NucNews Headlines - collected September 1-30, 2006 Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date ---- NUCLEAR India-Pakistan Talks, Iran Lobbying Expected At Havana Summit The Convention Palace in Havana during the opening ceremony of the high official's meeting in the framework of the XIV Non-Aligned Movement summit in Cuba, 11 September 2006. Photo courtesy of Adalberto Roque and AFP. by Staff Writers Havana (AFP) Sep 11, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/India_Pakistan_Talks_Iran_Lobbying_Expected_At_Havana_Summit_999.html Lining up to enrich uranium Charles D. Ferguson and William C. Potter International Herald Tribune September 12, 2006 International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/12/opinion/edferguson.php# First Global Fissile Material Report From: Sukla Sen Date: Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:30 pm ---- accidents and safety Court Vindicates BLM Whistleblower Who Exposed Radiation Violations WASHINGTON, DC, September 1, 2006 (ENS) http://ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-01-09.asp#anchor4 Trident fleet’s safety alerts double By Rob Edwards Environment Editor 03 September 2006 UK Herald http://www.sundayherald.com/57701 Nuclear power plant leaks surface again Associated Press Sep 4, 2006 http://www.ky3.com/news/3818576.html Rumour of Kola Nuclear accident appear to be false September 6, 2006 http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Rumour_of_Kola_Nuclear_accident_appear_to_be_false Fire Aboard Russian Nuclear Sub Kills 2 "There is no threat of nuclear contamination" The Associated Press By MIKE ECKEL September 07, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/ap/1555438945412651458514762619471457962078?threadid=4T3EMP66DJET20K3 No nuke weapons for SA - state September 07 2006 UK Independent Online http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=14&art_id=qw115763040363B261 Ionic liquids studied in nuclear power Newscom September 12, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/newscom/0778551400038382695607029111930359104608 Snake-arm robots slither forward By Jonathan Fildes Science and technology reporter, BBC News Wednesday, 13 September 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5324708.stm Day cares' evacuation plans still unsettled Thursday, September 14, 2006 BY GARRY LENTON Of The Patriot-News http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1158199821196750.xml&coll=1 U.S. Nuclear Safety Lacking, Watchdog Says WASHINGTON, DC, September 18, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-18-09.asp#anchor1 Nuclear oversight is blasted in report Industry admits lapses, says improvements made Tuesday, September 19, 2006 John Mangels Plain Dealer Science Writer http://www.cleveland.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news/1158654623210350.xml&coll=2 Energy Department Cited for Hanford Leak RICHLAND, Washington, September 22, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-22-09.asp#anchor2 'Oh no, not again' Meeting stirs up memories of 1979 uranium disaster By Zsombor Peter Staff Writer September 26, 2006 Gallup NM Independent http://www.gallupindependent.com/2006/sept/092606zp_urnmmtng.html Walking a Nuclear Tightrope Published on 27 Sep 2006 http://uprisingradio.org/home/?p=810 TMI tritium leaks 'no safety hazard' The levels found in the groundwater did not exceed federal drinking-water standards. By Ad Crable Lancaster PA New Era Published: Sep 30, 2006 12:42 PM EST http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/26285 Nuclear plants' tritium levels safe Environmental study finds no new leaks DRESDEN, BRAIDWOOD FACILITIES September 30, 2006 By KIM SMITH STAFF WRITER Suburban Chicago News http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/78126,4_1_JO30_TRITIUM_S1.article Story doesn't hold water Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 09/30/06 http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609300406 ---- africa Nuclear power risk pales against benefits September 12, 2006 Star & Independent Online http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3433991 Iranian leader in Senegal to discuss nuclear programme Wed Sep 13, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060913/wl_mideast_afp/senegalirandiplomacy_060913183226 ---- asia Kazakhstan Reports Jump In Uranium Output September 6, 2006 (RFE/RL) http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/09/67cf10aa-d7c4-4338-a024-02930320e3bd.html Central Asian states create nuclear-free zone SEMIPALATINSK, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sep 08, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060908184351.mposbgy8.html 5 ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia sign nuclear free zone treaty The Associated Press Published: September 8, 2006 http://acdn.france.free.fr/spip/article.php3?id_article=224&lang=en New nuclear plants in Asia put strain on fuel supply and drive record prices CIBC World Markets expects uranium price to reach US$70/lb by end of 2007 Sept. 8, 2006 CNW Group http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2006/08/c1275.html 5 Central Asian states inked treaty on nuclear free zone September 9, 2006. Lyudmila Malko KAZINFORM http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=144415 Powerful argument for nuclear Michael Backman michaelbackman@yahoo.com September 20, 2006 The Age (Australia) http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/powerful-argument-for-nuclear/2006/09/19/1158431711366.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Photo: Cold shoulder: China plans to replace many coal-fired power plants with nuclear reactors. http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/09/19/svCHINA_wideweb__470x446,0.jpg Thai coup leader delays elections for a year Updated 9/20/2006 By Paul Wisemanand Ratchada Chitrada, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-19-thailand_x.htm Vietnam fines facilities found weak on radioactive control Thursday, September 21, 2006 Thanhnien News http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=20324 ---- australia Australia assures Indonesia: 'We've no nuke plans' Sun Sep 3, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060903/wl_asia_afp/australiaindonesianuclearuraniumweapons Australia - Uranium exports to reach $250m September 04, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20349499-29277,00.html Submarine fleet 'should go nuclear' Katharine Murphy September 5, 2006 The Age http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/submarine-fleet-should-go-nuclear/2006/09/04/1157222070863.html ANSTO to take nuclear 'responsibility' September 7, 2006 The Age http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/ANSTO-to-take-nuclear-responsibility/2006/09/07/1157222248351.html Ferguson supports nuclear waste site September 08, 2006 Dennis Shanahan The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20373497-2702,00.html Scrap Labor uranium policy: Shorten September 13, 2006 Australia Courier Mail http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,20405068-1702,00.html?from=rss Uranium Enrichment May Lead to Regional Nuclear Arms Race 14/09/2006 Melbourne Indymedia (Australia) http://melbourne.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=10007&category_id=13 Wrong to refuse to sell uranium: Ferguson Matthew Franklin September 15, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20415259-2702,00.html DHS Spends $1.35 Billion on Advanced Cargo Screening September 15, 2006 US Occupational Health & Safety http://www.ohsonline.com/Stevens/OHSPub.nsf/frame?open&redirect=http://www.ohsonline.com/stevens/ohspub.nsf/NewNews/EE217B10C6615DF8862571E90045C2F0?Opendocument Australia flags possible uranium sales to India Deutsche Presse Agentur Monday September 25, 2006 http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Australia_flags_possible_uranium_sa_09252006.html Aussie PM rejects India plea for uranium, but signals change ahead SYDNEY (AFP) Sep 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060925053140.6ryis3mq.html Alice council petitioned to declare nuclear-free zone Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Australia Broadcasting http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1748573.htm Australian deal will stabilize uranium supply September 27, 2006 Joong Ang Daily http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200609/26/200609262235471109900090509051.html Helen Caldicott: Taking on the uranium maniacs From Green Left Weekly, September 27, 2006. http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/685/685p26.htm The wrong war Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Australia Bulletin http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=147567 NLC denies nuclear dump deal done Saturday, 30 September 2006 Australia Broadcasting http://www.abc.net.au/message/news/stories/ms_news_1752669.htm ---- britain Fears over nuclear terror threat Mr Clarke was replaced as home secretary by John Reid in May Charles Clarke Tuesday, 5 September 2006 BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5315636.stm New nuclear security attacked by parliamentary committee Specifying nuclear power is not the route to energy security claimed the House of Commons Trade and Industry Committee this week in its conclusions on new nuclear power. 08 September 2006 New Civil Engineer (UK) http://www.nceplus.co.uk/news/news_article/?pid=3&aid=54319&sid=47&channelID=4&newscomingfrom=civil_engineering Nuclear Power is NOT OK! IICPH Response to OPA Report by Marion Odell ( info@iicph.org ) February 28, 2006 http://www.iicph.org/docs/response-to-opa.htm http://www.iicph.org/docs/response-to-opa.pdf British Energy says cracked pipes to cut its output The Associated Press TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/ap/2006/09/19/business/EU_FIN_Britain_British_Energy.php Wales should have right to ban nuclear - Opik 20/9/2006 News Wales http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Environment&F=1&id=9365 Scotland 'may not need nuclear' Mr McConnell wants the nuclear waste issue to be cleaned up Thursday, 21 September 2006 BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/5367876.stm Blair Accused Of Stifling Nuclear Debate On ICBM Replacements by Staff Writers Manchester (AFP) England, Sept 24, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Blair_Accused_Of_Stifling_Nuclear_Debate_On_ICBM_Replacements_999.html ---- business 'NUCLEAR POWER TO THE RESCUE' September 5, 2006 National Center for Policy Analysis http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?page=article&Article_ID=11848 Ceradyne receives initial order for spent nuclear fuel storage 6 September 2006 http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=271085&p=6 Nuclear recycling study weighs value of repository American Recycler, September 6, 2006 http://www.americanrecycler.com/0906bnuclear.shtml Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract For Sonar Upgrades For UK Nuke Missile Submarines Sep 06, 2006 Manassas VA (SPX) http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lockheed_Martin_Awarded_Contract_For_Sonar_Upgrades_For_UK_Nuke_Missile_Submarines_999.html US' Energy Solutions may launch rival bid for British Nuclear Group - report 09.08.2006 AFX News Limited Nuclear's new look - Leaner designs fuel race to build next generation of reactors By WILLIAM McCALL - AP Business Writer - 09/12/2006 http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/09/12/health/c01091206_01.txt Firms win nuclear detection contracts Wed Sep 13, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?storyID=2006-09-13T151046Z_01_N13421484_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-CARGO.xml&rpc=81 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060913/us_nm/security_cargo_dc_1 Nuclear energy rules knocked as outdated Sept. 13, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060913-024946-5045r Climate change to make nuclear power a winner: Citi Wed Sep 13, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060913/sc_nm/energy_carbon_nuclear_dc_2 Shares plunge hits nuclear sell-off British Energy warns over reactor shutdowns. Government's £3bn stake sale facing delay By Michael Harrison, Business Editor Published: 20 September 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article1621789.ece U.S. nuclear reactor builders race for federal cash By Scott DiSavino | September 18, 2006 (Reuters) http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/09/18/us_nuclear_reactor_builders_race_for_federal_cash/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News Duke Energy seeking guarantee of recovery of 'prudent' nuclear development costs September 20, 2006 6:35 PM ET By Andrew Engblom http://www2.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-4702591-13662 Energy Dept. offers plan to speed development of GHG technologies Sept. 21, 2006 Waste News http://www.wastenews.com/headlines2.html?id=1158869144 France's Areva interested in U.S. nuclear project Mon Sep 25, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060925/bs_nm/energy_areva_dc_1 Cal Receives Grant To Counter 'Dirty Bomb' Attacks cbs5.com September 26, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/cbs/4112261283262592792504133823032966132951 Russia for equal terms on world uranium market - nuclear chief 28/ 09/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060928/54342782.html Toshiba's Westinghouse deal gets antitrust nod 29-Sep-06 (Reuters) http://business.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1446302006 GE nuclear celebrates 50th anniversary and nuclear renaissance 29 September 2006 PennWell Corporation http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=273612&p=6 GE Energy’s Nuclear Business Marks 50th Anniversary In Global Industry GE Reflects on ’Atoms to Peace’ Beginnings, Prepares for ’Nuclear Renaissance’ GE Energy 9/29/2006 Webwire http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=21337 ---- canada Plant's radioactive waste a Brampton election issue Candidates being asked to sign pledge Company denies it has plans for incinerator Sep. 6, 2006. 01:00 AM MIKE FUNSTON STAFF REPORTER Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1157493013897&call_pageid=968350130169&StarSource=RSS Ontario keeps reactors on longer for more power 11 September 2006 Power Group Online Article http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=271382&p=6 ATK Receives Initial $10 Million Contract to Prepare to Supply USEC With Composite Tubes for Uranium Enrichment Operations 9/20/2006 San Diego California Tech News http://www.freshnews.com/news/defense-west/article_34113.html Incinerator plan abandoned MM&A hoping to return to its core business PAM DOUGLAS Friday, September 22nd, 2006 http://www.northpeel.com/br/news/story/3694188p-4270688c.html OPG proposes new nuclear reactor at Darlington By Ottawa Business Journal Staff Fri, Sep 22, 2006 http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/287095562860810.php Ontario Heritage Trust unveils provincial plaque to commemorate the Douglas Point Nuclear Power Plant TIVERTON, ON, Sept. 27, 2006 /CNW/ http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2006/27/c2272.html ---- china China stake in outback uranium By Robin Bromby and Matthew Franklin September 14, 2006 The Australian http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20409315-462,00.html U.S. officials accuse China of weapons proliferation Posted 9/14/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-14-china-weapons_x.htm China to award $8 billion nuclear deal by year-end By Ilya Garger Sep 17, 2006 (MarketWatch) http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B155BB8DA%2DABA6%2D489D%2D9E64%2DD301095E3601%7D&dist=rss&siteid=mktw&rss=1 Centuries-old partnership binds China, Iran together For more than a decade, Beijing helped give Tehran a head start in its nuclear program Kathleen E. McLaughlin, San Francisco Chronicle Foreign Service Monday, September 18, 2006 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/09/18/MNGJPL7MQ41.DTL China Tests New Nuclear Power Process Fusion Reactor Is Powered By Same Process That Fuels The Sun (AP) Sept. 28, 2006 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/28/world/main2046798.shtml China Claims Fusion Reactor Test a Success The Associated Press September 28, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/ap/3406805182268929954636498189771511768888?threadid=5GKQ94OUENGMJEDP ---- depleted uranium America Revives the Assault Gun September 1, 2006 http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htarm/articles/20060901.aspx Live-fire plan hits nerve The public has only recently learned of the Coast Guard's plan to begin target practice on the Great Lakes BY JOHN MYERS AND CHRIS HAMILTON DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Fri, Sep. 01, 2006 http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/5-0&fp=450037ac996d0ae1&ei=4cUARY-pIJqGapqz_ZAH&url=http%3A//www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/15415030.htm&cid=0 Alarm over using lake as firing range Coast Guard plans live-ammunition training Ecologists, shipping firms `very frightened' Sep. 2, 2006. 