NucNews Headlines - collected August 11-20, 2006 Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date ---- NUCLEAR ---- accidents and safety Japanese nuclear power plant releases radioactive steam Associated Press, August 11, 2006 http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=5269090 Official says no threat from water leak at San Onofre reactor Wednesday, August 16, 2006 North County Times http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/08/16/news/coastal/13_02_077_15_06.txt Fire at power station Peach Bottom blaze quenched in 21 minutes CHARLES SCHILLINGER 8/17/2006 York PA Dispatch http://www.yorkdispatch.com/business/ci_4195703 Swedish Nuclear Reactor in near-Meltdown Scare 17/08/2006 Melbourne IndyMedia http://melbourne.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=9956&category_id=13 ---- africa Uranium Pebbles May Light the Way By Megan Lindow, Wired News 02:00 AM Nov, 18, 2003 http://wired.com/news/technology/1,61088-0.html ---- australia PM’s nuclear dreaming: enriching Australia? Jim Green > From Green Left Weekly, August 16, 2006. http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/679/679p11.htm US to support PM's uranium plan August 17, 2006 The Australian http://www.news.com.au/sundayheraldsun/story/0,,20157043-5005961,00.html ---- britain Revealed: nuclear security rules broken 39 times in past year By Rob Edwards Environment Editor 13 August 2006 UK Herald http://www.sundayherald.com/57240 DOE Announces $1.4 Million for Industry-Laboratory Teams to Study Using Nuclear Energy for Clean Hydrogen Projects Led by Electric Transportation Applications and GE Global Research 14-Aug 2006 FuelCellWorks.com http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage5811.html Nuclear clean-up costs likely to soar beyond £70bn, MPs warn Mark Milner, industrial editor Wednesday August 16, 2006 The Guardian http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1850983,00.html BNFL paid union to back new nuclear power stations By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor Sunday Herald - 20 August 2006 http://www.sundayherald.com/57437 ---- business Entergy gets help for new US nuclear power plants Fri Aug 11, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-08-11T155517Z_01_N11194822_RTRIDST_0_UTILITIES-ENTERGY-NUCLEAR.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna UniStar Nuclear Accelerates Its Pace for Early Reviews by the NRC Submission Ahead of Schedule in Support of a Potential Fleet of New Nuclear Plants in the U.S. Tuesday August 15, 2006 /PRNewswire/ http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060815/dctu049.html?.v=60 http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=266282&p=6 Output concerns hit nuclear firm British Energy wants to make its output more reliable Wednesday, 16 August 2006 (BBC) ---- canada Nuclear waste stored in trailers PAM DOUGLAS, Friday, August 11th, 2006 Brampton, Canada, Guardian http://www.northpeel.com/br/news/story/3629797p-4196417c.html Stephen Harper irresponsibly supports US-Israeli aggression in Lebanon Conservative Minority Government in Canada undermines hopes for peace by Brenda Thompson Sunday 13. Aug 2006 The Canadian http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2006/08/08/01221.html Bruce Power seeks OK for new nuclear site By Lynne Olver Thu Aug 17, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060817/wl_canada_nm/canada_utilities_canada_nuclear_col_2 ---- china China to buy Australian uranium Australia has three working uranium mines, one in a national park Monday, 3 April 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4871000.stm?ls ---- depleted uranium Doing the Wrong Thing in Afghanistan: Depleted Uranium: The Definitive Moral Paradox Friday, July 07 2006 Contributed by Michael Clarke http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/10095727.html?thread=2060399#t2060399 Uranium: OIF Soldiers Sue US Army Sat Aug 12, 2006 AP http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2006/8/12/20193/8574 Is an armament sickening U.S. soldiers? Updated 8/12/2006 Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-08-12-radiation-soldiers_x.htm Israel’s War Crimes: NGOs Need to Get a Clue Kurt Nimmo August 12, 2006 UrukNet http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m25710&l=i&size=1&hd=0 Soldiers Sue Army Over Mysterious Illness Posted on Aug 13, 2006 http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060813_soldiers_sue_army_over_mysterious_illness/ New, Deadly Weapons Used by Israel