NucNews Headlines - collected August 21-31, 2006 Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date ---- NUCLEAR PNNL team discovers bacteria can make pearls of uranium Published Monday, August 21st, 2006 By John Trumbo, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/8106470p-7999029c.html ---- accidents and safety Greenpeace rejects Chernobyl toll Tuesday, 18 April 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4917526.stm Small tritium spill at Prairie Island highlights larger problem An incident at the Prairie Island nuclear plant illustrates growing national concerns about spills and leaks of radioactive liquids. Tom Meersman, Minneapolis Star Tribune Last update: August 24, 2006 http://www.startribune.com/462/story/634748.html Documents show TVA nuclear plants leaked tritium 8/26/2006 Associated Press http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=37315&provider=rss Pills In Case Of Nuclear Accident? POSTED: 12:24 pm EDT August 29, 2006 -John Paul, Ohio - WTOV NEWS9 http://www.wtov9.com/news/9755342/detail.html ---- africa SA mulls plan to enrich uranium for power JAMES MACHARIA Tuesday, August 29, 2006 Nampa-Reuters http://www.namibian.com.na/2006/August/world/06430F36C0.html South Africa may enrich uranium Wednesday, August 30, 2006 Pakistan News International http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=21743 ---- asia Experts fret over human shortage for Vietnam nuclear plant Tuesday, August 29, 2006 Source: Vietnam News Agency – Translated by Thanh Tuan http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/?catid=1&newsid=19444 ---- australia SXR Uranium to Dig Honeymoon Mine in South Australia (Update3) By Antony Sguazzin and Janice Kew August 29, 2006 (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aHUR1CXPqXCs Communities Unite to Oppose National Nuclear Waste Dump 30/08/2006 Melbourne Indymedia http://melbourne.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=9984&category_id=13 ---- britain BNFL set to sell nuclear clean-up business in parts to avoid delay By Rebecca Bream Published: August 23 2006 03:00 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/195b021e-3243-11db-ab06-0000779e2340.html ---- business Potain MD 3200 Key to Recovering Chernobyl 8/23/2006 Construction Equipment Guide http://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/story.asp?story=7392&headline=Potain New nuclear sub is lifeline for Barrow By Toby Poston Business reporter, BBC News, in Barrow-in-Furness Monday, 28 August 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5270640.stm EU Toshiba buy of Westinghouse Wed Aug 30, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=mergersNews&storyID=2006-08-30T092751Z_01_BRU004870_RTRIDST_0_ENERGY-WESTINGHOUSE-EU.XML Fluor bids for British Nuclear Group Thu Aug 31, 2006 By Tom Bergin (Reuters) http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=1433029§ion=finance&src=rss/uk/businessNews ---- canada ALBERTA COMPANY LOOKS TO GO NUCLEAR TO POWER OIL SANDS Shannon Phillips / shannon@vueweekly.com August 24, 2006 Edmonton Vue Weekly http://www.vueweekly.com/articles/default.aspx?i=4571 ---- china First nuclear power project in northeastern China to start constructionnext year August 22. INTERFAX-CHINA http://www.interfax.com/4/186238/news.aspx China vows to fulfill int'l obligations on nuclear non-proliferation: official Xinhua August 29, 2006 http://english.people.com.cn/200608/29/eng20060829_297683.html ---- depleted uranium IRAQ: Laughter eases pain of child patients Theatrical groups in Iraq are bringing smiles to sick children [ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] Afif Sarhan/IRIN, 20 Aug 2006 http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=55199&SelectRegion=Middle_East&SelectCountry=IRAQ Scientists suspect Israeli arms used in South contain radioactive matter By Mohammed Zaatari Lebanon Daily Star staff Monday, August 21, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=74891 Public comment opens on plan to cleanup Livermore Lab testing pits By Betsy Mason CONTRA COSTA TIMES Tue, Aug. 22, 2006 http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/15334631.htm Whose war is it? Hamid Golpira, August 22, 2006 Uruknet http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m26023&l=i&size=1&hd=0 Post-Conflict Assessment Sought for Lebanon BEIRUT, Lebanon, August 22, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2006/2006-08-22-01.asp Lebanese Scientist: Israeli Bomb Contained Radioactive Materials Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/22/1421201 Local Iraq Vet Says He Has 'New' Agent Orange WESH TV Orlando FL, August 23, 2006 http://www.wesh.com/news/9726959/detail.html http://www.uruknet.info?p=26084 Blog Lull & Depleted Uranium 08/23/2006 12:00 AM (UAE) Lebanese blogs: Gulf News Web Report http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/08/23/10062153.html http://urshalim.blogspot.com/ Weapons Used and Targets Hit in Israeli Bombing Raids by Leuren Moret August 23, 2006 GlobalResearch.ca http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=MOR20060823&articleId=3052 Global diabetes epidemic caused by depleted uranium Depleted Uranium is WMD By Leuren Moret (Rense.com) August 24, 2006 http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=8/24/2006&Cat=2&Num=005 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=MOR20060823&articleId=3053 Bill for depleted uranium screening passes California Senate by Rebecca S. Bender, 8/25/2006 Eureka, CA, Reporter http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=14280 CALIFORNIA VETS GET URANIUM SCREENING Saturday, August 26, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=19647 New materials have remarkable properties and can be tailored to suit applications August 27, 2006 Engineer Live http://www.engineerlive.com/features/16261/new-materials-have-remarkable-properties-and-can-be-tailored-to-suit-applications.thtml Stryker teams train with new vehicles