01:00 AM CHRISTOPHER MAUGHAN STAFF REPORTER Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1157147419596&call_pageid=968332188492 EFFECTS OF DEPLETED URANIUM De Anna MySpace Blog September 6, 2006 Uruknet http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m26469&l=i&size=1&hd=0 Photo: du-baby09.jpg http://www.uruknet.de/pic.php?f=du-baby09.jpg Court Hearing on Suit Filed by Iraq Veterans Contaminated with Depleted Uranium Against U.S. Military Thursday, September 7th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/07/1643226 Of opium and depleted uranium by Jerry West September 7, 2006 rabble.ca Toronto http://www.rabble.ca/columnists_full.shtml?x=52199 Local War Vets Take Fight Against Government Over DU Exposure To Court September 07, 2006 NY1 News http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=8&aid=62389 Justice for G.I.s? Say Iraq uranium caused ills September 8, 2006 NY Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/450409p-379084c.html DU not a popular topic at the Pentagon Saturday, September 9th, 2006 in News by Scott Horton As reported by Antiwar.com’s Debbie Clark http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2006/09/09/du-not-a-popular-topic-at-the-pentagon/ New study scrutinizes various symptoms of `Gulf War Syndrome' By Todd J. Gillman The Dallas Morning News September 12, 2006 http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/15503224.htm Study: "Gulf War syndrome doesn't exist" VA-funded report unable to find evidence of complex of symptoms Sept 13, 2006 Associated Press http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14801666/ http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/healthscience/060912b_wire.aspx Japanese newsmaker on a mission to show legacy of Vietnam War By Makoto Igarashi, The Asahi Shimbun Wednesday, September 13, 2006 http://www.thanhniennews.com/features/?catid=10&newsid=19990 Mysteries surround illnesses September 17, 2006 Leaf Chronicle Clarksville, TN http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060917/OPINION01/609170342/1014 Arms manufacturer loads lead-free bullets Traditional variety 'pose a risk to people', warns BAE Systems By Lester Haines Published Monday 18th September 2006 UK Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/18/lead_free_bullets/ Lead-free bullets..to save world By BRIAN FLYNN September 18, 2006 UK Sun http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006430217,00.html It’s environmentally friendly fire (By JON UNGOD-THOMAS) October 17, 2006 UK SUNDAY TIMES http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2361516,00.html Newest Stryker debuts Associated Press September 18, 2006 http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2112192.php WHEN WAR MAKES SOLDIERS SICK By JUAN GONZALEZ Tue, Sep. 19, 2006 Philadelphia Daily News http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/opinion/15553206.htm Fort Lewis breaking in latest Strykers Firepower - Crews are being trained on the first of the Army's new version of armored vehicles Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Oregon Live http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/115871731378010.xml&coll=7 Group urges toxins action By Andrea Bennett, Staff Writer 09/24/2006 Upland, CA, Daily Bulletin http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_4388169 U.S. military spreads radiation contamination against the Iraq population Depleted Uranium Radioactive Contamination grows worse by Prof Souad N. Al-Azzawi, Global Research Columnist September 26, 2006 http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2006/09/26/01233.html A Visitor from Hiroshima By Amitabh Pal September 26, 2006 The Progressive http://www.progressive.org/mag_apb092606 The Role of Saskatchewan Uranium In Weapons Politics’n'Poetry September 30, 2006 http://politicsnpoetry.wordpress.com/2006/09/30/sk-uranium-in-weapons/ ---- europe Sweden's E.ON Nordic considers Lithuania nuke power plant project VILNIUS (AFP) Sep 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060905182545.a9wxzdp5.html Poll shows Swedes support keeping nuclear power, despite reactor shutdown The Associated Press September 5, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/05/europe/EU_GEN_Sweden_Nuclear_Power.php Lithuania PM vows to build new nuclear power plant 07/ 09/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/world/20060907/53624786.html Nuclear leak shuts down Norwegian reactor September 9, 2006 CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/09/norway.nuclear.ap/index.html Vienna fears plane attacks against Czech, Slovak nuclear plants Sept 11, 2006 (CTK) http://www.praguemonitor.com/ctk/index.php?story_id=w41006i20060912;set=yes Greece Nuclear Update Monday, September 11, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/09/greece-nuclear-update.html#links Austrian activists criticise Temelin for a long time, saying it is not safe because it combines Soviet design and western fuel and safety technology. These doubts were repeatedly dismissed by the Czech Republic. US Announces Successful Removal of Nuclear Material from Poland US State Department September 12th, 2006, 12:33 http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/US_Announces_Successful_Removal_of_Nuclear_Material_from_Poland_20060912.php More Nuclear Energy on the Horizon for Europe? Friday, September 15, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/09/more-nuclear-energy-on-horizon-for.html Germany Proposes Shared Nuclear Facilities (Reuters) September 17, 2006 http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/9/4f5ee58c-bda6-4d29-a23c-6e450e1537d4.html Czech minister favours doubling capacity at Temelin nuclear plant PRAGUE (AFP) Sep 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060918111626.cct09spe.html Serbia transports nuclear waste to Russia United Press International September 19, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/newscom/1240886170169417630616970816740969870748 Bulgaria to close two nuclear reactors September 21, 2006 United Press International http://www.topix.net/content/newscom/2351333651264068008917492347582568473759 Czech nuclear power plant to be taken off the grid for repairs following oil leak Associated Press (September 21, 2006) http://pepei.pennnet.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WireNews&Category=HOME&NewsID=139099 Armenia Examines Possibilities of New NPP Building 22.09.2006 /PanARMENIAN.Net http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=19354 French Demonstrators Criticise French Nuclear Missile Tests by Staff Writers Biscarosse France (AFP) Sep 23, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/French_Demonstrators_Criticise_French_Nuclear_Missile_Tests_999.html Kazaks agree to downgrade uranium, reactor September 29, 2006 United Press International http://www.topix.net/content/newscom/3648206101366062023025464336372120650255 Sweden: New problem delays nuclear reactor restart Published: 30th September 2006 14:56 CET http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=5076&date=20060930 Swedish nuclear reactor to remain shutdown due to new faults German Press Agency Saturday September 30, 2006 http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Swedish_nuclear_reactor_to_remain_s_09302006.html ---- india Glos rules out nuclear cooperation with India DPA 30 August 2006 http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=32668&name=Glos+rules+out+nuclear+cooperation+with+India India seeks ties in France, Germany Friday September 01, 2006 15:32 - (SA Sun Times) http://www.suntimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimesNEW/basket7st/basket7st1157117552.aspx India upgraded security at nuclear facilities amid terror warnings NEW DELHI (AFP) Sep 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060905173711.nmt76wrz.html India Upgraded Security At Nuclear Facilities Amid Terror Warnings Sep 05, 2006 by Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/reports/India_Upgraded_Security_At_Nuclear_Facilities_Amid_Terror_Warnings_999.html Fears on uranium projects allayed Saturday, Sep 09, 2006 Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad Special Correspondent The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/2006/09/09/stories/2006090911730400.htm 'Don't bargain endlessly over N-deal' September 09, 2006 Sridhar Krishnaswami in Washington Rediff News (India) http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/sep/09ndeal.htm ''Strip parts of Bill on Indo-US N-deal that worry lawmakers'' Sep. 10, 2006 India Daily http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/79100.asp Don`t bother if nuclear deal doesn`t come through: Kakodkar Sept 13, 2006 Zee News http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=322342&sid=NAT&ssid= U.S. envoy sees Senate approving India nuclear bill By Kamil Zaheer Wed Sep 13, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060913/wl_nm/nuclear_india_usa_dc_2 Bush pushing Senate to vote on India nuclear deal Reuters Thursday, September 14, 2006; 8:29 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/14/AR2006091401547_pf.html US firms see major opportunities in nuclear deal Saturday, September 16th, 2006 India eNews http://indiaenews.com/2006-09/22514-firms-opportunities-nuclear.htm Fingers crossed, Delhi hopes for Senate vote on Friday Pranab Dhal Samanta Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Indian Express http://www.indianexpress.com/story/13059.html Saran in US to get nuke deal past Senate Indrani Bagchi [ 20 Sep, 2006 Times of India ] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2007851.cms Saran to hold discussions with senior US officials on nuke deal September 21, 2006 Zee News http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=324127&sid=NAT&ssid= Hurdles in tabling Indo-US nuke deal removed By Sridhar Krishnaswami | Thursday, 21 September , 2006 http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14295197 Closed nuclear fuel cycle central to India's vision of energy security: Anil Kakodkar Special Correspondent, September 21, 2006 The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/2006/09/21/stories/2006092101661300.htm Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Dangerous Dimensions From: Sukla Sen South Asians Against Nukes September 21, 2006 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SAAN_/message/938 U.S.-India Nuclear Deal May Stall in Congress as Time Runs Out By Judy Mathewson, September 22, 2006 (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aZYi_CxhEAV0&refer=us Pranab meets Rice, discusses nuke deal Press Trust of India New York, September 22, 2006 http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1803102,00050001.htm Senate vote on nuclear deal likely next week Lalit K Jha Saturday, September 23, 2006 Indian Express http://www.indianexpress.com/story/13255.html Atomic energy panel to scrutinise nuclear deal BR Srikanth Bangalore, September 25, 2006 Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1806155,000600030009.htm Bush administration pushes Congress to approve Indian nuclear deal now; success uncertain The Associated Press September 28, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/28/america/NA_GEN_US_India_Nuclear.php Indo-US N-deal down to the wire S Rajagopalan and Pramit Pal Chaudhuri Washington/New Delhi, September 28, 2006 Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1808026,001301790001.htm U.S.-India nuke treaty hits snags By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU Sep. 28, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-28-Thu-2006/news/9920527.html Indo-US N-deal pushed to lame duck sessionAdd to Clippings [ 30 Sep, 2006 ] Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2052078,curpg-2.cms "The goalposts haven't been shifted and they will not be shifted" T.S. Subramanian and Kesava Menon 30/09/2006 The Hindu http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006093005491100.htm&date=2006/09/30/&prd=th& ---- iran Iran satisfied with IAEA report By Samar Kadi September 1, 2006 United Press International http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewFreeUse.act?fuid=MTI4NTQ3 Iran urges atomic talks By Alireza Ronaghi in Tehran September 01, 2006 Reuters http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20332180-5005961,00.html Sanctions against Iran could backfire: Kremlin official MOSCOW (AFP) Sep 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060905162859.5hak4ley.html Iran Sanctions Essential Says US Sep 06, 2006 Washington (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Sanctions_Essential_Says_US_999.html French, Americans would back strike on Iran: poll Wed Sep 6, 2006 (Reuters) By Paul Taylor, European Affairs Editor http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldnews&storyID=2006-09-06T152448Z_01_L04276822_RTRUKOC_0_US-EU-USA-POLL.xml Iran nuclear talks 'constructive' Saturday, 9 September 2006 BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5331458.stm Last-Ditch EU-Iran Nuclear Talks To Continue Sep 10, 2006 Vienna (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Last_Ditch_EU_Iran_Nuclear_Talks_To_Continue_999.html Russia hardens stance on Iran's nuclear plans Putin has spoken to Iranian president 'in frank terms', calling for the country to give up uranium enrichment By Mary Dejevsky in Novo-Ogarevo, Russia Published: 10 September 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1433423.ece Nuclear watchdog debate to urge Iran atom talks By Mark Heinrich Tue Sep 12, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060912/wl_nm/nuclear_iran_dc_212 Non Aligned summit calls for unconditional talks on nuclear Iran by Patrick Moser Wed Sep 13, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060913/wl_asia_afp/cubanamsummit_060913062501 Iran president softens nuclear tone By Daniel Dombey in Brussels Published: September 14 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/4af172c8-4417-11db-8965-0000779e2340.html US threatens further action against Iranian banks By Haig Simonian in Bern September 14 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5146baae-43fc-11db-8965-0000779e2340.html IAEA protests "erroneous" U.S. report on Iran By Mark Heinrich Thu Sep 14, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060914/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_usa_dc_1 Top Iranian envoy praises early EU talks Posted 9/14/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-14-iran_x.htm 'We Do Not Need Attacks' Exclusive: On the eve of a visit to the U.S., Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to TIME's Scott MacLeod about debating President Bush, pursuing nuclear energy and denying the Holocaust By SCOTT MACLEOD Sunday, Sep. 17, 2006 TIME http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1535777,00.html Only a "few months" before a nuclear Iran: Israeli FM WASHINGTON (AFP) Sep 17, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060917181926.9n5nc0db.html Allies Muted As US Wages Financial Offensive On Iran by Staff Writers Singapore (AFP) Sep 17, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Allies_Muted_As_US_Wages_Financial_Offensive_On_Iran_999.html China asserts Iran's right to civilian nuclear use Sun Sep 17, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060917/wl_nm/china_iran_dc Iran's top nuclear official in Moscow next week MOSCOW (AFP) Sep 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060918115924.k03cxf9t.html France Splits With US Over Iran Nuke Program Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/19/1347258 Iran’s president says Bush pushing for war In NBC interview, Ahmadinejad claims U.S. still stuck in Cold War mindset SNBC and NBC News Updated: 8:03 p.m. ET Sept 19, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14911603/ Bush, Ahmadinejad Trade Criticism in General Assembly Speeches Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/20/1412233 