NucNews Headlines - collected June 1-30, 2006 Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date ---- NUCLEAR Nuclear disarmament The long, long half-life Jun 8th 2006 From The Economist print edition http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7034216 Nuclear is not the Answer Oxford report on Global Threats - Excerpts on Nuclear Power/Nuclear Weapons 15 June 2006 http://acdn.france.free.fr/spip/article.php3?id_article=201&lang=en Two Minutes to Midnight: The Nuclear Peril by David Model Published on Monday, June 19, 2006 by the CommonDreams.org http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0619-30.htm Nuclear Power: A Leap into the Dark Energy Chasm ISIS Press Release 20/06/06 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LITD.php Holy Outlaw: Lifelong Peace Activist Father Daniel Berrigan Turns 85 Thursday, June 8th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/08/1418211 Let Us Work to Rid World of A-Weapons by Rabbi Or N. Rose June 23, 2006 Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16031 Let Us Work to Rid World of A-Weapons by Rabbi Or N. Rose June 23, 2006 Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16031 Nuclear industry is not clean June 24, 2006 Rutland Herald (Vermont) http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060624/NEWS/606240308/1037/OPINION02 ---- accidents and safety 'Inadvertent shipment of nuclear fuel pellets' Last revised Tuesday, January 24, 2006 NRC NEWS http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2003/03-053iii.html Head of France's nuclear watchdog 'lied over Chernobyl fallout' By John Lichfield in Paris Published: 02 June 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article623413.ece 'Alarming' cancer rates near N-power station Jun 13 2006 IC Wales (UK) Martin Shipton, Western Mail http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=17220904&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=-alarming--cancer-rates-near-n-power-station-name_page.html Debunking nuclear myth of greenhouse friendliness Alan Roberts and Christopher Scanlon June 14, 2006 The Age (Australia) http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/debunking-nuclear-myth-of-greenhouse-friendliness/2006/06/13/1149964530863.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Greenpeace and the Reality of Reactor Safety Friday, June 23, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/06/greenpeace-and-reality-of-reactor.html Japan: Nuke worker exposed to radiation From: Agence France-Presse correspondents in Tokyo June 24, 2006 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19578750-1702,00.html?from=public_rss ---- asia Thailand: Saha Group studies nuclear option Kwanchai Rungfapaisarn June 2, 2006 The Nation (Thailand) http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/06/02/business/business_30005467.php Activists plan nude anti-nuclear rally 2006-06-18 Taiwan News http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=111758 Indonesia to build nuclear power plant in 2010 June 28, 2006 Xinhua http://english.people.com.cn/200606/28/eng20060628_278218.html ---- australia SA 'must consider nuclear' By PAUL STARICK 01jun06 The Australia Advertiser http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,19324315%255E2682,00.html Australia to explore best use of nuclear energy Friday, June 02, 2006 Financial Times / Peak Oil http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=15692 http://news.ft.com/cms/s/cb8b22d0-f151-11da-940b-0000779e2340.html Safety of nuclear jobs called into question Julie Robotham Medical Editor June 3, 2006 Sydney Morning Herald\ http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/safety-of-nuclear-jobs-called-into-question/2006/06/02/1148956546599.html Nuclear power push for desalination plant Samantha Maiden and Joseph Kerr June 03, 2006 The Australian http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19345915-601,00.html WA rejects nuclear power plant June 04, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19360580-29277,00.html Nuclear list earmarked for research, says Govt Sunday, June 4, 2006 Australia Broadcasting http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1654829.htm Credibility of nuclear report questioned PM - Monday, 5 June , 2006 18:13:28 Reporter: Stephen Long Australia Broadcasting http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1655716.htm 'Too soon' for nuclear-site debate From: AAP June 05, 2006 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19366464-29277,00.html?from=public_rss Energy debate must include nuclear option By John Howard June 5, 2006 The Age http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/energy-debate-must-include-nuclear-option/2006/06/04/1149359604546.html Cabinet to consider nuclear inquiry June 5, 2006 - 9:33AM Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Cabinet-to-consider-nuclear-inquiry/2006/06/05/1149359643296.html Nuclear energy the 'elephant in the lounge' June 5, 2006 The Age Michael Hassett, Blackburn http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/nuclear-energy-the-elephant-in-the-lounge/2006/06/04/1149359609622.html Nuclear power 'cheaper, safer' than coal and gas Brendan Nicholson June 5, 2006 The Age http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/nuclear-power-cheaper-safer-than-coal-and-gas/2006/06/04/1149359609052.html Prime Minister Howard Hustles Australia Down Nuclear Path CANBERRA, Australia, June 6, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2006/2006-06-06-02.asp No list of possible nuclear sites, minister says Tuesday June 6, 2006 Australia Broadcasting http://au.news.yahoo.com/060605/21/z96b.html Mt Isa residents 'not guinea pigs' Tuesday June 6, 2006 AAP http://au.news.yahoo.com/060524/2/z397.html N-power twice cost of electricity from coal Rick Wallace, Victorian political reporter June 09, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19412598-2702,00.html Howard wants commonsense in nuke debate June 9, 2006 Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Nuclear-too-costly-says-new-report/2006/06/09/1149359908204.html All the way with the USA: Howard’s dream of a nuclear future Christine Milne > From Green Left Weekly, June 14, 2006. http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/671/671p12b.htm Cover-up claim after Lucas Heights leak - Radioactive gases escape reactor by Dr Lucas via sam Thursday June 15, 2006 http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/06/114816.php Nuclear dump protesters take their case to Canberra Thursday, June 22, 2006. Australia Broadcasting http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1669449.htm Australia: Nuclear survivors get free treatment Wednesday June 28, 2006 Yahoo! Australia http://au.news.yahoo.com/060628/2/zknj.html ---- britain Britain's nuclear energy costs soar Jun. 4, 2006 Washington Times http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20060604-050043-5830r.htm Tulsa Company Involved In Nuclear Power Resurgence AP - 6/4/2006 4:13 PM - Updated: 6/5/2006 6:19 AM http://www.kotv.com/news/?105469 MPs told of UK's nuclear dilemma Mr Blair has raised the prospect of new nuclear power stations Tuesday, 6 June 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5052882.stm Alexander attacks nuclear 'scares' Tue, 6 Jun 2006 ePolitix.com http://www.epolitix.com/EN/News/200606/9a10aa04-ae90-4a58-ab56-2ca790502137.htm Decommissioning nuclear plant generates new jobs Thursday, 8 June 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/5058964.stm Ex-Soviet leader Gorbachev warns Blair against nuclear power Thu Jun 8, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060608/wl_uk_afp/britainenergynuclear_060608094621 