By Jason Kaye Fort Lewis, Wash. Northwest Guardian August 29, 2006 http://www4.army.mil/news/article.php?story=9467 http://www.ftleavenworthlamp.com/articles/2006/08/31/dod_news/dod3.txt Weapons to die for Tehran Times Opinion Column, Aug. 30, 2006 By Leuren Moret http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=373906 Ceremony kicks off nuclear fuel plant By Staff and wire August 30, 2006 Albuquerque Tribune http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_local_state_government/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19859_4956072,00.html WEAPONS USED, TARGETS HIT, BOMBING INTENSITY IN LEBANON BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY, by Leuren Moret, US Nuclear Weapons Lab Whistleblower 2006-08-31 UN Observer http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=2571&blz=1 ---- europe French Anti-Nuclear Group to Take EDF to Court Mon Aug 21, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=naturalResources&storyid=2006-08-21T170625Z_01_L21904031_RTRIDST_0_SP_PAGE_024-L21904031-OISNR.XML&src=rss EU Energy Commissioner Backs Nuclear Power, to Aid Environment By Stephen Voss, August 23, 2006 (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=ax5tfBNbBsw4 Swedish Nuclear Inspectorate (SKI) comment the Forsmark event Friday, August 25, 2006 World Nuclear Association http://world-nuclear.blogspot.com/2006/08/swedish-nuclear-inspectorate-ski.html The third energy unit of Kola NPP is stopped 28.08.2006 Rosenergoatom Press-center http://www.rosenergoatom.com/en/press-center/news/2418_28.08.2006 ---- india Manmohan Singh pacifies scientists, Left on Indo-US nuclear deal India News, Aug.16 2006 http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=7751 India nuclear plant combed for armed intruders Wednesday 23 August 2006 Gulf Daily News http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=153455&Sn=WORL&IssueID=29156 India reserves right to nuclear tests Posted 8/23/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-08-23-india-nuclear_x.htm?csp=34 PM wins over scientists to N-deal Sunday, August 27,2006 South Asian Media Net http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=320452&category=Frontend&Country=india All Eyes on the Senate as India Plays Hardball By Anirudh Suri August 29, 2006 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace http://www.carnegieendowment.org/npp/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=18661 ---- iran Iran to start up heavy water plant for nuclear research reactor TEHRAN, Aug 21 (AFP) Aug 21, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060821125709.2dw88mee.html No Sign Iran Will Accept Atomic Offer By REUTERS August 21, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran.html?pagewanted=print Defiant Iran vows to press on with nuclear work by Aresu Eqbali Mon Aug 21, 2006 (AFP) http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2142561,00.html Iran Denies Inspectors Access to Site Aug 21, 2006 By GEORGE JAHN Associated Press Writer http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/08/21/D8JKSG081.html Bush wants UN to act swiftly against Iran by P. Parameswaran, Mon Aug 21, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060821/pl_afp/irannuclearpoliticsus Iran seeks "comprehensive" nuclear solution: minister Mon Aug 21, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-08-21T101707Z_01_L21906216_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN-SAFRICA.xml&archived=False Iran says it seeks fresh nuclear talks with West Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:33 AM ET (Reuters) By Edmund Blair http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-08-22T143251Z_01_BLA127291_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN.xml&src=082206_1044_TOPSTORY_iran_seeks_fresh_talks Ambiguous Iran Reply In Nuclear Showdown Could Split West Say Analysts by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Aug 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Ambiguous_Iran_Reply_In_Nuclear_Showdown_Could_Split_West_Say_Analysts_999.html Iran: Response should clear path for talks Updated 8/22/2006 By David J. Lynch, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-08-22-iran-nuclear_x.htm Iran Ready for 'Serious' Nuclear Talks Iran's Top Nuclear Negotiator Says Country Is Ready to Enter 'Serious Negotiations' By ALI AKBAR The Associated Press August 23, 2006 http://abcnews.go.com/International/print?id=2342355 U.S. Threatens Sanctions Against Iran Over Nuke Issue Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/23/1413203 Iran rejects 'language of force' over nuclear programme TEHRAN (AFP) Aug 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060825123417.twep39ns.html Israel 'Not Fooled' By Iran Nuclear Assurances by Staff Writers Jerusalem (AFP) Aug 26, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_Not_Fooled_By_Iran_Nuclear_Assurances_999.html Facts about Iran's Arak heavy water atomic project Sat Aug 26, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-08-26T162754Z_01_BLA643760_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L1-RelatedNews-2 Iran, defying United Nations, opens plant for producing heavy water Updated 8/27/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-08-26-iran_x.htm Iran Determined To Produce Nuclear Fuel by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Aug 27, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Determined_To_Produce_Nuclear_Fuel_999.html Iran test-fires sub-to-surface missile Updated 8/28/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-08-27-iran-missile_x.htm Nuclear program a source of pride for Iranians Posted 8/28/2006 By David J. Lynch, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-08-28-iran-cover_x.htm US seeks Egyptian support on Iran nuclear issue Mon Aug 28, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060828/pl_afp/irannuclearpoliticsus_060828155845 Iran Rejects US Warning As Nuclear Deadline Nears The UN Security