What to Do About Iran's Nukes By Ivan Eland September 20, 2006 Consortium for Independent Journalism http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/091906b.html NBC exclusive: Ahmadinejad on the record Iranian leader discusses the pope's remarks, Iran's nuclear program By Brian Williams Anchor & “Nightly News” managing editor NBC News Sept 20, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14911753/ President's speech at UN General Assembly Address by His Excellency Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Before the 61st Session of the General assembly New York, 19 September 2006 http://www.president.ir/eng/ahmadinejad/cronicnews/1385/06/29/index-e.htm Major Powers Give Iran Until Early October To Accept Nuclear Deal If Iran suspends its enrichment, which Washington and others believe is aimed at producing nuclear weapons, Rice said she would personally attend the launch of direct negotiations with Tehran aimed at rewarding the Islamic republic for winding down its nuclear program. by Staff Writers United Nations (AFP) Sep 20, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Major_Powers_Give_Iran_Until_Early_October_To_Accept_Nuclear_Deal_999.html Delays In EU-Iran Nuclear Talks A Sign Of Divisions In Tehran Says US EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana (R) shakes hands with top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani 09 September 2006 at the Chancellery in Vienna. Photo courtesy of Bernard J. Holzner and AFP. by Staff Writers New York (AFP) Sep 20, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Delays_In_EU_Iran_Nuclear_Talks_A_Sign_Of_Divisions_In_Tehran_Says_US_999.html Why Bush is taking a more diplomatic approach on Iran By Howard LaFranchi | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor September 21, 2006 http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/usa/~3/24682282/p01s01-usfp.html Ahmadinejad Says Iran Does Not Need Nuclear Bomb by Staff Writers United Nations (AFP) Sep 21, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Ahmadinejad_Says_Iran_Does_Not_Need_Nuclear_Bomb_999.html Iran Warns Of Lightning Response To Any Attack by Farhad Pouladi and Pierre Celerier Tehran (AFP) Sep 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Warns_Of_Lightning_Response_To_Any_Attack_999.html Iran warns it can finish nuclear plant without Russia MOSCOW (AFP) Sep 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060925172451.vw06y89s.html Why Bush Will Nuke Iran by Paul Craig Roberts Antiwar.com September 26, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/roberts/?articleid=9749 Media Tall Tales for the Next War by Norman Solomon Antiwar.com September 26, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/solomon/?articleid=9746 ---- israel Israeli Defense establishment reassesses missile defense The Defense Ministry has asked Northrop Grumman for clarifications on its Sky Guard short-range anti-missile system within 70 days. Amnon Barzilai 5 Sep 06, 2006 Globes [online], Israel business news http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000130211&fid=942 Expert: Tactical nukes needed to blast Iranian defenses RYAN NADEL , THE JERUSALEM POST Sep. 19, 2006 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1157913657029&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter West Blocks Arab Push To Condemn Israeli Nuclear Activities by Staff Writers Vienna (AFP) Sep 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/West_Blocks_Arab_Push_To_Condemn_Israeli_Nuclear_Activities_999.html West bars Arab bid at IAEA to rap Israel atom 'threat' Fri Sep 22, 2006 (Reuters) By Mark Heinrich http://www.astandforjustice.org/2006/09/09-22-06.htm Arab nations seek condemnation of Israel’s nuclear activities Saturday, September 23, 2006 Pakistan International News http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=25319 U.S. Blocks UN Effort to Declare Israel a Nuclear Threat Monday, September 25th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/25/1318231 The 'New Anti-Semitism' and Nuclear War by Jonathan Cook, September 25, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/orig/cook.php?articleid=9745 Israel seen lifting nuclear veil in Iran stand-off Wednesday, September 27, 2006 http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=25942 ---- japan Mitutoyo tied to Iran, North nuclear quests Illicit exports since '95; Khan link probed Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006 Japan Times http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060902a1.html Nakasone proposes Japan consider nuclear weapons The Japan Times Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060906a4.html American power in Japan September 8, 2006 By David V. Crisostomo Pacific Daily News dcrisostomo@guampdn.com http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060908/NEWS01/609080305/1002/rss Tokyo urged to consider N-bombs 07sep06 The Australian Peter Alford, Tokyo correspondent http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,20367451,00.html Nuke recycling not trip's focus MISSION WILL BE TO STUDY TRANSPORT OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS Sep. 08, 2006 By MARK WAITE Pahrump Valley Times http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2006/Sep-08-Fri-2006/news/9518767.html Iranian nuclear issue bedevils Japan’s oil deal By Gareth Smyth September 13 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/057fe3ce-42b8-11db-8dc3-0000779e2340.html Japan flexes its military muscles Strongman Abe rekindles pride Michael Sheridan, Tokyo September 17, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2361311,00.html Anxiety chipping away at Japan's nuclear taboo By Tim Johnson McClatchy Newspapers Mon, Sep. 18, 2006 http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15550443.htm Do earthquakes put Japan at risk for a major nuclear power plant accident? September 18, 2006 Mainichi Daily News http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060918p2a00m0na008000c.html Koizumi's heir apparent worries Japan's neighbours with his hawkish agenda By David McNeill in Tokyo Published: 19 September 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1619203.ece First test-run at Japan nuclear reactor since 2004 accident: report TOKYO (AFP) Sep 21, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060921145313.px2ys7yz.html Japanese utility restarts nuclear reactor for test run, first time since 2004 accident The Associated Press Published: September 21, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/21/asia/AS_GEN_Japan_Nuclear.php Japan Finds Radioactive Matter around U.S. Ship September 28, 2006 — By Reuters http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11341 ---- korea Long-Range North Korean Missile Fell After Two Kilometers by Staff Writers Tokyo (AFP) Sept 1, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Long_Range_North_Korean_Missile_Fell_After_Two_Kilometers_999.html N.Korea may hold another missile test: media Sun Sep 3, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=TopNews&storyID=2006-09-03T044929Z_01_SEO2834_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C1-TopStories-TopNews-2 Highest alert planned for N. Korea nuke test Japan Times Sunday, Sept. 3, 2006 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?appURL=nn20060903a3.html Asian Arms Race Would Follow A North Korea Nuke Test by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Sep 03, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Asian_Arms_Race_Would_Follow_A_North_Korea_Nuke_Test_999.html Roh Agrees to Nuclear Cooperation With Romania Sep. 6, 2006 Chosun Ilbo http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200609/200609060027.html US Envoy Says North Korea Talks In Bad Way Sep 06, 2006 Beijing (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Envoy_Says_North_Korea_Talks_In_Bad_Way_999.html North Korea 'determined to carry out underground test' By Sergey Soukhorukov in Pyongyang (Filed: 10/09/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=S0NFQ4OVPSVHJQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2006/09/10/wkorea10.xml U.S. proposes nuclear talks without N. Korea By Jae-Soon Chang Associated Press Tue, Sep. 12, 2006 http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/nation/15498930.htm?source=rss&channel=journalgazette_nation U.S. tries to contact N.Korea on nuclear issue : Seoul Wed Sep 13, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060913/wl_nm/korea_north_envoys_dc_1 U.S. denies it sought to contact N. Korea on nukes Wed Sep 13, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-09-13T234141Z_01_N13471017_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH-ENVOYS.xml U.S. and S. Korea to Push To Restart Nuclear Talks Bush, Roh Play Down Differences on N. Korea By Peter Baker Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, September 15, 2006; A04 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/14/AR2006091400179_pf.html N.Korea says no nuclear talks under U.S. sanctions Sat Sep 16, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060916/wl_nm/nonaligned_nuclear_korea_dc S. Korea offers to share atomic energy technology Xinhua September 18, 2006 http://english.people.com.cn/200609/18/eng20060918_303924.html US urges others to follow Australian, Japanese sanctions on NKorea NEW YORK (AFP) Sep 19, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060919144348.qihphzur.html China Will Not Attend New Talks On North Korea Nuclear Program by Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Sep 19, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/China_Will_Not_Attend_New_Talks_On_North_Korea_Nuclear_Program_999.html North Korean Defectors Take Refuge In US Mission In China About 8,700 North Koreans have defected to the South to avoid hunger and political oppression in their communist homeland since the Korean War ended in 1953. About 6,000 of the total arrived over the past four years. by Staff Writers Seoul (AFP) Sep 19, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/North_Korean_Defectors_Take_Refuge_In_US_Mission_In_China_999.html North Korea Losing Ground Militarily Says US Pacific Commander by Jim Mannion Washington (AFP) Sep 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/North_Korea_Losing_Ground_Militarily_Says_US_Pacific_Commander_999.html US Threatens To Send Fighter Jets Out Of South Korea (AFP) Sep 23, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/North_Korea_Losing_Ground_Militarily_Says_US_Pacific_Commander_999.html Armitage expects North Korean nuclear test before year-end SEOUL (AFP) Sep 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060925081737.cp6n0kkz.html South Korea And US Finalise Plan For New Military Alliance by Staff Writers Seoul (AFP) Sep 29, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/South_Korea_And_US_Finalise_Plan_For_New_Military_Alliance_999.html ---- latinamerica Energy short Chile heatedly ponders the nuclear option By Renata Stepanov The Santiago Times - News about Chile http://www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=8690 Mexico needs new $3 bln nuclear plant: minister Mon Sep 18, 2006 (Reuters) By Gunther Hamm http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=13522437&src=rss/scienceNews&rpc=81 ---- mideast Lebanon: Israel is encroaching on our soil with new fence By The Associated Press 14/09/2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/762449.html Pressures mount on Bush to bomb Iran By Patrick Seale Commentary by Saturday, September 16, 2006 Lebanon Daily Star http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article_id=75489 Mubarak's Son Urges Nuclear Development By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: September 20, 2006 Filed at 9:20 a.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Egypt-Nuclear.html Mubarak's Son Proposes Nuclear Program By MICHAEL SLACKMAN and MONA EL-NAGGAR Published: September 20, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/20/world/africa/20egypt.html Egypt slams West for blocking resolution on Israeli nuclear arms By Reuters 24/09/2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/766349.html Egypt to relaunch civil nuclear program CAIRO (AFP) Sep 24, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060924190830.xrg2mjnh.html Egypt unveils nuclear power plan Monday, 25 September 2006 BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5376860.stm Speculation after Egypt revives nuclear plans By William Wallis in Cairo and Roula Khalaf in London September 25 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6e01b312-4cba-11db-b03c-0000779e2340.html Olmert unfazed by Egypt's plans to build nuclear plants HERB KEINON and AP, THE JERUSALEM POST Sep. 25, 2006 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1159193316110&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter ---- missile defense $100bn later, Star Wars hits its first missile Oliver Burkeman Saturday September 2, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1863474,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12 U.S. missile defense system passes crucial test By ROBERT JABLON The Associated Press Sat, Sep. 02, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/15423217.htm Pentagon: Missile defense test a success September 2, 2006 By David S. Cloud The New York Times http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060902/NEWS/609020349/1024/NEWS04 Military intercepts mock enemy warhead By The Washington Post and The Associated Press Saturday, September 2, 2006 Seattle Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003240268_missile02.html U.S. test missile hits a Korean bull's-eye By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published September 2, 2006 http://washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060902-121240-2995r Vandenberg launch a success for missile defense system Capability exaggerated, skeptic says NORA K. WALLACE, SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER September 2, 2006 12:00 AM http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=LOCAL&ID=564798366417027102&Archive=false U.S. missile defense tests will be ‘increasingly challenging’: Boeing official By Gopal Ratnam September 05, 2006 Air Force Times http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2082034.php Lockheed Martin Reports Major Foreign Interest in PAC-3 Upgrades September 5, 2006 :: Jane’s Information Group http://www.missilethreat.com/news/200609050709.html Air Force picks Raytheon to design missile-warning alternative By Rebecca Christie Sep 5, 2006 (MarketWatch) http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?dist=newsfinder&siteid=google&guid=%7BB60C78DB-D950-4210-B93F-EF4E75358065%7D&keyword= U.S. Anti-Missile Shield Could Spark Arms Race: Russian Army Chief By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, WARSAW 09/06/06 http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2083525&C=airwar France Looks to Airborne Missile Detection System September 6, 2006 :: Jane’s Information Group http://www.missilethreat.com/news/200609060041.html 26 Nations Begin The Building of Missile Defense to Defend Europe Tuesday 19 September 2006 ACDN http://acdn.france.free.fr/spip/breve.php3?id_breve=195&lang=en Most Poles Opposed to U.S. Missile Shield September 24, 2006 Angus-Reid http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/13260 ---- pacific Indonesia 'concerned' about uranium enrichment talk in Aust Sunday, September 3, 2006 Australia Broadcasting / AFP http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1731694.htm 1M liters of nuke waste intercepted By William B. Depasupil, Reporter Tuesday, September 05, 2006 Manila Times http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/sept/05/yehey/top_stories/20060905top1.html Now come toxic waste Thursday, September 07, 2006 Manila Times EDITORIAL http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/sept/07/yehey/opinion/20060907opi1.html Energy minister says no to nuclear power 08 September 2006 New Zealand Stuff http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3790802a10,00.html NZ may need to go nuclear: power boss Friday, 8th September 2006 Otago Daily Times http://www.odt.co.nz/article.php?refid=2006,09,08,2,00200,9ac651910546576118264ad7b9c180e5§=4 Go nuclear, says electricity chief Friday September 8, 2006 New Zealand Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10400278 New Zealand energy minister rejects nuclear power as energy option Friday, September 08, 2006 International Herald Tribune