Tories dilute backing for nuclear Mr Blair has raised the prospect of new nuclear power stations Friday, 9 June 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5063206.stm Gorbachev warns UK on nuclear energy: Remember Chernobyl Former Soviet leader pleads for action on climate change By Michael Binyon June 09, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-2217732,00.html SURVEY FINDS REMARKABLE CANCER CLUSTER NEAR NUCLEAR POWER STATION Cancer in women younger than 50 is more than 15 times UK national average TV documentary to be transmitted Tuesday evening 13th June 20.25 BST From: davey garland Date: Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:39 pm Royal Society set to back nuclear By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor Sunday Herald - 18 June 2006 http://www.sundayherald.com/56318 Tried, tested and failed Nuclear power is now so discredited that even the World Bank won't lend money to build reactors Chris Huhne Tuesday June 20, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1801396,00.html?gusrc=rss CND opposes Britain's nuclear deterrent but has a more nuanced position in regard to Iran's nuclear programme. June 22, 2006 12:00 PM By David Tate http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/david_tate/2006/06/nuclear_hypocrisy_of_the_worst.html SLEEK AND DEADLY: SUB LAUNCHES TRIDENT: DO WE NEED NEW NUKES? By Ros Wynne-Jones, 23 June 2006 UK Mirror http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17278902&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=sleek-and-deadly--sub-launches-trident--do-we-need-new-nukes---name_page.html Ministers meet to push forward nuclear plans By Brendan Carlin, Political Correspondent (Filed: 26/06/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/26/nuke26.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/26/ixuknews.html Britain Decides To Stay A Nuclear Weapons Power In The 21st Century Mr Brown knows that if you want to keep your veto at the UN you better be packing nukes in your our suitcase. Photo courtesy of AFP. by Martin Walker, UPI Editor Emeritus London (UPI) Jun 26, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Britain_Decides_To_Stay_A_Nuclear_Weapons_Power_In_The_21st_Century.html HSE to speed up licensing of new nuclear reactors By Michael Harrison, Business Editor Published: 28 June 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article1116623.ece Scotland may not need more nuclear power HAMISH MACDONELL SCOTTISH POLITICAL EDITOR The Scotsman, 28-Jun-06 http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=942052006 ---- business Bush Threatens Iran for Making Uranium, While DOE Sells It In Tonnage On Energy Market June 01, 2006 http://tpr.typepad.com/thepeacockreport/2006/06/uranium.html Interest in uranium stocks is a throwback to dotcom boom June 4, 2006 South Africa Business Report & Independent By Stuart Kelly http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3275100&fSectionId=552&fSetId=662 Wackenhut Gets $22 Million Contract to Guard Nuke Site For Three Months June 07, 2006 http://tpr.typepad.com/thepeacockreport/2006/06/wackenhut_gets_.html New investment in nuclear power is risky: study By Scott DiSavino Thu Jun 8, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060608/us_nm/utilities_nuclear_subsidies_dc_1 DoE Hides Details of $219 Million Wackenhut Paramilitary Services Contract June 18, 2006 http://tpr.typepad.com/thepeacockreport/2006/06/the_us_dept_of_.html Nuclear Power's Missing Fuel Why Wall Street is skeptical of backing a new round of proposed nuke plants Business Week June 29th 2006 By Adam Aston http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060628_463853.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_more+of+today's+top+stories ---- canada CITY ORDERS MAN TO TAKE DOWN ANTI-NUKE SIGN TORONTO STAR June 1, 2006 Mike Funston, Staff Reporter Coalition for a Nuclear Free Peel http://www.nukefreepeel.org/ Nuclear Research Sites: Minister Lunn Announces $520-million Cleanup 2006-06-01 Government of Canada http://news.gc.ca/cfmx/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=216949& Canada to Spend C$520 Million to Clean Up Nuclear Laboratories June 2, 2006 (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=abNmwh9mlopI ---- china Nuke fusion reactor gives a headstart 2006-06-02 China Dailywww.chinaview.cn Xinhua News Agency Editor: Wang Yan http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/02/content_4635559.htm Bear and Dragon summit By Ariel Cohen Published June 13, 2006 Washington Times http://washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060612-093251-1749r West talked nukes in '60s China dispute By THOMAS WAGNER, Associated Press Writer Fri Jun 30, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060630/ap_on_re_eu/britain_china_atomic_attack_1 ---- depleted uranium Confident U.S. generals commit war crimes Uranium as a force multiplier by Bob Nichols May 17, 2006 San Francisco Bay View http://www.sfbayview.com/051706/warcrimes.shtml Photo: BBC This 4-year-old Iraqi boy is suffering from a tumor growing in his eye. http://www.sfbayview.com/051706/images/Iraqiboytumor.jpg Few signs yet of Iraq war sickness May 17, 2006 Reuters http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19158244-2703,00.html The Issue of Depleted Uranium maracatu, Daily Kos May 25, 2006 http://www.uruknet.info?p=23529 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/5/25/02317/5133 Photo DU Baby http://www.uruknet.info/pic.php?f=du-baby19.jpg Auction find: Cylinder of depleted uranium 25 May, 2006 # UPI http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=67 Arizona researcher: Depleted uranium can still make people sick June 1, 2006 Associated Press http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=4975803 The U.S. Military is in DU Denial by by Susu Jeffrey Friday Jun 9th, 2006 SF Bay Area Independent Media Center http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/09/18279321.php CT: City, state veterans leaders seek munitions study By Steve Collins, The Bristol Press 06/10/2006 http://www.bristolpress.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16768897&BRD=1643&PAG=461&dept_id=571108&rfi=6 MoD ignores ruling on Gulf war syndrome David Hencke, Westminster correspondent Tuesday June 13, 2006 The Guardian http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,,1796266,00.html#article_continue Bill would study possible National Guard uranium exposure June 14, 2006 Associated Press http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/06/14/bill_would_study_possible_national_guard_uranium_exposure?mode=PF Nuclear New Haven A Cold War relic leaves hot zones in a city neighborhood by Carole Bass, June 15, 2006 New Haven CT Advocate http://newhavenadvocate.com/gbase/News/content?oid=oid:158686 Support vets poisoned by uranium By James H. Barlow June 15, 2006 Rochester NY Democrat and Chronicle http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060615/OPINION02/606150375/1039/OPINION Depleted Uranium To Be Removed From Sequoyah Fuels At Gore Friday, June 16, 2006 Sequoyah County Times, OK http://www.sequoyahcountytimes.com/articles/2006/06/16/news/front4.txt Legacy of Treason Depleted Uranium and the Poisoning of Humanity By Alok O'Brien, June 18, 2006 Byron Child Magazine No. 17 http://www.byronchild.com/arts48.htm Unanswered questions blur picture of Salton Sea's future The Desert Sun June 21, 2006 http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060621/OPINION01/606210312/1004 War Crimes and World Domination Schuyler Ebbets, thepeoplesvoice.org June 21, 2006 http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m24123&l=i&size=1&hd=0 