/washington/06cnd-leak.html?ei=5094&en=cc5a0128b83c317e&hp=&ex=1144382400&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print Libby Says Bush Authorized Leaks By Murray Waas, National Journal Thursday, April 6, 2006 http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/0406nj1.htm Blowing Cheney's Cover by Ray McGovern Reprinted courtesy of TomPaine.com April 11, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/mcgovern/?articleid=8837 White House Maintains Silence on Iraq Weapons Lab Claim Friday, April 14th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/14/147225 U.S.: FBI Sought Info Without Court OK Friday April 28, 2006 11:31 PM By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press Writer http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5787717,00.html ---- propaganda wars US made thousands of mistakes in Iraq Stresses need to threaten sanctions on Iran Saturday, April 01, 2006 Pakistan Daily Times http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C04%5C01%5Cstory_1-4-2006_pg7_33 3 books on nuclear energy Posted by keulenae on Wednesday, April 05 2006 The Watt http://www.thewatt.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1072 Why shouldn't I change my mind? A famed neoconservative switches sides on the Iraq war -- and all hell breaks loose. By Francis Fukuyama, April 9, 2006 Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-fukuyama9apr09,0,4101567.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions Stopping the Bush Juggernaut By ANDREW WIMMER Counterpunch April 15 / 16, 2006 http://www.counterpunch.org/wimmer04152006.html Transcript: Bin Laden accuses West It is not known where or when the latest message was recorded Monday 24 April 2006, Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F9694745-060C-419C-8523-2E093B7B807D.htm Nuclear Industry Sets Up New “Green” Pro-Nuclear Coalition Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/25/1342259 ---- us politics Nixon’s Legal Counsel John Dean Calls For Censure of Bush Monday, April 3rd, 2006 Headlines, Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/03/1318243 Arrest warrant sought for Rep. McKinney Updated 4/3/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-04-03-mckinney_x.htm Thatcher Joins Mourners As Weinberger Hailed As Cold War Champion by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Apr 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Thatcher_Joins_Mourners_As_Weinberger_Hailed_As_Cold_War_Champion.html Debate in Congress over Iraq war grows louder Wed, Apr. 05, 2006 BY STEVEN THOMMA, TIM FUNK AND JAMES KUHNHENN Knight Ridder Newspapers http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14271812.htm ‘Why We Fight’ film rips belligerent foreign policy April 7th, 2006 SOREN ANDERSEN; The News Tribune http://www.thenewstribune.com/ae/story/5644526p-5065702c.html Sen. Harkin Urges Democrats To Back Censure of Bush Friday, April 7th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/07/143259 McKinney Apologizes Over Altercation Friday, April 7th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/07/143259 Hawaii Legislature Works to End War by David Swanson April 8, 2006 OpEdNews http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_david_sw_060408_hawaii_legislature_w.htm The Lynching of Cynthia McKinney Why Isn't Anyone Investigating Her Charges of Racism and Inappropriate Touching by Cops with a Reputation for Racism and Inappropriate Touching? By LUCINDA MARSHALL, April 10, 2006 CounterPunch http://www.counterpunch.org/marshall04102006.html Marines pour scorn on Army commandos By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent (Filed: 10/04/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/10/narmy10.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/10/ixhome.html No Denial From Bush on Iran Attack Plans Tuesday, April 11th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/11/1426225 Psy-War or Serious? Washington Mulls Iran Attack by Jim Lobe (Inter Press Service) April 11, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=8839 Vice Squad > From our May issue: They terrorize other government officials, and they’re so secretive that their names aren’t even revealed to a harmless federal employee directory. And they’ve helped ruin the country. Meet Dick Cheney’s staff. By Robert Dreyfuss Web Exclusive: 04.17.06 American Prospect http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=11423 Cheney, the Neocons and China By GARY LEUPP April 20, 2006 CounterPunch http://www.counterpunch.org/leupp04202006.html California Becomes Second State to Introduce Bush Impeachment By David Swanson Mon, 2006-04-24 05:23. http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/9249 King Would be Proud of Rep. Barbara Lee! by William Hughes (Sunday April 30 2006) Media Monitors Network http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/29794 ---- ENERGY Going Nuclear A Green Makes the Case By Patrick Moore Sunday, April 16, 2006 Washington Post; B01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041401209_pf.html Energy Department offers funding for nuclear-hydrogen energy research April 17, 2006 Waste News http://www.wastenews.com/headlines2.html?id=1145291130 The State of the Peak Oil Movement at the Cusp of Collapse April 28, 2006 A Speech by Michael C. Ruppert http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/042706_paradigm_speech.shtml ---- alternative energy Is feeling winded preferable to a tad radioactive? Posted by Lisa Stiffler April 3, 2006 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/environment/archives/102348.asp Tokyo Embraces Renewable Energy TOKYO, Japan, April 6, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-06-05.asp Pennsylvania Offers Small Wind Power Systems Free of Charge HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 11, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-11-09.asp#anchor5 