Council has given Iran an August 31 deadline to suspend all uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities and an impasse looms with Iran insisting it has no intention of abandoning such work. by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Aug 28, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Rejects_US_Warning_As_Nuclear_Deadline_Nears_999.html Israel Says Iran Stalling To Buy Time To Build Nuclear Arsenal by Staff Writers Berlin (AFP) Aug 28, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_Says_Iran_Stalling_To_Buy_Time_To_Build_Nuclear_Arsenal_999.html Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni urged world leaders Monday to confront the "threat" posed by Iran, saying the Islamic state was trying to buy time to build a nuclear weapon. "There is an additional threat, not just for the state of Israel but for the entire international community," she said after talks in Berlin with her German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier. U.N. may hold off on confronting Iran By NICK WADHAMS, Associated Press Writer Tue Aug 29, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060829/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iran Iran President Challenges Bush To Debate, Defends Nuclear Enrichment Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/30/1417251 'We Don't Want War' - Leading Iranian Dissident and Former Political Prisoner Akbar Ganji Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/30/1418211 No Concrete Proof Iran Nuclear Program Is Military by Staff Writers Vienna (AFP) Aug 31, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/No_Concrete_Proof_Iran_Nuclear_Program_Is_Military_999.html ---- israel Minister says Israel must be ready for any Iranian attack By Reuters 22/08/2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/753483.html Syria Calls for UN to Investigate Israel’s Nuke Program Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/23/1413203 Germany announces plans to deliver two submarines to Israel By The Associated Press 23/08/2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/754077.html Report: Israel Buys Two Nuclear Submarines Thursday, August 24th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/24/1424249 Israel may 'go it alone' against Iran By HERB KEINON August 24, 2006 Jerusalem Post http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/jpost00.html German sub delivery postponed By YAAKOV KATZ AND AP Aug. 25, 2006 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525945057&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- japan PEACE TOUR to the State of Washington, U.S.A. Japan Peace Committee and Our Struggles against the realignment of US military bases in Japan and for the protection of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution Jun Chisaka Secretary General, Japan Peace Committee August 21, 2006 http://nucnews.net/nucnews/2006nn/0608nn/060821nn.txt Japan steps up search for nuclear fuel supply Bloomberg News August 21, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/21/business/uranium.php Report: U.S. offers to sell Japan missiles CARL FREIRE Associated Press Thu, Aug. 24, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/15348445.htm Japan police plan arrests over nuclear parts: report Thu Aug 24, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060825/ts_nm/crime_japan_nuclear_dc_1 Japan report confirms nuclear activity in North Korea AP Friday, August 25, 2006 http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20060824T200000-0500_111880_OBS_JAPAN_REPORT_CONFIRMS_NUCLEAR_ACTIVITY_IN_NORTH_KOREA_.asp Japan executives arrested over weapons-linked exports TOKYO (AFP) Aug 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060825122658.1rp7d3ri.html Japan arrests 5 in Iran nuclear case 8/26/2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060826-034341-9080r Mitutoyo tied to nuke-linked export Top execs arrested; device sent to Libya via suspect Malaysia firm Compiled from AP, Kyodo The Japan Times Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060826a1.html Wave of ‘dangerous’ nationalism sweeps Japan By David Pilling August 28 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ca47d918-3625-11db-b249-0000779e2340.html Japan interested in nuclear cooperation with Kazakhstan - Koizumi Aug 28, 2006 Interfax http://www.interfax.com/3/187680/news.aspx Name faked for nuclear-related export Mitutoyo sold gear to Iranian company with possible WMD aims Monday, Aug. 28, 2006 Japan Times http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060828a1.html U.S. missile defense ship arrives in Japan Tue Aug 29, 2006 (Reuters) By Isabel Reynolds http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldnews&storyID=2006-08-29T045406Z_01_T180926_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARMS-JAPAN-USA.xml Japan and Kazakhstan sign atomic pact By Isabel Gorst in Moscow August 29 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/4ca52f8a-36fa-11db-89d6-0000779e2340.html ---- korea Bush asks Chinese leader to help end North Korean nuclear threat Mon Aug 21, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060821/pl_afp/usnkoreachinanuclear_060821162533 South Korea And US Launch Joint Military Exercises by Jun Kwanwoo Seoul (AFP) Aug 21, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/South_Korea_And_US_Launch_Joint_Military_Exercises_999.html North Korea protests military exercises Posted 8/22/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-08-22-north-korea_x.htm South Korea Monitors North Korea After Nuclear Test Report By Heejin Koo Last Updated: August 22, 2006 (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aayEV2JxFQTk North Korea warned over nuclear tests North Korea's military ambitions are worrying its neighbours Wednesday 23 August 2006, Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D0B42A26-F2EE-4947-B104-066F688EC1E4.htm North Koreans refused entry for conference The