http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2006/06/21/p8928#more8928 Why Bush's Iraq is Worse Than Saddam's "Just Tell Me One Thing, Are You Glad that Saddam Hussein is Out of Power?" And I Say, "No." By William Blum Saturday, Jun. 24, 2006 Counterpunch http://www.counterpunch.org/blum06222006.html Australia: Greens demand accountability on US base Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 8:27 pm Press Release: Australian Green Party http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0606/S00549.htm Diabetes and depleted uranium by Bob Nichols June 29, 2006 San Francisco Bay View http://www.sfbayview.com/062806/dd062806.shtml ---- europe Spain Opens Door to Prolonging Life of Nuclear Plants Story by Julia Hayley REUTERS SPAIN: June 1, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36610/story.htm Slovenia mulls more nuclear energy 6/1/2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20060601-090647-8476r REGION: Bulgaria Shortens Timetable for Belene Nuclear Plant 2006-06-05 http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=60781&LangID=1 France, Britain to cooperate over nuclear energy By James Mackenzie Fri 9 Jun 2006 (Reuters) http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=853742006 Germany urges nuclear powers to disarm Sat Jun 17, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060617/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_germany_dc EU gaffe could expose the Navy's chart secrets By David Rennie in Brussels (Filed: 17/06/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/17/wmaps17.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/17/ixnews.html ---- india India's NPC, NTPC asked to join forces 6/1/2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20060601-061249-9924r Indian-Americans Test Their Clout on Atom Pact By MIKE McINTIRE June 5, 2006 New York Times http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt245.html India Pulls The Plug On The Agni 3 ICBM Project Developing the Agni-III (pictured) only makes sense if India believes it is going to face a serious direct strategic threat from China in the immediate or foreseeable future. by Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) Jun 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/India_Pulls_The_Plug_On_The_Agni_3_ICBM_Project.html US think-tank suggests compromise on N-deal Arun Kumar (IANS) Washington, June 7, 2006 http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1715361,001301790001.htm Common Interests Bring India, US Closer IPS Correspondents, Jun 10, 2006 http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33565 Testing Times for Indo-US Nuclear Deal by Praful Bidwai, June 18, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/bidwai/?articleid=9159 US Congress cautious on Indian nuclear energy By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington June 20 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c906f756-ffbf-11da-93a0-0000779e2340.html Weapons Experts Warn US Lawmakers On Indian Nuclear Deal by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Jun 21, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Weapons_Experts_Warn_US_Lawmakers_On_Indian_Nuclear_Deal.html Cheney pushes nuclear initiative By Katie Stuhldreher THE WASHINGTON TIMES June 23, 2006 http://washtimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060622-095438-3856r US House panel approves bill to implement Indo-US N-deal PTI Wednesday, June 28, 2006 http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=062832 House vote lifts India nuclear deal hopes By Caroline Daniel and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington June 28 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6e49e6c2-0648-11db-9dde-0000779e2340.html ---- iran Ottawa backs U.S. on Iran nuclear program Toronto Globe and Mail Update Thursday, June 01, 2006 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20060601.wmackay0601%2FBNStory%2FFront&ord=1151350811690&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true Iran will not negotiate nuclear program with US: minister Iran's Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh walks in the the lobby of a hotel upon his arrival 29 May, 2006 in Caracas. Though it is a major player within OPEC and is hosting the organisation's next meeting on June 1, Venezuela's production difficulties are dampening the effect of President Hugo Chavez's flamboyant style and rhetoric. The 11-nation Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) comes, moveover, to Caracas keen to show itself as an apolitical entity as President Chavez hosts its ministerial meeting in the capital. Photo courtesy of Alejandro Escobar and AFP. by Staff Writers Caracas (AFP) Jun 1, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_will_not_negotiate_nuclear_program_with_US_minister.html World powers agree breakthrough on Iran nuclear program by Staff Writers Vienna (AFP) Jun 1, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/World_powers_agree_breakthrough_on_Iran_nuclear_program.html Text of British foreign secretary's statement on Iran's nuclear program by Staff Writers Vienna (AFP) Jun 1, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Text_of_British_foreign_secretarys_statement_on_Irans_nuclear_program.html Six Powers Reach Accord On Iran Plan ** U.S. Supports Combination Of Incentives, 'Disincentives' ** By Glenn Kessler Washington Post June 2, 2006 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/01/AR2006060100363_pf.html Package of Terms (No Sanctions Yet) for Iran By Thom Shanker and Elaine Sciolino New York Times June 2, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/02/world/middleeast/02diplo.html Iran could develop nuclear weapons by 2010: US spy chief Fri Jun 2, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060602/pl_afp/irannuclearusbritain_060602134633 Iran Guardedly Considers Offer Despite Fiery Rhetoric, Officials Make No Definitive Statements By Karl Vick Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, June 3, 2006; A11 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/02/AR2006060200792_pf.html Nobel Prize winner accuses US of double standards over Iran By Anne Penketh, Diplomatic Editor Published: 03 June 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article624193.ece Iran Intransigence Threat To NPT By Pamela Hess UPI Pentagon Correspondent Washington (UPI) Jun 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Intransigence_Threat_To_NPT.html Bush's Atomic Two-Step Frida Berrigan and William D. Hartung June 09, 2006 TomPaine.com http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/06/09/bushs_atomic_twostep.php Bush and the Iran Deal By GARY LEUPP, June 9, 2006 CounterPunch http://www.counterpunch.org/leupp06092006.html Bush Iran Strategy Suffers Major Diplomatic Defeat Analysis by Gareth Porter*, Jun 11, 2006 Inter Press Service http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33571 A negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis is within reach The US must take three basic steps to defuse this confrontation. The consequences of not doing so could be grim Noam Chomsky Monday June 19, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1800630,00.html?gusrc=rss Report: Bush Ignored Iran Peace Offer in 2003 Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/20/141251 War on Iran very likely, says Mahathir Ng Eng Kiat Jun 24, 2006 Malaysiakini http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/52966 EU-Iran nuclear meeting postponed until after G8 Wed Jun 28, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060628/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_eu_dc ---- iraq / inspections The death of a nuclear dream By Ahmed Janabi Wednesday 07 June 2006, Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8A8E349D-9A46-4AAC-81CE-526C23D08E4B.htm ---- israel Israeli professor says 'We could destroy all European capitals' Occupied Jerusalem: 1 February, 2003 (IAP News) http://www.adl.cc/ilthreat.htm http://www.rense.com/general34/esde.htm Nukes and double standards By Deborah Campbell Jun 23, 2006 Asia Times http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HF23Ak01.html ---- japan Tottori uranium cleanup to be finished Thursday, June 1, 2006 Japan Times http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?appURL=nn20060601a6.html Japanese Military Going Into Space by Staff Writers Tokyo (UPI) Jun 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Japanese_Military_Going_Into_Space.html Pentagon Announces Missile Sale to Japan Wednesday, June 7, 2006 (06-07) 01:36 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/06/07/national/w013648D23.DTL Japan to beef up defence agency Friday 09 June 2006, Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/198698CC-C1DB-4F58-9190-80F103D2A34B.htm Worker exposed to radioactive waste at Aomori nuke plant (Kyodo) Saturday June 24, 2006 http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060624/kyodo/d8iekpqo0.html Japan defense chief: Iraq was a lesson By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Writer Wed Jun 28, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060628/ap_on_re_as/japan_defense ---- korea US rejects North Korean overture by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Jun 1, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_rejects_North_Korean_overture.html Rice Says North Korean Missile Test Would be “Provocative Act” Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/20/141251 U.S. weighs shootdown of N. Korea missile By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer Wed Jun 21, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060621/ap_on_go_pr_wh/missile_defense_korea Cheney Rebuffs Call For Pre-Emptive Strike On North Korean Missile Site by Jim Mannion Washington (AFP) Jun 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Cheney_Rebuffs_Call_For_Pre_Emptive_Strike_On_North_Korean_Missile_Site.html U.S. dismisses call to destroy N. Korea missile U.S. warns of retaliation if launch, military successfully tests missile defense June 22, 2006 NBC News and news services http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13481845/ Gyeongju cavern to house nuclear waste June 29, 2006 by Moon So-young http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200606/28/200606282151011679900090509052.html ---- latinamerica Brazil Plans 3rd Nuclear Plant in 2007 to Meet Demand Fabio Alves - falves3@bloomberg.net June 2, 2006 (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10001099&sid=a8.HYEBVdJ6w&refer=energy ---- mideast US cannot accept Israeli nuclear weapons: Arab League chief HOUSTON, Texas, June 27 (AFP) Jun 27, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060627161739.wzmmll54.html ---- missile defense U.S. Warns N Korea Over Missile Test - But tested own missile last Wednesday! By Press Release 06/18/06 "Information Clearing House" http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13673.htm ---- pacific Remembering the Marshall Islands Jane Goodall, Rick Asselta Friday, June 30, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/06/30/EDG9DJM8BQ1.DTL ---- pakistan Why is the U.S. Hampering a Swiss Investigation into A.Q. Khan's International Nuclear Arms Smuggling Ring? Friday, June 2nd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/02/1414236 Court in Pakistan nuclear ruling By Mubashir Zaidi BBC News, Islamabad Friday, 2 June 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5041562.stm AQ Khan-esque N-trafficking continues: Jane’s By Khalid Hasan Wednesday, June 21, 2006 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\06\21\story_21-6-2006_pg7_9 ---- russia St. Pete city official shocked by radioactive transit through city port ST. PETERSBURG. June 7, 2006 (Interfax) http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11531588 Russia to build 2 nuclear power units a year from 2007 09/ 06/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060609/49273026.html Particular attention paid to security at nuclear facilities - Ivanov (Part 2) June 9 (Interfax) http://www.interfax.com/3/164426/news.aspx Russia Will Not Discuss its Nuclear Weapons With U.S. — Official 14.06.2006 MosNews http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/06/14/rustacticalweapon.shtml Contract signed for first floating nuclear reactor Associated Press in Moscow Friday June 16, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1798974,00.html U.S., Russia Break Impasse on Plan to Keep Arms From Rogue Users By Peter Baker Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, June 20, 2006; A11 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/19/AR2006061901380_pf.html WHAT ARE THE RUSSIANS UP TO? Friday, June 23, 2006 Free-Market News Network http://www.freemarketnews.com/Analysis/230/5436/2006-06-23.asp?wid=230&nid=5436 DANGER AT SEA Russia To Build Floating Nuclear Power Plant By Ulrich Jaeger June 23, 2006 SPIEGEL Magazine http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,423168,00.html Russia mulling permanent nuclear waste facilities, official says 26/ 06/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060626/50052146.html Russia Wants Bigger Nuclear Safety Fund Reports: Russia Will Increase Nuclear Safety Budget 10-Fold, Nuclear Official Says Tuesday June 27, 2006 (AP) http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060627/russia_nuclear.html?.v=1 Russia won't join ultimatums to Iran over N-issue AFP Tuesday, June 27, 2006 16:01 IST http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1038008 Russia test-fires ballistic missile Associated Press Fri, Jun. 30, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/14938466.htm ---- security Spilling Our Nuclear Secrets June 3, 1999 New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402EFD61E30F930A35755C0A96F958260 ---- space US insists on right to develop arms for outer space Tue Jun 13, 2006 (Reuters) By Stephanie Nebehay http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-06-13T115717Z_01_L13495545_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARMS-SPACE-USA.xml&archived=False ---- terrorism Terror no reason to rule out nukes: govt June 11, 2006 Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Terror-concerns-over-nuclear-power/2006/06/11/1149964398259.html How the world can combat nuclear terrorism By Mohamed Elbaradei and Jonas Gahr Store Published: June 14 2006 Financial Times http://actnow.saferworld.org/ctt.asp?u=2126370&l=125767 ---- treaties U.S. Unveils Draft Fissile Material Treaty Wade Boese, June 2006 Arms Control Today http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2006_06/FissileTreaty.asp African Countries Urged to Ratify Nuclear-Free Deal REUTERS NIGERIA: June 1, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36614/story.htm How to slow the spread of the bomb New pressures from the Third World are straining non-proliferation efforts By Peter Grier | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor June 05, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0605/p01s01-usfp.html ---- u.n. Blix commission cautions against regime change in Iran, N. Korea by Staff Writers United Nations (AFP) Jun 1, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Blix_commission_cautions_against_regime_change_in_Iran_N_Korea.html Analysis: Rekindling the WMD debate By William M. Reilly