http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=18757 Customs probes 'nuke waste' cargo in Surigao September 18, 2006 ABS-CBN News http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=49481 Palau president says it has no nuclear waste September 27, 2006 ABS-CBN http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=51590 ---- pakistan Pak may sign N-power deal with China in November Sept 05, 2006 Zee News http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=320404&sid=SAS&ssid= IAEA clears Pakistan of N-material trafficking Sunday September 17, 2006 Pakistan Tribune http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?154431 Son of Mubarak eyes succession (and favors nuclear power) By Michael Slackman The New York Times Published: September 19, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/19/news/egypt.php Why Pakistan Gets A Nuclear Pass The Bush administration’s pragmatic policy toward Pakistan suggests its foreign policy is less ideological than imperial. September 22, 2006 In These Times http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2831/ http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/print/2831/ Musharraf denies India, Pakistan on brink of nuclear war in 1999 NEW YORK (AFP) Sep 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060925200603.tbamol9j.html Musharraf writes on nuclear links By David E. Sanger The New York Times Published: September 26, 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/26/news/nukes.php ---- phillipines Philippine Congress Urged To Probe Nuclear Waste Shipment Wednesday September 6, 2006 Yahoo News http://au.news.yahoo.com/060906/3/10ff2.html ---- russia Russia to join international thermonuclear reactor project 01/ 09/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060901/53405588.html Russia may claim 25% of nuclear-fuel market-Rosatom's Kiriyenko 04/ 09/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060904/53503409.html Putin favors nuclear energy cooperation with South Africa Sept 5, 2006 (Interfax) http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11583385 China launches one more intercontinental ballistic missile 05.09.2006 ITAR-TASS http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10761091&PageNum=0 Rumour of Kola Nuclear accident appear to be false From Wikinews, the free news source you can write! September 6, 2006 http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Rumour_of_Kola_Nuclear_accident_appear_to_be_false Test launch of Bulava missile fails 07.09.2006 ITAR-TASS http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10771193&PageNum=0 Moscow wants to build 40 to 50 nuclear reactors abroad Sep 07, 2006 MOSCOW, (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060907184938.bqwstfq2.html Fire on Russian nuclear submarine kills two Sep 07, 2006 MOSCOW, (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060907160616.muz5t1wk.html No energy blackmail, Russia to defend nuclear interests - Putin 07/ 09/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/world/20060907/53629877.html Russia Claims Success With Strategic Missile Tests Sep 10, 2006 Moscow (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_Claims_Success_With_Strategic_Missile_Tests_999.html Russia successfully test-launches ICBM (AP) 10 September 2006 http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/September/theworld_September319.xml§ion=theworld&col= Report: Russia to Boost Uranium Spending Reports: Nuclear Chief Says Russia Plans Major Boost of Spending on Uranium Extraction Tuesday September 12, 2006 http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060912/russia_nuclear.html?.v=2 Russia nuclear chief cautious over IAEA uranium reserve proposal Source: RIAN. Russia Journal September 12, 2006 http://www.russiajournal.com/?p=10161 Nuclear power must displace natural gas share - nuclear official 12/ 09/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060912/53788772.html http://www.russiajournal.com/?p=10162&print=1 Russia set to dismantle 5 nuclear submarines by 2010 12/ 09/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060912/53760822.html http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/09/12/dismantlesubs.shtml Russia to increase nuclear power use, boost oil sales to Asia 14 Sep 2006 (Bloomberg) http://www.bbj.hu/main/news_16693_russia%2Bto%2Bincrease%2Bnuclear%2Bpower%2Buse%2Bboost%2Boil%2Bsales%2Bto%2Basia.html US, Russia resolve plutonium dispute By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer Fri Sep 15, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060915/ap_on_go_ot/plutonium_1 Russia to increase nuclear power use 15 September 2006 Power Group Online http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=271846&p=6 Russia to open International Nuclear Fuel Center in 2007 - Kiriyenko Sept 18, 2006 (Interfax) http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11589952 Russia Hails US Nuclear Initiative To Stop Proliferation by Staff Writers Vienna (RIA Novosti) Sep 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_Hails_US_Nuclear_Initiative_To_Stop_Proliferation_999.html Russia-US Nuclear Cooperation Progresses Says US Energy Secretary Vienna (RIA Novosti) Sep 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_Hails_US_Nuclear_Initiative_To_Stop_Proliferation_999.html Intl. nuclear fuel centers would offer unbiased access - Putin 18/ 09/ 2006 RIA Novosti http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060918/54001958.html US-Russia effort to contain nuclear experts fades A Russia-US partnership to stem Russian brain drain is set to expire Friday, barring final talks. By Fred Weir and Mark Clayton September 20, 2006 Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0920/p01s03-woeu.html Russia's Lavrov urges negotiations to prevent nuclear proliferation UNITED NATIONS (AFP) Sep 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060922003901.x8gur1bc.html Serbia to relocate nuclear waste to Russia September 25, 2006 United Press International http://www.topix.net/content/newscom/3548241778268164131932737111021122674859 Man Pleads in Russia Nuclear Cash Case The Associated Press By DAN NEPHIN September 25, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2727512737013979456319120699012106643219 Russia’s nuclear chief says no privatization of nuclear industry September 28, 2006 Source: RIAN http://www.russiajournal.com/?p=10293 Russia's nuclear chief says no privatization of nuclear industry 28/ 09/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060928/54338290.html Russia's estimated uranium stock amounts to 615,000 tons 28/ 09/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060928/54341105.html Russia nuclear storage site opens By Richard Galpin BBC News, Murmansk Friday, 29 September 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5391586.stm Russia launches UK-funded nuclear fuel storage facility 29/ 09/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060929/54388690.html ---- security Nuclear site 'like a candy store' for terrorists At a decrepit Serbian nuclear site, clean-up experts race to beat the terrorists. By George Jahn ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday, September 03, 2006 http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/world/09/03/3serbianuclear.html Bills Await the Governor's Signature Among issues on his desk as the legislative session ends: health, security, education. By Nancy Vogel, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 3, 2006 http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-me-bills3sep03,1,3507031.story?coll=la-health-medicine&ctrack=1&cset=true U.S. Nuclear Plants Solid on Safety in Latest Assessments September 6, 2006 Occupational Health & Safety http://www.ohsonline.com/Stevens/OHSPub.nsf/frame?open&redirect=http://www.ohsonline.com/stevens/ohspub.nsf/NewNews/D5909D6764BE0459862571E1004628AC?Opendocument Nuclear Power Watchdog Questions Security at Texas Plant WASHINGTON, DC, September 11, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-11-09.asp#anchor3 Industry defends reactors' security Nuclear firms tout post-9/11 safeguards More than $1.2 billion has been spent on nuclear security nationally in the last five years, including at FirstEnergy's Davis-Besse plant. By TOM HENRY TOLEDO BLADE STAFF WRITER Monday, September 11, 2006 http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060911/NEWS08/609110311 UN: Serb reactor prime terror target September 17, 2006 United Press International http://www.topix.net/content/newscom/1906146789014144429737637200852530625478 House passes Kelly legislation to increase security at nuke plants including Indian Point Friday, September 29, 2006 Mid-Hudson News http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/Kelly_IP-29Sep06.htm ---- terrorism US fears attack using nuclear, biological weapon By Deborah Charles Wed Sep 6, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060906/us_nm/sept11_security_usa_dc_2 U.S. Nuclear Security Agency Combats Nuclear Terrorism Energy Department entity has expanded role in preventing nuclear terror 07 September 2006 usinfo.state.gov http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=September&x=20060907161515adynned0.9757044&chanlid=is Soon a major non-conventional attack of Al Quaeda against New York and Washington? Tuesday 19 September 2006 ACDN http://acdn.france.free.fr/spip/breve.php3?id_breve=194&lang=en ---- treaties Five Former Soviet Republics Swear Off Nuclear Weapons Arms Control Association Applauds Central Asian States for Forswearing Nuclear Arms For Immediate Release: September 8, 2006 Press Contacts: Daryl G. Kimball, (202) 463-8270 x107 and Wade Boese, (202) 463-8270 x104 http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/139136/1/ Former Soviet Republics Give Up Nukes; US Objects by Aaron Glantz September 14, 2006 (OneWorld) http://www.antiwar.com/glantz/?articleid=9697 IBSA agrees to peaceful usage of nuclear energy The meeting between India, Brazil and South Africa will attempt to boost business September 14, 2006,SABC News http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/government/0,2172,134840,00.html Going Far, Far Beyond the NPT by Gordon Prather September 16, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=9706 Duma Ratifies Nuclear Treaty Combined Report (AP, SPT) Tuesday, September 19, 2006 http://www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=18850 N-deal should abide by NPT: China tells India, US Tuesday, 19 September , 2006, 18:08 India News Portal, Sify.com http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14294082 Over 50 nations press for binding nuclear test ban Wed Sep 20, 2006 By Irwin Arieff (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldnews&storyID=2006-09-20T235430Z_01_N20199665_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-TREATY-UN.xml China, Russia Welcome Central Asian Nuclear-free Zone Treaty Mosnews September 20th, 2006, http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/China_Russia_Welcome_Central_Asian_Nuclear-free_Zone_Treaty_20060920.php ---- ukraine Kiev to study public opinion on proposed nuclear waste storage 05/ 09/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/world/20060905/53545965.html Ukraine safety system automatically shuts down nuclear reactor Associated Press (September 11, 2006) http://pepei.pennnet.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WIREN&Category=HOME&NewsID=138794 ---- u.n. Annan wins Iran pledge on Lebanon but warned on nuclear by Farhad Pouladi Sun Sep 3, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060903/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearlebanonun_060903191722 U.N. Inspectors Dispute Iran Report By House Panel Paper on Nuclear Aims Called Dishonest By Dafna Linzer Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, September 14, 2006; A17 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091302052_pf.html Germany calls for an international uranium enrichment centre BERLIN (AFP) Sep 17, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060917140933.4x74ry67.html Chavez defense of Iran nuclear work risks UN seat Mon Sep 18, 2006 (Reuters) By Saul Hudson http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldnews&storyID=2006-09-18T183958Z_01_N18209587_RTRUKOC_0_US-VENEZUELA-IRAN-STRATEGY.xml Non-Aligned summit marked by nuclear issues HAVANA (AFP) Sep 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060917230839.ca01negn.html UN nuclear watchdog ponders international 'fuel bank' As the IAEA meets, advocates argue for a nuclear-fuel bank as a safeguard against terrorism. By Michael J. Jordan | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor September 18, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0918/p04s01-wogi.html Bodman addresses IAEA meeting UPI September 18, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/newscom/2385591788120389814005954106110156055844 IAEA grapples with nuclear fuel supply assurances Tuesday, 19 September 2006 Nerve News of India http://www.nerve.in/news:25350015761 Seven-nation meeting in New York Friday on nuclear non-proliferation UNITED NATIONS (AFP) Sep 19, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060919145544.tbxy5qvj.html UN nuclear watchdog to discuss fuel supply scheme VIENNA (AFP) Sep 19, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060919122540.blawo6yi.html World powers propose nuclear fuel scheme to avoid proliferation VIENNA (AFP) Sep 19, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060919171029.vhblmbd8.html Transcript: Bush accuses Iran of funding terror at UN RAW STORY Published: Tuesday September 19, 2006 http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Bush_accuses_Iran_of_funding_terror_0919.html Bush Clears Task Force to Meet With Iranians by Jim Lobe September 20, 2006 (Inter Press Service) http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=9721 At U.N., Chavez calls Bush 'the devil' KIM GAMEL Associated Press Wed, Sep. 20, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/15564536.htm Elbaradei views exhibition on achievement of cooperation between IAEA, China September 21, 2006 Xinhua http://english.people.com.cn/200609/21/eng20060921_304952.html U.S.-Based Group Offers $50 Million To Promote Nuclear Security Officials welcome effort to build international nuclear fuel reserve By David McKeeby US Dept. of State Washington File Staff Writer 21 September 2006 http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=September&x=20060921180659idybeekcm0.8211939 Conference urges more dialogue on nuclear fuel supply assurances Deutsche Presse Agentur Published: Thursday September 21, 2006 http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Conference_urges_more_dialogue_on_n_09212006.html ---- u.s. nuc weapons Pentagon Seeks Nonnuclear Tip for Sub Missiles By MICHAEL R. GORDON Published: May 29, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/29/washington/29strike.html Divine Strake fight not over September 13, 2006 The Spectrum http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609130333 Showing Conviction at Echo 9 Not One of the Soldiers Admitted Knowing That They Were Guarding Nuclear Missiles By BILL QUIGLEY September 18, 2006 Counterpunch http://counterpunch.org/quigley09182006.html ---- u.s. nuc facilities Nuclear Energy Hotly Debated in United States By Richard Green 02 September 2006 VOICE OF AMERICA http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-09-02-voa28.cfm Energy agency changes irk critics Myrtle Beach Online September 03, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/kri/0851271098203057437019734356302275199985 Advocates laud safety of new nuclear reactors Global warming, fuel costs drive interest, but opponents warn of danger Sept. 7, 2006 Associated Press\MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14681100/ Future won't favor new nuclear plants 07-SEP-06 Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=NUKEPLANTS-09-07-06 Future Won't Favor New Nuclear Plants Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Editorial Monday, 11 September 2006 Oakland Tribune http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/652921/future_wont_favor_new_nuclear_plants/index.html?source=r_science NRC ESTABLISHING OFFICE OF NEW REACTORS, ADDITIONAL REGION II DEPUTY REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR Last revised Thursday, September 14, 2006 NRC NEWS http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2006/06-096.html Reactors Prone to Long Closings, Study Finds By MATTHEW L. WALD September 18, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/18/washington/18nuke.