Associated Press Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060826a5.html North Korea Warns Of Counter-Measures Against US Financial Sanctions by Staff Writers Seoul (AFP) Aug 27, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/North_Korea_Warns_Of_Counter_Measures_Against_US_Financial_Sanctions_999.html South Korean: North capable of nuke test By JAE-SOON CHANG ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Monday, August 28, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104AP_Koreas_Nuclear.html No Sign Of Imminent North Korean Nuclear Test by Staff Writers Seoul (AFP) Aug 28, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/No_Sign_Of_Imminent_North_Korean_Nuclear_Test_999.html Westinghouse Snags $300 Million Contract in South Korea From the Pittsburgh Business Times Wednesday, August 30, 2006 http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/08/westinghouse-snags-300-million.html ---- latinamerica Argentina to expand nuclear program By BILL CORMIER, Associated Press Writer Wed Aug 23, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/argentina_nuclear_energy_1 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Argentina-Nuclear-Energy.html?_r=1&oref=login&pagewanted=print ---- missile defense Rumsfeld cautious on U.S.missile shield Updated 8/27/2006 By Robert Burns, Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-08-27-rumsfeld_x.htm Missile defense interceptor set to fly from VAFB By Janene Scully/Associate Editor August 30, 2006 Lompoc Record http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2006/08/30/news/news01.txt ---- russia Security Issues Surround Russian Nuclear Stockpile Voice of America News Mon, 21 Aug 2006, 00:18 http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-08-17-voa52.cfm http://intelligence-summit.blogspot.com/2006/08/security-issues-surround-russian.html Rumsfeld, Russian Counterpart Discuss North Korea, ABMs by Jerome Bernard Fairbanks AL (AFP) Aug 27, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Rumsfeld_Russian_Counterpart_Discuss_North_Korea_ABMs_999.html Rumsfeld urges Russia on U.S. nuke plan By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer Sun Aug 27, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_russia_2 Russian nuclear agency could set up venture fund in late 2006 28/ 08/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060828/53238010.html ---- treaties US Unilateralism Nonproliferation and Unilateral Proliferation by Henry C.K. Liu August 29, 2006 henryckliu.com/ - 2006-07-01 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=LIU20060701&articleId=3089 ---- u.s. nuc weapons US Makes Nuclear Missile Data Secret Again by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Aug 21, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Makes_Nuclear_Missile_Data_Secret_Again_999.html Top-secret information Move on missile numbers is a mystery August 23, 2006 Newsday http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vppen234861496aug23,0,823172.story Veterans exposed to atomic radiation lose court ruling By Michael Doyle Fri, Aug. 25, 2006 McClatchy Newspapers http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15363408.htm U.S. mulls replacing few nuke warheads August 28, 2006 Washington Times From combined dispatches http://washtimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060827-114122-1897r U.S. conducts non-nuclear experiment at Nevada Test Site ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 31, 2006 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/aug/31/083110552.html US carries out subcritical nuclear test - Kyodo Thursday, August 31, 2006 Australia Broadcasting http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=44f6952f0e5316c2&ei=_zb2RND2HZ3YwgGemdG5BQ&url=http%3A//www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200608/s1728616.htm&cid=1109122636 ---- u.s. nuc facilities Nuclear energy in U.S. fights for a second act By Matthew L. Wald The New York Times Published: August 21, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/21/business/nukes.php U.S. push for atomic power gets slow start By Matthew L. Wald The New York Times Published: August 22, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/22/business/nukes.php New growth for nuclear power Interview with Ed Baker, director of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Information Services Office By Wilson P. Dizard III, GCN Staff 08/28/06 http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41752-1.html NRC wants to speed things up United Press International August 30, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/newscom/3140143742180600057319065452152577960425 ---- alabama Southern Nuclear's Plant Hatch Completes Used Fuel Inventory Monday August 21, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060821/clm070.html?.v=45 ---- california PG&E to appeal Diablo ruling The San Luis Obispo Tribune By David Sneed August 31, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/kri/2811885927344725339423262952951120049820?threadid=6FL0C6C6G1DHDSSS ---- connecticut DEP Set To OK Nuclear Plant's Water Permit August 26, 2006 Hartford Courant http://www.courant.com/news/local/sr/hc-millstone0826.artaug26,0,7540345.story ---- florida FPL says tritium detected in reactor pond 08/31/2006 (AP) http://www2.