on Lebanon, Gaza Paola Manduca, Arab News Monday, 14, August, 2006 (20, Rajab, 1427) http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=79270&d=14&m=8&y=2006 Troops deserve better study of depleted uranium effects August 15, 2006 Appleton WI Post Crescent http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060815/APC0602/608150573/1036 Pentagon may be own deadliest enemy Sherwood Ross Middle East Times August 16, 2006 http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060816-064753-5278r ---- europe Poles oppose US missile base in country Friday, August 11, 2006 News International, Pakistan http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=19397 NEW RADIATION SAFETY STANDARDS TO BE INTRODUCED IN ARMENIA ON JULY 1, 2007 YEREVAN, August 18. /ARKA/ http://www.arka.am/en/archive/n08/n1808/180802.html ---- india 'India on the right track' Interview with Dr. Georges Vendryes, French nuclear scientist. T.S. SUBRAMANIAN August 12, 2006 The Hindu Frontline http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20060825001508600.htm Indian scientists oppose clauses in nuclear deal Mon Aug 14, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060814/wl_nm/india_nuclear_dc_1 Indian President calls for law to ensure energy independence Monday, 14 August 2006 Nerve News of India http://www.nerve.in/news:25350012028 PM's I-Day speech fails to cut ice with Left Press Trust of India Tuesday, August 15, 2006 http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=72456 As India debates N-deal, China & Pak move to close rival pact C Raja Mohan Indian Express, Thursday, August 17, 2006 http://www.indianexpress.com/story/10773.html India warns US against changes in nuclear pact By Y.P. Rajesh Thu Aug 17, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060817/wl_nm/nuclear_india_usa_dc_6 Nuke scientists welcome PM's assurances Press Trust of India August 17, 2006 http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTTW=2F0zz0AjAXGOqq2OFdnNKOiSxNufBovMr0LypvTHSX5K3LmU9VMZlrpW4BqEaSSNEs8tNHMhs0ceJtu8FhhOeEfSWlPaB=2FfSvTo0CgTvYg Wheeling dealing LEFT HAND DRIVE | Sitaram Yechury August 17, 2006 Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1770191,00120001.htm Diffident Indian PM hailed for speech on nuke deal NEW DELHI (AFP) Aug 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060818083325.s8g6pzpw.html Indian Questioning of US-India Nuclear Deal By Anirudh Suri, August 19, 2006 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=print&id=18627 Indian Nuclear Deal With US Clears Domestic Opposition by Praful Bidwai (Inter Press Service) August 19, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/bidwai/?articleid=9561 Indian oligarchs clash headon with Indian Government as they like to avail Pakistan's new concession on ''perks'' to foreign firms in nuke field Sidhir Chadda Aug. 20, 2006 India Daily http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/12915.asp ---- iran Nuclear row boosts Iranian president Simon Tisdall in Tehran Friday August 11, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,,1842653,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1 Iran Does Need Nuclear Energy By Safa Haeri Posted Saturday, August 12, 2006 (IPS) http://www.iran-press-service.com/ips/articles-2006/august2006/iran_nuclear_12806.shtml Iran not intimidated by nuclear sanctions threat Mon Aug 14, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060814/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics_060814101651 US To Press For Quick UN Sanctions If Iran Refuses Halt To Uranium Enrichment by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Aug 17, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_To_Press_For_Quick_UN_Sanctions_If_Iran_Refuses_Halt_To_Uranium_Enrichment_999.html Iran envoy says call for enrichment halt 'not acceptable' Thu Aug 17, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060817/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpoliticsenvoy Iran plans new war games 17/08/2006 20:43 - (SA) http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1984553,00.html Clever moves may become a dangerous game for Iran Foreign Editor's Briefing by Bronwen Maddox August 18, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2318005,00.html Rafsanjani warns US over N-standoff 8/19/2006 (AFP) http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=August2006&file=World_News2006081924050.xml Iran complains about UN nuclear inspector by Michael Adler Sat Aug 19, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060819/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpoliticsiaeainspections Iran stages massive military war games Sat Aug 19, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060819/wl_mideast_afp/iranmilitary Ordinary Iranians fearful as prospect of international sanctions looms closer UK Sunday Times, August 20, 2006 By Kasra Naji http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2320451,00.html Iran Tests Short-Range Missile By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS August 20, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-Missile.