Taking a turn for the 'green' Some 75 kilowatts of solar power added By JOHN G. EDWARDS REVIEW-JOURNAL Apr. 14, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Apr-14-Fri-2006/business/6860405.html Chrysler to Offer More Ethanol-Ready Vehicles REUTERS US: April 26, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36140/story.htm Gorbachev Urges G8 to Back Solar Power, Not Oil or Nuclear by Philip Thornton Thursday, April 27, 2006 by Agence France Presse http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0427-03.htm ---- OTHER ---- environment Pachauri: Climate Approaching Point of "No Return" Global Warming Approaching Point of No Return, Warns Leading Climate Expert The Independent (U.K.), Jan. 23, 2005 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=603752 http://www.heatisonline.org/contentserver/objecthandlers/index.cfm?id=5056&method=full http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0123-01.htm Global Warming Behind Record 2005 Storms - Experts Story by Thom Akeman REUTERS US: April 26, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36134/story.htm Hoboken Residences Contaminated with Mercury Demolished HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 26, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-26-09.asp#anchor6 ---- ACTIVISTS Divestment Forum: Jews v. Arabs at GWU - Nobody Killed!!! From: Carol Moore in DC Date: Mon Apr 3, 2006 9:02am FROM: Carol Moore in DC endviolence@carolmoore.net http://whatwouldgandhido.net Anti-War Protesters Greet Rice in Britain Monday, April 3rd, 2006 Headlines, Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/03/1318243 Tens of Thousands March in NYC Immigration Rally Monday, April 3rd, 2006 Headlines, Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/03/1318243 Over 2,000 March in New Orleans For Voting Rights Monday, April 3rd, 2006 Headlines, Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/03/1318243 British Women Face One-Year Prison Term For Military Base Protest Thursday, April 6th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/06/1432231 Helen and Sylvia, the new face of terrorism By Nigel Morris and Jonathan Brown Published: 06 April 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article356033.ece Campaigner faces jail for anti-war tea party outside Parliament By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Corresponent 07 April 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article356271.ece Fourth Retired General Calls For Rumsfeld to Resign Thursday, April 13th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/13/145239 Up to 2 Million March in National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice Tuesday, April 11th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/11/1426225 William Sloane Coffin, known for peace activism, dies at 81 Updated 4/13/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-04-13-sloane-coffin_x.htm RAF Doctor Jailed For Refusing Iraq Service Friday, April 14th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/14/147225 Tutorial on logic did not go down well in courtroom By Thomas Harding (Filed: 14/04/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/14/nsmith114.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/14/ixnewstop.html Prisoner of conscience: RAF doctor who refused Iraq service is jailed Doctor. RAF officer. And now war criminal. Flt Lt Malcolm Kendall-Smith was yesterday jailed for refusing to serve in Iraq By Kim Sengupta Published: 14 April 2006 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article357656.ece Anti-nuclear activists rally against new reactor for France Sat Apr 15, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060415/sc_afp/francenuclearprotest_060415164452 PROMINENT U.S. PHYSICISTS SEND LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH, CALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGAINST IRAN ‘GRAVELY IRRESPONSIBLE’ April 17, 2006 Comment: Jorge Hirsch (858) 534-3931 jhirsch@ucsd.edu Media Contact: Kim McDonald (858) 534-7572, kmcdonald@ucsd.edu http://www.physorg.com/news64505715.html PROMINENT U.S. PHYSICISTS SEND LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH, CALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGAINST IRAN ‘GRAVELY IRRESPONSIBLE’ April 17, 2006 Comment: Jorge Hirsch (858) 534-3931 jhirsch@ucsd.edu Media Contact: Kim McDonald (858) 534-7572, kmcdonald@ucsd.edu http://www.physorg.com/news64505715.html Riverkeeper Files Suit Against Local Power Plant Apr 18, 2006 (CBS) http://wcbstv.com/local/local_story_108162131.html NO CHERNOBYL IN NEW JERSEY PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26TH, 11 AM, TRENTON 04/20/06 UNPLUG Salem Campaign 321 Barr Ave, Linwood, NJ 08221 609-601-8583; ncohen12@comcast.net http://www.unplugsalem.org/ Standing Up to Military Recruiters The story of the Los Angeles Coalition Against Militarism in our Schools Spring 2006 (Found online 4/24/06) By Arlene Inouye http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/20_03/mili203.shtml Protesters At Stanford Univ. Block Bush Motorcade Monday, April 24th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/24/1345259 Thousands Protest Condoleezza Rice in Greece Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/25/1342259 Invitation to UN Event - Myths and Realities: Nuclear Power, Climate Change and the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons From: "Monika Szymurska" Date: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:41pm An urgent appeal Help Needed Re Nagasaki/Hiroshima Documentry From: "David Rothauser" Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:51 AM Thousands in New York march against war Saturday, April 29, 2006 (AP) http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/29/war.protest.ap/index.html Nepali forces kill two protesters at rallies 4/9/2006 Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-07-nepal_x.htm