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI28211/ http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_243200643.html ---- georgia Nuclear fuel still missing from U.S. plant August 21, 2006 United Press International http://www.topix.net/content/newscom/3895646461248748613939700729330164744759 ---- hawaii Nuclear power makes sense for Hawai'i By Tom Macdonald Thursday, August 24, 2006 Honolulu Advertiser http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006608240323 ---- kentucky Nuclear cleanup company criticized over safety issues at Paducah plant Associated Press Monday, August 28, 2006 http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060828/NEWS0104/608280357 ---- massachusetts Pilgrim nuke plant allegedly axes security firm By Dave Wedge/ Breaking News Boston Herald Chief Enterprise Reporter Tuesday, August 29, 2006 http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=155073 ---- michigan Company celebrates finished cleanup at nuclear plant site August 30, 2006 Associated Press http://www.woodtv.com/global/story.asp?s=5343085 Nuclear power site returns to nature Consumers restores Big Rock Point August 30, 2006 BY JOHN FLESHER ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060830/BUSINESS06/608300438 ---- minnesota Judge OKs nuclear waste storage The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press BY DENNIS LIEN August 21, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/kri/2736783348331296592535401760881684262311 ---- nevada DoE Plans Further Volcanic, Seismic Testing at Yucca Mountain Nuke Dump August 29, 2006 The Peacock Report http://tpr.typepad.com/thepeacockreport/2006/08/doe_plans_furth.html ---- new jersey Oyster Creek nuclear plant operators seek extension By Tina Seeley Bloomberg News Tue, Aug. 22, 200 http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/15330191.htm?source=rss&channel=inquirer_local ---- new mexico Ground broken for New Mexico uranium enrichment plant The Associated Press August 29, 2006 http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTQTC0QkvWdtShZyke3mpSBqbCdTSRMSlPx0zaQ10gjl1A=2BXsy4rq6T48krD1abbj03fyZ58ZlZQyb76Tq5Gp50tzAm8FUKa6shJsRrb4KhQ8 LES breaks ground on nuclear enrichment site Tue Aug 29, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-08-29T205022Z_01_N29351168_RTRIDST_0_UTILITIES-NUCLEAR-ENRICHMENT.XML Nuke plant nears construction The Associated Press August 30, 2006 http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/48535.html Fall Guide 2006: Bombs Away Two fun ways to blow up this October. By Patricia Sauthoff Published: August 30, 2006 Santa Fe Reporter http://sfreporter.com/articles/publish/fg-083006-trinity.php?ref=rss ---- new york Indian Point 2 shuts down August 24, 2006 Hudson Valley News http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/IP2_shutdown-24Aug06.htm ---- ohio Proposal to Test Spent Nuke Waste Piketon could be the site of such testing. Friday, August 25, 2006 Clear Channel Broadcasting http://www.wchiam.com/cc-common/mainheadlines2.html?feed=106759&article=740935 ---- texas TXU announces plans to expand nuclear-generation capability August 29, 2006 Associated Press http://www.kltv.com/global/story.asp?s=5349349 U.S. plans to build nuclear plants to meet growing electricity demand in Texas The Associated Press August 31, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/08/31/business/NA_FIN_US_Electric_Utility_Nuclear.php ---- vermont Yankee nuclear plant told to stop releasing warm water THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, August 30, 2006 http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060830/NEWS/608300395 ---- MILITARY ---- afghanistan Afghanistan destroys over 100,000 acres of poppy fields Xinhua August 21, 2006 http://english.people.com.cn/200608/21/eng20060821_295146.html UK's NATO troops to withdraw from Afghan highlands 22 Aug 2006 (Reuters) By Peter Graff http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22470365.htm ---- africa Nigeria to free 10,000 prisoners Obasanjo, a former political prisoner, criticised jail conditions Thursday 24 August 2006, Reuters http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CF57C96E-0A0F-4B82-8A93-ED55E1149ECD.htm Ballot battle threatens Congo's future By ANJAN SUNDARAM, Associated Press Writer Mon Aug 28, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_on_re_af/congo_ballot_battle_2 ---- arms U.S. charges 8 over 'Tiger plot' Group tried to buy missiles, bribe officials, prosecutors say Monday, August 21, 2006 (CNN) http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/21/srilanka.terror/index.html Russia denies Hezbollah arms link Friday, 25 August 2006 BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5284938.stm Precision technology helps combat troops pinpoint enemy Posted 8/27/2006 By Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-08-27-rover-tech_x.htm UN will not stop Syria sending weapons to Lebanon By Harry De Quetteville and Michael Hirst (Filed: 27/08/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=UIZRWQBAYNCABQFIQMGCFFWAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2006/08/27/wleb27.xml Zimbabwe buys jets from China Gavin du Venage 29aug06 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,20286515,00.html Italy warns Syria on arms to Lebanon 30 Aug 2006 (Reuters) http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30229149.htm ---- asia Lasting Pain, Minimal Punishment 'Americans don't do things like this,' an officer thought when he learned of three villagers' deaths. His shock grew when the soldier convicted continued to serve. By Deborah Nelson and Nick Turse Special to The Times August 20, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes367.html ---- britain Public 'not told of real risk to troops in Afghanistan' By Graeme Wilson (Filed: 31/08/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/31/nreid31.xml ---- business Soldiers die, CEOs prosper By Derrick Z. Jackson, Boston Globe Columnist | August 30, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/08/30/soldiers_die_ceos_prosper/?p1=MEWell_Pos1 ---- canada Liberal MP resigns post after comments about Hezbollah Wed Aug 23, 2006 CBC http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/23082006/3/canada-liberal-mp-resigns-post-comments-hezbollah.html&printer=1 What happens to the wounded when they come home? On the long road to recovery KATHERINE HARDING August 26, 2006 Toronto Globe and Mail http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/globe004.html ---- europe Europe balks at Lebanon troop commitment By MARIA SANMINIATELLI, Associated Press Writer Mon