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print Iran Army Tests Missiles in Wargames By REUTERS August 20, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-missile.html?pagewanted=print Iran Tests 10 Short-Range Missiles By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS August 20, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-War-Games.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin ---- japan Japan appeals court order favouring atomic bomb survivors TOKYO (AFP) Aug 11, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060811103622.bpw2c54j.html Hibakusha Lebanon Solidarity Statement From: John Steinbach Date: Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:22 am ---- korea New Cracks in Nuclear Containment Both Koreas Raise Risks of an Arms Race By Peter Grier Staff Writer Christian Science Monitor. Saturday, August 12, 2006 Seoul Times http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=1019 North Korea Demands US Troops Pull Out Of South by Staff Writers Seoul (AFP) Aug 13, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/North_Korea_Demands_US_Troops_Pull_Out_Of_South_999.html N. Korea might be preparing nuclear test: media By Jon Herskovitz Thu Aug 17, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060818/ts_nm/nuclear_korea_north_dc_5 Bush warns North Korea not to pursue nuclear testing Fri Aug 18, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060818/wl_afp/usnkoreapolitics_060818164207 S. Korea: No evidence of North nuke test Posted 8/18/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-08-18-north-nukes_x.htm No Indication Of North Korea Nuclear Plan Says Russia by Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) Aug 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/No_Indication_Of_North_Korea_Nuclear_Plan_Russia_999.html Libya's Kadhafi to press NKorea on weapons: Japan TOKYO (AFP) Aug 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060818041210.6kwl80xy.html Seoul Agrees To Big Aid Package For North, Steps Up Nuclear Monitoring by Staff Writers Seoul (AFP) Aug 20, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Seoul_Agrees_To_Big_Aid_Package_For_North_Steps_Up_Nuclear_Monitoring_999.html ---- latinamerica ---- missile defense Poles Reject Role in U.S. Missile Shield August 14, 2006 Angus Reid Consultants http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/12804 General To Recommend US Missile Defense Sites In Europe Soon The US already has a missile defense system based in Fort Greely, Alaska (pictured). by Jim Mannion (AFP) Aug 15, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/General_To_Recommend_US_Missile_Defense_Sites_In_Europe_Soon_999.html US turns back to Britain as its base for Son of Star Wars > From Tom Baldwin in Washington UK Times, August 16, 2006 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2315036,00.html US plans Europe anti-missile site Wednesday 16 August 2006, Reuters http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DDDB149B-2A1A-48BE-B6CC-BE3D5949A01C.htm How do you hit a target that fast? By Mark Henderson and Lewis Smith August 16, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2315039,00.html "Star Wars" agency helps Israel on rocket threat By Jim Wolf Tue Aug 15, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060815/pl_nm/arms_mideast_usa_dc US to double anti-missile ships in Pacific Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:16 PM ET By Jim Wolf (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-08-17T001646Z_01_N16322306_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARMS-USA-PACIFIC.