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin It's Groundhog Day at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by David Lochbaum Wednesday, September 27, 2006 by MinuteManMedia.org http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0927-20.htm Future U.S. nuclear plant studies to begin September 28, 2006 United Press International http://www.topix.net/content/newscom/3417153441168036496012612930232037619798 Scientists develop more powerful nuclear fuel Fri Sep 29, 2006 By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=13647541§ion=news&src=rss/uk/scienceNews ---- alaska Galena continues its push to free itself from diesel with nuclear power Alaska Journal of Commerce ^ | September 10, 2006 | Margaret Bauman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699798/posts ---- arizona 12 disciplined at Palo Verde Move is to reassure NRC about oversight Mark Shaffer The Arizona Republic Sept. 12, 2006 08:40 PM http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0912biz-paloverde-ON.html ---- colorado 'Save the nukes' Tuesday, September 5, 2006 Colorado Springs Gazette http://www.vvdailypress.com/2006/115746188180474.html 7th District foes spar over waste site Perlmutter highlights O'Donnell's position switch By Christopher N. Osher Denver Post Staff Writer 09/13/2006 http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4333391 ---- connecticut Whistleblower's Old Job Not Reinstated Hartford Courant By GARY LIBOW September 13, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/trb/4144997117209634472230457787263304695881 ---- florida At Long Last, Bullets cbs4.com September 27, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/cbs/0309897419067581343730960309801649779337 ---- georgia Lost fuel rods strengthen nuclear power foes' case Atlanta Business Chronicle - August 25, 2006 by Justin Rubner Staff Writer http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/08/28/story9.html Nuclear power: Responses to Jim Wooten's column "Nuclear power makes sense on all levels," @issue, Aug. 27 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sunday, September 3, 2006 Letters http://www.ajc.com/sunday/content/epaper/editions/sunday/opinion_44af9766925f22f40054.html Possible New Nuclear Reactor is Threat to Georgia By Betty Clermont, Staff Writer, Atlanta Progressive News (September 02, 2006) http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0086.html CDC: Few risks from nuclear site By STACY SHELTON The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 09/20/06 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2006/09/20/0920srs.html Georgia's first energy plan hits the road GREG BLUESTEIN Sun, Sep. 24, 2006 Associated Press http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/15599250.htm ---- illinois How secure is the Clinton power plant? Sunday, September 10, 2006 Pantagraph By Edith Brady-Lunny eblunny@mchsi.com http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/09/10/news/doc4504c91600b65127101309.txt Study concludes Cordova plant isn't leaking tritium By Kay Luna | Friday, September 29, 2006 http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2006/09/29/news/business/doc451ca1bf3c77e332097146.txt ---- kentucky Paducah seeks nuclear-recycling grant Building of plant would be studied Tuesday, September 5, 2006 Associated Press http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060905/NEWS0104/609050411/1008/NEWS01 ---- louisiana Louisiana approves proposal seeking to ease construction of new nuclear plant September 12, 2006 SNL Financial LC By Andrew Engblom http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-4665359-10592 Louisiana PSC Wants to Boost Nuclear Construction From the September 8, 2006 edition of the Baton Rogue Advocate http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/09/louisiana-psc-wants-to-boost-nuclear.html ---- michigan AEP to replace vessel head during $100 million nuclear plant rehab project September 18, 2006 SNL Financial LC By Wayne Barber http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-4690567-9828 Emergency exercise at Palisades nuclear plant September 19, 2006 - WWMT NEWS 3 http://www.wwmt.com/engine.pl?station=wwmt&id=30302&template=breakout_local.html Palisades passes safety tests Updated: Sep 25, 2006 Wood TV http://www.woodtv.com/global/story.asp?s=5446753 ---- minnesota Editorial: Future won't favor new nuclear plants Even with incentives, utilities find the financials don't work. September 04, 2006 Minneapolis Star-Tribune http://www.startribune.com/561/v-print/story/651273.html Quiet hearing OKs nuke storage The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press September 28, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/kri/3043395182117018473726901769402095563090 ---- missouri Callaway Nuclear Plant Leak Investigated 9/5/2006 (KSDK) By Randy Jackson http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=103079 Plan for radioactive soil draws protests By Ken Leiser ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 09/15/2006 http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/A62D176355DDCB4E862571EA000F8D8A?OpenDocument- ---- nevada Yucca Mountain dead? Don't believe it By MARVIN FERTEL Special to the Las Vegas Review-Journal Sep. 03, 2006 http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-03-Sun-2006/opinion/9364518.html Domenici Seeks 'Constructive Dialogue' on Yucca Mountain Repository September 8, 2006 FYI No. 110, The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News http://www.aip.org/fyi/2006/110.html ADS URGE LAWMAKERS: 'Fix Yucca Mountain' Industry wants legislation bolstering repository Sep. 09, 2006 By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-09-Sat-2006/news/9549807.html Chief notes concerns with Yucca project Sproat sees 'quality problem' By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU Sep. 14, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-14-Thu-2006/news/9619943.html Judges dismiss Yucca suit, but state is happy By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU Sep. 28, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-28-Thu-2006/news/9918198.html U.S. appeals court dismisses Nevada Yucca Mtn suit Fri Sep 29, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?storyID=2006-09-29T213450Z_01_N29212227_RTRUKOC_0_US-UTILITIES-YUCCA-COURT.xml&rpc=81 ---- new hampshire NRC to review NH nuclear plant By Shir Haberman shaberman@seacoastonline.com September 19, 2006 Portsmouth Herald / Seacoast Online http://www.therockinghamnews.com/news/09192006/nhnews-ph-sea-plant.inspection.html ---- new jersey Terrorism threat to be part of review? NRC to hold vote on Oyster Creek BY NICHOLAS CLUNN STAFF WRITER Asbury Park Press on 09/6/06 http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060906/NEWS/609060338 Manchester soil cleanup satisfies NRC, but not DEP State's radiation standard more strict 09/9/06 Asbury Park Press BY KIRK MOORE TOMS RIVER BUREAU http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609090424 Reactor passes a safety inspection But NRC faults broken promise Asbury Park Press on 09/14/06 BY NICHOLAS CLUNN STAFF WRITER http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609140481 Nuke plant passes safety test Posted by the Ocean County Observer on 09/15/06 BY BOB VOSSELLER STAFF WRITER Ocean County Observer http://www.ocobserver.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060915/NEWS/609150303 Reactor safety an issue for lawmakers 5 in Congress write to NRC Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 09/27/06 BY NICHOLAS CLUNN STAFF WRITER http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609270437 Xcel gets OK to expand nuclear storage Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal - September 29, 2006 by Katharine Grayson Staff Writer http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2006/09/25/daily42.html?from_rss=1 No tritium detected in water at nuclear plant OYSTER CREEK: Included in study following detection at other reactors Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 09/29/06 BY TODD B. BATES AND NIRMAL MITRA STAFF WRITERS http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609290449 ---- new mexico LOS ALAMOS Nuke lab evacuations cited in federal probe Incidents point to safety concerns in plutonium handling Keay Davidson, San Francisco Chronicle Science Writer Thursday, September 28, 2006 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/09/28/BAG3CLE5941.DTL ---- new york Entergy calls latest Hinchey, Engel criticism “publicity stunt” Friday, September 8, 2006 Mid-Hudson News Network http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/IP_Steets_reax-08Sep06.htm Critics want nuclear fuel better protected September 8, 2006 By GREG CLARY THE JOURNAL NEWS http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609080383 Indian Point sirens sound By GREG CLARY THE NY JOURNAL NEWS (September 14, 2006) http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060914/NEWS09/609140332/1017 Mock assault to test Indian Point defenses By JORGE FITZ-GIBBON THE NY JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: September 19, 2006) http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060919/NEWS02/609190334/1214 Computer malfunction downs IP siren system By BILL HUGHES THE NY JOURNAL NEWS September 20, 2006 http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609200374 House passes Kelly legislation to increase security at nuke plants including Indian Point (Washington, DC) Friday, September 29, 2006 Mid-Hudson News http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/Kelly_IP-29Sep06.htm ---- north carolina Duke Energy Seeks to Ensure Cost Recovery for the Evaluation and Development of New Nuclear Plant CHARLOTTE, NC UNITED STATES 04/14/2004 http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-20-2006/0004436910&EDATE= Shearon Harris nuclear plant shuts down By John Murawski, Staff Writer Sep 19, 2006 Raleigh News Observer http://www.newsobserver.com/104/story/488211.html Harris Plant Still Down 09/20/06 -- WTVD Eyewitness News http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=triangle&id=4580804 Westinghouse scouts for nuclear plant-design campus Monday, September 25, 2006 J. Lee Howard - Charlotte Business Journal http://www.cleveland.com/business/ambizdaily/bizjournals/index.ssf?/base/abd-2/115916641616610.xml ---- ohio Barberton firm reunited with spinoff September 09, 2006 Akron Beacon Journal http://www.topix.net/content/kri/1598783064011937174028732009913544016937 Mistakes, costs stall nuclear waste project near Columbia River Cleanup price tag could near $100b at weapons plant By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times | September 16, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/09/16/mistakes_costs_stall_nuclear_waste_project_near_columbia_river/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+National+News Nuclear oversight is blasted in report Industry admits lapses, says improvements made Tuesday, September 19, 2006 John Mangels Plain Dealer Science Writer http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1158654623210350.xml&coll=2 Nuclear Site Nears End of Its Conversion to a Park By CHRISTOPHER MAAG Published: September 20, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/20/us/20park.html USEC's bridge to the nuclear renaissance By Dan Rogers September 15, 2006 Chillicothe Gazette http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609150316 Nuclear site analysis doesn't impair safety September 29, 2006 Chilliothe Gazette http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609290312 ---- oklahoma When Oklahoma’s future looked atomic By David Zizzo The Oklahoman September 5, 2006 http://www.newsok.com/article/2840469/?print=1 ---- oregon Lab testing for next generation of reactors Research focuses on safety, cost for nuclear plants William McCall, The Associated Press 09/05/2006 http://www.sbsun.com/business/ci_4287065 ---- pennsylvania Nuke Plant Contractor Accused of Coverup The Associated Press September 14, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/ap/1432169851201397252615590122471412236955 Live tear-gas round removed from Parks site By Tribune Review News Service Thursday, September 14, 2006 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_470444.html TMI tritium leaks 'no safety hazard' The levels found in the groundwater did not exceed federal drinking-water standards. By Ad Crable Lancaster New Era Sep 30, 2006 12:42 PM EST http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/26285 ---- south carolina Russia, U.S. pact a plus for state MOX program Move clears way for SRS project, lawmakers say Published: Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 6:00 am http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609160315 ---- tennessee Council OKs grant application for nuke facility study September 6, 2006 By BOB FOWLER, fowlerb@knews.com Knoxville News Sentinel http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_4970581,00.html Y-12 acquires new machine tool Device expected to improve efficiency, purchased as part of modernization program September 9, 2006 By FRANK MUNGER, munger@knews.com Knoxville News Sentinel http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_4979890,00.html ORNL Researchers Winners Of Five DOE SciDAC Awards 9/11/2006 SOURCE: Department of Energy/Oak Ridge National Laboratory http://www.poweronline.com/content/news/article.asp?docid=%7B4AD55E18-83A7-4A20-B0E1-5CEAF3C5C450%7D&VNETCOOKIE=NO ---- texas Nuclear Power Plant Security Officers in Texas Reprimanded for Trying to Provide Security Lax Security Puts the Public at Risk September 5, 2006 Union of Concerned Scientists http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/nuclear-power-plant-security.html Nuclear Power Plant Security Officers in Texas Reprimanded for Trying to Provide Security Lax Security Puts the Public at Risk SEPTEMBER 5, 2006 Union of Concerned Scientists http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0905-10.htm Nuclear plant's security faulted South Texas Project guards didn't follow rules, study says 07:50 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 By ELIZABETH SOUDER / The Dallas Morning News http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/090606dnbusstp.30cb17e.html Agency to examine security at {South Texas Project nuclear} plant Investigation comes after guards at nuclear site allege flaws Sept. 9, 2006 ANASTASIA USTINOVA Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698412/posts Exelon to begin process for new nuclear plant in Texas 29 September 2006 PennWell Corporation http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=273646&p=6 ---- utah Orrin Hatch: Skull Valley Plan 'Stone Cold Dead' kutv.com September 07, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/cbs/3529298161014824501112472584190140364907 UTAHNS DELIVER KILLING BLOW TO SKULL VALLEY NUKE WASTE PLAN September 7th, 2006 Senator Hatch Press Release http://hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=1646 Feds Reject Plan to Create Utah Nuclear Waste Stockpile September 08, 2006 — By Paul Foy, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11215 Tribe Considers Storing Nuclear Waste; Might Mean $10 Million in Fees Associated Press September 12, 2006 http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=5105389&nav=menu484_5_4 US tribe chief angered at nuke waste plan rejection Tue Sep 12, 2006 (Reuters) By Adam Tanner http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?storyID=2006-09-12T234051Z_01_N12341316_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENERGY-NUCLEAR-TRIBE.xml&rpc=81 Goshute leader says tribe was betrayed by government The Associated Press September 14, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/ap/0041421593264796373539645460893981907143 A Victory for Utah September 18th, 2006 KSL Television & Radio, Salt Lake City UT http://www.ksl.com/?nid=238&sid=491482 PFS is still optimistic Firm's chief aims to get interim storage in Utah By Suzanne Struglinski Deseret Morning News Thursday, September 28, 2006 http://www.desnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650194421,00.html ---- vermont NRC to hear questions about VY's sudden shutdown ability (Newfane, VT - AP) September 11, 2006 http://www.wrgb.com/engine.pl?station=wrgb&id=16255&template=breakout_regional_story.shtml&dateformat=%M+%e,%Y NRC to hear questions about Vermont Yankee September 12, 2006 Associated Press http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=5389844&nav=4QcS