Aug 21, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060821/ap_on_re_mi_ea/europe_mideast_force_2 Germany may block new EU members David Gow in Brussels Tuesday August 22, 2006 Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1855937,00.html?gusrc=rss ---- iran PostGlobal: Life in Iran and Nuclear Deals Ali Ettefagh Iranian Lawyer Thursday, August 24, 2006; 12:00 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/08/23/DI2006082301195_pf.html Russia blocks sanctions against Iran By David Blair (Filed: 26/08/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/26/wiran26.xml Nuking Safeguarded Facilities by Gordon Prather August 26, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=9606 ---- iraq Length of Iraq War Exceeds Length of U.S. Involvement in WWII Monday, August 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/21/1348216 ---- israel / palestine / lebanon / iran Israel Will Prevent Arms Reaching Hezbollah, Maintain Blockade By Alex Morales and Maher Chmaytelli August 20, 2006 (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5bQJEqpZQ6E&refer=home Palestinian drowns trying to save Israeli teenagers Mon Aug 21, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060821/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisrael IDF: We screwed up Deputy army chief admits army made mistakes in way it sent reserve troops into battle Ilan Marciano Ynet 8.22.06 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3294527,00.html Israel Helicopters, Tanks Move Into Gaza Tuesday, August 22, 2006 (AP) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/08/22/international/i002007D28.DTL&type=printable Media watch group: Arab-Israeli lawmakers support Hezbollah By Nadav Shragai Tue., August 22, 2006 Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/752732.html Israel Shelves Plan to Pull Out Of Settlements In West Bank By Doug Struck Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, August 23, 2006; A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/22/AR2006082201088_pf.html Israel cluster bombed 170 sites in Lebanon 8/23/2006 Qatar Peninsula http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=August2006&file=World_News2006082322654.xml Amnesty International Accuses Israel of Committing War Crimes in Lebanon Thursday, August 24th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/24/1425205 Israel’s Deputy UN Ambassador Defends Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon: “We Cannot For Sure Prove That All Of The Civilians In Southern Lebanon Were Purely Innocent” Thursday, August 24th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/24/1425218 Inquiry Opened Into Israeli Use of U.S. Bombs By DAVID S. CLOUD New York Times August 25, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/sf/nyt8_25_06_2.htm Israel appoints coordinator of possible war with Iran: newspaper Aug 25, 2006 Deutsche Presse-Agentur http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1194500.php/Israel_appoints_coordinator_of_possible_war_with_Iran_newspaper BOMB THREAT FEATURE-Cluster bombs lie in wait for Lebanese children 25 Aug 2006 01:08:00 GMT Source: Reuters By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent (Reuters) http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24468429.htm How Washington Goaded Israel Into War by Stephen Zunes Antiwar.com August 26, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/orig/zunes.php?articleid=9605 63 percent of Israelis want Olmert gone Compiled by Lebanon Daily Star staff Saturday, August 26, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=75044 IDF replaced officer during fighting after he expressed doubts over operation By Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent 27/08/2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/755247.html ---- landmines Israel Accused of Carpeting Lebanon With Cluster Bombs Monday, August 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/21/1348216 Landmines and Unexploded Ordinances: Israel's Legacy in Southern Lebanon Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/23/1413214 Special Democracy Now! Report from Southern Lebanon: Ana Nogueira Investigates the Lasting Dangers of Unexploded Israeli Cluster Bombs Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/23/1413209 Cluster bomb toll mounts as displaced return to South Lebanon (ANTARA News) August 24, 2006 http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=18772 Cluster bombs leave ‘toys’ that kill children Hala Jaber, Yuhmur, South Lebanon August 27, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2330633,00.html Israel leaves behind 100,000 unexploded bombs Web posted at: 8/31/2006 Qatar Peninsula Source ::: Agencies http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=August2006&file=World_News2006083125541.xml ---- latin america Raul Castro says Cuba open to normalized relations with U.S. Saturday, August 19, 2006 By The Associated Press http://www.maderatribune.com/news/newsview.asp?c=192757 ---- mideast Kofi Annan: Israeli Raid Violated Ceasefire Monday, August 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/21/1348216 Lebanon spy agency led Germans to bombmakerAdd story to my swissinfo panel August 21, 2006 (Reuters) http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6992917 Hezbollah says won't resist UN troops by Jocelyne Zablit Sun Aug 27, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060827/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictlebanon_060827190418 ---- nato NATO's 21st-century task: going from 'Europe' to 'global' By Howard LaFranchi | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor August 21, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0821/p02s02-wogi.html Nato pilots accused of killing Afghan children By Tom Coghlan in Lashkargar Published: 26 August 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1221866.ece ---- russia / chechnya Military 'could have triggered Beslan' From correspondents