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C1-topNews-9 Northrop to get $2.5 bln more for missile defense Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:54pm ET168 By Jim Wolf (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&symbol=&storyID=2006-08-16T215442Z_01_N16413626_RTRIDST_0_ARMS-MISSILE-USA.XML&pageNumber=0&WTModLoc=InvArt-C1-ArticlePage2&sz=13 Missiles may be next big threat to U.S. airliners By Tim McLaughlin ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 08/20/2006 http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/C5AD5272F7A96C30862571CF005AD0C6?OpenDocument ---- pacific ---- pakistan Pakistan close to N-deal with China Saturday, August 12, 2006 South Asian Media http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=316779&category=Frontend&Country=PAKISTAN US To Double Missile-Defense Ships in Pacific Thursday, August 17th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/17/1335202 ---- russia 'Unstable recruits' guard Russia nuclear facility Thu 17 Aug 2006 Reuters By Christian Lowe http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L17882674 http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=20312 Russian tycoon buys historic K-19 nuclear submarine Friday August 18, 2006 INDEPENDENT By Andrew Osborn http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10396866 ---- security Radioactive injection causes Vancouver man to trip border alarm Wednesday, August 16, 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_Canada_Radioactive_at_the_Border.html Report: X-Rays Don't Detect Explosives Homeland Security Department Report Says X-Rays Don't Detect Explosives in Shoes By LESLIE MILLER The Associated Press, August 16, 2006 http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/print?id=2314340 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/08/15/national/w144941D92.DTL&type=politics Government, Pentagon seal once-public Cold War nuke data 08/18/2006 @ 8:53 am Filed by RAW STORY http://www.rawstory.com/printstory.php?story=2943 Port Newark to Serve As Testing Ground for Future Port Security Measures (AP) Friday, 18 August http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/70896.php?contentType=4&contentId=190638 Lapse Allows Guns into Tennessee Nuke Plant by Ben Lando and Donna Borak Friday, August 18, 2006 by United Press International http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0818-08.htm ---- u.s. nuc facilities Nuke Plants Aging Disgracefully By Kendra Mayfield Wired News 02:00 AM Feb 06, 2003 http://wired.com/news/technology/1,57486-0.html ---- california PG&E to shut centers Bill Lascher Staff Writer 8/11/06 Pacific Coast Business Times http://www.pacbiztimes.com/index.cfm?go2=articles/wk_081106c Water Well Shut Down For Radioactivity Testing cbs2.com August 19, 2006 http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTZl57Sut0=2F3lyWD90Bx6R37Abl=2FAlDn=2BHJqB=2BBnIU6Xal75L9YdwshTP3L0cI4Y5JKAVdMSBrxODTiZwE=2BOUKmKs9wrDn2p3dTpA4cbj=2FBqv ---- georgia Permit sought for new reactor at Georgia nuclear plant The Associated Press By RUSS BYNUM August 15, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2721242330306240258932591630381779939276 Southern competes for federal funding Jeff Nesmith - Cox Washington Bureau Saturday, August 19, 2006 http://www.ajc.com/saturday/content/epaper/editions/saturday/business_446ebaef8550f1fd00e2.html ---- illinois Clinton nuclear power taking extra precautions By EDITH BRADY-LUNNY - Friday, August 11, 2006 Illinois Herald & Review http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2006/08/12/news/local_news/1016979.txt ---- nebraska NPPD Cost Setting Up Nuclear Storage: $45 Million August 14, 2006 Nebraska State Paper http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/08/14/44e09ab3d50ad ---- new mexico Hobbs nuclear plant challenged in court By Associated Press August 18, 2006 http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_state/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19863_4926731,00.html ---- new york Anti-terror safeguards in place at Indian Point By GREG CLARY gclary@lohud.com THE JOURNAL NEWS August 11, 2006 http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060811/UPDATE/608110426 ---- oklahoma Greens fight Oklahoma hot waste By Judy Fahys 8/19/2006 Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_4207752 ---- pennsylvania Temp Storage Site for Spent Nukes By The Associated Press Friday, August 11, 2006 http://www.whp580.com/cc-common/mainheadlines2.html?feed=118645&article=626300 ---- south carolina Graham wants new plant built Graham wants MOX construction to begin by year's end The Associated Press Fri, Aug. 11, 2006 http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/15249304.htm ---- tennessee U.S. Uranium Stock in Peril By Noah Shachtman Wired News 02:00 AM Jan, 27, 2004 http://wired.com/news/technology/1,62052-0.html Lapse allows guns into Tenn. nuke plant By BEN LANDO AND DONNA BORAK UPI Energy Correspondents 8/17/2006 http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20060817-025156-8282r ---- texas AEDC seeking company to bring nuclear plant to city Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 KVII Online http://www.kvii.