UPI United Nations Correspondent Published June 2, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060602-113933-7148r Bolton: ‘This is Put Up or Shut Up Time For Iran,’ Unilateral Military Action Is ‘On The Table’ Posted by Judd June 1, 2006 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/01/bolton-shut-up/ Ex-weapons inspector criticizes U.S. on nukes Blix: Unilateralism harms arms control Warren Hoge, New York Times Friday, June 2, 2006 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/06/02/MNGDQJ6EM21.DTL Fmr. Chief UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix Calls for Permanent Worldwide Ban on WMDs Friday, June 2nd, 2006 Democracy Now! interview with John Burroughs, LCNP http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/02/1414244 U.S. seen undermining limits on nuclear arms By Warren Hoge The New York Times FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/02/news/blix.php Don't Forget Those Other 27,000 Nukes By Hans Blix 06/08/06 Internaional Herald Tribune http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13551.htm Iran is accused of secretly developing atomic bombs Wednesday 14 June 2006, Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/24D81702-BF52-437B-BDC5-5CB532A77F3F.htm This time, let's listen to Blix on WMD June 17, 2006 Chicago Sun Times BY JOHN BURROUGHS http://www.suntimes.com/output/otherviews/cst-edt-ref17a.html Nuclear arms in the hands of any pose a global threat Jacqueline Cabasso Thursday, June 22, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle Page B - 9 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/06/22/EDGN6JI37F1.DTL ---- u.s. nuc weapons DOE computers hacked; info on 1,500 taken By H. JOSEF HEBERT ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Friday, June 9, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153AP_DOE_File_Theft.html?source=mypi Hacker steals US nuclear agency files The event is the latest to target sensitive government data Saturday 10 June 2006 Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/731ABDCC-65A0-4618-ADD5-17D26D702B13.htm Data Theft at Nuclear Agency Went Unreported for 9 Months By DAVID STOUT, June 10, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/nws/nytimes69.htm Rival U.S. Labs in Arms Race to Build Safer Nuclear Bomb The new warhead could help reduce the nation's stockpile, but some fear global repercussions. By Ralph Vartabedian Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 13, 2006 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bombs13jun13,0,6180341,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines Pentagon Wants Better Nukes Concerns about it igniting a new arms race Ludwig De Braeckeleer Published 2006-06-22 http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=300412&rel_no=1 White House ponders NG nuclear warheads Posted 6/30/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-06-30-new-nukes_x.htm ---- u.s. nuc facilities The shape of things to come How tomorrow's nuclear power stations will differ from today's Jun 1st 2006 The Economist print edition http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7001592 New U.S. nuclear reactors face an uncertain future By Matthew L. Wald The New York Times SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/04/business/nuke.php Preliminary Observations on Its Process to Oversee the Safe Operation of Nuclear Power Plants NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION June 19, 2006 http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06888thigh.pdf GAO Report - Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Preliminary Observations on Its Process to Oversee the Safe Operation of Nuclear Power Plants From: "Norm Cohen" Date: Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:31 pm Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06888thigh.pdf ---- arizona NAU research finds new risks from uranium An elemental concern Max Jarman The Arizona Republic Jun. 1, 2006 12:00 AM http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0601biz-nauranium0601.html ---- california Diablo opposition group backs away 'It's getting harder to get an attorney to take the case on a pro bono basis, which is what we have to do' The San Luis Obispo Tribune By David Sneed June 01, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/kri/3079112101119703915636497013370247340211 Court orders feds to weigh nuclear facility terror attack DAVID KRAVETS Associated Press Fri, Jun. 02, 2006 http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/14727087.htm Feds eye impact of nuke storage ruling John Driscoll The Eureka Times-Standard 06/06/2006 http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3904851 ---- colorado Water leak at nuclear reactor in Lakewood Written by Staff Tuesday, 27 June 2006 Cherry Creek, CO, News http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=562&Itemid=2 ---- florida FPL details plan to switch nuclear waste storage By Jim Reeder Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Wednesday, June 28, 2006 http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/local_news/epaper/2006/06/28/m1a_SLMEET_0628.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 ---- illinois Illinois Requires Nuclear Power Plants to Notify State of Leaks CHICAGO, Illinois, June 12, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2006/2006-06-12-09.asp#anchor5 Tritium found near Zion nuclear plant By Courtney Flynn Chicago Tribune staff reporter Published June 23, 2006, 7:49 PM CDT http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-060623tritium,1,4543794.story?track=rss ---- louisiana Practicing for the big one Officials run a drill of a nuclear emergency at Waterford 3 By Michael Luke Jun 01, 2006 St. Charles, LA, Herald Guide http://www.heraldguide.com/details.php?id=533 ---- massachusetts Plymouth nuclear critics back off: Two environmental groups continue to object but say they can’t afford a fight By JULIE JETTE The Patriot Ledger Thursday, June 01, 2006 http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2006/06/01/business/biz01.txt ---- minnesota Nuclear plant neighbors offered radiation protection The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press BY LEE EGERSTROM June 27, 2006 http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTZl57Sut0=2F3lyWD90Bx6R35J71LEgJT3W91yv9KV3O8sCzsBO152KNxZ2NA06KCwwwXMThDS98mgA2NWuK=2FKTVGS2UwXUomG7b=2Bng=2FL=2FlQ5u ---- nevada Nevada Senator Slashes Nuclear Waste Dump Budget for 2007 WASHINGTON, DC, June 29, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2006/2006-06-29-09.asp#anchor3 DoE Researches Multi-Ton Nuclear Waste Transfer Systems for Yucca Mountain Project June 30, 2006 | Permalink http://tpr.typepad.com/thepeacockreport/ ---- new mexico Ruling clears way for N.M. nuclear plant 6/1/2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060601-100052-4347r US settles case with nuclear scientist Lee was fired from Los Alamos laboratory in 1999 Saturday 03 June 2006, Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1DC66912-181B-4EE0-99C9-DBE0776566A8.htm U.S. grants license to N.M. uranium plant By SUE MAJOR HOLMES, Associated Press Writer Saturday, June 24, 2006 12:05 am GMT http://www.wired.com/wireservice/story.php?nosubnav=true§ion=Breaking&storyId=1540115 ---- new york Environmentalists include Entergy in 'Dirty Dozen' By NICK REISMAN GANNETT NEWS SERVICE (Original publication: June 2, 2006) http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006606020380 N.Y. Grid Could Stand to Lose Reactors, Panel Says By MATTHEW L. WALD June 6, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/nyregion/06cnd-nuke.html?ei=5099&en=15c5ed48cabd824f&ex=1150257600&partner=TOPIXNEWS&pagewanted=print ---- tennessee Turbine malfunction shuts down Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Katie Allison Granju, Producer 6/2/2006 AP http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=34903&provider=rss ---- texas Nuke plant expansion sought Web Posted: 06/22/2006 09:36 AM CDT Anton Caputo San Antonio Express-News Staff Writer http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA062206.01A.bay_city.1851745.html ---- utah Nuclear Dump Glance By The Associated Press Posted June 24 2006, 12:09 PM EDT http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-nuclear-dump-glance,0,7218580.story Small Utah Tribe Bitterly Divided over Storing Radioactive Waste June 26, 2006 — By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10745 http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-indian-nuclear-dump,0,7899322.