in Moscow August 29, 2006 Australia Herald Sun http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20288881-5005961,00.html ---- spies The CIA-Contra-Crack Connection, 10 Years Later Reporter Gary Webb was the victim of his own hyperbole, but he never got credit for what he got right. By Nick Schou August 18, 2006 Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-schou18aug18,0,3219677.story?coll=la-opinion-center http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/sf/latimes8_18_06.htm US ramping up its spying: Venezuela's Chavez Sun Aug 20, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060821/wl_afp/venezuelacubausintelligence_060821003612 First CIA Civilian Contractor Convicted for Assaulting Detainee Monday, August 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/21/1348216 U.S. Names CIA Official to Head Venezuelan & Cuban Spy Ops Monday, August 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/21/1348216 ---- un UN permits wide use of force in Lebanon Tue Aug 22, 2006 (Reuters) By Evelyn Leopold http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-08-23T001154Z_01_N22282296_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-UN-FORCE.xml&src=082206_2130_TOPSTORY_un_troops_allowed_wide_use_of_force ---- us Marines to issue involuntary call-ups Corps faces shortage of volunteers for deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan Aug 22, 2006 Associated Press http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14468245/ USS Hawaii to stay here (Honolulu) By Gregg K. Kakesako gkakesako@starbulletin.com Tuesday, August 22, 2006 Honolulu Star Bulletin http://starbulletin.com/2006/08/22/news/story09.html Cost of Iraq war: $1,075 each Aug. 23, 2006 (UPI) http://washtimes.com/upi/20060823-051747-8542r.htm National Priorities Project: http://nationalpriorities.org/ http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182 New Poll: 61% Of Americans Oppose War Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/23/1413203 US Marine call-up signals a long war Troop levels in Iraq could remain at current levels for two years, experts say. By Brad Knickerbocker | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor August 24, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0824/p02s02-usmi.html Navy debuts latest nuclear-powered submarine Updated 8/26/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-08-26-submarine_x.htm http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2257591560305126562137994959753842218194 Families of unit kept in Iraq question Rumsfeld August 27, 2006 (AP) BY ROBERT BURNS http://www.suntimes.com/output/iraq/cst-nws-rummy27.html Rumsfeld: US military can handle other threats despite Iraq Tue Aug 29, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060829/pl_afp/usiraqiranafghanistan ---- war crimes Israeli Arabs: Israel committed war crimes in Lebanon Survey conducted by Mada al-Carmel center finds that 32 percent of Arab public believes Israel responsible for starting war in Lebanon; 43 percent speculate that soldiers' kidnapping was excuse for starting war. Only 3 percent believe Israel won war Roee Nahmias Published: 08.29.06, YNet News http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3297277,00.html Lebanon Considers Suing Israel for War Crimes Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/30/1418205 ---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE ---- courts / tribunals U.S. Judge Throws Out Iraqi Contractor Verdict Monday, August 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/21/1348216 Bush “Strongly Disagrees” With NSA Ruling Monday, August 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/21/1348216 ---- drug war Venezuela to reconsider anti-drug accord with US Mon Aug 21, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060821/pl_nm/venezuela_usa_drugs_dc_1 ---- homeland security / national intelligence An official secrets act might keep Congress in the dark Legislation aimed at criminalizing the disclosure of classified information is a threat not only to whistle blowers and the press but to Congress’s exercise of its own oversight function as well. By Nick Schwellenbach schwellenbach@niemanwatchdog.org COMMENTARY | August 25, 2006 http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=background.view&backgroundid=00121 ---- homeless Attacks on homeless up, activists say Posted 8/25/2006 By Beth Rucker, Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-08-25-homeless-attacks_x.htm ---- justice Bush White House subpoenaed by wiretap lawyers Michael Roston and Brian Beutler Published: Tuesday August 29, 2006 Raw Story http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/BREAKING__Bush_White_House_subpoenaed_0829.html Cheney says court ruling on warrantless surveillance will be reversed By SEAN WHALEY Aug. 29, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal CAPITAL BUREAU http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Aug-29-Tue-2006/news/9323896.html# ---- POLITICS ---- propaganda wars Full Transcript of Donald Rumsfeld Interview By Salena Zito, Colin McNickle and Frank Craig Aug 20, 2006 Post Chronicle http://www.postchronicle.