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=15121 $14B Nuclear Project Targets TX, LA By Amy Wolff Sorter August 17, 2006 http://www.globest.com/news/678_678/other/148299-1.html ---- virginia Lake Anna plan draws pros, cons Opponents cite environmental worries, say impact of construction hasn't been examined. By RUSTY DENNEN Date published: 8/16/2006 Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star http://fredericksburg.com//News/FLS/2006/082006/08162006/214360?rss=local ---- wyoming Thar's Uranium in Them Thar Hills By Jeff Rice 02:00 AM Aug, 10, 2005 Wired News http://wired.com/news/business/0,68422-0.html ---- us nuc waste Thorium Fuels Safer Reactor Hopes By Amit Asaravala Jul, 05, 2005 Wired News http://wired.com/news/technology/0,68045-0.html Researcher urges nuclear waste options August 18, 2006 PhysOrg http://www.physorg.com/news75126877.html ---- MILITARY ---- arms Cluster bombs add to terror By CESAR CHELALA Friday, Aug. 11, 2006 Japan Times http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?appURL=eo20060811a1.html British Arms Merchant With Passport to the Pentagon By LESLIE WAYNE New York Times August 16, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt391.html Top Chinese diplomat tells US to 'shut up' on arms spending AFP Thursday August 17, 2006 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/060817/1/42uur.html Officials: U.S. blocked missiles to Hezbollah Posted 8/18/2006 By John Diamond, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-08-17-iran-missiles_x.htm Major arms soar to twice pre-9/11 cost Systems to have little direct role in terror fight By Bryan Bender, Boston Globe Staff | August 19, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/08/19/major_arms_soar_to_twice_pre_911_cost?mode=PF ---- britain Britain Names Suspects in Alleged Airline Bomb Plot; British Muslims Skeptical, Fear Backlash Friday, August 11th, 2006 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/11/1343252 ---- business Boeing Fears U.S. Sanctions Can Damage Its Business in Russia Created: 09.08.2006 MosNews http://mosnews.com/money/2006/08/09/boeingsanctions.shtml ---- iraq Life in Hell: A Baghdad Diary By APARISIM GHOSH Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006 Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1223363,00.html ---- israel / palestine Israel signals acceptance of cease-fire deal Updated 8/11/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-08-11-mideast_x.htm Israel steps up attacks after cease-fire deal Strikes on Lebanon persist as officials race to turn resolution into action August 12, 2006 Associated Press http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14315126/ Huge Israeli offensive launched Despite UN agreement on ceasefire, 30,000 troops are now operating inside Lebanon By Donald Macintyre in Metulla Published: 13 August 2006 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1218886.ece Reservists: Why should we volunteer to be cannon fodder? By Amir Zohar Mon., August 14, 2006 Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/749667.html Christians United for Israel: New Christian Zionism Lobby Hopes to Rival AIPAC Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/15/1326256 Peres says Israel achieved goals in war Tue Aug 15, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyid=2006-08-15T211643Z_01_N15423855_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L1-RelatedNews-4 Israel orders war inquiry More than 100 Israeli soldiers were killed in the war Wednesday 16 August 2006, Agencies http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1EE2DB85-37C4-4222-8546-72B04A3937AB.htm Church body condemns Israel The group said Israel had planned the war, not reacted Wednesday 16 August 2006, 21:20 Makka Time, 18:20 GMT http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/53B1D728-7AF1-4883-8EB2-D82AD9AE8080.htm ---- latin america Venezuelan dissident on the run AP August 15, 2006, Australia Herald-Sun http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20127788-663,00.html Arrest Warrants Issued for Over 50 Grassroots Leaders in Oaxaca, Mexico Friday, August 18th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/18/1353205 ---- mideast Lebanese speak out on the Web By Adoree Kim THE WASHINGTON TIMES August 12, 2006 http://washtimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060811-101403-3176r Lebanon: How many times 1948? ANJALI KAMAT, Sunday, Aug 13, 2006 The Hindu http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/08/13/stories/2006081300240100.htm Seymour Hersh: U.S. Helped Plan Israeli Attack, Cheney "Convinced" Assault on Lebanon Could Serve as Prelude to Preemptive Attack on Iran Monday, August 14th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/14/1358255 FACTBOX - Costs of war in Lebanon and Israel Tue Aug 15, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyid=2006-08-15T081933Z_01_L15538264_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L1-RelatedNews-11 Lebanon war cost Israel $1.6bn Julian Borger in Jerusalem Tuesday August 15, 2006 Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1850823,00.html Hezbollah helps Lebanese rebuild Hezbollah says Israeli raids destroyed 15,000 housing units Wednesday 16 August 2006, 19:40 Makka Time, 16:40 GMT http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E08DBD49-9620-4AB0-A69B-E12F962FDC36.htm Timeline: Lebanon conflict The war has left many homeless in Lebanon Thursday 17 August 2006, 8:30 Makka Time, 5:30 GMT http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/35772526-C1A8-4599-868C-E513C4F29C9B.htm Lebanon Ceasefire Holds As Negotiations Continue Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/16/148228 War inflicted $3.6 billion damage on Lebanon Fri Aug 18, 2006 (Reuters) By Lin Noueihed http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-08-18T142310Z_01_L18829610_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L1-RelatedNews-1 Israeli offensive destroyed up to 30,000 homes: Finnish minister August 18, 2006 Pakistan News International http://www.thenews.com.pk/update_detail.asp?id=8122 Fears over cluster bomb clean-up The unexploded bomblets are the size of a drinks can Friday, 18 August 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5263616.stm Israel Strikes Deep in Lebanon Premier, U.N. Chief Condemn Attack as Violation of Truce By Edward Cody Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, August 20, 2006; A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/19/AR2006081900217_pf.html ---- philippines Philippine soldiers may be involved in killings 8/18/2006 REUTERS http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Philippines+%26+South+Asia&month=August2006&file=World_News2006081832440.xml ---- prisoners of war Afghan prisoner abuse case at impasse Updated 8/16/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-08-16-cia-prisoner_x.htm ---- un UN Human Rights Council Condemns Israel Monday, August 14th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/14/1358247 New UN Chief In Kosovo Expects To Be The Last August 15, 2006 Radio Free Europe http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/8/af23ff92-7a23-433d-a18e-665aa51469ce.html UN Launches $60M Appeal For Lebanon Oil Spill Friday, August 18th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/18/1352207 U.N. needs troops to monitor cease-fire Updated 8/20/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-08-19-mideast_x.htm ---- us Broadcast Exclusive...AWOL Army Sgt. On the Run for a Year Speaks Out for the First Time Friday, August 11th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/11/1343256 A Case for Impeachment Monday, 14 August 2006, Scoop Opinion: Norma Sherry http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0608/S00134.htm Waiting for Reinforcements The fighting won't end: Gearing up for another wave of homeless vets by Jarrett Murphy August 15th, 2006 Village Voice http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0633,murphy,74181,5.html Pentagon buying handheld biometric devices Aug. 16, 2006 (UPI) http://washtimes.com/upi/20060815-103728-6907r.htm Fearing Prosecution, Bush Admin Tries to Change War Crimes Act Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/16/148250 The Money Pit Can the Pentagon pay for the war and its new toys? By Fred Kaplan Posted Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006, at 1:30 PM ET http://www.slate.com/id/2147823/ Study Revisits Vietnam Stress Disorder Thursday, August 17, 2006 (AP) http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/08/17/national/w110642D43.DTL Troops Express Worries About Iraq By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer Thursday, August 