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines ---- vermont States, activists challenge Yankee relicensing June 1, 2006 Rutland Herald By DANIEL BARLOW Southern Vermont Bureau http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060601/NEWS/606010359/1003 ---- washington Hanford workers take cover for mishap Published Thursday, June 8th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7813275p-7727505c.html Cost of Nuclear Waste Plant Has Nearly Tripled > From Los Angeles Times Wire Reports June 22, 2006 http://www.latimes.com/business/local/power/la-na-briefs22.2jun22,0,1519066.story $690 million for Hanford plant clears hurdle SHANNON DININNY By SHANNON DININNY June 28, 2006 Associated Press http://www.theolympian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060628/NEWS06/606280335 ---- us nuc waste Domenici offers nuclear waste proposal 6/27/2006 Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-06-27-nuclear-waste_x.htm 30 June 2006 Power Group Online http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=258998&p=6 ---- MILITARY Global Military Spending Tops $1.1 Trillion; U.S. Spends $1,600 Per Capita Tuesday, June 13th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/13/1359251 ---- arms ATRC Update: Iran and India From: "Frida Berrigan" June 6, 2006 http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms SYRIA TO PROCURE IRANIAN MISSILES Sat, 17 Jun 2006 [MENL] http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2006/june/06_18_1.html We bribed Saudis, says ex-minister By Neil Tweedie (Filed: 17/06/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/17/nbung17.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/17/ixuknews.html ---- australia Australians in Iraq to miss 'core warrior values' classes Michael Gawenda and Brendan Nicholson June 3, 2006 The Age http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/age10.html ---- britain Saudi deal 'hidden from MPs' By Christopher Hope (Filed: 21/06/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/06/21/cnyamamah21.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2006/06/21/ixcitytop.html ---- business Nuclear Suppliers Group Urges Iran To Cooperate With IAEA by Staff Writers Brasilia (AFP) Jun 07, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Nuclear_Suppliers_Group_Urges_Iran_To_Cooperate_With_IAEA.html Cracks start to show in a nuclear power monopoly By John Dizard johndizard@hotmail.com Published: June 12 2006 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1e9b3666-fa23-11da-b7ff-0000779e2340.html ---- chemical weapons Reports: U.K. police hunt for ‘dirty’ bomb Major raid fails to unearth chemical device believed to exist, papers say June 3, 2006 MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13093787/ We Found WMD – and It Was Ours by Dave DeBatto, June 24, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/orig/debatto.php?articleid=9196 Gaza militants say fired chemical-tipped warhead Wed Jun 28, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-06-29T013909Z_01_L29258645_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-ROCKET.xml&src=rss&rpc=22 ---- china China pleased after watching U.S. wargames Posted 6/22/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-06-22-china-wargames_x.htm ---- iraq Baghdad Morgue Tells Story Statistics Can't by Brian Conley With Isam Rashid (Inter Press Service) June 8, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/ips/conley.php?articleid=9107 US Soldiers: Iraq Massacre Not An Exception Friday, 9 June 2006, 11:00 am Opinion: Green Left Weekly - Australia Coral Wynter & Jim McIlroy, Caracas http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0606/S00111.htm US 'planning to keep 50,000 troops in Iraq for many years' By Francis Harris in Washington (Filed: 12/06/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/12/wirq12.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/12/ixnews.html Keeping Iraq's Oil In the Ground By Greg Palast, AlterNet. Posted June 14, 2006 http://alternet.org/waroniraq/37371/ The ugly truth about everyday life in Baghdad (by the US ambassador) Published: 20 June 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1090904.ece Japanese forces begin Iraq pullout by Essam al-Sudani Sun Jun 25, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060625/ts_afp/iraqjapanmilitary The precision-made mine that has 'killed 17 British troops' By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent (Filed: 25/06/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/25/wirq225.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/25/ixnews.html Report: 50,000 Iraqi Civilians Dead Since Iraq Invasion Monday, June 26th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/26/1349226 ---- israel / palestine Senate Now Sanctions Palestinian Authority By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer Friday, June 23, 2006 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/06/23/national/w121959D16.DTL Israeli Bombs Palestinian Interior Ministry Friday, June 30th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/30/1334224 ---- nato Nato plans camp to train Arab officers By David Rennie (Filed: 07/06/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/07/wnato07.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/07/ixnews.html Next Nato summit not for new members: Scheffer 6/25/2006 AFP http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Rest+of+the+World&month=June2006&file=World_News2006062591843.xml ---- prisoners of war Pentagon Makes It Official Policy to Ignore Geneva Conventions Monday, June 5th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/05/1351219 Bush in pledge to close Guantánamo June 24 2006 03:00 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ca3b01a6-031d-11db-9231-0000779e2340.html ---- russia / chechnya US-Russia relations deteriorating sharply, experts warn By Guy Dinmore in Charleston, South Carolina Published: June 7 2006 Financial Times http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3ba3dbe8-f5c1-11da-bcae-0000779e2340.html ---- spies Gov’t and Press Agrees to Pay Wen Ho Lee $1.65 Million Monday, June 5th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/05/1351219 Documents show CIA covered up Nazi war criminals during Cold War 6/6/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-06-06-cia-nazis_x.htm ---- un US Presses To Bar Venezuela From Security Council Friday, June 23rd, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/23/1426212 ---- us The Transformation of Strategic-Strike Operations Andrew Krepinevich and Robert Martinage Published 03/00/2001 Report by CSBA http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/Archive/R.20010300.The_Transformation/R.20010300.The_Transformation.htm#ch2 For an exhausted, disenchanted army there is still no end in sight By David Usborne in New York Published: 03 June 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article624191.ece US army officers learn harsh lesson in history By Alec Russell in Fort Leavenworth (Filed: 03/06/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/03/wirq03.