Testing safe to public, VY, Entergy officials say Shutdown would cost company $1.5 million By Kathryn Casa | Vermont Guardian Posted September 14, 2006 http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/092006/ASLBHearing.shtml ---- virginia Reactor analysis sought Friends of Lake Anna wants federal regulators to examine more aspects of Dominion power's plan to add a nuclear reactor at North Anna. Date published: 9/15/2006 By RUSTY DENNEN, Fredericksburg Free Lance Star http://fredericksburg.com//News/FLS/2006/092006/09152006/222039?rss=local Dominion Continues Pitch For New Reactor at North Anna Wednesday, September 20, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/09/dominion-continues-pitch-for-new.html Dominion pitches reactor September 20, 2006 Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star By RUSTY DENNEN http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/092006/09202006/223026/printer_friendly ---- washington Questions remain on nuke lapse By BEN LANDO UPI Energy Correspondent, Sept. 1, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20060901-033127-8629r Lack of skilled workers hampers cleanup Sept. 4, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060904-125259-3273r Vit plant to cost $12 billion Friday, September 8th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/8169228p-8061713c.html DOE Has New, Credible Vit Plant Estimate Friday, September 8, 2006 Northwest Public Radio http://www.nwpr.org/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=2180 Errors, costs stall nuclear waste project By Ralph Vartabedian Los Angeles Times September 13, 2006 http://www.dailytidings.com/2006/0913/stories/0913_nuclear_waste.php Glimpse Hanford during a tour Published Thursday, September 14th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/8191436p-8085078c.html Evaporator helps condense waste Published Thursday, September 14th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/8191438p-8085080c.html Wash state requests EPA fine for spill at Hanford nuclear site The Associated Press By SHANNON DININNY September 19, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/ap/3733316613351644019714371845222543167946 ---- us nuc waste Markey backs nuke waste safety campaign UPI/Newscom September 07, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/newscom/2901060275254541280212239196572554726156 Groups Apply for Nuclear Waste Recycling Money Friday, September 8, 2006 Northwest Public Radio http://www.nwpr.org/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=2179 Safeguards for nuclear waste called insufficient Berkley, other Democrats criticize NRC Sep. 08, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-08-Fri-2006/news/9527351.html IN DEPTH: THE LONG SHADOW OF 9/11: Transporting nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain could offer a moving target Sep. 10, 2006 By A.D. HOPKINS Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-10-Sun-2006/news/9281668.html Future be warned: Keep out! Posted on Monday, 11 September, 2006 http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/viewnews.php?id=78313 Xcel Energy's nuclear-storage lease rejected The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press September 13, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/kri/0261542784020336803140760622242897818654 Public Citizen testifies before Congress on nuclear waste safe storage Sept. 13, 2006 Public Citizen http://www.citizen.org/hot_issues/issue.cfm?ID=1446 ---- MILITARY ---- afghanistan For Americans, No Side Wins in Afghanistan September 7, 2006 Angus Reid Global Monitor http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/13057 NATO commander calls for reinforcements in Afghanistan 9/7/2006 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-07-nato-afghanistan_x.htm Friendly fire lessons not learned, says U.S. pilot Wednesday, September 06, 2006 Glen McGregor, CanWest News Service; Ottawa Citizen http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=07a5bbcc-76f4-49f1-8c48-9ea0747ecf5e&k=35434 NATO forces kill 40 Taliban militants 9/9/2006 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-09-afghan-fighting_x.htm Drive to crush Taliban is 'on verge of major success' By Patrick Bishop in Kandahar fpress@telegraph.co.uk (Filed: 14/09/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/14/wafghan114.xml 5 years later, a more sophisticated mission in Afghanistan By Andrew Maykuth The Philadelphia Inquirer Thu, Sep. 21, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/15572167.htm ---- africa Measures to keep peace in Congo draw fire Critics say the deals run contrary to the UN's mandate by letting war criminals go free and undermining long-term peace. By Tristan McConnell | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor September 05, 2006 http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/world/~3/19290849/p04s02-woaf.html Darfur Violence Intensifies as Deadline for Withdrawal of AU Peacekeepers Looms Thursday, September 7th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/07/1350238 Ivory Coast Tragedy Prompts Call for Stricter Toxic Waste Treaty ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast September 11, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-11-03.asp Kofi Annan Accuses Sudan of Violating Darfur Peace Deal Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/12/139200 Sudan Faces Growing Pressure to Accept Prolonged AU Force in Darfur Friday, September 15th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/15/1342236 Ivory Coast protest turns violent Tempers have been running high over the toxic waste dumping Friday 15 September 2006, 16:55 Makka Time, 13:55 GMT http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A035D137-1571-4D52-889B-BA377F92DCA7.htm Darfur conflict death toll could be 255,000, say researchers James Randerson, science correspondent Friday September 15, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/sudan/story/0,,1872978,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12 Annan Calls for Action on Darfur Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/20/1412233 ---- arms Government unaware of Ukraine weapons consignment, says Nepal Finance Minister Sunday September 3, 2006 Asian News International(ANI) http://in.news.yahoo.com/060903/139/677yv.html U.S. Seeks to Block New Missiles for Hezbollah September 6, 2006 :: Jane’s Information Group http://www.missilethreat.com/news/200609060439.html Peres: Moscow asked Syria to explain why Hezbollah had Russian missiles 06/09/2006 By The Associated Press http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/759631.html US Senate rejects restraints on cluster bombs 06/09/2006 The News http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=23091 Three Indicted for Sending U.S. Secrets, Equipment to Yemen Sept. 7, 2006 (Bloomberg) By Cary O'Reilly http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aKgFxkmSD29M Leak cost U.S. spy links to Chinese arms sales September 8, 2006 By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060908-120420-6227r.htm Official Touts Nonlethal Weapons for Use By Lolita C. Baldor The Associated Press Tuesday 12 September 2006 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-air-force-weapons,1,4148740.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines US may ban sale of cluster bombs to Israel By Patrick Cockburn in Nabatiyeh, south Lebanon Published: 20 September 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1621755.ece MoD targets Libya and Iraq as 'priority' arms sales targets Antony Barnett Sunday September 24, 2006 The UK Observer http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1879729,00.html ---- asia Maoists insist govt importing arms, to continue protests 9/15/2006 IANS http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Philippines+%26+South+Asia&month=September2006&file=World_News2006091582826.xml Singapore activist ban "authoritarian" : Wolfowitz Fri Sep 15, 2006 (Reuters) By Geert De Clercq http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldnews&storyID=2006-09-15T134132Z_01_SP255817_RTRUKOC_0_US-IMF-SINGAPORE-WOLFOWITZ.xml Thai Military Stages Coup Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/20/1412233 U.S. donates $15 mil. to Nepal's peace process (Kyodo) Thursday September 21, 2006 http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060921/kyodo/d8k98evo0.html ---- balkans Major powers say Kosovo must be resolved in 2006 Wed Sep 20, 2006 (Reuters) By Sue Pleming and Paul Taylor http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldnews&storyID=2006-09-20T235032Z_01_N20363279_RTRUKOC_0_US-SERBIA-KOSOVO-CONTACT.xml ---- britain MoD defends use of experimental drug on troops By James Hamilton 17 September 2006 Scotland Sunday Herald http://www.sundayherald.com/58025 The courts are starting to accept that the war against Iraq is a crime By George Monbiot, The Guardian (UK), http://www.guardian.co.uk http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/14700 MoD denies casualty cover-up By David Sanderson UK Times, September 22, 2006 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2370004,00.html ---- business Bankers challenge US sanctions on North Korea By Anna Fifield in Seoul Published: September 5 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/711e49e8-3c3e-11db-9c97-0000779e2340.html Movie sheds light on corporate ties to war By BRUCE WESTBROOK Sept. 8, 2006 Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/movies/reviews/4146248.html Ex-Workers Testify About Halliburton Responsibility Questioned at Hill Hearing By Griff Witte Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, September 19, 2006; A06 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/18/AR2006091801154_pf.html The five pillars of the U.S. military-industrial complex By Rodrigue Tremblay Online Journal Guest Writer Sep 25, 2006, 00:56 http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/printer_1241.shtml ---- chemical weapons Generations later, U.S. destroys its mustard gas Thu Aug 31, 2006 By Adam Tanner DESERET CHEMICAL DEPOT, Utah (Reuters) http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=13350293&src=rss/domesticNews ---- iran Iran unveils locally made fighter plane Wed, Sep. 06, 2006 NASSER KARIMI Associated Press http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/15449153.htm ---- iraq Army for Hire Two new books on the global market for armed force. Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006 By Nathan Hodge Slate.com http://www.slate.com/id/2148608/ Eye on Iraq: Adrift in a complex war Sept. 6, 2006 By MARTIN SIEFF UPI Senior News Analyst http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060906-123006-4048r Sunnis enraged as Iraq prepares to divide itself into regions By Oliver Poole, Iraq Correspondent (Filed: 07/09/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/07/wiraq07.xml Kurdish witness in Saddam trial shows court body burns Posted 9/19/2006 Saddam Hussein By Marco Di Lauro, AP http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-09-19-saddam-trial_x.htm 64 Killed in Iraq Violence; US Wounded Reach 20,000 Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/20/1412233 UN: 6,600 Iraqi Civilians Killed in July & August Thursday, September 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/21/1538230 ---- israel / palestine Israeli unease grows over conduct of war A majority want a commission of inquiry into its leadership. September 01, 2006 By Ilene R. Prusher The Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0901/p01s04-wome.html Israel plans for war with Iran and Syria September 03, 2006 The Sunday Times Uzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv, and Sarah Baxter, New York http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2340486,00.html Israel Said to Fear War Crimes Charges Monday, September 4, 2006 By MATTI FRIEDMAN, Associated Press Writer http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/09/04/international/i115146D84.DTL Israel To Lift Lebanon Blockade Thursday, September 7th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/07/1350218 Israeli Military Fired 237,000 Artillery Shells During Lebanon War Monday, September 11th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/11/1344246 IDF Commander: “What We Did Was Insane and Monstrous” Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/12/139200 IDF commander: We fired more than a million cluster bombs in Lebanon By Meron Rappaport 12/09/2006 Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=761781 When rockets and phosphorous cluster By Meron Rapoport Sat., September 30, 2006 Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/761910.html ---- landmines Experts: 10 Years Needed To Clear Lebanon of Cluster Bombs Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/05/1311230 Record Clearing of Landmines, Casualties up - Report REUTERS SWITZERLAND: September 13, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38067/newsDate/13-Sep-2006/story.htm Record area cleared of landmines Many victims of landmines are children Wednesday, 13 September 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5343254.stm Land-Mine Conference Calls for Limits on Cluster Bombs Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/19/1347258 Countries Need Faster Landmine Clearance: Red Cross Story by Laura MacInnis REUTERS SWITZERLAND: September 19, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38154/story.htm UN: Up to 350,000 Unexploded Cluster Bombs in Lebanon Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/20/1412233 Unending War 9/23/2006 America (www.americamagazine.org) http://www.catholic.org/views/views_news.php?id=21373&pid=0 UN: It will take over a year to clear Lebanon of cluster bombs By Reuters 26/09/2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/767528.html ---- latin america Nicaragua braced for the return of the ugly Americans Wednesday September 6, 2006 New Zealand Herald By Andrew Buncombe http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10399886 Chavez Says US Hindering Pending Visit to UN Friday, September 15th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/15/1342236 Bush Admin Warns Nicaraguans on Electing Sandinista Leader Friday, September 15th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/15/1342236 Argentina dirty-war criminal gets life sentence Tue Sep 19, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-09-20T004728Z_01_N19449026_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARGENTINA-RIGHTS.xml&archived=False Bolivian President Evo Morales on Latin America, U.S. Foreign Policy and the Role of the Indigenous People of Bolivia Friday, September 22nd, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/22/1323211 ---- mideast Syria promises to enforce arms embargo 9/1/2006 DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-01-mideast-annan_x.htm US to spoil Arab plan for peace meeting NATHAN GUTTMAN, THE JERUSALEM POST Sep. 14, 2006 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1157913631647&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter Report Number Five from Lebanon: Nabatiyeh By Samia A. Halaby Al-Jazeerah, September 25, 2006 http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2006%20Opinion%20Editorials/September/25%20o/Report%20Number%20Five%20from%20Lebanon%20Nabatiyeh%20By%20Samia%20A.