17, 2006 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/08/17/national/w130558D83.DTL&type=printable Former Generals: Bush Must Negotiate to Make America Safer by Aaron Glantz Antiwar.com August 19, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/glantz/?articleid=9564 Troops long out-of-uniform sent to Iraq By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press Writer Sat Aug 19, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060819/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_back_in_uniform ---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE Rise in police-involved shootings raises concern in Las Vegas Posted 8/15/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-08-15-vegas-police-shootings_x.htm ---- courts / tribunals "There Are No Hereditary Kings in America" - Judge Rules NSA Warrantless Spy Program Unconstitutional Friday, August 18th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/18/1352240 The Constitution: Checking a Would-Be King by Ray McGovern Antiwar.com August 19, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/mcgovern/?articleid=9563 ---- drug war Parks fall victim to Colombia drug war AP Wednesday 16 August 2006, 15:43 Makka Time, 12:43 GMT http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0F9E4663-3436-4CB7-B37E-AFA6AC04D2C3.htm ---- homeland security / national intelligence Bush predicts courts will uphold security wiretaps Fri Aug 18, 2006 (Reuters) By Tabassum Zakaria http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-08-18T215848Z_01_N18397261_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-EAVESDROPPING-BUSH.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C1-TopStories-newsOne-2 ---- terrorism "More Propaganda Than Plot" - Former British Ambassador on Alleged UK Terror Plot Friday, August 18th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/18/1352248 ---- POLITICS ---- propaganda wars GIs Shoot Footage for New War Doc By Jason Silverman, Wired News 02:00 AM Apr, 28, 2006 http://wired.com/news/culture/0,70749-0.html News Media's Love-Hate for Nuclear Weapons by Norman Solomon Antiwar.com August 7, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/solomon/?articleid=9487 Israel's secret weapon: good old rude leaflets Martin Chulov, Beirut 12 aug 06 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,20098980,00.html Gullible Americans By Paul Craig Roberts 08/14/06 "Information Clearing House" http://informationclearinghouse.info/article14531.htm America's one-eyed view of war: Stars, stripes, and the Star of David There are two sides to every conflict - unless you rely on the US media for information about the battle in Lebanon. Viewers have been fed a diet of partisan coverage which treats Israel as the good guys and their Hizbollah enemy as the incarnation of evil. Andrew Gumbel reports from Los Angeles 15 August 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1219241.ece Fox News Producer Resigns Over Middle East Coverage Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/16/148232 Prescott denies calling Bush crap Mr Prescott made "an honest and good point", Mr Cohen said Thursday, 17 August 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4800827.stm Can Journalists Be Prosecuted for Receiving Classified Information? Friday, August 18th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/18/1352244 More Americans Regret Iraq War August 19, 2006 Angus-Reid http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/12844 ---- ENERGY Eurasec summit to focus on common energy market, customs union 15/ 08/ 200 (RIA Novosti)6 http://en.rian.ru/world/20060815/52638451.html ---- alternative energy GM to Show Off Fuel Cell-Powered Car August 11, 2006 — By Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11042 Malaysia Approves 52 Biodiesel Plants So Far Story by Naveen Thukral REUTERS MALAYSIA: August 16, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37685/newsDate/16-Aug-2006/story.htm%5C Siemens to Build Wind Turbine Blade Factory in USA REUTERS GERMANY: August 18, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37728/story.htm Japan Sees Biodiesel Boost With New Fuel Standards Story by Ikuko Kao REUTERS JAPAN: August 18, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37719/story.htm Singapore Turns to Biodiesel to Fight Rising Fuel Costs Story by Jessica Jaganathan REUTERS SINGAPORE: August 18, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37729/story.htm Wave Power Farms Follow Surfers to Cornish Coast REUTERS UK: August 18, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37717/story.htm ---- OTHER ---- environment Low Oxygen Dead Zone off Oregon Coast Worst Ever CORVALLIS, Oregon, August 10, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2006/2006-08-10-02.asp Black Sea Residents Want to Aid Marine Recovery REUTERS NORWAY: August 15, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37657/story.htm Japan Tanker Spills Crude Oil in East Indian Ocean Story by Ikuko Kao and Osamu Tsukimori REUTERS JAPAN: August 16, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37679/newsDate/16-Aug-2006/story.htm Key Facts About Oil Spills REUTERS INTERNATIONAL: August 17, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37692/newsDate/17-Aug-2006/story.htm Whales Strike Out in Collisions with Ships August 18, 2006 — By Jon Herskovitz, Reuters http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11088 Indian Court Warns Against Scrapping "Toxic" Ship INDIA: August 18, 2006 REUTERS http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37722/story.htm California on Brink of Global Warming Breakthrough Story by Mary Milliken REUTERS US: August 18, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37716/story.htm ---- genetics Crucial human brains gene discovered Human brains are triple the size of chimp brains Thursday 17 August 2006, AP http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/68972810-DFA3-4E01-8210-4E82E3435EC0.htm ---- ACTIVISTS Freedom of Speech trial of Mordechai Vanunu in Israel continues Feb 22, 2006 Eileen Fleming , February 17, 2006 Microsoft, Israel and Vanunu Al-Jazeerah OPED, Feb 24, 2006 http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2006%20Opinion%20Editorials/February/24%20o/Microsoft,%20Israel%20and%20Vanunu%20By%20Eileen%20Fleming.htm Antiwar Camp in Israel Comes Out of Bunker The decision to expand the ground offensive galvanizes a dormant, wary peace movement. By Laura King Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 11, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes339.html Sheehan treated for dehydration in Texas Posted 8/11/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-08-11-peace-mom_x.htm Creating Peace at Lockheed Martin in Bonny Doon on Nagasaki Day by ~Bradley ( bradley [at] riseup.net ) Friday Aug 11th, 2006 4:27 AM http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/11/18296139.php Protesters host barbecue for Crawford Posted 8/12/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-08-12-crawford-protest_x.htm Japanese protest war shrine a 2nd day HANS GREIMEL Associated Press Sat, Aug. 12, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/15260387.htm Largely Muslim crowd rallies to protest Mideast violence 8/13/2006 Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-08-12-mideast-protest_x.htm Photo: Demonstrators protest in front of the White House following a peace march Saturday in Washington, D.C. http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2006/08/12/protest.jpg Peace protest backfires; store owners feel targeted By Claudia Reed/TWN Staff Writer Sunday, August 13, 2006 Willits News http://www.willitsnews.com/community/ci_4156723 Troops, civilians in S. Korea warned of demonstrations By Jim Tice Staff writer August 14, 2006 Army Times http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2018035.php Son Of Israeli Peace Activist David Grossman Dies in Lebanon Monday, August 14th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/14/1358247 White house protest draws almost 10,000 people 'Bush had no right' to back Israel By Paul de Zardain Special to The Lebanon Daily Star Monday, August 14, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=74715 Longtime Activist Dorothy Ray Healey, 91, Dies Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/15/1326238 Israel out! An open letter from Australian students > From Green Left Weekly, August 16, 2006. http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/679/679p9b.htm Protestors: It's like Yom Kippur War August 18, 2006 YNet http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3292715,00.html NY Activists Mobilize Ahead of Hearing on Protest Laws Friday, August 18th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/18/1352207 Sheehan, others protest at Rove event Updated 8/20/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-08-20-sheehan-protest_x.htm NucNews Links and Expanded Archives - http://nucnews.net Looking for solutions? http://prop1.org/prop1/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~