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/03/ixnews.html Arms Fiascoes Lead to Alarm Inside Pentagon By TIM WEINER June 8, 2005 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/business/08weapons.html?ei=5070&en=af426dc6f63776db&ex=1151553600&pagewanted=print Marines Want To Accelerate MV-22 Buy UPI Pentagon Correspondent Washington (UPI) Jun 09, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Marines_Want_To_Accelerate_MV_22_Buy.html Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No To Iraq Thursday, June 15th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/15/1411203 List of accusations of GIs in Iraq stuns experts Officials point to stressed troops, greater scrutiny as possible reasons The Associated Press June 23, 2006 http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13506794/ Army wives get phone death threats from Iraq By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent (Filed: 25/06/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/25/wirq25.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/25/ixnews.html U.S. Navy Exempt From Sonar Limits Ahead of RIMPAC War Games WASHINGTON, DC, June 30, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2006/2006-06-30-09.asp#anchor1 ---- war crimes USA wraps up massive war games Updated 6/23/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-06-23-wargamesend_x.htm ---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE ---- courts / tribunals U.S. Requests Court Throw Out NSA Spy Lawsuit Tuesday, June 13th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/13/1359251 Supreme Court blocks war crimes trials for Guantanamo detainees (Washington -AP, June 29, 2006) http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=nation_world&id=4317621 Supreme Court Rebukes White House Over Guantanamo Tribunals Friday, June 30th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/30/1334224 China becoming drawn into global drugs trade By Andrew Yeh in Beijing Published: June 23 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/48e614ca-024a-11db-a141-0000779e2340.html ---- homeland security / national intelligence Big holes in homeland security Editorials Saturday, June 10, 2006 Cincinnati Enquirer http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060610/EDIT01/606100320/1090/EDIT ---- terrorism RCMP foiled dozen plots in past two years JEFF SALLOT AND BRIAN LAGHI Toronto, Canada, Globe and Mail June 7, 2006 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060607.wxterrordisrupt07/BNStory/National/home ---- torture Cleric abducted in Italy by CIA was 'tortured from moment of seizure' By Peter Popham in Rome Published: 08 June 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article717624.ece ---- POLITICS ---- investigations Justice Department's Black Site The administration censors internal probe of lawbreaking by the Oval Office and the NSA Liberty Beat by Nat Hentoff June 4th, 2006 2:52 PM http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0623,hentoff,73418,6.html White House Demands Dismissal of Spy Suit By DAVID KRAVETS, Associated Press Writer Friday, June 23, 2006 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/06/23/national/w013244D62.DTL Cheney Assails Press on Report on Bank Data By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and ERIC LICHTBLAU June 24, 2006 New York Times http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/sf/nyt6_24_06_1.htm ---- propaganda wars BuzzFlash interview: Greg Palast Uncovering the 'Armed Madhouse' of the Bush reign of greed, fear and stolen elections 06.14.06 AlterNet http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=20953 'Dark Side' sheds light on Cheney By Sam Allis, Boston Globe Staff | June 20, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/06/20/dark_side_sheds_light_on_cheney?mode=PF Author: US Deliberately Bombed Al Jazeera in Afghanistan Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/21/142213 Dan Rather Leaves CBS News Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/21/142213 'The War Tapes' gets inside Charlie Company's war in Iraq By Katharine Webster, Associated Press Writer | June 21, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/06/21/the_war_tapes_gets_inside_charlie_companys_war_in_iraq/?page=full On the Net: http://www.thewartapes.com A nationwide Pro-Palestinian Television Program in the US is under attack Amin, June 22, 2006 http://www.amin.org/eng/uncat/2006/june/june22-1.html Beneath the Hoods The brutality of The Road to Guantánamo By Dana Stevens Posted Thursday, June 22, 2006, Slate http://www.slate.com/id/2144198/ 'The Road to Guantánamo' Offers Grim Chronicles That Anger and Stir By A. O. SCOTT June 23, 2006 New York Times MOVIE REVIEW http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/sf/nyt6_24_06_2.htm ---- us politics Kevin Zeese: "Both Parties Selling Country to Highest Bidder!" by William Hughes (Sunday June 04 2006) Media Monitors Network http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/31026 Antiwar Candidates Challenge Incumbent Democrats in House and Senate Races Tuesday, June 6th, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/06/1337214 No schedule yet for India nuclear deal By Roxana Tiron, June 8, 2006 The Hill http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/TheExecutive/060806_india.html House says no to permanent bases in Iraq Jun. 21, 2006 UPI http://washtimes.com/upi/20060621-045752-4579r.htm Senate rejects flag bill by one vote 6/27/2006 By Andrea Stone, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-06-27-flag-bill_x.htm Senate roll call on flag amendment Posted 6/27/2006 The Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-06-27-flag-roll-call_x.htm Lawmakers, Regulators Face Key Decisions on Future of Media Ownership, Internet, Public Access, Low Power Radio Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/27/1433215 U.S. Navy Sued to Stop Sonar During RIMPAC War Games LOS ANGELES, California, June 29, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2006/2006-06-29-09.asp#anchor1 ---- voting Was the 2004 Election Stolen? Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted -- enough to have put John Kerry in the White House. BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. Jun 01, 2006 Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen Study: All Electronic Voting Machines Vulnerable to Software Attacks Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/28/1421216 ---- ENERGY Cleaner Fuels Will Need More Hydrogen, Additives REUTERS MALAYSIA: June 14, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36795/newsDate/14-Jun-2006/story.htm Chinese Officials Judged on Energy Efficiency REUTERS CHINA: June 20, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36907/newsDate/20-Jun-2006/story.htm Cold hand of KGB haunts oil-rich wasteland By Adrian Blomfield in Nefteyugansk (Filed: 22/06/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/22/wrussia22.