%20Halaby.htm Lebanon: We need missiles against IAF aircraft Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr says his country's army will respond if Israel violates ceasefire after IDF's withdrawal. Murr meets with his Belgian counterpart, asks to equip Lebanese army with antiaircraft missiles in order to hit Israeli aircraft Roee Nahmias 09.25.06 YNet http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3307725,00.html Assad: I want peace with Israel, but failure may lead to war By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and Reuters 25/09/2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/766363.html Israelis expect to finish pullout by Sunday 9/30/2006 USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-30-israel-pullout_x.htm ---- nato Nato sets deadline to beat Taliban By Rachel Morarjee in Kabul and Daniel Dombey in Lappeenrata Published: September 1 2006 Financial Times https://registration.ft.com/registration/barrier?referer=&location=http%3A//www.ft.com/cms/s/c62d7102-39e1-11db-90bb-0000779e2340.html Taliban exposes cracks in Nato Simon Tisdall Wednesday September 13, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1871090,00.html Poland to bolster Nato's Afghan forces Poland already has 100 Nato soldiers in Afghanistan Thursday 14 September 2006, 10:44 Makka Time, 7:44 GMT http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F1BABD5C-4B8D-4ADE-B7CC-6A21DC0AA1B3.htm Georgia's accession to NATO affects Russian interests, ministry says RIA Novosti Fri, Sep. 22, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/15583721.htm Nations limit use of NATO forces Updated 9/28/2006 By Jim Michaels, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-28-afghanistan-nato-caveats_x.htm NATO adds U.S. troops for Afghan mission Updated 9/28/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-28-nato-afghanistan_x.htm ---- pakistan / india Text: Bush, Musharraf News Conference By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New York Times September 22, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt474.html No bar on use of new F-16s, says air chief By Mayed Ali Thursday, September 22, 2006 Pakistan International News http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=3191 ---- prisoners of war Names of the Detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba September, 2006 Washington Post http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/ Attorney General Gonzales supports military tribunals Tue, Sep. 05, 2006 By Greg Gordon and James Rosen McClatchy Newspapers http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15445975.htm Officials Relieved Secret Is Shared By Dana Priest Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, September 7, 2006; A17 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/06/AR2006090602055_pf.html Bush Acknowledges Secret CIA Prisons For First Time Thursday, September 7th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/07/1350218 Bush Yields to Geneva Conventions on Detainees September 7, 2006 by Jim Lobe Inter Press Service http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=9663 As CIA Detainees Transferred to Guantanamo, President Bush Acknowledges Secret Prisons Thursday, September 7th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/07/1350230 3 Republican senators among critics of military tribunal plan 9/7/2006 By Joan Biskupic and Andrea Stone, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-06-gitmo-senators_x.htm Military lawyers question Bush plan for trials Terror detainees should have access to all evidence, lawmakers told Sept. 7, 2006 Associated Press http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14717778/ U.S. officials urge nations' discretion on CIA prisons September 8, 2006 By Nicholas Kralev THE WASHINGTON TIMES http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20060908-120410-5912r.htm Investigation: The CIA's secret prisons The acknowledgement of a global network of 'black sites' has revealed the existence of a sinister two-tier system of interrogation By Rupert Cornwell in Washington Published: 10 September 2006, UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1433341.ece Senate Rebuffs White House Over Terror Trials Friday, September 15th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/15/1342236 Spain Says it May Have Been Stopover for CIA Renditions Friday, September 15th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/15/1342236 Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the 'War on Terror' Friday, September 15th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/15/1342246 Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights Friday, September 15th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/15/1342250 U.S. wartime prison network grows into legal vacuum for 14,000 Updated 9/17/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-17-american-hands_x.htm http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/15543206.htm Report: Bush Wants to Retain Controversial Interrogation Techniques UK Attorney General Calls for Gitmo Closure EU Condemns CIA Prisons US Holds 14,000 in Foreign Prisons Monday, September 18th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/18/1351232 Doctors demand an end to British 'collusion' over Guantanamo Bay By David Rose and Richard Beeston September 18, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2362669,00.html Canadian Inquiry Finds Torture Survivor Maher Arar Completely Innocent, Criticizes U.S. For 'Rendition' to Syria Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/19/1348206 CIA ‘refused to operate’ secret jails By Guy Dinmore in Washington Published: September 20 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/57e68ed8-48da-11db-a996-0000779e2340.html Alberto Gonzales Forced to Retract Comments On Maher Arar Thursday, September 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/21/1538230 Attacks spark tougher Guantanamo jail Posted 9/23/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-23-gitmo-jail_x.htm ---- russia / chechnya Georgia and Ossetia on Heightened Alert By Paata Kurashvili The Associated Press Tuesday, September 5, 2006 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/09/05/011.html ---- space Bush Sets Defense As Space Priority By Marc Kaufman The Washington Post Wednesday 18 October 2006 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/17/AR2006101701484.html ---- spies Calls Grow For Scrutiny of CIA Activities in Europe Friday, September 8th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/08/1349238 CIA Learned in '02 That Bin Laden Had No Iraq Ties, Report Says By Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, September 15, 2006; A14 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/14/AR2006091401545_pf.html CIA in middle of election-year battle Updated 9/16/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-16-cia-election-year_x.htm U.S. Spy Agencies: Iraq War Worsened Terrorist Threat Monday, September 25th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/25/1318231 ---- un Annan: Troops not There to Disarm Hezbollah Wednesday, September 06, 2006 By ANKA zaman.com http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20060906&hn=36317 Annan: Iraq war a disaster for region Thursday 14 September 2006, Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/99EDE5D7-D7BD-4833-B08B-FC187D518B9E.htm Chavez Calls Bush 'The Devil' in UN Address, Predicts Fall of 'U.S. Empire' and Calls For Major UN Reforms Thursday, September 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/21/1538241 ---- us Alarm over using lake as firing range Coast Guard plans live-ammunition training Ecologists, shipping firms `very frightened' Sep. 2, 2006. CHRISTOPHER MAUGHAN Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1157147419596&call_pageid=968332188492 Retired General: Rumsfeld Refused to Plan For Post-War Iraq Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/12/139200 Air Force chief: Test weapons on testy U.S. mobs September 12, 2006 (AP) http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/12/usaf.weapons.ap/index.html President Bush could learn a lot from Sun Tzu By John Lang Originally published September 13, 2006 Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.artofwar13sep13,0,1151236.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines 12 Steps to a Misfit Military by Nick Turse and Tom Engelhardt Tom Dispatch September 15, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/engelhardt/?articleid=9700 War price on U.S. lives equal to 9/11 Updated 9/24/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-22-war-toll_x.htm US aircraft carrier group ready for all contingencies in the Indian Ocean WASHINGTON (AFP) Sep 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060925164253.4rx1wcde.html Retired military officers criticize Rumsfeld at Democratic hearing Updated 9/25/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-25-democrats-rumsfeld-iraq_x.htm Top Generals Hint at Army Expansion of 60,000 Troops Growth Now Being Discussed as Iraq, Afghanistan Conflicts Continue By JONATHAN KARL Sept. 25, 2006 ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/print?id=2489700 Tour of duty extended for Army unit in Iraq By Drew Brown McClatchy Newspapers Mon, Sep. 25, 2006 http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15606827.htm Iraq tours stretched for 4,000 US troops: Pentagon September 25, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060925/pl_afp/usiraqmilitarytroops House leader refuses to move defense bill without immigration, court security attached 9/25/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-25-congress-defense_x.htm ---- war crimes Chile court strips Pinochet immunity in rights case Fri Sep 8, 2006 By Pav Jordan SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldnews&storyID=2006-09-08T231700Z_01_N08398510_RTRUKOC_0_US-CHILE-PINOCHET.xml Hezbollah rejects war crimes claims Nearly 4,000 Hezbollah rockets were fired into northern Israel Thursday 14 September 2006, Aljazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C68DF0B8-23C4-4CC6-9A6C-F724A71F27E3.htm Bush seeks immunity for violating War Crimes Act BY ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN The Chicago Sun Times, September 23, 2006 http://www.suntimes.com/output/otherviews/cst-edt-ref23b.html ---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE ---- courts / tribunals Closed hearings ordered in Libby CIA leak case Use of classified information as defense at issue Sept. 6, 2006 By Joel Seidman NBC News http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14705954/ ---- death penalty Death-Row Inmates Remained Conscious After Paralytic Injections Friday, September 29th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/29/150217 ---- drug war Marijuana Arrests at Record Level Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/20/1412233 ---- homeland security / national intelligence Surveillance Bill Stalls in Committee Friday, September 8, 2006 By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/09/08/national/w075216D21.DTL Bush Asks Congress To Authorize Spy Program Friday, September 8th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/08/1349238 John Lennon, Still a Security Threat The Bush administration, obsessed with secrecy, is busy reclassifying government documents -- from 1971 Jon Wiener Los Angeles Times September 10, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes413.html ID Program Will Cost States $11 Billion, Report Says By Darryl Fears Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, September 22, 2006; A04 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/21/AR2006092100965_pf.html ---- human rights Human rights group says rights abuses by both government and rebels in Indian Kashmir By AP Wednesday September 13, 2006 http://in.news.yahoo.com/060912/210/67iia.html ---- justice Gonzales calls for law to require Internet companies to preserve customer data Posted 9/19/2006 By Hope Yen, The Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-19-gonzalez-net-records_x.htm Attorneys Argue Senate Bills Would Allow for Lifelong Detention Without Trial, Torture Without Accountability Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/19/1348212 House Re-Writes Wiretap Laws for Bush Spy Program Friday, September 29th, 2006 Headlines Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/29/150217 ---- prisons / prisoners Study: Prisons breed homegrown terrorists Posted 9/19/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-09-19-prisons-terrorists_x.htm Secret CIA Prisons in Your Backyard By Onnesha Roychoudhuri, Truthdig. Posted September 22, 2006 Alternet http://www.alternet.org/story/41923 ---- terrorism Key Points: President's National Strategy For Combating Terrorism Tuesday, September 5, 2006 Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090500481_pf.html US plays down al-Qaeda in list of terror threats By Caroline Daniel and Edward Alden in Washington Published: September 6 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f2a16b84-3d43-11db-9b3d-0000779e2340.html Jail for reneging suicide bomber Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta correspondent 15 sep 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,20415058,00.html Negroponte: Iraq spawning new terror leaders Intel chief denies U.S. is at greater risk, responds to classified report furor Sept 25, 2006 Associated Press http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15004211/ Negroponte Tries to Cloud Terror Report by Ivan Eland September 26, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/eland/?articleid=9750 Anthrax Not Weapons-Grade, Official Says By WILLIAM J. BROAD New York Times September 26, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/sf/nyt9_26_06_2.htm ---- torture Army Bans Some Interrogation Techniques Wednesday, September 6, 2006 By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/09/06/national/w063422D91.DTL New Pentagon rules ban 'abusive' interrogation 9/7/2006 By John Diamond, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-06-interrogation_x.htm The Abuse Can Continue Senators won't authorize torture, but they won't prevent it, either. Friday, September 22, 2006 Washington Post; A16 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/21/AR2006092101647_pf.html Now, We're On the Record as a Torturing Nation Mommy, What's Waterboarding? By DAVID SWANSON September 29, 2006 Counterpunch http://www.counterpunch.org/swanson09292006.html ---- POLITICS ---- corruption Halliburton buys influence in Congress and is rewarded with contracts Halliburton Gave $4 Million to Politicians and Received 600 Percent Gain on Contracts Since 2000, HalliburtonWatch Says Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:11:36 -0400 From: Max Obuszewski ---- investigations What Valerie Plame Really Did at the CIA David Corn September 5, 2006 THE NATION http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060918/corn Book: Valerie Plame Worked on CIA’s Covert Iraq WMD Program Wednesday, September 6th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines for September 6, 2006 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/06/1359223 Armitage says he was first source in CIA leak Updated 9/7/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-07-armitage-cia-leak_x.htm ---- propaganda wars Movie Review: Military Intelligence and You! September 04, 2006 Jude Nagurney Camwell Blogcritic http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/09/04/003258.php Book: In lead up to war, Bush's temper flared over reporters; Cheney aides mistook watering hole for WMD hiding place Wednesday September 6, 2006 RAW STORY http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Book_Bush_told_aides_he_would_0906.html President Bush Likens Bin Laden to Hitler Wednesday, September 6th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines for September 6, 2006 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/06/1359223 Clinton Administration Officials Assail ABC's 'The Path to 9/11' By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, September 7, 2006; A09 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/06/AR2006090601819_pf.html ABC tinkers with 9/11 drama Fri Sep 8, 2006 By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-09-09T021930Z_01_N08449906_RTRUKOC_0_US-SEPT11-ABC.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C1-TopStories-newsOne-2 The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/12/139208 Board game lampoons the end of civil liberties By Willy Rosencrans September 14 - 20, 2006 Asheville Global Report http://www.agrnews.org/?section=news&news_section=6 Jail Time For Journalists: The Government Crackdown on Reporters Friday, September 15th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/15/1342254 Text of Vatican statement on Pope speech By The Associated Press Sat Sep 16, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060916/ap_on_re_eu/pope_muslims_text Bush Shields Dad on Chile Terrorism By Robert Parry September 22, 2006 Consorium News http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/092106.html Video: Movies, popcorn and CIA recruiting David Edwards Saturday September 23, 2006 Raw Story http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Video_Movies_popcorn_and_CIA_recruiting_0923.html White House admits Iraq fuels extremism Mon Sep 25, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060925/ts_alt_afp/usattacksiraq Woodward: Card wanted to fire Rumsfeld Updated 9/30/2006 USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-29-dems-book_x.htm Treating Criminality As Daring Boldness: The Media on Bush By David Swanson 9-29-06, 9:04 am http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/4153/1/212/ ---- us politics Senate Rejects Cluster Ban Thursday, September 7th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/07/1350218 Limits to surveillance bill blocked By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer Wed Sep 13, 1006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060913/ap_on_go_co/congress_terrorism_7 Tensions rise as McCain challenges CIA chief By Demetri Sevastopulo and Holly Yeager in Washington September 15 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b65091f0-4446-11db-8965-0000779e2340.html Bush argues terrorism case http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-09-15T214150Z_01_N14195333_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-USA.