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=1&num=35005 Why Does Tom Friedman Still Have a Job? Friedman botched the biggest foreign-policy story since the Cold War but those who got it right are naïve? By Robert Parry, Consortium News. Posted August 21, 2006. http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/40648/ http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/082106.html "I Was a Propaganda Intern in Iraq" - Fmr. Lincoln Group Intern Describes Paying Iraqi Press to Plant Pro-American Articles Secretly Written by U.S. Military Monday, August 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/21/1348229 President Bush Admits Iraq Had No WMDs and 'Nothing' to Do With 9/11 Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/22/1421212 Ahmadinejad offers Bush TV debate Ahmadinejad said the debate should be uncensored Tuesday 29 August 2006, 18:56 Makka Time, 15:56 GMT http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C748DD25-FA65-4BDE-8145-FD7DD993D5F8.htm Journalists blame Israel for war coverage International journalists discuss Lebanon war coverage; NYT bureau chief: Israel 'not interested in Lebanese deaths' Yaakov Lappin Published: 08.29.06, 21:46 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3297119,00.html ---- us politics Bush faces revolt on Iraq by Olivier Knox Tue Aug 22, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060822/wl_afp/usiraqpoliticsbush_060822170426 Ex-FEMA Head Brown Criticizes Bush Admin Tuesday, August 29th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/29/1415250 Has the Bush doctrine failed? Analysts say conflicts in the Middle East have halted aggressive US policy, and may hint at end of West's military superiority. By Tom Regan Christian Science Monitor August 29, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0829/dailyUpdate.html ---- ENERGY The Nuclear Option A threefold expansion of nuclear power could contribute significantly to staving off climate change by avoiding one billion to two billion tons of carbon emissions annually By John M. Deutch and Ernest J. Moniz, August 21, 2006 Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=0000137A-C4BF-14E5-84BF83414B7F0000 Shedding Load August 23, 2006 Energy Central http://www.energycentral.com/site/about/AB_whatis.cfm ---- alternative energy Iran aims to boost renewable energy Mon Aug 21, 2006 (Reuters) By Svetlana Kovalyova http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topnews&storyid=2006-08-21T143617Z_01_L21910926_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L1-RelatedNews-3 Singapore Turns to Biodiesel to Fight Rising Fuel Costs August 21, 2006 — By Jessica Jaganathan, Reuters http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11094 China Suntech Sees Solar Cell Prices Peaking Story by Sophie Taylor REUTERS CHINA: August 21, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37743/newsDate/21-Aug-2006/story.htm Hybrid Cars Will Pay for Themselves Over Time - Study REUTERS US: August 23, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37798/story.htm Bumper Crop of US Wind Farms Boosts Turbine Makers Story by Scott Malone REUTERS US: August 28, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37862/story.htm Hydrogen Power System Unveiled in Maine August 29, 2006 — By Jerry Harkavy, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11153 Beijing Wind Farm Tender Highlights System Faults Story by Nao Nakanishi and Niu Shuping REUTERS CHINA: August 31, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37901/story.htm ---- OTHER ---- environment Glacial Melt Triggers Earthquakes Climate change could cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, scientists say Canadian Press, July 05, 2006 http://www.heatisonline.org/contentserver/objecthandlers/index.cfm?ID=5966&Method=Full Field lab secret revealed Napalm, dioxin burned in open pit at former Rocketdyne facility BY KERRY CAVANAUGH, Staff Writer 8/21/2006 Los Angeles Daily News http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4217350 Acid Rain Affects Large Swathes of China August 28, 2006 — By Reuters http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11146 Hazmat Fire in Detroit DETROIT, Michigan, August 29, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2006/2006-08-29-09.asp#anchor2 ---- health Experts Say Snail Venom May Have Benefits August 23, 2006 — By Ed White, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11113 ---- ACTIVISTS The campaign for a referendum on nuclear disarmament is launched Publication date : 19 June 2006 ACDN http://acdn.france.free.fr/spip/article.php3?id_article=203&lang=en Iraqi Peace Activist Forced to Change T-Shirt Bearing Arabic Script Before Boarding Plane at JFK Monday, August 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/21/1348224 'I Fear God Much More Than I Fear Homeland Security' - Chicago Pastor on Why He is Allowing Mexican Mother to Stay in Church to Avoid Deportation Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/22/1421217 Vacationing Bush gets no rest from anti-war demonstrators Sat Aug 26, 1995 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060826/pl_afp/usbushiraqwarprotest We shall not be moved Some joined the US military as a patriotic duty, some to better themselves, but the horrors of serving in Iraq, including Abu Ghraib, changed everything. Deserters tell Gary Younge why they had to quit Saturday August 26, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1857415,00.html You wouldn’t catch me dead in Iraq Scores of American troops are deserting — even from the front line in Iraq. But where have they gone? And why isn’t the US Army after them? Peter Laufer tracked down four of the deserters Sunday UK Times August 27, 2006 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2099-2318643,00.html Anti-War Protesters Target Bush Family Wedding Monday, August 28th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/28/1341257 Ex-Lockheed Worker Takes Concerns Over Coast Guard Ships to the Web On YouTube, Charges of Security Flaws By Griff Witte Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 29, 2006; D01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/28/AR2006082801293_pf.html Protests grow over 'new nuclear' programme Publisher: Keith Hall 29/08/2006 http://www.24dash.com/news/58/9759/index.htm Nuclear plant protesters arrested The protest did not halt work at the plant Tuesday, 29 August 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/5294620.stm Ban for anti-nuclear protesters The protest did not halt work at the plant Wednesday, 30 August 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/5297930.stm Green Protesters Target UK's Biggest Power Plant REUTERS UK: August 31, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37898/story.htm