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/22/ixnews.html ---- alternative energy Belgium Plans First Renewable Energy Antarctic Base REUTERS BELGIUM: June 1, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36608/story.htm Pakistan: Govt planning to allow free duty import of alternative energy products Friday June 02, 2006 Pakistan Tribune http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=145617 Energy-Hungry China Warms to Solar Water Heaters Story by Emma Graham-Harrison REUTERS CHINA: June 5, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36636/story.htm Pennsylvania Hydrogen Fuel Station Develops Cars, Vans, Bus UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 6, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2006/2006-06-06-09.asp#anchor7 Renewable energy effort gains steam in Congress By Chris Baltimore Reuters Wednesday, June 7, 2006; 3:23 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060701529_pf.html Colorado Invests $6 Million in Renewable Energy Research DENVER, Colorado, June 12, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2006/2006-06-12-09.asp#anchor7 National Renewable Energy Lab Offsets All Its Energy Use GOLDEN, Colorado, June 30, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2006/2006-06-30-09.asp#anchor5 ---- OTHER ---- environment Key Facts About Desertification REUTERS WORLD: June 6, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36651/story.htm Fiji Leaders Honored with Global Ocean Conservation Award WASHINGTON, DC, June 8, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2006/2006-06-08-01.asp US Lawmaker Wants to Cut Hazmat Risks to Rail Story by John Crawley REUTERS USA: June 14, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36791/newsDate/14-Jun-2006/story.htm Home Depot to Upgrade Nationwide Hazmat Practices After Connecticut Deal HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 20, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2006/2006-06-20-09.asp#anchor3 Scores of Dead Birds Wash up Along California Beach June 29, 2006 — By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10770 Giant Cracks Appear in New Brazilian Dam June 29, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2006/2006-06-29-01.asp ---- health WHAT'S YER POISON? LIFE IS TOXIC: BOOK BY SUSAN EDELMAN and ELIZABETH WOLFF June 4, 2006 NY POST http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/67010.htm New X-ray Delivery Method Could Improve Radiation Therapy Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and colleagues at Stony Brook University, the IRCCS NEUROMED Medical Center in Italy, and Georgetown University say improvements they have made to an experimental form of radiation therapy that has been under investigation for many years could make the technique more effective and eventually allow its use in hospitals. Results on the improved method, which was tested in rats, will be published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. June 10, 2006 Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060610225206.htm ---- ACTIVISTS Forum on depleted uranium tonight at Cape Code Community College Thursday, June 1, 2006 http://www2.townonline.com/bourne/artsLifestyle/view.bg?articleid=506026 Fan mail to the dreamer of Parliament Square By Martina Smit, June 2, 2006 This Is Local London Brian Haw has campaigned for peace in Parliament Square for five years. (Picture: Martina Smit) http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.784804.0.fan_mail_to_the_dreamer_of_parliament_square.php Greenpeace Just Kidding About Armageddon Friday, June 2, 2006 Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/01/AR2006060101884_pf.html People's Victory! MOTHERS v. DIABLO From: Glenn Carroll Date: Fri Jun 2, 2006 8:14pm NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD! http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/2BFBC6088AF13AA98825718000723C79/$file/0374628.pdf?openelement A Long Wait for Peace 25 Years Ago, Two People Sat Down in Lafayette Square. They Haven't Budged Yet. By David Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, June 3, 2006; C01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/02/AR2006060201885.html?sub=AR Photo: http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2006/06/02/PH2006060201892.jpg larger http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/largerPhoto/images/enlarge_tab.gif Related: "25 Years At The White House Gates" http://prop1.org/history/2006/anniversary/25thann.flier.pdf New Generation of 'Green' Activists at US Colleges Story by Deborah Zabarenko REUTERS US: June 5, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36635/story.htm Greenpeace protests third-generation nuclear plant in Finland Mon Jun 5, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060605/sc_afp/finlandfrancenuclearenergyenvironmentdemo_060605104646%3b_ylt=A9FJqZELDYREgCIByBLPOrgF%3b_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA-- Low-level radiation and health conference in Canada Aug 25-28, register now From: "Michael Mariotte" Date: Tue Jun 6, 2006 4:18 pm Iran: Support a Step Back from War Legislative Action Message June 8, 2006 FCNL http://www.fcnl.org/action/alert_print.htm Forum on depleted uranium tonight at college Thursday, June 8, 2006 Cape Codder http://www2.townonline.com/bourne/artsLifestyle/view.bg?articleid=510939 Protests threaten Nato war games Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow Monday June 12, 2006 UK Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukraine/story/0,,1795763,00.html?gusrc=rss More Than 1,000 Protest Bush in Baghdad Wednesday, June 14th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/14/1424228 Gore to Train 1,000 to Spread Word about Climate Story by Timothy Gardner REUTERS USA: June 14, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36799/newsDate/14-Jun-2006/story.htm Nobel laureates look to scuttle N-deal Aziz Haniffa in Washington, DC | June 15, 2006 04:10 IST http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/15ndeal.htm ACLU Sues Pentagon Over Peace Activist Spying Friday, June 16th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/16/1355211 Life's Delicate Balance - books for sale Date: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:04 am From: "Norm Cohen" DC Forum: “Right Against War with Iran,” June 21 Monday, June 19th, 2006 in News by Eric Garris| http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2006/06/19/dc-forum-right-against-war-with-iran-june-21/ Disarmament Protesters Arrested After Infiltrating Silo Site Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/21/142213 Plowshares Action Yesterday in N. Dakota From: Art Laffin Date: Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:17 pm http://jonahhouse.org Nonviolent DU Campaign From: Kindy Date: Fri Jun 21, 2006 10:44 am Thousands Protest Bush in Austria Thursday, June 22nd, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/22/1412215 Stop radwaste disasters: call Senate Monday From: "Michael Mariotte" Date: Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:18 pm Opponents of Iraq war rally around Lt. Watada Lt. Ehren Watada refused to ship out with his unit. By Alex Fryer Seattle Times staff reporter Monday, June 26, 2006 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003085977_warprotests26m.html Pentagon Admits To New Spying of Student Groups Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/27/1432256 25 Arrested At Anti-Gitmo Protest Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/27/1432256 Urgent sign-on to Senate, need your action today From: "Michael Mariotte" Date: Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:03 pm Cindy Sheehan and Others to Launch White House Hunger Strike Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/28/1421216 Treason: “Firing Squad” For The New York Times? By Greg Palast June 28, 2006 Scoop http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0606/S00344.htm Blix says world needs new global peace movement Thu Jun 30, 2006 (AFP) http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/world.aspx?ID=BD4A224485