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C1-TopStories-newsOne-2 Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:42 PM ET (Reuters) By Steve Holland http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-09-15T214150Z_01_N14195333_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-USA.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C1-TopStories-newsOne-2 Strategy on terror suspects splits GOP Updated 9/15/2006 By David Jackson and Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-14-bush_x.htm Senators Defy Bush On Terror Measure Panel Backs Rival Bill On Interrogations By Charles Babington and Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, September 15, 2006; A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/14/AR2006091400160_pf.html Angry Bush tackles terror revolt The President counters a rebellion by senior Republicans over terror suspects’ treatment By Tom Baldwin and Tim Reid September 16, 2006 UK Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2360636,00.html GOP Infighting on Detainees Intensifies Bush Threatens to Halt CIA Program if Congress Passes Rival Proposal By Peter Baker Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, September 16, 2006; A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/15/AR2006091500483_pf.html Why GOP trio is bucking the White House By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor September 18, 2006 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0918/p01s01-usfp.html Army Warns Rumsfeld It's Billions Short An extraordinary action by the chief of staff sends a message: The Pentagon must increase the budget or reduce commitments in Iraq and elsewhere. By Peter Spiegel Staff Writer September 25, 2006 Los Angeles Times http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fuj/latimes92.htm Consult America – Before the Next War by Patrick J. Buchanan September 26, 2006 CREATORS SYNDICATE http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=9748 US senators trade blame over India deal delay 12.20pm Wednesday September 27, 2006 - REUTERS http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10403212 Senate OKs record defense bill Posted 9/29/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-29-defense_x.htm ---- voting Stealing America...Vote by Vote by Harvey Wasserman September 22, 2006 Free Press http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/17/2006/2158 Maryland Gov. Calls For End of Electronic Voting System Thursday, September 21st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/21/1538230 Steal This Vote: Andrew Gumbel on the Growing Controversy Over Electronic Voting Machines Monday, September 25th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/25/1318243 ---- ENERGY Nuclear Power: CASEnergy's Whitman says Yucca issues should not halt discussion about benefits (09/11/2006) E&E TV, September 11, 2006 http://www.eande.tv/transcripts/?date=091106 WRAPUP - Russia Turns Up Heat on Foreign Energy Projects Story by Tom Miles REUTERS RUSSIA: September 26, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38254/newsDate/26-Sep-2006/story.htm INTERVIEW - Spain's Acciona Says Offshore Wind Plant on Course Story by Julia Hayley and Daniel de la Puente REUTERS SPAIN: September 29, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38322/story.htm ---- alternative energy U.S. Wind Power Generation Hits New High WASHINGTON, DC, September 1, 2006 (ENS) http://ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-01-09.asp#anchor7 INTERVIEW - Sharp Sees Solar Power Costs Halving By 2010 GERMANY: September 1, 2006 Story by Georgina Prodhan REUTERS NEWS SERVICE http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37918/newsDate/1-Sep-2006/story.htm EPA Fueled by 100% Green Power WASHINGTON, DC, September 5, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-05-09.asp#anchor8 Defense Department Misses Wind Farm Litigation Deadline WASHINGTON, DC, September 5, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-05-09.asp#anchor3 Wind vs nuclear energy? No competition Zane Alcorn Green Left Weekly On-line Edition, September 6, 2006. http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p10.htm Solar Power to Shine in Coming Decades - Report NORWAY: September 7, 2006 Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent REUTERS NEWS SERVICE http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37995/story.htm Congressional Black Caucus Energy Forum Saturday, September 09, 2006 African American Environmentalist Association http://aaenvironment.blogspot.com/2006/09/congressional-black-caucus-energy_09.html Solar Future As the debate on nuclear energy in Australia is reignited we reassess our ability to harness the planet's greatest source of nuclear power--the sun 11 September, 2006 Australia Broadcastsing http://www.abc.net.au/ra/innovations/stories/s1738186.htm Contact: Wes Stein, National Solar Energy Centre (CSIRO), PO Box 330, Newcastle NSW 2300 Contact: Dave Holland, Solar Systems Pty Ltd 6 Luton Lane, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 Contact: Dr. Keith Lovegrove, Department of Engineering (Bldg 32), The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Contact: Dr David Mills, Solar Heat and Power Pty Ltd Website: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1698520.htm Wind Vs Nuclear Tue, Sep 12, 2006 Iran Daily http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2658/html/energy.htm#s172653 FREE ENERGY FROM MAGNETS? Tuesday, September 12, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=20804 What It Takes to Drive on Vegetable Power September 13, 2006 — By Michael Hill, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11249 BMW to Roll out Hydrogen-Powered 7 Series in April REUTERS GERMANY: September 13, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38078/newsDate/13-Sep-2006/story.htm Shell Appeals Over Largest Offshore Wind Farm REUTERS UK: September 13, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38079/newsDate/13-Sep-2006/story.htm Ethanol Now an Option for Florida Motorists TALLAHASSEE, Florida, September 14, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-14-09.asp#anchor1 Biomass Offers Heat as UK's Subsea Gas Dwindles Story by Daniel Fineren REUTERS UK: September 14, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38093/story.htm NASA ADMITS SOLAR WILL WORK IN DEEP SPACE By Karl Grossman From: "Global Network" Date: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:04 am Poplar Tree's Genes Hold Biofuel Promise OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, September 15, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-15-03.asp China Aims to Triple Fuel Ethanol Output By 2010 Story by Niu Shuping REUTERS CHINA: September 15, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38113/story.htm Clean Energy Bill Could Create Half a Million Jobs WASHINGTON, DC, September 15, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-15-09.asp#anchor1 World Trade Center Redevelopment to Use Fuel Cells, Clean Energy NEW YORK, New York, September 15, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-15-09.asp#anchor2 Pittsburgh Gets $6 Million for Green Electricity, Efficiency HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, September 15, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-15-09.asp#anchor3 Solar alchemy turns fumes back into fuels New Scientist magazine, 16 September 2006, page 30 http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19125696.300?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19125696.300 U.S. Missing Renewable Energy Opportunities WASHINGTON, DC, September 18, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-18-02.asp Bumps on the Road for US Ethanol Vehicles Story by Timothy Gardner REUTERS US: September 20, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38179/story.htm Chevron Splashes Cash for Biofuel Research DAVIS, California, September 22, 2006 (ENS) http://ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-22-09.asp An Invasive Warning for Biofuels LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, September 25, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-25-09.asp#anchor7 Removing Natural Gas From Ethanol Production AMES, Iowa, September 27, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-27-09.asp#anchor6 Construction Constraints Slow Biodiesel Expansion REUTERS UK: September 27, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38273/story.htm Biofuels to Survive Lower Crude Prices - Official Story by Hari Ramachandran REUTERS INDIA: September 26, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38258/newsDate/26-Sep-2006/story.htm Australian Renewable Energy Firm Axiom Plans IPO REUTERS AUSTRALIA: September 26, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38257/newsDate/26-Sep-2006/story.htm Planemaker Boeing Says Biofuels Show Some Promise Story by Jason Neely, European Aerospace & Airlines Correspondent REUTERS UK: September 29, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38318/story.htm US Drag Racer Touts Ethanol at Breakneck Speed Story by Chris Baltimore REUTERS US: September 29, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38315/story.htm We must act now to save the planet, says PwC Ashley Seager September 30, 2006 UK GUARDIAN http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/we-must-act-now-to-save-the-planet-says-pwc/2006/09/29/1159337341539.html ---- OTHER Turning Farm Waste into Clothing Material SAN FRANCISCO, California, September 13, 2006 (ENS) http://ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-13-09.asp#anchor8 ---- environment More 'Intersex Fish' Found in Potomac September 07, 2006 By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11210 Ivory Coast Government Quits over Dumped Toxic Waste September 07, 2006 By Ange Aboa and Peter Murphy, Reuters http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11207 Africa Said Most at Risk to Ill-Regulated Toxics NORWAY: September 8, 2006 Story by Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent REUTERS NEWS SERVICE http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38019/story.htm China's Water Woes Could Make it World Tech Leader Story by Emma Graham-Harrison REUTERS CHINA: September 13, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38068/newsDate/13-Sep-2006/story.htm Toxic Waste Ship Tried to Shed Load in Amsterdam Story by Alexandra Hudson REUTERS NETHERLANDS: September 14, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38085/story.htm Warning: bigger carbon cut needed to avoid disaster Leading researchers say government has misled public and call for 90% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050 John Vidal, environment editor Friday September 15, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1873070,00.html Schwarzenegger Sends Green Guru to Spread the Word Story by Mary Milliken REUTERS US: September 18, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38137/story.htm Ivory Coast Charges Two in Toxic Waste Scandal ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, September 19, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-19-02.asp Pacific Coast Governors Commit to Ocean Protection LONG BEACH, California, September 19, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-19-01.asp Global warming nears ‘dangerous’ level Researchers say average temperatures are close to a million-year high By Sara Goudarzi MSNBC Sept 25, 2006 / LiveScience.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15003895/ Earth Hottest in Thousands of Years WASHINGTON, DC, September 26, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-26-01.asp Estonia Impounds Toxic Ship for Waste Dumping Story by David Mardiste REUTERS ESTONIA: September 28, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38288/story.htm ---- health Study: 70 Percent of 9/11 Responders Suffer Lung Ailments Thursday, September 7th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/07/1350234 ---- imf / world bank / wto (economics) IMF revamp focus of Singapore talks At issue is how to distribute the 184-member IMF's voting power Wednesday 13 September 2006, 12:48 Makka Time, 9:48 GMT http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/18BFB9B0-38BB-4D25-9628-A975722DB87E.htm Singapore Bars Activists From Entering Country During IMF-World Bank Meetings Thursday, September 14th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/14/1352207 Activists Walk Out of Meeting With IMF-WB Officials Friday, September 15th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/15/1342236 Wolfowitz corruption crusade creates waves September 15, 2006 The New York Times http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/wolfowitz-corruption-crusade-creates-waves/2006/09/14/1157827089486.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 ---- ACTIVISTS Protesters Arrested at UK Power Plant Demo UK: September 1, 2006 Story by Nigel Roddis REUTERS NEWS SERVICE http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37919/newsDate/1-Sep-2006/story.htm HAWAII RESOLVES TO END THE WAR Friday, September 01, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=20088 Anti-war protests come to congressman's lawn Sunday, September 3, 2006 By NATALYA SHULYAKOVSKAYA The Orange County Register http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1264324.php New fall films bring Iraq war to home to U.S Sun Sep 3, 2006 By Bob Tourtellotte LOS ANGELES (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=filmNews&storyID=2006-09-03T132426Z_01_N31326258_RTRIDST_0_FILM-LEISURE-WARMOVIES-DC.XML Peace activists 'tried to stop Iraq-bound bombers' (Filed: 04/09/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/04/uairbase.xml Peace prize for microcredit pioneer Wednesday 06 September 2006, AFP http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A809772E-ABCE-4988-9731-11A613692464.htm Antiwar Message Travels From Texas to Washington Military Families Group Expands Agenda By Petula Dvorak Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, September 6, 2006; A05 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090501225_pf.html Satyagraha 100 Years Later: Gandhi Launches Modern Non-Violent Resistance Movement on Sept. 11, 1906 Friday, September 8th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/08/1349257 5,000 Rally in Washington, DC for Immigrant Rights Friday, September 8th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/08/1349238 World Peace Forum Calls on the United States to Lead the World in Nuclear Disarmament Publication date : 8 September 2006 ACDN http://acdn.france.free.fr/spip/article.php3?id_article=222&lang=en 4 Iraq War Vets Detained at Pentagon by David Swanson September 9, 2006 Oped News http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_david_sw_060909_4_iraq_war_vets_deta.htm 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists Gather in N.Y. The scattered movement has mainly gained steam on the Internet, but before the anniversary of the attacks, activists make their voices heard. By Ellen Barry Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 10, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes408.html CALL Congressman Markey and Thank him!! September 12th, 2006 Progressive Democrats of America http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=836 Solange Fernex has died, but remains with us Tuesday 12 September 2006 ACDN http://acdn.france.free.fr/spip/breve.php3?id_breve=186&lang=en To put an end to terrorism by the Nuclear States, including France, COME TO THE GRAND RALLY AT BISCAROSSE (south of Bordeaux) on 22-24 SEPTEMBER Publication date : 13 September 2006 ACDN http://acdn.france.free.fr/spip/article.php3?id_article=228&lang=en Retired generals criticize White House WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060913-